Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-09-20

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carding wool and other articles made
by hand; ron candle sticks; bread
toaster; water bottle; home made
linen aud handmade lace.
A special award was made to Mrs.
J. 2. Tuts for her excel ent oollec-
tion which included great many
articles which were brought from
New York in 1851 dress from Eng
land in '43; plate from Sweden in
AZ, coming around the HON; hand
made rolling pins and like articles OF
historic value. The table linen,
towels, etc. spun and wove by the
mother of Mrs. j. Christie over GO
years ago, attracted much attention.
A pewter plate brought over on the
Mayflower and handed down lhrouI h
eight generations, was the interesting
relic loaned by Mrs Helen Hale
Mrs. r. H. Gilfllan contributed
an old quilt of interesting history, as
the cloth of it was the Dress of Han
nah Clark McKowan. who was taken
captive by the Indians. during the
great Deerfield massacre in 1900. 1t
az brought to Ohio in '28, to Illinois
SO and to Oregon so by Abigail
CLARK Taylor.
DR.. W. W. Walker added an il.
teresting contribution in the shape Of
set Of very costly dental tools
which had been presented to him
years ago by a dentist, whom the DR..
had known when a boy. The handles
were Of pearl, with bands of pure
gold. In the collection, however was
u very crude specimen of the old
fashioned turnkey, whereby the den
tist or any BODY, for that matter could
literally gougs out the tooth. 1t is q
formidable looking instrument OF tor
ture
Lack Of space forbids mentioning
in detail many of the articles which
were worthy OF more than passing
notice. Among them were q pre-
prehistoric moItor, dug up 5S feet at
Waldo by W. j. Winner; the Indian
collection made by Albert Paddock;
Directory of New York City, owned
by MIS-. A. Neil, of Ashland; Payroll
of Somerset militia, commanded by
Col. Henry VanDyke and the cherished
trophy of Dr. +. W. VanDyke
Copy of old "Blne Laws" only two
other copies Of which are known to
be In existence, loaned by Mrs Ada
spur, printed at Newport, n. H
III 1874, showing funny cartoons of
the Hard cider" campaign, when
William Henry Harrison was running
for president, the property OF Willard
Chase; Collection OF interesting
Dutch relics, the property of Geo.
Cramer; Copper Coffee kettle brought
from Norway 200 years ago, loaned
by Miss Karen G. Bergen; IA Pipe
Of Peace" which was smoked by
Sioux Iudians at the last treaty made
between that hostile tribe aud the
United States. This is the valuable
property of Miss Marjorie Kinney.
to whom it was given by an army
officer to whom it had been pre-.
sented by one of the Indian chiefs,
while upon his dsathbed; Old canteen
used in early Oregon days. the sides
being made ot native copper, ham
mered out and the rim made Of
melted bullet, and the property Of
W. B. S1ermsn.
Alfred Bartlett loaned an interest
ing picture, which showed the exc
CublOn VI 90 ". ..
soldiers, at Mank alto, Mimi, De-
cember 26. 1862.
There were other mementoes, "too
numerous to mention" and all hsv.
ing an historical value and each 1ne
we'll worthy Of note.
SUPERB ART EXHIBIT.
Mrs. A. h. Gunnei. assisted by
Mrs. A. b. Holmes had charge OF the
art display and it was excellent
throughout. Among the many in
teresting things to be seen we're;
The birdseye view oil painting of
Grants Pass, valued at $500 ana tile
work Of Prof. Geo. O'Brien. the
local artist. The collection of Indian
baskets displayed in this department,
were exceptionally fine and included
displays made by the following per.
sons; Mrs Roy Wilson, Mrs. A. II.
Gunnell. Miss Alice Smith, Mis-. X.
w. Clark. Mrs. Dulibon, Mrs. Dema.
ray, Mrs. F. ID. StriCser, Mrs. Thos.
Calvin, Oregon Observer, Mrs. Don
nell, Mrs. j. NJ Booth, Mrs. Gilkey,
Mrs. Hanson, Miss Hewitt, Mrs Dun.
bar, Mrs. Loughridge Miss Dean and
A. Il. Noorhies,
NJ ISIS jessie maze udut IItllN eA-
hibit OF drawings in black and white.
The painting OF IufIs old stage
house was one of the in,ele, ting
things which Prof. O'Bten lau.
Regina Dorland Robinson, of Jack.
sonvllle made very metnorious ex-
hlblt OF her water colors from nature.
The displays made OF the work by
Grants PAS school children were very
interesting. In this collection Frnz
Dean made a fine show ing OF lis zen
and ink cartoons.
Mrs. 7. j. Pack loaned some very
handsome oil Ialutings.
The hand carved chairs, boxes. pic.
ture frames, from Cherrv wood, the
work of Miss Crane were decidedly
good.
Mrs, A. II. Gunnell's collection OF
hand carved teck wood articles from
the East India, We're much commeuteI
upon.
Mrs, Gunnell carried of first honors
with her collection of SIX pieces of
handl alnted China, the second going
to Miss Blanche Craue, ard both dis.
plays We're very attractive.
CROWDED OUT.
Owing to rush of other matters.
the premium list Of the fair had teen
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