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; 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
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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
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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
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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
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Over half the area of the county Is Covered
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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.
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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
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