Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-06-29

UuI IL WOUIu like 10 nanule thousands
more. There is plenty Of inveo.ive tai
ent at large in this country, needing
nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encouragement
lie Press Claims Company proposes to
give.
NOT so HARD AS 1T SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an APP
pallngly formidable thing. The idea is
hat an inventor must be Il natural gem
ius, like Edison or Bell; that he must
devote years to delving in complicated
mechanical problems aud that he must
spend fortune on delicate experiments
before he can get Il new device to pat
entable degree of perfection. This delu-
sion The company desires to dispel. 1t
desires to get into the head of the public
clear comprehension of the fact that it
is not the great, complex ard expensive
| inventions hat bring the hest returns to
their authors. but the little. simple and
cheap unes-thc things that seem SO alb
snr,!ly trivial that the average citizen
| Ntt'lti ltSl sDIbcN Ii'tJ slSIIaIl!eu OK DftnI-
in~ them to the attention of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has re-
| celNeu rom the patents Oh all his mar
Vicious inventions have not been suffi
cicnt t" pay the cost Of lis experiments.
/ kut the man who conceived the idea OF
fastening ii bit Of rubher cord to chil,l's
ball, so that it would return back to the
/ Ia far! n,If
IT his scheme. The modern sewing ma
chine is Il miracle of ingenuity--tie pro-
duct OF the toll Of hundreds OF busy
brains through hundred and fifty years
but the whOie brilliant result rests upon
the simple device of putting the eye OF
the nesdle at the point instead of ut the
other end.
TIE LITTLE THINKS THE MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors. but almost every
body has been struck, ut one time OF
another, with ideas that seemed calcll.
lated TO reduce some of the little fric-
tons of life. Usually such ideas are
dismissed without further thought.
| "Why don't the railroad company
make It's car windows so that they can
be slid up ard down without breaking
the passengers backs:" c>claims The
Traveller. "lf | were running the road
would make them in such IL way"
! Nv hat was the man that made this
saucepan thinking of" grnmbles the
cook. "lIe never bad to work over |;
stove, or he would have known how il
ought to have been fixed"
Hang such II collar button!" growls
the man who is late for breakfast. eli
l We're in The business l'u make buttons
that wouldU't slip out. or break OFT, or
gougc out The back of my neck -
And then the various sufferers forget
about their grievances and begin to think
of something else. If they would sit
down at the next convenient opportunity
put their ideas about car windows sa,lce-
pans, and collar buttons into practical
shape, and then apply for patents. they
might find themselves as independently
wealthy as the man who invented the
iron umbrella ring, or the one who
patented the fifteen puzzle.
| TEMPTING OFFER.
| To induce people to keep track of their
bright IDEAS ana see what there is in
them. the Press claims Company has
resolved to offer II D.ize.
TO the person who Submits to ii
the simplest and most promising in,
renttoat from a commercial point OF
rie,c, the company aciU gire tnenty>
fce hundred doilurs an cash, an al.
dition to reminding the fees for secur.
ing tie patent.
IL nil also advertise the inuen.
ton free Of charge.
| This offer is subject to the following
conditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent
for his invention through the company.
lie must first apply for preliminary
search, the cost OF which will be five dol
| lars. Should this search show his inven-
ton TO be unpatentaale, he can withdraw
without further expense. Otherwise he
will be expected to complete his applica-
ton and take ont a patent in the regular
way. The total expense. including gov
eminent and bureau fees. will be seventy
dollars. For this, whether he secures
the prize or not, the inventor will have
patent that ought 10 be valuable
property to him. The prize will be
awarded by jury consisting of three
reputable patent ATTORNEYS of " ashinp-