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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1891)
\ s. — Advantage»__ A ; other branches of trade and industry^heiariner stock-*ai«er, dairy-man aud fruit grower will 1 all have excellent markets for their products Description of the Country. right at home, and the merchants will be pros perous. ’ILLAMOOK COUNTY is in tbe north-western Over ten million feet of lumber was shipped part of Oregon, on the coast, and is the sec from the mill at ilobsonville during the past ond county south ofthc mouth of the Col-' year. COAL. umbia river. It has nearly ninety mil«s ofcoast t I A good quality of coal is found in large quan- line, and the Coast range of mountains forms its eastern boundary. Clatsop county adjoins it on 1 tides on the Nehalem, and will be worked as the north, Benton county on the south, and Col-, soon as the rail-road is completed. I Kenooreva and Concise tousand- of aer< ' in answer to inquiries regarding this county. readily . As it contains many good points we reproduce it: Dear Sir.—In reply to your letter asking about our county and propects, Tillamook county has Tillamook, - Oregon. a population of 3000 at present. The timber lands lie along streams tributary to Tillamook ßR. W. A. WISE Bay. Average timber lands are estimated to carry from 7 to 9 million feel per quarter section. | The quality of timber Is first-class. Itconsistsof spruce, fir and heiuloea, mostly fir. DAIRYING AND STOCK-RAISING. tievf sets of umbia, Washington, Yamhill and Polk on the I Teeth extracted I The town of Tillamook is the largest town iu , Timber Interest!«. teeth made and Tillamook is pre-eminently a dairying and luickly and with the county, and is the county seat: has a popu east. Tillamook is in about the same latitude guaranteed. out pain. and stock-raising country. Several kinds of lation of 5OO and is rapidly increasing. The town as St. Paul, Minnesota or Eastport, Maine, and A community, like an individual, derives its grasses grow luxuriantly for the greater part of is on tho verge of a prosperous growth, and has is about as far west as it is possible to get in the the year, and stock requires but little feed in prosperity from its resources. A man, seeking every prospect of becoming a thriving little city OREGON. ALBINA United States the winter. a new home, naturally desires to establish him* The county is 75 miles in length and about 3O Dairying is an important occupation, and ow self among a people who have the present I It has a good location for the trade of the far- I miles in breadth at the widest part, and con ing to the uniformly cool temperature, tho but means or the near possibilities of wealth. The mer. It is situated on Hoquartou slough. This SELPH, tains nearly 2ooo square miles or sections of ter made is of superior quality. Cheese-making farming and agricultural 1 esources of our county lough is very tortuous and at some points the land, being larger than the state of Delaware will no doubt prove successful. Shipping facili are elsewhere referred to in this issue, yet water is low; but can be easily deepened. It ATTOR N E Y-AT-L A W. aud twice the size of Rhode Island. ties is all that is needed to make dairying a suc | we can not but again insist upon their great j connects with the main bay channel, and in time Much of the land is mountainous or hilly, but cess. Much butter is shipped at present, but as and paramount importance. Not one acre in a will be improved till there are no places in the in Post-office building. a great part of itis comparati. ely level, or con the boats are depended upon for transportation possible hundred is being cultivated in this j chaunel from the bar of Tillamook bay to sisting of low hills. and that which is no tillable the butter is salted and packed instead of being county, and perhaps not one iu a hundred that Tillamook town, that are 'low’’ at any time ol OREGON TILLAMOOK, oau mostly be utilized for grazing or is valuable shipped fresh. , is being cultivated is made to yield what is pos- : the tide. The government has already begun for the timber that grows upon it. There are FARMING AND FRUIT-RAISING. sible under more thorough and scientific hand- j the work by putting in a dam at Dry Stocking* several valleys that are quite extensive, bpt General fanning is carried on successfully and ling. And the wealth capable of being produced ■ bar. Tillamook has a court house, costing most of them are narrow and are confined to the barley, hay, potatoes, and vegetables yield in a from that vast tract of the most rich agricultural rivers which take their source in the Coast range prolific manner, especially on the bottom land. land in the world, that lies between the summit Attorney-at-Law Bold spurs or promontories rise on the capes, Fruit, such as apples, pears, prunes and all of the mountains abd the ocean, and the Neha itary Public uud Reul Eatate Conveyancer. and a view from the coasting steaiueis, gives kinds of small fruits and berries t each perfec lem and Nestucca, will in a few years be pour tion here and yield abundantly. ing into our laps. This will be perpetually in BEE-KEEPING. creasing too, as the ax and the fire and the plow W. SEVERANCE, This industry is very profitable and Nestucca closely follow each other iu their inroads upon honey is gaining quite a reputation. Tho honey the wilderness of nature. The timber industry, D eputy -D istrict -A ttorney , produced here excels in flavor. however while evanescent, will produce a more »rd Judicial District,for Tillamook County FISHING. active and sudden prosperity. Salmon fishing is carried on in season, and Our timber is estimated at twenty billions of L TILLAMOOK, - OREGON. there are large canneries at Nehalem, Nestucca feet, an estimate probably entirely too small. and two on Tillamook bay. Thousands of dol This will yield to our citizens afstuinpage, at lars are invested in the canneries and fishing 5o cents per thousand, $10,000,000. The cutting, I laude THAYER, outfits, and from $100.000 to >300,000 worth of running, rafting and booming will pro canned and salt salmon are shipped each year. duce, at $3.00 per thousand, say $60,000,000, Attorney-at-Law. 10,000 cases of salmou were shipped from one The, ¡manufacturing, at $2 00 per thousand, associated with McCain & Hurley in cannery alone on Tillamook bay last season. say >10.000,000. A great part of our mill Trout are plentiful and easy to hook. Crabs owners will ultimately reside with us and their Circuit and Supreme Court business aud several varieties ol clams and oysters are profits, estimated at >i.00 per thousand, will be for Tillamook county. easily secured on the beach. $20,000.000. may be reckoned as at least 1 tciiinomidcd. F ree I nformation R egarding the C ity and C ounty O f T illamook G iven by the TILLAMOOK BOARD OF TRADE H. v. V. J ohnson ................ P resident wm . I». S tillwell V ice P resident geo . L. S mith S ecretary and T rxasirkl C laude T hayer W. H. C ooper E xecutive C ommittee L. H. B rown W m . D. STIL4.WFL1 JI. V. V. J ohnson W. F D. Jomen. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. J. W. DRAPER I. T. BURNEY 1URNEY, A DRAPER, I A ttorneys - at -L aw , the country a very rugged appearance, though a OREGON CITY, OREGON. [Twelve years experience as Register of the L 8. L and O ffice here recommends us in our pecialty of business before the L and O ffice r the Courts and involving the practice in the few miles into the interior, good passes for a wagon road, without much olevation, are found from one valley to another throughout the length of the county. Tall timber grows in Tillamook County. Tillamook butter is the best on the Pacific Coast The bays and rivers teem with salmon. Nestucca honey has the finest flavor. Fruit grows to perfection here. Stock-raising and general faming pay. RIVERS. The county is well supplied with rivers. The Nehalem, the largest, which is navigable for several miles, flows into Nehalem bay at the B. BROCKENBROUGH north. Five streams, the Miami, Kilchis, Wil son, Trask and Tillamook rivers empty into “ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Tillamook bay. The Big Nestucca and Little I.ate Special Agent of the General Land Office.) Nestucca unite to form Nestucca bay in the south part of the county, aud still further south, OREGON CITY, OREGON. the Salmon and Siletz make their exit into the Homestead», Pre-Emptions, and Timber | ocean. These rivers are most all navigable for Land Applications, u Specialty. small craft as far inland ar. tide-water extends, O ffice : and Floor L and O ffice B uilding . are fine streams and have many tributaries. They will always be of great service in getting logs out of the forests and there is much fine water-power going to waste. Fresh, cold springs of pure water aoound everywhere, aud keep the small rivulets supplied du'ing the summer A E. THAYER months. ENERAL LAND OFFICE. F or full and complete information address W. F. D. JONES, C or . S ec ’ y B oard of T rade , T illamook , O regon . HARBORS. Nehalem bay can be entered by coasjing schooners, and with a little improvement is des General Banking and Exchange business tlnedto become an important harbor. The bar aterest paid on time deposits. at Nestucca is unreliable, though small craft Exchange on England, Belgium, Germany, enter that bay frequently. Netarts bay is shoal weden and all foreign countries. and is noted chiefly for its oysters and clams, though there are fine bodies of agricultural TILLAMOOK, - - - OREGON. and timber lands on Netarts bay and the har COHN & CO S STORE,—COHN A BROWN BLOCK. bor will be much frequented by small coasting schooners in the future. Tillamook Bay is a fine body of water, eight two thirds remaining in the county, >13,000,000. TILLAMOOK AS A PLEASURE RESORT. AND miles wide and twelve miles long and is one of The climate makes out-door camping delight No bay in the world is better adapted to the TOWN LOTS the best harbors on the coast north of Sun Fraai- ful, either in the mountains or on the beach. building of ships that will be utilized in the in *ala at reasonable prices and on Fishing is excellent in all the streams, trout be transportation of our county products, than is ing plentiful, and clam digging on the beach is > Tillamook bay and it is more than probable favorable terms. Location, best in the a favorite pastime. Game, such as deer, elk, that we can safely count upon one third, at the town of Tillamook. bear, pheasants, grouse, quail, (luckt and geese, very least, of the profits of shipment of this vast amount of lumber being added to our wealth. W m . S tillwell . is plentiful. As soon as good hotels arc built on the beach This could l>e safely calculated, at$2.o0 per tou- sand, $20.000.000. Thus making on aggre Tillamook will become a popular summer re sort. The beaches at Nestucca, Netarts and gate income to the inhabitants of this county and Garibaldi are much frequented at present. I within a radius cf less than one hundred miles, j of the enormous amount of $10.3,000,000. ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION. Trade is carried on mostly by small coasting I 1 Is it not a stupendous thing to calculate, and steam schooners that enter Tillamook bay, and j yet figures do not lie, and we have not intended occasionally Nehalem and Nestucca. Also, by to depart in any manner from a reasonable : the lumber vessels that ply between this place ! I estimate: and it will not be over a year, in our 1 and San Francisco. Much of the passenger j opinion, before the com pa rati vely incon s iderable 1 C. B. HADLEY, Propriitor. travel is by tlivse boats. A small asnount of stream that is now flowing in from the Truckee freight is carried over the mountain roads by and other mills in our county will be swelled to wagons, and most of the pasaengor travel goes an immense Pactolian bearing on its yellow POOL TABLES and BILLIARD TABLES. that way. A rail-road is being surveyed which bosom employment for the industrious, markets no doubt will be speedily constructed and will for the agriculturists, prosperity to all daises, connect Tillamook with Astoria and with the I and the inevitable accompaniments, churches, H0U8E ALWAY8 ORDERLY. Willamette valley. A stage line is iu operation I schools, academies, and all the manifold bless A. P. WILSON’S RESIDENCE. between Tillamook and North Yamhill, and ings which an intelligent and christiaft com- 1 most travelers bound for Tillamook take the inanity can expect from public prosperity. The cisco. A little money expended here judiciously by the Government, would make Tillamook bay an important commercial center, as it 1s sur I will t»e the great source of wealth to us for year* rounded by a good country and is the outlet of to come an<l It is destined to reach vast pro several rivers that tap regions rich in lumber lood Hall for Dance* and Entertainments. portions. resources. The work of harbor improvements But if we had no timber in our county, we is commenced, but has not progressed very far would still have a source of wealth in the soil, at present. The work that has been done, so far watei, and climate combined. We are tin the to improve the bay has been productive of little coast, have absolutely no malaria. We have the good, but further appropriations are recom richest soil in the word, I believe, and all well mended by the River and Harbor committee of watered with soft, pure water. Clover grows the present Congress, aud no doubt will be everywhere, the natural grass of the country, made. A >lo,000 life-saving service is to be e* and keeps green all the year roum[. The country tablished, though wrecks are almost unknown is beautiful besides, and is set off* with a beautiful * on Tillamook bar. Au excellent and expensive bay, reached by a romantic r «ad, which leads I light-house has been built on Cape Meares near through immense timber and over queer dreamy the entrance to the bay. stream«, (which^by the way aliound with fish.) climate . As soon a-, the railroad touche« our valley, I One of the most attractive features of Tilla there will tie no other county in the North mook county is the climate. The summers arc western states, that can compare w ¡th its natural ■imply delightful, being reasonably dry and attractions for the wealth, health, or pleasure free from cold winds and disagreeable fogs. No hot, sultry days. The winters are unusually ( mild and equable, snow seldom falling, and the Will make regular trip«, the weather per n temperature rarely registering lower than twen- ting, from i ty-five degrees above zero. The rainfall in TILLAMOOK TO ASTORIA AMD PORTLAND. ! winter is quite copious, but is not so disagree- Very Respectfully I able as cold weather or blizzards. Those used For Freight rate« or Passage, apply to G. O. N. P. SCHRADER. Master. ’ to the rains do not seem to mind them at all and the rainy season is the healthiest part of the ! year. There is no healthier locality, however, 1 than this, taking it all the year round. ACRE TRACTS HOW CAN THEY BE MADE? By Investing Your Money in Tillamook! The town is growing rapidly and real estate in »tire to enhance in v»liv Thero arc good prospects fur n rail-road an<l harbor improvement», ao get in an buy before the rush, aud whilo you can buy the choicest property cheap in R. R. HAYS’ ADDITION D. BTKKKT. 4 • 1 1 H ouse 1 & 6 T • STREET. THE S™ AUGUSTA TIMBER RESOURCES. 1 Over half the area of the county Is Covered with fine timber, mostly fir and sprue«, which 4 J « • r • — (4H LARUE LEVEL LOTS.) STREETS 00 FEET WIDE. LOTH UNIFORMLY Prices ranging from $60 to $160. Suitable terms made. Views of Tillamook »nd vicinity for »ale All work guaranteed first class in every resject. • TILLAMOOK,...................... OREGON. SPECIAL NOTICE I wlh be In my gallery on Saturday and Sun day of each week to take photographs, and the balance of the week the gallery will be closed. A. G. R eynolds . y^TisTie » PHOTOGRAPHERS Farming land, Timber land and all ciaaaea of town property for I,