Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-02-05
MYRTLE CREEK,

EDITOR REVIEW: The valley of Myrtle
Creek is pleasantly located Oh the east side o.
of the Umpqua River at the mouth of MYRTLE
Creek. 1t is small town but there is plentv
OF room for it to spread; all that it lacks to
bring it into prominence as manufacturinp
town is few more capitalists, who are not
afraid to invest their means and utalize the
water power which is afforded by the two
streams above named. Already has our little
community been enlivened and the busy wheel
OF industry started in the right direction BY
an enterprising gentleman by the name Of
Drake Having some leisure, your correspon-
dent called on the above named gentleman \
lew days ago at his mandatory which has
recently been started and the sights that we
saw viii long be remembered. The purpose
ot this establishment is to furnish labor to the
to the poor man and to utalize the many
natural products of this vicinity. On our
right as we entered we beheld an immense
frame work Of wheels, pulleys, belts, and lev
ers too numerous and intricate to mention.
Mr.. Drakeinformcd us that this was the turner's
department. Also that there would be turned
on short notice anything in size from the Pillar
OF Hercules TO cambria needle either in iron.
steel, brass, copper or wood. He informed us
that he had an order already to turn rolling
pin for the agent of the o. C. K. r. at
Riddles, and was going to apply for reduc-
ton in rates on the o. & C. in view OF the ex.
tensive business he was liable TO get along the
line of this railway.
On our left was a machine which we think
will surpass all others in the business. After
vain endeavors to guess what it was Mr.. d..
kindly informed us that it was an invention
of his own styled, "The endless chasn canine
reducer." On the top was an immense hop
per which the animals were let into by trap
door from above in the apex of this cone two
wheels armed with sharp blades rcvolved at
the rate Of $50 revolutions per second, of
course the animals when let into this place
would expire almost without pain, then by a
variety OF wheel fulcrums, sicves, ETC., the
bone, hair, eyeballs, and oe-nails Were sepa-
rated from the mass and the sausages come out
in an endless chain stuffed in rubberhos which
IS sold either by the yard or pound. Mr.. ID.
says that the idea for this machine was sup.
gested by the dog law passed by our recent
legislature which if enforced would cause the
death and consequently waste Of many dogs.
He stated that he was now at work on ma
chincry which would, when finished be the
means ola still further saving IN this lne-a
machine for cutting the hair aRd then to this
he would add an upholsters department. He
SAID that the claws would make fine glue and
he thought he would add glue factory soon.
The eyeballs could not be utalzed but the
bone could be made into lime. Also he is at
work on soap factory adjoining which
when done will furnish labor for several m en-.
The building although presenting a rough
exterior, is large and roomy and will furnish
labor for many poor people.
MIR. ID. is man OF large experience of
undoubted varacity and ample means. He
stated that no Chinese would be employed in
the business except in catching the dogs: that
he had found from experience that Chinaman
with his wide pantaloons on never got bit
while fashionably dressed young man with
tight pants was apt to get injured. He said
if he could find any substance to change the
color OF the eyeball to pea-green he should
Immediately proceed to can them for goose
-berrnesRa thus save the entire animal from
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