The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-11-16
State Fair Notes.
MiicelIaneous Exhibits.

Messrs Esrnonin & Richet of Portland exhibited a
fine line of spices of home manufacture The exhibit
embraces alspice, cloves, cinnamon, pepper, thyme
marjoram ETC., together with assortment of manu-
factured eofees cream tartar yeast powders etc.
so necessary to the culinary art This firm took the
first premium this year well the last Their
yeast powder deserves special MENTION and is far supe
rior to any imported with flourish of advertisements
and Is rapidly taking first rank in the trade.
Messrs Clark Wise, manufacturers of baskets and
clothes pins at Oregon City, made excellent exhibit
Of their goods which much better than foreign
important enterprise with their trade. They make
baskets to order of any size style quantity for the
trade in lots of dozen more. Dealers should at
least write them for terms and prices.
Moore Parker had a handsome brass model water
wheel OF their make, on exhibition which, Of course
received the highest premium, would anywhere
it is without doubt the best and most powerful water
wheel ever invented.
A NJ Cornelius of Oregon City, exhibited his patent
Northwest Granger Washing Machine which took the
first premium all others. 1t is the best machine
out Of six hundred that have been pat
ented Mr.. Cornelius is meeting with great in
selling both machine and territory 1t is giving salts
faction and supercedes all others wherever introduced
A. G. Rockfelow. of Ashland, Or, exhibited patent
yard and farm gate, which is really the first successful
combination of beauty, durability and convenience in
gates A full description of it here would be too
lengthy but we can say truly that it is perfect beauty
Builders should send to Mr.. Rockellow at Ashland Or
for full particulars 1t also exhibition at the
Industrial exhibit at Portland where it greatly ad
mired 1t is needless to add that this gate took first
premium. 1t should have been awarded special gold
medal for special merit of its inventor
James Sheriff., of Harrisburg, well known inventor
exhibited combined turning pillow, cultiyator and
seeder which took first premium One of its fea-
lures consists of combination seed box which will
sooats or wheat or two kinds of seed at alter
uately the driver wishes For instance, wheat and
grass seed where the nature of ground changes in
the field that change from wheat is desra-
ble the eutvator travels the whole field and the
driver by simple movement of lever changes the plant
at the required point There is other machine in
use which possesses this great advantage Mr. Sheriff.
Is a manufacturer whose machines have constantly
grown in favor.
Thomas Holman, of Salem exhibited his Western
Tanning Mill which deserved and received the first pre-
miam all other Oregon manufactures The mill
light, durable and does wonders a wheat cleaner.
SiF Holman is an inventor of than ordinary gen
us and as he is young man this will not be the last
OF his works
A. B. Colyer & Son, of Marshfeld Coos County, ex-
hibited fruit and vegetable press of Mr. Coirers in
venton. 1t is made for packing dried fruits of all
kinds into neat small packages convenient for market
The machine is simple, durable. easily worked and
cheap 1t is capable of pressing 1000 2n packages
per hour, and costs only S25 Farmers buying even
make more than the cost OF the machine on DAYS
work. through the higher price obtainable the fruit
Interested parties obtain full information by ad
dressing as above or Parmenter & Babcock Salem Or
George Fuchs of Oregon City took the blue ribbo,,
for the best cigars OF Oregon manufacture and also
sold the hest kept on the grounds.
s. NJ. Harris of Forest Grove, exhibited invention
of his for roll cutter stubbe turning clean
full The roll cutter has crank to which lever Is at
taehed which clears the throat of the plow at every
turn of the roll while extending In front OF the
mold board levels stubble stalks, weeds grass
holds it till the turned furrow it nicely as
the sod had been taken up with spade and laid it bot
tom up better in fact than it could be done in fact
The attachment is cheap and farmers should all have
for use.
Kelly Underwood carriage manufacturers of Salem,
had the best exhibit Of Oregon made carriages and
wagons, and took first premium all round.