Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-14
EXHIBITS OPENED.
Some Salem Merchants With Most
Attractive Exhibits.

tive displays and one could tell in
short order, upon entering the pavi-
ion where the centers of iuter. ST lay
by the thrvi - ah"nt the booths.
Among the very best were the fol
lowing Salem business firms:
Al ELEGANT GUN AND ROD EXHIBIT
Among the most attractive dis
plays in the grand pavilion, on the
State Fair grOuD,.s, is that of Brooks
& Harritt, the popular wholesale
and retail merchants IN all lines of
sporting and outing outfits. A space
of some twenty feet square ia filed
to the utmost with cases of gun aud
rod goods of the latest make, aud
full line of the accoutrements that
complete sportsman's ouifiG. One
case of stuffed China pheasants and
another of grouse catch the eye Of
every one aud incite an interest la
the recreations of the gun and rod
that insures thorough inspection
of every detail Of this splendid ex-
hibt. Messrs. Brooks & II Hirritt's
exhibit Is q credit To their enterprise
In helping to make the fair success
and represent Salem's business iu-
terests. The attention they receive
proves that the public appreciates
their effort. OF course Messrs.
Brooks g. Harritt's fair exhibit is
but a bagatello Of what their large
sa.esro, ,m at "a Stale street contains.
The public is cordially iuvited 10
call al the latter place and inspect
their stock.
LIKE SESAME AND LILIES.
Whoever aims to beautify the
b me is not without appreciative
admireIers ia this laud where the
home Is ths browning glory OF the
nation. II is not too much 10 say
that George f. Smiths art and pic
ture booth at the state fair pavilion
takes iirst rank among its
attractions. It's artistic arrangement
ami background for pictures and in
their placing catches the eye aud
the really superior goods which
make up his collection combine TO
hold the crowds longer than but few
of his neigbbors. Mr.. Smith has
| Just been east and selected the choic-
est and largest line of art works
and art materials that has eyer been
brought to Salem. A few of these
he puts on exhibition at the fair.
The public can only learn of his
vast reserve stock by calling at his
salesroom on North Commercial
street, where every line of brio a
brac, iu pictures, easels, mirrors and
rare curios are Oh exhibition in pro-
| fusion.
ART IN THE NEEDLE.
The state fair is distinctively a
rendezvous for the ladies. Most of
them are not artists with the pencil
aud brush, but all are connoisseurs
with the needle or sewing machine.
Hence it is that Burley & Wingate's
Standard sewing machine booth, In
the grand pavilion, is constantly |
crowded with interested spectators
on the novels ofthe sewing machine
artists beautiful products. Messrs.
Burley IL Wingate have on exhibit
every conceivable line of work that
women could wish TO produce with
u machine. The new high armed
Standard, Domestic aAd Davis are
their leading sellers and every lady
who visits the fair is sure to go
away with a resolve to own one of
these acmes of sewing perfection, if
she is not already supplied. The
young ladies in charge of the booth
are winning much praise for their
clever art stitching and Messrs Bur-
ley & Wingate are sure to receive
many calls at their machine parlors
No. 3l3 Commercial street,in return
for their courteous effectiveness to
the public during the fair week.
SERMONS IN STONES.
That is what the real architect Is
expected to evolve from his art, and
that Is what architect g. 5. McNally
has been doing In Salem aud other
cities In Oregon ana California for
years past. On the walls of the
northwest corner Of the pavilion AT
the fair grounds may be. seen u few
Of many designs for large public
buildings and costly residences he
has planned and executed during
his successful professional career.
1t is not often so young II man as
Mr.. McNally can pnint 10 80 many |
large contracts, Involving vast
public outlay Of moneys. That he
can, Is proof positive Of his ability !
as an architect and OF his success ia |
managing vast details. For three
years past Mr.. McNally has been
O-egon's state architect, during
which time he has built the State
Reform school building; the Asylum
addition, hospital. etc. The new
Capital National bank building is
bis design. Among the many eleya-
tlons Of large buildings be exhibits,
is the design for the new Willamette