Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1916-03-17
Young Inventor
Visited Beach
Apparatus Perfected for Harnessing
the Wind to Generate Electricity
for the Farm at a Triffling Cost.

During the past week Beach was
favored with visit by George Nam
ikowske, of Richland County, this
state. Mr.. Manikowski is the inven-
tor of windmill for generating ell
ectric current. The device is pecu-
liarly adapted to meet the needs
of the farmer.
This novel invention has been
the subject of widespread comment
by the Agricultural College at Far
go-which has devoted special bull
letin to u description Of the device
and its utility on the farmland by
such magazines and periodicals as
Good Housekeeping, Popular Mech
anics, County Gentleman, and 9TH
.ers.
The invention Of windmill that
would generate electric current had
been the hope Of many an expert
but it remained for this young man
born and raised on farm in this
.state-to invent device that really
would meet all the varied demands
of the farmer in the way of electric
light and power. Mr.. Manikowske's
apparatus is novel. 1t is operated
ut triffling cost. and is made to
stand and will stand the test Of
years. Besides, there is practically
no limit to the uses to which it may
be put on the ordinary farm.
On the farm of the inventors ia
ther in Richland County the wind
mill has now been in very successful
operation for six years. The farm
is large one, comprising some.
100 acres. Some 80 lights have
been in use there, including IL large
light for the barnyard, besides 4
motors. This plant has undergone
most trying tests during these years
with the result that the possibilities
of the. device appear even greater
than before. Plants have been es-
tablished ut various other places
one at Cleveland, N. d., one at En-
derlin, n. d., and one ut the Santee
Normal Training School, Santee,
Nebraska. All these have given en-
tire satisfaction.
The invention has been patented
both in the United States and III
Canada.
In the words of the inventor
"This windmill, or rather the electric
current generated by it, will pump
water into the attic of the house,
and elsewhere; it will run the wash
ing machine, the electric fan, the
vacuum cleaner, the fiat iron, the
hot plate. the emery wheel, the
grindstone, the forge, the drill press,
the drill, the butter churn, the
cream separator, the ice cream
freezer, the tanning mill; it will
charge the batteries for the auto
mobile, and can be used in vulcan
izing automobile tires, to say moth
ing of lighting the house, the barn
and other buildings. All these things
and more are possible with this ap-
paratus."
By means of the storage battery
which is installed in connection with
the plant the farmer is insured ell
ectric current at all time. In days
when the wind is sufficient the wind
mill will generate and store enough
current to last the farmer during
Jays when not even Il breeze 4:
:'r!rrlEg.
Plans ar. rcw under way to mec!
the great c.l..ands for til appara-
tu.: that have come from 4 majorit
of states in the Uniol an; from
Canada AL '':.er foreign ."a':trn :
Perhaps at an early date a COM
plete outfit will be installed on one
of the Golden Valley farms, to be
selected with the idea of having
close at hand plant in actual op.
Grafton, for demonstration purposes
The inventor wishes the plant tc
do its own talking.
While ut Reach Mr.. Manikowske