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THE TRIBUNE, D . MONT., THURS., FEB. 18M986. V —»1* ^ *- T"* V r > - SHIRTMAKER FROCK ■r IS INDISPENSABLE The Mind , PATTERN JWOT - - LQWELL , Meter • hendeeson O Bell Syndicate.—WNU Servie«. iwmatnegiaiauBvrstni By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Sholes develop his paging machine, HE click and clatter of ‘ was added to the'group of experi­ Thg Similarities Test menters in the little machine shop, In each problem of the following the keys were silenced test there are three words. The first as the visitors paused be­ and proved quite a handy man, both In carrying out ideas and sugges­ two words bear a certain relation­ side the desk from which ship to one another. Write In a the noise came; tions. But Sholes was the man with the big Idea and to him the inven­ fourth word which bears the same “What are you doing?” relationship to the third word that “I’m writing an article on the tion of the first practical typewriter Is credited." the second does to the first typewriter." 3. Flame, gas; bulb, — ■ "I know you are . . . I can see John Alden Descendant. 2. Gasoline, automobile; horse, — . that for myself. . But what’s It Sholes wus a descendant of John 3. Frank Frisch, baseball; Harold about?” and Priscilla Alden, and was born McSpaden, — -. S “It’s about the typewriter.” in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, “4. Thin, thick; slim, “Oh, now I understand! You’re February.' 14, 1819. At the age of 5. Homer, poetry; Demosthenes,, writing an article ABOUT the type- fourteen he was apprenticed to the writer ON the typewriter. But editor of the Danville (Pa.) Intelli­ 6. Albany, New York; Con­ why?” gencer to learn the printing busi­ “Well, you see, February 14 hap­ cord, -----. ness, but at the age of eighteen he 7. Soldier, army; sailor, ----- pens to be the anniversary of . the decided to join his brother, who was 8. Roosevelt, Garner; Hoover, ---- birth of Christopher Latham Sholes then living in Green Bay, Wis. 9. America’s Cup, yachting ¡Wight- and be . . .” Two years later Sholes went to “Oh yes, he was the chap who man Cup, -----. Madison and took charge of the 10. Stateroom, ocean liner; cell, invented the typewriter, wasn’t he?" Wisconsin Inquirer, owned by his “That depends upon what you brother, Charles, and in 1840 he ed­ mean when you say ‘Inventor’ be­ Use only the following words: ited the Southport (later Kenosha) navy, Curtis, prison, electricity, fat, cause ...” Telegraph. Four years later he be­ New Hampshire, oratory, wa^on, came the postmaster there and after tennis, golf. Yes, a great deal does depend moving to Milwaukee was postmas­ upon the definition of that word! ter In that city. He was also ed­ At least a dozen men did the pio­ itor of the Sentinel and the News, Answers , Misa Eileen Donohue as she appeared, In the costume of the seventies, In a 1. Electricity. 6. New Hamp- neering work that eventually re­ commissioner of public works and skit presented by the New York Y. W. C. A. as a part of the celebration in 1933 shire. salted in the modern high-speed collector of customs. It was dur­ 2. Wagon. to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the invention of the typewriter and the 7. Navy. writing machine and each of them has ing his career In this office that he 3. Golf. entrance of women Into the modern business world. The typewriter shown in 8. Curtis. some claim to the title of “father of became Interested In making a num­ 4. Fat. this picture Is the original model perfected by Christopher Latham Sholes from 9. Tennis. the typewriter" or to the honor of bering machine and working with 5. Oratory, which the first manufactured machine was copied. 10. Prison. being its “inventor." the other two men In their little ma­ Probably the first effort to pro­ printing at the end of the line Is In 1861, Thomas Hall of New chine shop on a writing machine. duce a writing machine was made Washington Monument Has Indicated." York, who is said to have perfected A One-Letter Affair. by an English engineer named Hen­ the first “portable" typewriting ma­ Principle Reversed. The first machine which he In­ Defied Lightning for Years ry Mill In 1714. A, patent Issued to chine, a model of a larger Instru­ High winds and electrical storms This Indicates that the princi­ vented was a simple one-letter af­ him by Queen Anne on January 7 ment on which he was working, was invariably bring calls to the weather ple of Burt’s machine was the re­ fair, made with an old telegraph of that year states that he “Invent­ the first to use an Inked ribbon for bureau from citizens wondering If ed and brought to perfection an ar­ verse of that on modern machines. recording the letters and characters. key, a sheet of glass and odds and A budget-wnrdrobe Is a limited In the “typographer" the type ends of wood and metal. It printed the Washington monument is still tificial machine or method for the In the meantime another Ameri­ wardrobe, one In which each separate Intijict. People wonder why no se­ Impression or transcribing of letters moved at the imprint of each letter can, living in*Eng!and, was working only a series of W’s, but It was the Item must piny more than one role. germ of the final machine. For, to rious dumage has been done to the simply or progressively one after until the end of the line was on an invention which was to have The shirtmnker is a very good exam­ quote from the Herkimer county monolith by the heavy static dis­ another, as In writing, whereby all reached and, Instead of returning a direct bearing upon the develop­ ple of this type of frock, for It’s just the carriage, as Is done on a mod­ history: charges. Capping the 55 feet of writings whatsoever may be en­ ment of the typewriter in its pres­ as smart for country ns town, and granite Is a pyramid of aluminum, grossed In paper or parchment so ern typewriter, the frame carrying ent form and to give him a strong “This machine was important In can go any place during daylight the history of the typewriter for 5.6 by 8.9 Inches In size, and weigh­ neat and exact as not to be dis­ the printing mechanism was shifted claim to the title of “inventor of hours and feel well dressed. It’s only one thing—it Introduced an­ ing 100 ounces. This was the larg­ tinguished from print; that said back to the starting point while the the typewriter." He was John right for classroom and office, too, so paper Itself remained motionless. other crank to the machine shop— est single piece of aluminum cast up machine or method may be of great Pratt, born in Unlonville, S. C., Includes both school and business to that time—1884. Except for spor­ use In settlements and public rec­ Burt obtained type for his ma­ James Densmore, who dropped in April 14, 1831, and, for several years girls among its wearers. So simple, adic strikes which have run down ords, the Impression being deeper chine from John Shelton, editor and one day, looked the machine over, after his graduation from Cokes- the veriest beginner could make It. the rods harmlessly, no bolt has ever and more lasting than other writ­ proprietor of the Detroit Gazette, and pronounced It good for nothing bury college In 1849, a journalist Wool or wool-appearing cotton are left Its calling card on the face of ing, and not to be erased or coun­ and Shelton on May 25, 1829, wrote save to show that the Idea was and lawyer in the South. excellent fabric Ideas. the column despite the great con­ terfeited without manifest discov­ the first letter on the new con­ feasible. He was just the man that In 1864 Pratt and his wife went to Pattern 2507 Is available In sizes ductivity of aluminum. ery." traption. It was addressed to Mar­ Sholea, the dreamer and idealist, England, where he devoted his atten­ 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 The aluminum tip was placed over Except for this patent, which Is tin Van Buren, thep secretary of needed. tion to perfecting a writing machine and 42. Size 16 takes 2 % yards 54 the projecting point of an Iron rod, filed In the British patent office, state, and said: “.Shules and Densmore kept ham­ .which he called the “pterotype" for mering away on the Invention, built Inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-step to which are attached wires leading there is, however, no other record “This Is a specimen of printing which he was granted a British pat­ done by me on Mr. Burt’s typog­ model after model until 25 or 30 had sewing Instructions Included. to the ground as lightning conduct of the principles of operation of ent In 1866. According to the Na­ SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In Mill’s machine. The same is true rapher. You will observe some in­ tors. The ground wires end In a tional Cyclopaedia of American coins or stamps (coins preferred) for 40-foot well Immediately below the of a writing machine which is said accuracies In the situation of the Biography, which calls him the “in­ letters. These are owing to the this pattern. Write plainly name, ad­ elevator shaft, thus precluding all to have been Invented In France In ventor of the typewriter" and which dress and style number. BE SURE 1784. So neither Mill nor this un­ imperfections of the machine; It possibility of damage.—Washington says that his was “the first working TO STATE SIZE. Post. known Frenchman have any very having been made In the woods typewriter that ever secured a of Michigan, where no proper tools Address orders to the Sewing Cir­ valid claim to the title of “Inven­ sale,” Pratt claimed four operations cle Pattern Dept., 243 W. Seventeenth tor" of the typewriter. could be obtained by the inventor, as requisite to the accomplishment Week’s Supply of Postum Free who, in the construction of it, St., New York City. Read the offer made by the Postum First Claimant of his purpose. They were: merely wished to test the princi­ "That It was, necessary to bring Company In another part of this pa­ The first real claimant to that ples of it, therefore, taking little any one of a number of types at the per. They will send a full week’s sup­ title was an American—William pains in making it. -1 am satisfied will of the operator, and in arbitrary ply of health giving Postum free to Austin Burt, a native of Massachu­ from my knowledge of the printing succession, to common point; to m anyone who writes for It—Adv. setts, where he was born June 13, husiness as well as from the opera­ form a colored or other legible 1792, but a citizen of Michigan In tion of the rough machine, yvlth character at that common point; to Going Down Statesmen in Danger 1829 when he Invented his “typog­ which I am printing, that the typog­ feed the paper across the common Moe—There’s plenty of room at Japan’s most eminent statesmen rapher." At any rate the record rapher will be ranked with the point so as to make proper intervals the top, I tell you. always go In danger of their lives of his invention in the United most novel, useful and pleasing in­ between the letters and the words; Less—Yes, as a matter of theory. at thè hands of patriots If they fall States patent'1 office declares that ventions of the age.” ’ to prepare a device for bringing the But your wife only lets you have the to exalt their country sufficiently ei­ “this patent discloses the actual On July 23, 1829, patent No. 269. paper, readily and speedily back to bottom drawer of the bureau, doesn’t ther there or abroad. construction of a typewriting ma­ signed by President Andrew Jack- its starting point, with an interval she? chine for the first time In any coun­ son and Secretary Van Buren, was between the lines." *■ Moe—Yes, you’re right.—Pathfind­ granted to Burt for his “typog­ try.” It then describes the working In 1867 his machine was exhibited er Magazine. of the “typographer” as follows: rapher.” The original model of the before the Society of» Arts and a “The type are arranged on the un­ machine was lost in the fire of De­ paper read by the inventor before I’ll Be Seeing You der side of a segment carried by a cember 15, 1836, which destroyed that society was printed In its jour-; CHRISTOPHER L. SHOLES Prison Governor (to released con­ . Shipped With Safety. lever pivoted to swing vertically the patent office and all its con­ Brea for Montana cli­ nal. In that same year also he vict)—I’m sorry. I find we have kept and horizontally. tents. been made, and finally, In 1873, they mate, state approved, made and sold several of his ma­ you here a week too long. blood tested, more and "The desired character is brought larger eggs, bigger, better birds. Found No Market chines In London, among the pur­ turned out a machine which was Convict — That’s all right, sir. to the printing point by moving deemed sufficiently perfected for BUY QUALITY CHICKS, IT PAYS chasers being Sir Charles Wheat­ Knock It off next time.—Louisville Gallatin Chick Hatchery, Bozeman, Mont, this lever horizontally to a position Burt’s Invention was so far in actual manufacture. It was Sholes advance of the times that it found stone and Dr. Bence Jones, the au­ Times. over the same- character In the in­ thor of a “Life of Faraday.* that named his Invention the ‘type­ dex, and the Impression Is made by no market, so he turned his atten­ writer.’ The piodel was brought to tion to other things. Among them U*e Service Entrance then depressing the lever. Three “Cranks.” Illon, Herkimer county, New York, “Hello! City bridge department?" "Several styles of type may be was the Invention of the solar com­ where the Remingtons had a gun pass, an instrument which reme­ But more important still In the "Yes. What can we do for you?" used and they are arranged In two history of the typewriter was the factory, and It, was with the Rem­ “How many points do you get for a rows on the lever. These rows of died variations of a magnetic ingtons that the Inventors made needle, due to local causes, and his fact that during the winter of 1866- little slam?’’—Kansas City Star. type can be shifted on the lever to 67 in a little machine shop In the the first contract for the manufac­ ELECTRIC. LIGHTS bring either one to the printing Interest in internal Improvements in ture of the new typewriting ma­ outskirts of the city of Milwaukee, Just Like Good Ones Wind driven. You build them. Write point Michigan territory. The latter In­ chine. This was In February, 1873. Wind Motor Electric, Rldgway, Montana. cluded a project for a canal around Wis., “three middle-aged, thoughtful Mother—“Now, do you know where “The paper is carried on an end­ and hard-working men, looked upon The actual manufacture of the ma­ less band which travels crosswise the falls in St. Mary’s river, the chine began in the following Sep­ bad little girls go to?” Molly—“Oh, USED FARM EQUIPMENT advertised free. forerunner of the present canal at as ‘cranks’ by their neighbors, were • yes—they go almost everywhere.” Get particulars. MACHINERY BARGAINS. on the machine, and this band is each hard at work on a pet inven­ tember. FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. Sault St. Marie, so Burt’s fame as "It was a very primitive looking “Father of the Soo Canal’’ is se­ tion of his own.” ’ So says “The Story of the Typewriter" issued by affair that was turned out by the Gallstones Corrected nnd Prevented. New cure even If his right to the title Remingtons—but it was the ances­ BONES WANTED R v K method. No medicines. Removes cause. Hun­ of “Father of the Typewriter” has the Historical society of Herkimer clean white prairie bleached bones delivered to dreds benefited. For particulars write Sci­ county. New York, in 1923. It con­ tor of all the typewriters and is WESTERN BONE MEAL CO. entific laboratories, Box 478, Newark, N, 3. never been firmly established. still- labeled, in its museum reposi­ at UUi A Montana Avs. . Billings, Montana During the next few years a num- tinues : — i‘One of-these-menr-Christopher- tory as the ‘model 1 Remington.’ ber of writing machines of one sort It wrote only capital letters. The In Other Word* WHAT PRICE LOSS or another made their appearance. Latham Sholes, a printer and news­ paper man, was engaged in develop­ sewing machine Influence was ap­ Wife—You don’t love me any more. The first of these, and one which parent in its appointments. Tlie showed a nearer approach to the ing a machine for numbering serial­ Husband—Why, dear, I certainly ly the pages of blank books. In this carriage was returned by a cu­ do. modern typewriter, was Charles rious foot , treadle, which, however, work he had Interested one of the Wife—You couldn’t love a woman Thurber’s printer which he patent­ quickly demonstrated Its useless­ ed August 26, 1843. others, Samuel W. Soule, while the with such old clothes as I have been third of the group. Carlos Glidden, ness and was soon displaced by tin* The first machine to use contin­ now familiar hand carriage return wearing. put In his .time trying-to-, invent a uous roll paper feed, Instead of an Nevertheless, the fundamental prin­ endless strip of tape, as ‘ originated mechanical ‘spader’ to take the place of a plow. Chance caused ciples of construction embodied In by Burt, was Invented by John B. this first typewriter still survive, Fairbanks, who produced his “pho­ these three men to drop the inven­ tions on which 1 hey had been work­ though their application has since netic” writing machine, patented been modified or transformed In September 17, 1850. ing and to pool their interests In a “What did father say when you pew and far greater, undertaking. many ways In the marvelous little told him you were going to take me On May 20, 1856, John H, Coop­ machines of today." er patented a writing machine which “According to one story, the idea away from ,him?” arose out of a remark made by Gild One other Item in the history of “He seemed to feel his loss keenly exhibited for the first time the Christopher Latham Sholes as the WILLIAM AUSTIN BURT principle of hammer-printing against den while the paging machine was at first, but I squared things with a nearing completion: ‘Why cannot “Father of the Typewriter” de­ good cigar.” a wheel or disc, which corresponds serves mention. (Incidentally, the moved for letter spacing by the im­ very closely to the modern type­ such a machine be made that will pression lever every time the lever write letters and words and not fig National Cyclopedia says that “If There'* the Alarm! writing machine. Sholes can be called the ‘father of is depressed to print In June, 1856, Alfred E. BeacKf* ures only?’ A subsequent article in White—How’s your Insomnia? the typewriter,’ Pratt may justly be “The line space Is made by shift­ editor of the Scientific American, the Scientific American describing Black—Terrible. I can’t even sleep ing the frame carrying the printing the model of the ‘pterotype,’ a mn called the ‘grandfather.’”) At the when it’s time to get up.—Answer* brought out a mechanical writer,' time Sholes was making the final mechanism toward the front or the chine designed forjust such a pur­ Magazine. whose principle was to record Improvements on his typewriter a rear of the machine, the paper re­ raised letters Instead of printing pose but never perfected, came as maining stationary. an .additional . suggestion to them .. bitter political campaign was be­ them. It contained the first align- • ing waged and politics was In the “Ink pads are located at each side mént of type bars In :a circle, de­ “Then a chance visit to the Mil­ i of the impression point, and all the waukee machine shop of one Wil- minds and on the tongues of every­ livering their impression on a comL one. That’s why today, when yon li type, except the one in printing po­ mon center. -.Ram G. LaDue, who had for many sition, are Inked every time the Im­ years been dreaming «of the inven­ sit down at youj^typewriter to “try pression lever Is depressed. First Portable. tion of a ‘typewriter,’ completed the - Its action” or to “warm up" be­ “A dial is provided wnich Indi­ In 1857, Dr. S. W. Francis of New circuit of suggestion that set Sholes, fore you begin writing*-yon tap out- cates thé length of paper In Inches York added to this form of writing Glidden and Soule to working on It these words: “Now is the time which has passed the printing point machine the.'pianoforte keyboard wholeheartedly, and to the exclu­ for all'good men to come to the aid in printing each line,, and as the action for the first time. This sion of everything else, on the, new of the party." Christopher Lathao) operator knows tlie width of the pa­ greatly simplified thé method of idea. A practical mechanic. Mat- Sholes was the “Inventor” pf that per being used, the time to ’ stop striking the keys.. . thlas Schwalbach, who had helped sentence! C Western Newenttper Union.