Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-14
MONEY IN THESE IDEAS,
Simple Little Things That Haven't Beer
Invented-Devices Needed in
Everyday Life.

there are lots of chances for inventors
still, says the New York Sun. 1t is an
Old saying that the simplest devices are
the ones which prove most profitable to
ther originators. The field is not vet
exhausted.
FOR instance, it is asserted that the
genus who cOnceives a process for load
LAg coal on ocean going steamships which
VIII erect saving of One-half a cent a
ION over the present methods employed
can get check for $1,OOO.0O0 for his
luea tne minute he is ready to demon
StTate the practicabllity of his plan.
Out, valuable as would be such an
1uea' IL IS a question whether it would
Dfllg larger price than Il method OF
treating straw hats to prevent them from
changing color with the weather.
4hcfe Is also demand in the Amer
lean household as we'll as in large can
HIH? establishments for an effective and
rapidly working device for sealing cans.
uil9 nLty patents have been granted for
contriVances aimed to meet this want
out the ideal has not yet been reached
A typewriter that will do it's work
WithOut the present nerve racking. click
ing ana cIacklng would bring a good re-
turn TO the inventor and would be as
great a boon to humanity as a speechless
barber. 00'
Inc genius who contrives a motor ac-
tlated solely by the rays of the sun or
the waves of the sea, and of practical
use, as assured of a fortune and n niche
III the Hall of Fame
Shoe manufacturers have long sought
a neat and durable substitute for leather.
ana they are willing to pay Handsomely
the man who solves this riddle for them.
Millions OF dollars await the man who
lnVents a substitute for coal One of the
biggest bills OF the world of civilization
Is It's fuel bill. Cut this down a trife a
year by any means and fortune sur
passing ROckefeller's will be the re-
ward.
, A device that will entirely obIiterate
the grating mechanical sounds of the
talking machine will find a dozen bid
ders With certified checks waiting to pur-
chase it.
The man who devises method of
cleaning a ships bottom without dock
ing 1t will never have to work another
day III his life and can take a trip
abroad III his own private yacht if he de-
slres to do So
1t is estimated that millions of dollars
are locked up in waste of various kinds
etfectually utilize this waste and save
the millions will fill the Golfers of the
inventor with coin.
Probably 500 patents have been Sc
cured on nOn-reusable boxes and five
times as many on non-refilIable bottles,
but no one of these meets all the re-
quirements. The inventor of the perfect
thing in either of these classes will live
on the fat of the land for the rest Of
his days.
Automatic chicken pickers and oyster
shuckers are in demand.
One of the ideas upon which the in
ventor may exercise his ability with
profitable results if he is successful is an
automatic gas cock that will shut Off
the flow as soon as the gas is eXtin-
guished.
There is self-sharpening paper cut
ter which keeps it's blade on edge
through the very process of cutting pa
per- There is tidy 100000 waiting
for the man who can apply the same
principle to scissors and shears.
A pen that will not cOrrOde, pin that
will not dull, a gasoline for automobiles
that will not smell, an ink that will not
evaporate, coloring matter for light dress
goods that will not fade, a self-lubrlcat-
ing sewing machine, an automatically
puncture closing pneumatic tire for BIZ
cycles and automobiles, a perfect, smoke
consumer, a device for accurately TIM
ing camera exposures, a typewriter key
that will not clog, and hundreds OF other
schemes that will add to the comfort
and economy of living, are all waiting
to be brought to that stage OF per1ec-
ton that will make them servlceable.