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THE WEST SHOBE.
A WORD FOR THE MECHANICS' FAIR.
fpHE sixth annual exhibition of the Mechanics' Fair
JL will bo lidd in this city m Ootobor, commencing on
the 9th and closing on the 2.rith. The President of the
association is Mr. J. 13. Conglo, one of Portland's oldest
and moHt respected business men, and the Superintendent
mr. iu. v. Alien, whose services in that capacity ren
dered the fair of last year ho successful. The association
was wise in again selecting a gentleman who has demon
strated his peculiar fitness for the position. The value
of these annual exhibitions of the products and industries
of the oountry, not only to this city, but the whole North
west, is not sufllciontly realized It is not the desire of
the association to confine the exhibit to Portland, but to
embrace all the varied industries ami resources of both
Oregon and Washington Territory; and they earnestly
urge tho pooplo of every section to make a display of the
products, manufacturing industries and resources of the
region in which they reside. Tho bonofit to be dorived
from thjs is great Thousands examino the display,
among whom are great numlmrs of strangers, who do so
for tho purpoHO of gaining information. The apathy
displayed by those who should give earnest support to
this institution was commented upon in our review of the
.exhibit last year, and wo cannot do bettor than to quote
tho language then used:
There ere (number of fmtnrni thttoould bo comridcrahlr Improved uihui
end would l If mora iienernl inl.mt wnro dkplnred by the himlnew mon. In
IwrticuUr lha dUpler of m.mifacturw. could lie niado moru IntonwUiK end
taen.noml. lut.w of ih en endlme arm? of completed rti.d., much of
them Importwl, there hould lie ehown, m completely iw the limited .pure will
permit, the rooe of mnkiug the iirti.de from the raw mntoriiil. lu one or two
inetimcM thi. U done, M In U.e poM.ry ohil.it end the rope-makini, li.W
end UMcrowde that eiirmundthe place., but en indication of how much
mora attractive to the vl.l.or end beneficial to U.e e.h.hi.or i. uoh . ehowinR-.
Then there I. the omMn f im, of llur miMt imKrUnl ln(lllrtri (h,
lumMni bu.in. u practically unrepre.,,..,!, ,h. Immcne. cimin IndLr,
he pav ! ,hM thi. I. . HM.e rich in mineral., end that ,l1wn(l, Bn,
In tiNtai from he bowel. f rth ,Wr ,,,,,,,
" U, '"'""U'I thet the Oregon wood can be and . daily Z
mad. up into elegant tnnUun .. one can wi.h for t Whet i. there to Im
pra- upon d. .,rar idea w. m.nufamur. . , .rt t.t Z
dt.play! eh.pl, in (Mr completed form or not exhibited at ell ? W ?a mlZ
hope to an Improvement In thi. re.x-l i,tlnr yer.
It was only by tho use of all the jwsuasive ixwers
ho iMwsesso.1 Mint tho few manufacturing exhibits of last
year were secured by the 8uerintndent Mr. Allen is
now vigorously canvassing the field, with a determination
to make as complete a display of those manufactures and
prcxlucU hitherto unrepresented na it is possible to secure
and i ho is half as successful as ho deserves to be, the
fair this year will bo of f,ir grower interest to tho ,hv,1o
ml of infin.toly more value to the exhibitors, than any
of it- prtMltHHHors. lib, .mice is nt Nt, fi Wushingt.m
stt, where ho w.ll l pleased to meet the ,KK,plo ami
Sir. al m formation desired. Ho invites corresjx.mlenc
from thoso w.thout tho cty who desire to Inko n djHinv
ml earnestly urgos tho live bum,,,, ,cn of
county or manufacturing community of Oregon and
ashmgton to pjH,,ut a committee to see that tho inZ
farm, ami resours w which they nro iubttnM
th full benefit of the exhibition. 1
NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST.
A new sawmill is being erected near Columbia Center
Garfield County, W. T.
Gas works are being constructed at Tacoma. There
will be four retorts, with a capacity of 100,000 feet
The copper mine on Guemes Island, Puget Sound,
will soon be reopened and operated. '. The old shaft iB
down 400 feet. Numerous veins have been found assay
ing 25 per cent, copper, $5 gold and $10 silver per ton.
A large silver mill, with power for 100 tons of ore
daily, will be immediately erected in the Ten Mile Dis
trict, eighteen miles from Helena, Montana. The mill
will be operated in connection with the Caplice and.
Tatham mines.
Wheat fields, covering an area of two by six miles,
wore burned July 25, near Waitsburg, W. T. The loss,
$100,000, falls heavily upon the farmers, who have been
counting upon the large crop to place the balance on the
right side of their account
The Depot and La Grande Street Eailway Company
has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $25,000,
for the purpose of constructing a street railway from the
business portion of La Grande, Union County, Or., to the
depot of the O. It. & N. Co.'s Baker City branch, located
on tho outskirts of the town.
Mr. G. Da vies, the enterprising book dealer of Seattle,
W. T., has just returned to that city from the East, where
he purchased a large stock of goods. He is now fitting
up an elegant store in the Opera House Block Seat
tle will soon boast of possessing the handsomest and
most complete book and stationery store in the North
west. The lime manufacturers of San Juan Island have
wisely concluded that the true interests of that growing
industry require a cessation of strife and a united action
in business matters. To this end they have constituted
the Tacoma Lime Company of this city their sole agents,
from whom only any desired brand of San Juan lime can
be procured.
A number of gentlemen owning 7,000 acres of land at
the Three Forks of the Mi
Montana, and two cattle ranges in the vicinity, have laid
out a town called "Missouri Forks." Besides the valu
able agricultural and grazing land surrounding the new
town, there is a mining district within four miles, which
contains many promising ledges.
Cumlierland coal is sold in KittibiB flnnntv. W. T.. at'
$80 per ton. A vein of good coal was opened on Teana
way River recently, and as its product can be laid down
in Ellonsburg for $50 and in Yakima for $C0, it will
probably drive out tho more expensive article. That is
certainly a hich nrice in nnv fnr n1 hnf. annli Are the
disadvantages of being several hundred miles from a
i .
uuiromL
A new town has been lmM nnf. in WViitmnn ColUltV.
W. T., on Willow Creek, and on tho line of the Palouse