Show UTAH BOY draws u for an invention the national Ei corder of the I 1 dinst published at washington D 0 contains a cut of a young man at ma peton this county and tbt following sketch mr lawis J Whitney of mapleton utah is the inventor of a most useful 1 door lock and i he of a wedderburn medal he was born at springfield urh jane 18 1874 his father was a native ol 01 vermont and is distantly diat antly related to the famous eai air whitney showed mechanical ch anical ginius ai an early age and haa invented contrivances and devices but never before applied for a on ny of his ideas he commelle com meLce to learn the arado of a car penter ua er bis father at fousteen fou iteen deais of a e and haa followed it with slight intervals of time when he labored on the acim up to the present one day while engaged in putting on locks he conceived the idea of an im roved lock cne that would be strong durable secure cheap and easily applied shortly aitor a circular from jihu J ihu wedderburn go fell into his find be read arreba your fleeting fancies for they may lead you to fame and fortune at once thought of the lock and decided to put hie idea to a practical test after the lapee of four months ha had succeeded in making a lccy bat embodied the above icea and which passed his most sang nine expects ions for simplicity etc he duly appier for a patent on same and he haa our best wishes for hia financial euc cesa |