Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-06-27
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty Eve Hundred
Dollars fur Nothing.
The Winner Has o Clear Gift of Small
Fortune, aud the LOssrs Have
Pa.tn,s That May Bring
Tn. N Still More.

Would you like to make twenty-five
hus dred dollars? If you would, read
carefully what follows and you may see
il way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes
much attention to patents. 1t h is hand
led thousands of applications for patents
but 1t would like to handle lhousan tls
more. There is plenty of inve.,.ive tai
emit at large in this country, needing
nothing but encouragement to prsduce
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
palling'y formidable thing. The idea is
that an inventor must be II natural gem
ius, like Edison or Bell; that he must
devote years to delving in complicated
mechanical problems and that he must
spend fortune on delicate experiments
before he can get a new device to n pat
entable degree Of perfection. This deln-
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 great, complex and expensive
| inventions that bring the best returns to
| their authors, hut the little. simple and
cheap Onee-the things that seem so alb
sur'lly trivial that the average citizen
would feel somewhat ashamed of bring
ing them to the attention Of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has re-
! ceited from the patents on all his mar
| velOus inventions have not been suii
rient t" pay the cost OF his experiments.
| Tut the man Who conceived the idea of
| fastening hit Of rubber cord to "a cilill's
! hall, so that it would return back to the
hand when thrown, made Il fortune ont
Vt his scheme. The modern sewing ma
chine is II miracle Of ingenuity--,lle pro-
| duct of the Toll Of hundreds of busy
brains through Il hundred and fifty years
but the " hole brilliant result rests upun
the simple device OF putting the eye of
| the reedle ut the point instead vi at the
other end.
THE LITTLE THINKS THE MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors. but almost every
body has been struck, at one time or
an"ther, with ideas that seemed calcll.
latel To reduce some OF the little fric-
! tons of life. Usually such nie;,s 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 na~Ser gers backs?" c>claims the
traveller. III were running the road
would make Them in such way"
Nv hat 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 hov it
ought to have been fixed"
! ''llang .uch II collar button J" growls
, the man who is late for breakfast. "lf
were in The business I'll make buttons
that wouldn't slip ont. or break oil, or
gouge ont The back Of nv neck !"
| And then the various sufferers forget
about their grievances and be-, jim 10 think
of something else. If they would sit
down at the u ct convenient opportunity,
| put their ideas about car windows Sauce
pans. and collar buttons into practical
shape. aud then apply for patents. they
might find themselves as independently
wealthy rs The man who invented the
iron umbrella ring, or the one who
patented the fifteen puzzle.
| TEMPTING OFFER.
10 induce people 10 keep track of their
bright ideas ana see what there is in
them. the Press claims Company has
resolved to offer D. ize.
To the person aeho submits to it
Me simplest and most promising in
cent'on from a commercial point Of
cie'o. tie company ociU gire tnenty>
Hce hundred do/iars IN cash, IN al.
"ition to retmmdimg tile fees for secur.
ing tile patent.
1t mill 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- unpatentahle. he can withdraw
without fur, her expense. Otherwise he
will be expected to complete his applica-
| tiOn and take ont n patent in the regular
way. The total expense, including gov
ernment and bureau fees. will be seventy
dollars. For this, whether he seizures
| the prize or not +, the inventor will have
| n patent that ought 10 be valuable
property to him. The prize will be
awarded by u jury consisting of three