After being shaped, filed smooth along the edges and bent to match the curves of his body, Green glued the pieces to the woolen vest. Although the plate weighed 18 pounds, he insisted on having the top of the plate.

HOT INNER
35c
THE BON TON
EAT HERE—YOU WILL LIKE IT
Do away with Baking Days and the high cost of Heat
LET US BAKE YOUR BREAD
Order from your grocer—today, a loaf of SCHROETER'S
It's Made With Milk
It will prove to you on your own table that it is indeed a BETTER BREAD
The Empire Bakery
C. L. SCHROETER, Prop.
MOSCOW
Wearing the contraption into the woods,
The wisdom of the hunch was proved when, three miles from camp and in the heart of fine deer and bear country, the colonel was nearly knocked over, a spent bullet, which flattened itself against his chest protector.
The bullet, from a heavy 30-30 rifle, would easily have punctured the thin metal, it still had enough speed to smear out the size of a nickel.
The crude device which the veteran wore has got local names to thinking and it is likely that before all rolls around other hunting season, some Northwest genius will patent a well-designed plate stout enough to resist bullets and light enough to permit being worn without exhausting the bearer. The chances of a hunter being struck in the torso are times that...  Of the head and three times that of the legs or arms, an expert has figured. 