Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-04-23
inventive GENIUS
BEFORE LOCAL CLUB

''Did you ever see great inventor,
l mean one VINO has accomplished big
things and new ideas?" asked S. J. Hood
at the regular meeting of the Fort
nightly Literary club on Friday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Kelley, when he presented a paper on
Recent Scientific Development. 3" He
then added, ''Most of us realize what
the self binder is to the farmer at har-
vest time We look upon the feat of
binding grain as wonderful. and well
we may, for ithas cheapened the cost
of flour. This binder was conceived
and developed by Mr.. Applebee at Ma
zomanie, about forty miles south of
here. Did you ever notice the auto
matte bell ringer on the Chicago &
Northwestern engines? Our George
Gollmar invented that. Would you
like to see the man who actually backed
the old mother hen off the nest in
Matching chicks? Our H. H. Black
man has accomplished that in the Ban
her incubator He does it with just
fresh air. Would you like to see The
man who has accomplished a feat that
all others have failed to do? Did you
ever see Charles H. Grubb, the man
who makes the Humane Stanchion?
He utilizes buzz saw to cut round
corner on two inch material and has
perfected machines that will bend gas
pipe or u steel cold and do it perfectly,
while all others are obliged to heat and
fill. Did you ever see the circus king of
the world today, the man who can
make show worth seeing, and at the
same time make it an honorable bust
ness, free from fake games and money
grabbing? Did you ever see our Al
Ringing? This also includes the broth
ers and their cousins, the Gollmars. -
Mr.. Hood discussed the inv entive
genius in the abstract and concrete.
He found him to be one who is not sat-
isfied with the old ways of doing
things and who wishes to improve the
conditions. He is sometimes looked
npon as being decidedly queer, and this
is often true. He is living on differ
ent plane from his associates and ap-
pears much the same as the people of
Mars would probably appear to us. The
corn binder, the Diesel oil-motor and
many others were mentioned and de-
scribed. Some of the more important
inventions of recent times are, electric
furnace, 1889; steam turbine, 1894
gasoline automobile, 1890; moving pic
lures, 1898; wireless telegraphy, 1900;
aeroplane, 1905; cyanide process 1890
linotype, 1890; induction motor, 1890;
and electric welding. 1889.
An effort is being made to success
fully harness the suns rays, and this is
tho latest successful field of the in
ventor
The paper was followed by the usua
discussion. Among those who abl,
responded was the host, Hugh Kelley
whose osculatory grafton brought pro
lOnged applause. His effort was full
of humor, spice and advice
At the conclusion of the discussion /;
vote was taken on the greatest moderY
inventions with the following result:
1 vote for the x-ray
vote for the moving picture
10 votes for sound reproducing ma
chimes like the telephone and talking
invention.
IL votes for wireless
There were no votes for the automc
bic, electric welding, cyanide process
turbines, induction motor, llnotyp
andlmany others.
R. B. Griggs reported that progress