Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-23
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PIPE
DREAMS
Baker City Man Tells OF HIS
Walking AutO-MO>
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@ County Coroner Taylor n. SNOW an
a Herald man were standing on From
street yesterday when Randall Turn
er's big automobile went whizzing by
Great machine" commented Dr.
/, Snow. "In this new Country which /
appealing but not particularly attrac
tive to railroad builders, autos are go
ing to fill the interval of time between
sage coach days and the days of Pull
man cars. In other words, | believe
that the auto is the solution of the rail
road problem in this county. Unit
such time as traffic grows to such a
magnitude that steam railways are
necessary to handle it, the automobile
will be used to carry freight and pas.
sengers to outlying points. This will of
course, mean that good county roads
must be built, for even an auto can't
run well on mountain trails and mud
holes. For that matter good county
roads must be built in Baker county
/ anyway.
I've been thinking over this auto
mobile matter and have evolved some
thing new in that line. It's a walking
auto. Come up to my Office and I will
eynIain tho maobonisp
The Herald man seeming a good
news item, accompanied the doctor to
his snug offices in the Crabill building.
This walking auto of mine" ex.
p,ained DR.. Snow, consists of two
hollow sidebars placed on the outer
and inner sides of the legs, which
are jointed at the ankle and knee and
strapped or fastened to the shoes UNI
der the middle of the foot. TIE side
bars are covered with fine. soft leath-
err and are buckled to the legs with
three girths, m just above the knee, I
n below the knee, and one just above
the ankle. The dynamo for the mo-
tive power is placed on the upper and
posterior part of the hips, well pad
ded to prevent friction, and with a
nicely finished belt around the waist.
Jointed tumbling rods run from the
crank shaft of the dynamo to the feet
through the hollow side bars, and at
each joint (knee and ankle) are at,
tached to small half-circle cog wheels
which, when the machine is set in mo-
ton, give the leg and foot the proper
motion and movement. The starting
of the mobile will be by the physical
action of the man or woman using It.
There will be but a slight deformity
caused by the projection of the dyna.
mo on the hips. Women can wear them
In place of those cushions which are
used to beautify the feminine form
divine, and if hoop skirts should come
n style again the dynamo would
be conspicuous.
The dynamo cannot be worn on the
anterior portion of the body. for II
would impede the central motion and
prevent a STOPPING or sitting posture
The steel side bars will give strength
TO the lower extremities going at a
nigh rate of speed. The speed rate
might be anywhere between l and 80
miles an hour, depending upon the
horsepower of the dynamo. Equipped
one OF my walking autos. a per
could so to the worlds fair at
expense.
\ expect to get big money from the J
russian government for rights IN use
machine, They neei them very !
'adly TO enable them to retreat rand.
y from the Japs.
The walking auto will be a boon
o prospectors, sportsmen and e~xplor.
With them no trouble will he ex.
'erienoed in climbing the sreepest
fountain, aud with a small brake at.
iched a p%rospector could go into the
eepest canyon or the explorer into a
awning crater.
with the use o; my walking auto.
'obile peace officers could easily can.
ire horse thieves, train robbers. run.
way wives and clipping daughters.
me motive powers That is my Sc.
No; II will not be a storage hat.
n.y. ] decline TO explain further as
70 secret is mine, AMI is the thing
which base the principal value
the machine.
Il am going to apply for a patent
ID reserve all rights. / expect to
AXE a fortune out OF the invention % :