Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-10-30
MANUFACTURES
HIS WEATHER
This Eastern Man Has invented
Weather That Can Easily be Car.
ried Around With Him.
WAS TORTURED BY NEURALGIA
Now He Fixes Matters MeteorIou,.
cal in Accordance With Cur
rent Needs.

Thirty years of acute suffering from
neuralgia is the medium through
which James B. Hammond declares
he has discovered an invention which
will not only provide great relief to
those who suffer like himself but will
enable anyone who has the requisite
means to create an atmosphere suit
ed to his needs in any season or in
whatever quarter OF the globe he may
chance to be.
In other words, he intends to take
a specially constructed and portable
house with him wherever he goes AMI
with it apparatus whereby he viii
supply the house with the quality of
air necessary to alleviate the tortur
ing pangs of his disease.
Already he has a completed model
Of the house, which has been tested
for several months, and has procured
provisional patents on the device in
England. A larger model 20 feet
square Is now being constructed and
the next step is to be the full size
habitable structure, which will have
its first practical test in the moist
climate of England. Mr.. Hammond
believes that eventually his device will
be adopted in such countries as India
and that hospitals will be equipped
with these specially constructed
houses where the rigors of any eli
mate may be overcome. He says rows
of these houses could be operated to-
gether.
Mr.. Hammond's experience in ex-
tracing the humidity from New York
air began in Ardsley hall. Central
Park West, several years ago and
were carried to such a state of perfec-
ton there that he was able to main
tain uniform degree of temperature
and humidity and from that accom-
plishment developed the plan for the
portable house.
Puzzles the Weather Men.
For many years Mr.. Hammond has
been mystery to weather observers
in various parts Of the country. a
score of local weather bureaus, per
haps, would receive on the same date
an urgent telegram from him asking
them to wire Immediately state of wet
and dry bulbs and any other Informal
ton as to climatic probabilities.
1t was all easily explained when one
understood MIR. Hammonds condition.
A few weeks ago he was driven out
of England because of the humidity
there. He returned to New York, to
find conditions little better. On
Thursday the air became so saturated
with moisture that his neuralgia be.
came almost unbearable. His whole
frame was wrenched and twisted with
I1nI 1ciD tirfy hot h. n
no longer bear the agony and tele
graphed to find where conditions were
most favorable for relief. Before he
was ready to start the air of Manhat
tan changed for the better, some O.
able to remain.
Propped up in an invalids chail
with servant constantly at his side
to apply such remedies as were a
hand, Mr. Hammond talked to a re
porter of his invention and what hi
hopes it will achieve for humanity
He could speak only between spasm,
Of pain, but explained that these
spasmodic twinges are so much
pleasanter than the continuous per
Torrance" He now occupies apart
ments in the Osborne, Seventh ave
nue. and Fifty-seventh street.
Explains His Simple Device.
"The old saying that necessity II
the mother Of invention is particularly
true in my case," he said, because /
became necessary for me to get relic
in order to live and l have too mucl
to accomplish in the world to die
There is nothing new in changing th'
atmosphere in q room or a building
but l have discovered that it is entire
ly. practical to carry your atmospher,
|. with you.
Cali that is needed Is an electric
wire to operate such blowers as ar.
j, necessary, a refrigerator and the nee
essary apparatus for driving the mois
/. ture out of the air In my experiment.
in Ardsley hall | succeeded in rsduc
: ing the humidity In my apartment
in portable house wherever there i
electricity and a refrigerating plant
Since | became an acute suffere
have been driven from one countr
to another because Of climatic cond
lions and often have had to leav
when business of the greatest impol
lance demanded that l should remain
, was driven out of London only
short time ago and went to variou
parts in England where l had foun
relief before, but everywhere the sa
uration OF the air was so great tha
| fled to New York. Here l got littl
relief until the change came las
night.
Nov l intend to take my nous
and my atmosphere with me and liv
where l please. l might say I wi
: take up my house and walk After
] have given the thing a thorough te:
and 1t has proved successful, as
! know it will, expect to see the ide
:, adopted in various parts Of the worl
|; where the climate Is bad. A letter
: saw frim hospital in Bombay to
great refrigerating concern recent
!, added to my conviction that my ide
i; of Transforming the climate will be {
t great advantage to humanity.
"This letter asked II 1t were nc
. possible to contrive some metho
V whereby the atmosphere might be S
!. modified in the hospital in Bombay a
to give relief to men who had bee
worn down by the climate of tina
country. It said many young me
l were so reduced that they could nc
endure the journey to the mountain
: and were almost sure to die in spit
2 of all that could be done. A shol
e period in an artificial but favorabl
; atmosphere would revive them.
! Another thing is the need that on