The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-10-13
ON PATENTS
now TO GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
lars fua NOTHING.
xhs WinHsS has 0lssr off Of . small
TertuAt,. saa tie Losers Xsvs
Ystsnts that nay Bring them IN
still lgoss.

Wouldyou like to make twenty-five hundred
doilarsf II you would. read carefully what fol-
lows and you may $50 way TO de- II.
The Press Claims Company dsvotes much
attention to patents. It has handled thousands
Of applications for inventions, but II wsuld
like to handle Thousands more. There IL plenty,
Of inventive talent At large In this country
needing nothing bot encouragement to ploduco
practical results. That encourage nent the Press
Claims Company propose to give.
Not 10 Hard ~ IL Seems.
patapt strikes most people ~ an appallingly
formidable thing. The idea IL that an inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bell i;
that he must devote years to delving In compiler
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before he can
get . now device to apatentabls degree Of perfec-
ton. This delusion the company desires to dispel
Il desires to got into the head public clear
comprehension Of tho fact that IA not the great
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
the best returns TO their authors bat the little.
simplo, and cheap ones-ths thinss that seem 40
ahsurdly trivial that the average citiscn would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to the
attention OF the Patent Odlce.
Edison says that the profit he has received
from tho patents on allhis marvellous inventions
have not been Sufficient to pay the cost Of his ex
pcriments. But the man who conceived tho idea
OF fastening bit Of rubber cord to childs ball,
sothat II would came back to tho hand when
thrown, made a fortune out Of his scheme Tho
modern sewing machine is miracle of ingenuity
the product OF the toll Of hundreds OF busy
brains through hundred and fifty years. but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple de-
vice of putting the eye Of the needle at tho poin
instead OF ut tho other end.
The LITTLE Things the Nest Valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
an inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck Mt one time or another, with ideas that
| seemed calculated to reduce some Of the little
frictions oflfe. Usually such ideas are dismissed
without further thought.
"Why don't tho railroad company make Its
car windows No that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers' backsf" ex-
claims the traveller. "If were running the road
would make them in such way"
What was tho man that made this saucepan
| thinking orr grumbles tho cook. "Hs never had
to work over . stove. or he would have known
how 1t ought TO have been fxed."
Hang such collar buttonr' growls the man
WHO Is late for breakfast. IF were In the bust.
ness I'D make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of something
else. II they would sit down at the next conven-
lent opportunity. put their ideas about car win
dowr. saucepans, aud collar buttons into practi.
cal shape. and then apply for patents, they might
fnd themselves as independently wealthy - the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the
one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A Tempting OAer.
To indacc people to keep tack OF their bright
ideas and 500 what there is In them. the Press
Claims Company has resolved to offer prize.
| Ts the person whs submlts to Il the
sinplest and most promising tnven-
tiea. from commercial point 81 view.
the company will give tWenty- Ave
hundred dsllars In cash, In addition 70
refanaiag the fees for nesuring the
patent.
II viii also advertise the inventisu
free 81 charge.
This offer 10 subject to the follovins c,nditions:
Every oompetitori must obtain . patent for
his invcntion through the company. He must
INST apply for preliminary search. the cost OF
which will bc Eve dollars, should this search
shov his invocation To bc unpst-nsabls.
no can withdraw without fur
thcr expense. Otherwise hc will be
expected to complete his application and take out
patcut In the rcs,ilnr way. Tho total expense.
including Gosernment and Bureau fees, will b.
ssventy dnllars. For this, whether he sccurts the
prir- or not. the inventor will have patent that
ought to be valuable property To him. The prize
will b awarded b, ajury consisting OF thrve rep
uiabls patent attorneys Of Washington Intending
compctiton should FILL cut tho following blank.
and forward II with thoir application.