The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-12-28
New Wireless TeIe.
phone.
Mill Soon Take Place of ALL wire
Systems.
Grandyiew Company TO Manufacture

The new wireless telephone in
vented by Jones Johnson. of
Bucktown is a complete success
as experiments that have been
made during the past three
months have proven.
'Joney," as all the boys call
him, is only eighteen years of
age but he has beat all the in
ventions of the wireless systems
He was never studious until he
got his hands on a book treating
On telephony and telegraphy and
ne became so interested in this
that he cast all other studies
aside. He soon acquired a COM
.plete mastery of the old systems
and then began an investigation
of the wireless systems used by
the government.
He conceived the idea Of max
ing a cheap instrument that
would do for local commercial
purposes, good for a distance of
fifty miles and Immediately be-
gan working out his idea. He
mad a very satisfactory instru-
ment ten months ago. and in
stalled several in the homes of
friends who promised to keep
his invention a secret until such
a time as he considered the in
strument perfected.
For the past six months the
Cadick Milling Co. has been
using ten of his instruments
with perfect satisfaction. They
have two in Owcnsbor) one at
E%nterpri e, one at Rome, and
one at Hawesville besides the
phones in their local warehouses.
Six weeks ago an instrument
vas placed in tie Monitor office
and we have since had perfect
connection with all of these
points, and every phone of this
make.
The instrument is unique in
its simplicity and perfection of
operat on. Each instrument is
tuned" to a certain number of
vibrations, to correspond II mum.
boring of the boxes on the old
all-wire systems, and each trans
mitter furnished is easily and
quickly adjusted to be in tune
with any certain receiver. The
owner of the box" can thus call
any one having one OF these in
struments without calling any
exchange if he knows their tune
number. After the exchange of
messages the operator returns
his box to the number of his sta
ton and then any one may call
him.
"Joney'' says he hopes to get
the United States Signal Service
to give all parties having these
phones the weather indications
and markets each day He says
this can easily be done by put
ting your box in tune with the
Service box say at 6 o.
clock every morning when the
in charge will read the re-
port Eve one having his in
strument so arranged may get
the weather report and if you
fail so to do you do not receive
the message.
Eight weeks ago "Joney' said
he had his invention all right and
applied for a patent and as soon
as he had his application on file
he began making the instrument
for a more extended use
So far the instrument has
all he has claimed for it
and he says one can talk a ds-
lance of over 1000 miles by in
,reasing battery strength.
Grandview capital was quick
% see the great demand for the
invention and a company YVES
quickly organized with a capital
stock Of $50, 900 to manufacture
he instruments which will be
sold for five dollars each. Joney
gets a royalty of twenty five cent
on each instrument sold. He
says his instruments will put the
Did all wire systems out of BUSH
ness in two years and he has
in the contract with
new company that the retail
price of the new phone shall not
be over five dollars within 500
niles Of the factory, but even at.
hat price the manufacturers
nave a good margin for profit.
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