The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-11-10
PRIZES ON PATENTS
how TO GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS FOR NOTHING.
The winner has Cleaf Gift OF = Small
fortunt,. and tho Losers Have
PATENTS that may Bring them In
ntill More.

Wouldyou like to make Twenty-Five hundred
dollnrs7 II you would, read carefully what fol-
lows and you may SEQ a way to do II.
Tho Press Claims Company devotes much
attention TO patents. 1t has handled thousands
of applications for inventions. but 1t would
like tn handle thousands moro. There Is plenty,
OF inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to pi oduce
practical results. That encourage mont tho Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not so Hard as II seems,
patent strikcs most people rs an appallinsly
formidable thing. Tho idea Ia that sn inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bell
that no must devote yearsto delving in conplica.
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
n fortune on delicate experiments before no can
geta new device to apa,entable dcgroe Of perfco.
ton. This dclusion tho company desires to dispcl
II dcsirco to got into the head oftte public clear
comprehension Of the fact that 1t is not tho grcat
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
tho best returns to their authors, but the little
simple, and cheap oncs-ths things that sccm sc
sbsurdly trivial that tho average citizen would
feel somewhat ashamed OF bringing them 10 the
attention Of tho Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
ho" tic pntohtr VA III HIS marvellous inventions
have not been sufficient to pay the cost OF his OK
perimcnts. But the man who conceived the idea
Of fastening bit Of rubber cord to child's ball
60 that ii would came back to the hand when
thrown, made fortune out OF his scheme. The
modern sewing is miracle of ingenuity
tho product Of the toll of hundreds Of busy
brains through hundred and fifty yoars but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple de-
vico Of putting the eye OF the needle at tho poin
instead OF at the other end.
The Little Things the Most valuable.
Comparatively few people regard thcmselve.
as inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck, at ons time or another, with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some OF tho little
friciions o. life. Usually such ideas arc dismissed
without farther thought.
why don't tho railroad company make its
car windows 40 that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers backsf" cx.
claims the traveller. "If were running the road
would mako them in such way"
what was the man that mndc this saucepan
thinking off" grumbles the cook. "He never had
TO work over stove. or he would have known
how it ought to have been 6xcd.'
Hang such collar buttonl' growls the mar
who is late for breakfast. IF were in the bust
meas I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, O,
break oil, or Gouge out the back OF my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances end begin to think Of some,hin,
clsc. IL they would sit down of the next cuny.n
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win
dows, tsuccpnns. and collar buttons into practi
cal shape. and then apply for patents. they nigh
fluid tl,enealyes as indeI ,ndentiy wealthy ar Ia,
niaa who invented the iron umbrella ring, or III,
one who patented the fifteen puzzle,
A Tempting Oher.
To induce people to keep track Of their brish
ideas and zee what there is in them, the Pres
Claims Company has resolved to offer prize.
To the person who submits to Il IN,
~implest aud most prop,islnE iuvcn.
ton. from commercial point or view
the company Will give twenty -fiys
hundred dollars In cash. In addition "a
refandiuE the fees for securing the
patent.
II Will aise advertise the Invention
free Of charge.
This odcr 10 subject to the following c,ndiiions
Even competitor must obtain patent TO,
his invention through tho company. He mus,
hnt apply for preliminary search. the cost Of
which will be five dollars, Should this search
show his Invention TO be unpatent.bls
nc can withdraw without fur
thor expense. Otherwise hc will be
expected TO complete his application and take GU,
a patent in the regular way. The total expense
including Gorcrnment and Durcau fccs, will be
seventy dollars. For this, whether he secur~ the
prize or not, the inventor will have pa,cn, thu,
ought TO be valuable property to him. The prix,
will be aWarieI nv n inrv con s,;,, ~ -. -.