The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-14
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Not the famous appcndage 20 tho female
attire, but stir aud business. At the pres
ent timo it is along the river front, among
the mills, ware houses, factories, foundries,
etc. A tour of inspection by the DEMocRAI
man the first Of the week divulged the fol
lowing facts,
Al the furniture factory OF A Il Woodin on
the Calipooia, whore Mr. Ralph Fisher acts as
boss workman, considerable tirst.class furni-
turo is turned out. Ii 10 placed in MIR Wood.
in's store on First street and sold to the local
and wholesale trade.
At the Magnolia Mills, A Crawford, pro-
priotor, several thousand bushels OF wheat
have already been stored, but the influx is
not yet very fast. and will not be until the
Spring wheat is throshsd.
Young Brothers arc doing fair Rrist busi-
ness but il is yet too early for muck ae-
tivity in their line,
Tho Simpson Warehouse and Albany Mills
are idle this summer.
At the factory OF Best + Althouso there 10
always largo amount Of work being done.
From Mr. Chas Rideout. who has just return.
ed from California, We learned that the lirm
sold this summer IS mounted cleaners aud Is
small ones for attachment to threshers. Be
sides this they have shipped to California IS
tanning mills and have assurances Of sale
of two to three hundred of these mills Mr.
l. Putnam will remain in California and put
them mp during the fall and probably next
year. During tho coming fall and winter this
eAterprising factory viii build several OF the
famous combined machines, which are now
the rage in California, and viii endeayer to
introduce them here, They cut, thrssh aud
clean the wheat as the machine goes through
the field, the whole being done at less than
half the present pries. Some OF the large
California machines cut rs wils as 32 feet
aud will do so acres in day. They are self
feeders, and the wheat is dumped in piles of
four sacks along the rout.
At the foundry of Cherry & PArkos aboIt
fifteen men are employed in keeping ahead
of their large orders. The machine shop is
now full OF pulleys aud shafting for Salem
mill. Their work goeS to all parts Of Oregon.
The foundry of A + Cherry & SOr is turn
ing out some work for the school house, aud
filling contract foe patent east iron fence
POST for Mr. o z Adams, of Milier's.
The p!auing mill of Zey,s Hochssedler Is
now kept Running with buzz aud rush on
ork for the new school house. Il 4 II are
splendid workmen. The effects OF their skili
will be shown particularly in the doors.
mouldings, etc. for the above baildins'
Robinson & Vests saw mill is turning cut
large amount of work unexcelied for It's
quality. This firm fortunately put into the
CalipooiA 80 many logs last winter that It
will be unnecessary for them to bring down
any moro the coming season.
William Frumm, besides other work, is
building the counters and fixtures for the
new bank to be opened by Cowan l. Cusick.
The couLter shows as fns workmanship as
we have ever seen exhibited in Albany, and
the bank viii have every reason TO be proud
cf it. OF artistica!ly finished oak, with eurlsd
ash mountings. curved in form, it will pre-
sent a very citi6cd appearance.
At Mr. Putnam's chair factory 500 chairs
on hand were being shipped to fill Caiifor-
MA order. Mr. James Daanals is now using
the shop in constructing furniture. During
the summer he has shipped from Albany TO
different valley towns twenty sets of ash
furniture, finished in his skiliiul style.
The Albany Farmers CO.. is doing q big
business This year, already having taken in
about 1000 bushels OF grain at their ware :
houses here and at Tangent. This is q well
managed Company, much Of the success Of
which is due TO dr Mansfield, its Secretary.
The Red Crown Mills are turning out
large amount Of their very popular Snow
Flake and other hours, their roller mills
working like charm" Besides, wheat is
steadily coming in and their large bins are
rounding up. Probably no Touring mill on
the Coast IS better managed than this one
The three mills aud warehouses, aItogeth-
er, up to the present tins have taken in
nearly 100. .0C0 bushels. The rush, though,
has not begun yet. Next week hauling will
be done in earnest.