Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-06-26
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty Eve Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner Has Clear Gift OF Small
Fortune, aud the Losers Have
Patents That May Bring
THIN Still More.

Would you like to make twenty-five |
huldred dollars? If you would, read
what follows and you may see
a way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes
much attention to patents. 1t his hand
led thousands Of applications for patents
but it would like to handle 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
the Press Claims Company proposes to
give.
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes most people as an APP
pallingly formidable thing. The idea is
that IN inventor must be a natural geil-
ius, like Edison or Bell; that he must
devote years to delving in complicated
mechanical problems and that he must
spend a fortune on delicate experiments
before he can get a 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
Il clear comprehension Of The fact that it
is not the greet, complex ard expensive
inventions that bring the best returns to
their authors. but the little. simple and
cheap oncs-the things That seem so alb
sur'llv trivial that The average citizen
would feel somewhat ashamed OF bring
ing them " the attention Of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has re-
ceNed from the patents on all his mar
Vicious Inventions have not been suili
Gent t" pay the cost OF his experiments.
hut the man who conceived the idea of
fastening hit of rubber cord to II clild's
ball, so that it would return back to the
hand when thrown, made a fortune out
OF his scheme. The modern sewing ma
chine is Il miracle of ingenuity--the pro-
duct of the toll Of hundreds OF busy
brains through hundred and fifty wears
but the Whole brilliant result rests upon
the simple device Of putting the eye Of
the readle at the point instead of at the
other end.
THE LITTLE THINKS THE MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves rs inventors, but almost every
body has been struck, at one time or
another, with ideas that seemed calcu.
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 its car windows SO that they can
be slid up aud down without breaking
the passengers backs?" cHclaims the
traveller. eff were running the road |
would make them in such Il way"
''What was the man that made this
saucepan thinking Off" grumbles the
cook. .IIe never had to work over Il
stove, or he would have known how it
ought to have been fixed.''
''llang such 81 collar button!" growls
the man who is late for breakiast. "lf
were in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out. or break off, or
gouge 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 ut the next convenient opportunity,
put their ideas about car windows. sauce
pans, and collar buttons into practical
shape, and then apply for patents, they
might find themselves as independently
wealthy rs the man who Invented the
Hou uuDiciit IiiiS, UT the one WHO
patented the fifteen puzzle.
TEMPTING OFFER.
TO induce people To keep track of their
bright iueas ana see what there is in
them. the Press claims Company has
resolved to offer D.ize.
TO the person seho submits to it
tie simplest and most promising IN.
centioa from a commercial point OF
cie'c, the company sciH gire t,centy-
flee hundred dollars in cash, in al.
"ition TO ret"ndimg tile fees for secur.
ing tie I,atent.
II mill also advertise the inuen-
tioa 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 he nnpatentahle. he can Withdraw
without further expense. Otherwise he
will be expected to complete his applica-
ton and take out n patent in the regular
way. The total expense. Including gov
ernment and bureau fees, will be seventy
dollars. For this, whether he secures
the prize or nor, the Inventor will have
a patent that ought 10 be valuable
property to him. The prize will he
awarded by jury consisting Of three