| Show A new patent the pilot a newspaper published at blair washington county neb has the following interesting article on one of the men of our county mr giles bowler of layton utah has been spending a week in blair visiting 0 old time friends about seventeen years ago he be run a blacksmith shop ou on the corner west of matters mailers store he went west during the black hills excitement and finally settled down at blacksmithing at layton mr bowler is an inventive genius and has perfected many patents some of which are in general use today and are arc of much utility his last effort in tile the line of invention is an automatic brake for a wagon patents for which include tile the united states stales and canada and to our mind is of the most utility and comes the nearest to perfection of anything in the wagon brake line lille that we have ever seen before it can be attached to the runn running ilig gears of any wagon and is so constructed that it is thrown on oil or off just as the occasion demands without any one touching it it is governed by automatic springs Z attached atta clied to the doub le tree and a pressure of five pounds releases the brake twenty pounds and vica versa soon as the team starts down a hill or slops stop pulling the brake applies itself and soon as they begin to pull the break relaxes the brake can be set permanently by the use of 4 a dog 0 that can call be reversed with ease either to set the brake permanently or to hold it stationary away from the wheel which becomes decesary cesary nc ne in backing the wagon 0 it is something that is attracting tract tr iury considerable attention in the 0 world of invention and mr bowler is in daily receipt of letters from different parts of the united states complimenting him on his inventive genius and asking Z many many impertinent questions in the scientific american of recent date we find a very complimentary article in regard 0 to his patent which is fully billil illustrated grated Sho showing 0 all of its merits the entire cost of construction of th the brake is only about 12 making 0 it about as cheap as the old style and placing it within the reach of every man mail who owns a farm wagon they are largely constructed of callable mal lable casti casting rg no foundry for which is located nearer tins tills point than chicago and mr bowler is now on his way thereto there to negotiate for its manufacture ile he went to omaha tuesday and is making ing arrange arrangements menta to place wagons on exhibition there and at blair with his brake attached ile hedfes As a patent that no doubt will gil fill a ion long 13 felt want and make him a rich man and already shar pers and capitalists are after him to buy him out he has a on him and pays no attention to the many seeming generous offers that are made to him ile he las has a good thing ta and knows it and does not propose that some one else shall fatten off the production of his genius unless they fatten liim him first and lie is right too |
