The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-09-29
PRIZES ON PATENTS
now TO Get TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS FOR NOTHING.
1he winner has oles. Gift OF . SNAIL
fortunts, and the Losers Have
Patents that NAY Bring them In
0till More.

Wouldyou like to make twenty five hundred
dollarsf II you would. read carefully what fol.
lows and you may see way to dsit.
The Press Claims Company dsvotes much
attention to patents. II has handled Thousands
of applications for inventions. but 1t would
like to handle thousands more. There Is plenty,
OF inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encourage nent tho Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not NO Hard ~ II Seems.
patent strikes most people a. m appallincly
formidable thing, The idea is that an inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bill
that he must devote years to delvins In compiler
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
fortune on delicate experiments before he can
getnn device TO apatentable degree of perfoc.
tion. This deiusion the company desires 10 dspel.
1t dcsiresto got into the head Of the puhJo clear
comprehension Of tho fact that 1t Il not the great
complex, and expensive Inventions that bring
tho hest returns to their authors but tho little,
simple, and cheap ones-ths things that seem 20
absurdly trivial that tho average citizen would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to the
attention Of the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on This marvellous inventions
havo not been sufficient to pay the cost Of his OK.
periments. But the mar who conceived the idea
Of fastening bit Of rubber cord to child's ball,
sothat " would came hack to the hand when
thrown, made y fortune out OF his scheme. The
modem sewing machine Ia q miracle Of ingenuity
fine 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 ut the poin
instead Of ut the other end.
The Little Things the Most Valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck, at ono time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some Of the little
frictione OF life. Usually such ideas are dismissed
without further thought
why don't the railroad company make its
car windows 70 that they can 10 aid up and down
without breaking the passensers' baaksf' ex-
claims the traveller. eff were running the read
l would make them in such way"
''Whnt was the man that made this saucepan
thinking OFF, grumbles the cook. He never bad
to work over = stove, or he would have known
how II ought to have been feed"
Hang such collar button!' growls the maa
who 10 late for breakfast. IF wsre in the busi.
ness I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or
break oil, or Eougc out the hack OF my neck
And then the various Sufferers forget about
their grievances aud begin to think Of something
else. II they would sit down Ut the next conyep-
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win
dows, saucepans, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape. and then apply for patents, they might
ind themselves rs independently wealthy as the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the
one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
4 Tempting Offer.
To induce people to keep track OF their bright
ideas and sec what there is 10 them. the Press
Claims Company has resolved to offer prize.
Ts the perrsn whs sabnits ts II the
siaPlest asd most promising inven.
tioa. from = commercial point OF view.
the company will give twenty-five
hundred dollars In cash. In addition 10
refsadia6 the fees for securing the
patent.
II will also advertise the Invention
free Of charge.
This offer IL subject TO tho following conditions:
Every compctitorl must obtain u patent for
his invention through the company. He must
first apply fos preliminary search. the Cost Of
which will bc hve dollnrs, should thi. search
show his invention To bc unpatcntabie,
he can withdraw without fur
thcr expense. Otherwise he will be
expected To complete his DUPLICATION and take out
patent In the regular way. Tho total expense.
including Government aud Bureau fees, will BE-
seventy dollars. POI this, whether he secures the
prize or not, the invcntor will have = patent that
ought to b. = valuable property to him. Tho prize
will bc awarded by aiury consisting Of three rep