The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-02-22
A INVENTION.
Bound to Revolutionize All Former
Methods Of Filing Blanks for Law
yers. Justices and Notaries.

Letters patent were issued on the 18th
inst, to Richard Bennett of Neihart, on
his device for the filing Of legal blanks,
application for which was allowed on
the 4th day of last October.
We congratulate Mr.. Bennett on the
success of his application and confident
ly predict that a fortune will be made
by the invention. Mention was made
some time ago of this device, and a de-
scription was published concerning it,
stating briefly its merits. In design it
is simplicity itself, placing within the
reach of attorneys at law, justices, nota-
ries, civil engineers, government officers,
county officers and in fact all classes of
persons using blank forms a most con
v%enient, handy and useful file, at a small
cost, compared with the cabinets and
other cumbersome devices now used for
that purpose.
There is no comparison between it
and the old legal form blank files when
convenience and cost are taken into con-
consideration. The only wonder is that
the idea of It's construction did not long
ago find a material form. 1t is the best
thing in the line yet offered to the peo-
pie.
In appearance 1t resembles a large
book, resting or its back, in an upright
position. The leaves are of heavy tag
board, so placed and adjusted as to act
as partitions between the several lots Or
kinds of blanks. 1t may be constructed
any size or of any dimensions to suit the
particular needs of the person ordering
il. The chief difference between it and
the former files is in that it sets upon its
back in an upright position and may be
placed upon the corner of a table where
it is always convenient, preserving the
papers straight, orderly and free from
dust. 1t may also be valuable to mer'
chants and business men as a receptacle
for bills, etc. This article being a home
| product, we feel pleased to think that j
. will be a time saving, money-makins
t concern for all who invest in it.
A HERALD reporter called upon thu
inventor this week, to speak of his new
venture and to ascertain his plans o
manufacturing, and placing the file be
7 fore the public. We found him at hi
9 office, in his usually cheerful mood, an
free to talk upon the subject in hanc
: When asked to state what steps, if an
had been taken in regard to manufact
uring the article he said: ~
J 81 really don't know whether there
> anything to be made by the file; it is $
n simple in construction that the publ
q may not detect any merit in it; but, {
you have seen it, you can perhaps be tt
$ better judge. All my friends tell me
o is surely a valuable device.
e correspondence has been opened
y some of the leading houses of the Unite
Is States that manufacture and hand
II such articles with a view to learnir
what my intentions are in this regar
d So many of my friends have encourage
y me in the matter, and being myself
practicing lawyer, and fully mindful
IS the needs of the profession, l have d
e, cided to give it a fair trial in the mar
j. ct. l am inclined to think it will I
ID ceive a kind reception and that its col
mercial value will soon be demonstra
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