The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
ELIPHALET REMINGTON
OUR OLDEST INVENTOR
FAMILY THAT HAS PRODUCED
GENIUS IN THREE GEN.
ERATIONS.

of Americas living inventors, he is &
splendid contradiction of the theory
that there is no such thing as the
aristOcracy of genius The Reming-
tons for three generations have given
impressive evidence of the persist
ence of creative strain marked by
the production of many extremely
useful things in the realm of mechan-
les, says the New York Herald.
Eliphalet Remington is what might
be termed the middleman of this rec
ord, the present pivotal point in a
tale of public service that is unique.
Indeed to be exact, what he and his
have done in one form or another,
reached the world over and influenced
modern life in numerous ways. But
in order to appreciate just what this
man represents as a type of which all
America may be proud, let us go back
one generation and show how envir-
Onment, quite as much as blood, call
ed into being and then perpetuated
the gift that has made the family
name famous
Forced to Make His Own Gun.
In 1871 Eliphalet Remington I'd was
born on his fathers farm in Herki-
mer county New York, not far from
the place where the busting town of
Ilion now stands At that time the
wooded hills of the district teemed
with game of all Sorts and the farm
ing fraternity laid aside their ploughs
and field implements at certain sea-
sons to spend some of their days in
the relaxation of hunting. It was the
ambition of every boy to own a gun,
so that he might share in the sport
which absorbed his elders Eliphalet |
Remington I'd was no exception to his |
husky, red blooded comrades. and |
along about 1910 he begged his father |
to give him money enough wherewith |
to buy a rifle. His senior declined for |
good and sufficient reasons.
Worthwhile firearms then cost a .
tidy sum- They were for the most |
part luxuries. as the best of them
came from abroad. Eliphalet I'd
would stand no denial: he felt that
again necessity-for such it seemed
to him-proved the mother of inven-
ton. Farming equipment in those far
off years was very largely made and
repaired by the husbandman himself,
and for this purpose Eliphalet Rem
ngton LIST had built a little forge and
on his place. There his son
had learned to handle the tools of the
and to fashion iron and
steel as occasion required. Accord
ngly, Eliphalet I'd set about fashion
ng a gun for himself out of handy 4
scrap material He took flat strips
If steel which he wound around a
cd, heated them to the right degree
md welded them into the barrel for
lis gun to be. This was the work of
weeks. and when finished represented
~ part of the task involved. He had
10 facilities wherewith to cut the
filing, so essential to the accurate
light of the bullet
Undismayed. the lad trudged ff-
cen miles to Utica and there found
gunsmith, who was so impressed
With the barrel as it was that he {
daddy rifled it and provided a lock as
veil. c
First Remington Rifle.
1t was a comparatively easy matter F.,
hen for the boy to cut a stock and
1t it to his weapon With his piece
eady, Eliphalet I'd and a group of
dmiring fellows went out to try it,
from the very first shot the gun
'roved to be extremely accurate, and
he people around looked upon the
handiwork as little short
f marvellous. His fathers pride was !
.reat. In consequence the little forge D
n the farm was kept busy thereafter Il
veil nigh continuously, as the neigh n
ors clamored for rifles of the same II
1t soon became evident to the two d
semingtons that the forge would not c
nswer their purpose, and they talked 5
f rearing a factory. Before this was II
one, however, Eliphalet Senior died.
,liphalet I'd married and moved to "
Iion and there. in quarters better s
uited to his needs, he commenced fl
he manufacture in dead earnest of e
o. called Remington firearms. t.
In the course of years three sons t,
,ere born to Eliphalet Remington I'd "
-Philo, Samuel and Eliphalet 3D. Il
nd when they were old enough the C
ads started to work in their fathers a
un factory. 1t is a matter of COM fl
non knowledge how the firm of f. Il
remington e Sons played its part in
roviding guns for the federal troops d
uring the civil war. Similarly other 8,
atoms adopted the weapon for their k
oldiers subsequently. The burden n
arried by Eliphalet I'd during that
eriod of strife Slapped his strength
nd carried him to a comparatively
arly grave. However, the three boys :,
'ere true to the family strain and -
ere equal to the demands of the =
usiness. -
Loyal to Neighbors.
At the close of the Franco Prussian