Tillamook headlight., May 22, 1891, Image 3

”i nir iiiowril riMQ inurs io jweiuns, ul
l
J.
i be readily seen what effect this will have on i | laud to be sui v eyed yet.
I
great many people go there every summer.
other branches of trade and industry. The farmer r
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Thousands of acres of timber lands have been
The
following
is
the
copy
of
a
letter
sent
out
NRwrt’CCAi
The Nehalent country has a great future be- I
liesourcva and Advantages.—A Concise stock-kaiser, dairy-man and fruit-grower will I J bought by lumber-men aid milling <»;»erations
in
answer
to
inquiries
regarding
thia
county.
1
the Neriuccn WHlhtry i« chiefly ral’luble tof
•
fore
it.
There
is
probably
ndt
a
region
in
the
, all have excellent markets for their products ’ will scon begin. The timber land sells readily
Description of the Country.
\s it contains many good loiuts we reproduce it: , Northwest that has more varied and important dairying, stortk-twhdng, general farming and
j right at home, and the meichauts will l*e pros- at $8 to fi.» per acre.
office on nextdudrto Tern pern uee Tsrlors.
Dear Sir.—In reply to your letter asking about reooiirceft than Nehalem. This seeiiwti is now i»ee-teeep<ng, though fruit-raising is sure Id
I perous.
There is an inviting field here for rd! classes our county and pro|»ects. Tillamook county has ’ receiving attention from the government and | prove sucecssful there. Fishing is good ill sea-
rI'II,LAM00K COUNTY is in the north-w estern
Over tea million feet of lumber war shipped
Tillamook, • Oregon.
1 part of Oregon, on the coast, and is the sec­ from the mill at Hobsouvillc during the past who are possessed of some means, and espec- a ¡copulation ef 3000 at present. The timber ! soon the lmrbor will lx oponed up for commerce 1 sob« There is but little tiuilier In thia avcti«>n»
for capitalists; blit the man with a family and lands lie along streams tribhtrti v to Ti'.’Smuok and the country will enter into an Cra of pros- ! though enough to supply all loc»»l neorlt.
ond county south of the mouth of the Col­ y ear.
' uo money has no business here, as, like every Bay. Average tinilxr lauds are estimated to pcrity. It would take volumes to fairly des-
The beach below Oretown Is crowded with
COAL.
I umbia river. It has nearly ninety milasofcoast
ßR. W. A. WISE,
A good quality of coni is found in large quan- other new place where there is a rush, there are carry from 7 to 9 million feet per quarter section. i cril»c and enumerate the many Advantages | I campers from the WillalUUtte valley in thu
line, and the Coast range of mountains forms its
' titles on the Nehalem, and will be worked hs pleuty of laboring men.
summer,
ami ihe beach at hand Luke is also
,
The
quality
of
timber
is
first-class.
1
1
consists
of
I
and
rvAuurce»
of
this
section,
and
uh
one
can
1
eastern boundary. Clatsop county adjoins it ou
soon us the rail-road is completed.
spruce, fir and hemlock, mostly fir.
¡form au adequate idea of the richness of the i : frvquenteil by many fieoplv.
the north, Benton county on the south, and Col
DAIRYING AND STOCK-RAISING.
The town of Tillamook iff the I shivf I town in * country in mineral, agricultural, lumbering and ; To describe this country pttiprily it should
New set«» of unibia, Washington, Yamhill and Polk ou the
e Taatli extracted
T imi »er Ínteres**«.
Tillamook is pre-eminently a dairying and
the ciHinty, and is the county seat: has a popu­ ’other n'vources without paying the country a , he mehlloned by localities.
teeth made and east. Tillamook is in about the same latitude
oulcklv sud with-
and stock-raising country. Several kinds of
qut pain.
guaranteed.
BIO NtSTVCCA.
lation of 5OO and is rapidly increasing. The town . visit.
as St. Paul, Minnesota or Eastport, Maine, and
A community, like an individual, derives its is ou the verge of a prosperous grow th, and has
grasses grow luxuriantly for the greater part of
Mr. E. K. Scovcll contributes the following j The Hlg Jfestitera tlvsr hits a tafgc area of
is ubo ut as far west as it is possible to get in the
prosperity from its t esources. A man. seeking
the
year,
and
stock
requires
but
little
feed
in
fineltOttoni
land
along
itacoitrSe, and has several
every prospect of becoming a thriving little city regarding Nehalem:
AIJINA
OREGON,
United States.
the winter.
, .1 new home, naturally desires to establish him It has u good location for tlic trade of the far
Of the resources of that ¡»ortioii of Nehalem I tributaries that have fine valleys. Beaver cr»«eli
The county is 75 miles in length and about 30
Dairying is an important occupation, ami ow­ self among a people who have the present mer. It is situated on Hoquarton slough. This country that lies within Tillan1ook c«»unty much I has n large NUtl prosperous Settlement and is a
miles in breadth at the widest part, and con ing to the uniformly cool temperature, the but-j [ means or the near possibilities of wealth. The
part of th« eotirseof the AHmut ft Astoria R. II
£ E SELPH,
tains nearly 2ooo square miles or sections of ter made is of superior quality. Cheese-making farming and agricultural i esources of our county lough is very tortuous and at some points the has been written mid but little said. Lying
Th? same may be said for Three Rivers; ttond
land, beiug larger than the state of Delaware will no doubt ptove successful. Shipping facili­ are elsewhere referred to in this issue, yet water is low; but can be easily deepened. It tributary to the Nehalem river there are about
connects with the main bay Chait tie), and in time eight townships of timber and agricultural lands, luike is a rich region, and flu rt* ah? yet several
ATÍOBNEY-AT-LAW.
and 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
good farms oh gnYernmant land. There ia »1
Much of tlm land is mountainous or hilly, but cess. Much batter is shipped at present, but as ru «I paramount importance. Not one acre in a will be improved till there are uo places in the about equally divided, that is there is al»out one
post office, store, hotel and blacksmith-shop at
Office in Post-office building.
a great part of it is comparati. ely level, or con­ the boats arc depended upon for transportation possible hundred is being cultivated in this channel from the bir of Tillamook bay to I half that can tie cultivated and piit into pasture
Tillamook town, that are "low" at any time ol when it is clean'd of the brush and timber, the Dolph. There are pokt-ofltecs ai Hembree, (bund
sisting
of
low
hills.
amt
that
which
is
no
tillable
OREGON.
the butter is salted and packed instead of being county, and perhaps not one in a hundred that the tide. The government has already begun j rest is so rocky and broken that it is only valu­ Lake) Benver, and Hebo. Woods, near the
TILLAMOOK,
oan mostly be «tilixed for grazing oris valuable shipped fresh.
is being cultivated is made to yield what is pos­
able fur the timber, sandstone, iron and coal, mouth of the Big Nestucca Is a growing littid
forth« timber that grows upon it. There arc
sible under more thorough aud scientific hand­ the work by putting in a daui at Dry Stocking ■ and other valuable iniuerala undiscovered at town ami has a sawmill, a drugs tote, two
FARMING AND FRUIT-RAISING.
liar.
Tillamook
han
a
court
house,
{coating
|
several valleys that are quite extensive, but
T. MAULSBY,
ling.
And
the
wealth
capable
of
being
produced
General farming Is carried on successfully and
the present time. Hut, kt us go a little into general nmrchandlsc stores, a schotd-house»
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
speculation and ace what this will amount to and is to have a newspaper Uriel ft hotel«
rivers which take their source in theCoast range prolific manner, especially ou the bottom laud land in the world, that lies between the summit
when it is fully <lcvelo|M»d, that Is when the Nevefftt residences have been erected lately»
Bold spurH or promontories rise on the capes, Fruit, such us apples, pears, prunes and all ■ of the mountains and the ocean, and the Neha­
railroad Is built and the bar is improved, for we and the tow n is ih the beginning of a lamin.
anda
view
from
the
coasting
steameis,
gives
Notary Public and Real Estate Conveyancer.
kinds of small fruits and berries reach porfec lem ai.d Nestucca, u ill in a few years be pour­
LlTTLIt NESTUCCA.
need both. In the first place our four townships
ing into our laps. This will be perpetually in­
tiun here and yield abundantly.
The Little Nestucca country ia much the saintf
! ot timber, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and hemlock
creasing too, as the ax and the fire and the plow
BEE-KEEPING.
contain, at a fair estinin e, H.oqn.ooo.ooo feet o ■ s 1 ig Nestucca and has the name advantages.
W. SEVERANCE,
This industry is very profitable and Nestucca closely follow each other iu their inroads upon
lumber, or enough to keep id mills cutting loo,- The two rivers join forming Nestucca l«y amt
the
wilderness
of
nature.
The
limber
industry,
honey is gaining quite a reputation. The honey
I <xx> feet each per day, running zoo days iu the on the bay is located a large canhvry. The
1
D khuty -D istbict -A ttohnky ,
however while evanescent, will produce >1 more
produced here excels in flavor.
year, for the next I5 years. Supposing they people here lire enterprising and have mad«
FISHING.
active and sudden prosperity.
3rd Judicial District,for Tillamook County
| could all be started at once there w'ould be rc- stock-raising and dairying a success despite the
Our timber is estimated at twenty billions of
Salmon fishing is carried on in season, and
j quired to run the mills at last loon able bodied poor transportation facilities. The pride of the
TILLAMOOK,
-
OREGON.
there are large canneries at Nehalem, Ncstucca feet, an estimate probably entirely too small,
men. Half ns many more would And employ- j 1 l.ittte Nestucca however, is the fine Irfwch be*
ibis will yield to our citizens a stumpage, at
and two on Tillamook bay. Thousands of dol
ment iu raising v«getahh»H, hay, and with 1 l°w Oretown.
lars are invested in the canneries and fishing .50 cents per thousand, $10,000,000. The cutting,
the usual numtxr of women ^iid children
As It Is iu Big Nesturra atid nit ths smith part
jjLAUDE THAYER,
outfits, and from $100.000 to 1300,000 worth of running, rafting and booming will pro
a ¡Mipulation of about MOO, or more than as
the Uounty. bee-keeping is a common in-
JT
m
I.
ooo
.
cx
»,
canned and salt salmon are shipped each year. d c •, at $5.00 per thousand, say
many again as there are in the entire count) ' <lu«try and pays immense profits with little haid
10,000 cases of salmon were shipped from one The manufacturing, at $2.00 per thousand,
1 at present.
labor only careful attention. Kiawanda cr«*eli
cannery alone on Tillamook bay last season.
say $ 1 o . oco . oto . A great part of our mill-
Nor would this be merely a transient popula 1 Afts many good ranches. Neskowin post'Dfficd
is associated with McCain & Hurley iu
Trout arc plentiful and easy to book.
Crabs owners will ultimately reside with us and their
tlon, for, having the opportunity to dispose of |
0|e locality,
Circuit and Supreme Court business
and several varieties ol clams and oysters are profits, estimated at $1.00 per thousand, will l»e
ftltlTl.
f'JU 6*
the surplus timber and a market for Iris crops,
tor Tillamook county.
easily secured on the beach.
f ao.ooo 000.
reckoned as at least
Little Is known _ generally
acct ion
the home-builders would come to stay and make
, of this tldt
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the wil.lcriic«» blnunin. A» befurr .t«te.l, wv whirh conifirl«-« thr R<ihu»n »ml Siteta vall. y.,
W.
H.
REYNOLDS'
RESIDENCE.
have 11, aqunre mile, of agricultural landa th.,t I Aa "
now Htl Ituliau fcaervaiion. Htit It in
J. W. DRAPER
W. T. BURNEY
will ultimately >upp<>rl a population ot from , rich In farming lan.l. haa plenty ut »ood tlnibrr,
u. c. kings genkralfmebchandisk
DURNEY, fe DRAPER,
lo to IA p. rM>n, to the aectlon. bat I haw written '
lake», good harlwr, and la a very doatrablf
STORE.
**
A ttorneys - at -L aw , tlie country a very rugged appearance, though a
more than I intetided, and hope that if thiff piece of country. It will probably ba thrown
few miles into the interior, good passes for a
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
change does conic it will come slowly so as not open fdr settlement sdoti, though the Indian^
wagon road, without much elevation, are found
$4000*. ’abichool house, $3.100; churches; a batik, to crowd too heavily on the ancient settlers and will be allowed to take homes before white
Twelve years experience as Register of the
from one valley to another throughout the length
3 hotels, 3 livery stables, 2 shoe-makers, 6 general awake them too rudely from lethargy and settlers will get a chance.
U. fl. L and O ffice here recommends us in our of the county.
stores, 1 hardware, 1 acgricultural. *2 saloons. peaceful slumber.
specialty of business before ths L and O ffice
RIVERS.
5 blacksmiths, I mill, 1 drug store, 2 1
Thia is the natural honjy tor the pruilc, moat
or the Courts am.1 involving the practice in the
FOI.I.KV VALLEY.
The county is well supplied with rivers.
doctors, lawyers, etc. The town furtiishcff sup­
all varieties doing exceptionftbly writ By
G eneral L and O ffice .
This
valley
is
reully
a
tributary
section
to
the
Nehalem, the largest, which is navigable for
plies to the fnrmcre for mile-t around, who in Nehalem country, as Fulley creek empties into artificial drying processes, the
several miles, flows into Nehalem bay at the
turn come here to diaposu of their produce. the Nehalem river, mid the valley has nil the is highly renumerntivU. Sever
north.
Five
streams,
the
Miami.
Kilchls,
Wil
­
T B. BROCKENBROUGH,
Town lots vary in price according to their loca­ advantages and excellencies of Nehalem proper, orchards have been and are
son, Trask ami Tillamook rivers empty into
I
tion, from $25 to $000. Acreage property adjoin­ except it is smaller in area. There ix a great The trees grow clean aud thrifty
Tillmnook
bay.
The
Big
Nestucca
and
Little
“
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ing the town coats from $3.) to $100 an acre. deal of fine timber on the Policy and some good
Ncstucca
unite
to
form
Neatucca
bay
in
the
Bay City, 10 miles below here, is the next large t I farms have beeu cleared up in the bottom.
/Late Special Agent of the General Land Office.)
TILLAMOOK CITV.
south part of the county, and still further south,
town in the county. It is'*a’vcry young town,
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
MIAMI.
the Salmon and Siletz make their exit into the
but its owners* propew»«
¿«¡cc- place of
The head-waters of the Miami and Folley
Momestaadg, Pre-Emptions, and Timber ocean. These rivers are most all navigable for
Tillamook, the county seat, Is the largest an<1
it. Garibaldi is nicely situated for a seaport arc nenr together, but the Miami empties into
f snd Applications, a ¡specialty.
small craft as far inland as tide-water extends,
town. Right at the mouth of the bay, has good Tillamook b ty at Garibaldi. There are many important town in the couuty, and will probably
always
take the lead and became quite tin Im«
are fine streams and have many tributaries.
Ornes: 2nd Floor L and O ffice B cildino .
anchorage, and many advantages; but the roiuli rich ranches on the Miami and a great deni of
They will always be of great service in getting
have been »0 poor that none of these places good limber oil its hend-waters. When the portant little city within the next two years»
logs out of the forests and there is much fine
have grown a« has Tillamook. The latter town Albany tk Astoria R. R. ia built it will leave The town now has about Ano people and is grow*
water-power going to waste. Fresh, cold springs
bring more advantageously situated for the Tillamook bay on the Miami, following it up ing rapidly, buildings going up everywhere.
There are now, three hotels, a drugstorv, five
of pure water noound everywhere, and keep the
buKinesn of the fanner*.
to the divide betw«*en that stream and Folley
small rivulets supplied during the tninituer
Very few places in the county are improved as creek, and tlu'iice down that creek to Nehalem. general merchaudiae stores, a jewelry-store,
ß & E. THAYER,
months.
goixl farms should be, and theffe are not for Hence, it is readily seen what an advantageous two srthxjn», n temperance saloon, two hard-
ware stores, a bank, a saw and planing mill, a
harbors .
sale. The soil for the most part ia very rich location the settlers hove who are on these
...cat maarket, two photograph galleries, a
BANKERS
Nehalem bay can be entered by coasting
»nd black. Crops are hay, oats, barley, fruits streams.
harness shop, large livery stable, two news-pa^
schooners, and with a little improvement is des­
Tiid vegetables Cows enn be had from $35 to $25.
NKMALRM I1KACII.
General Banking and Exchauge business tined to become an important harbor. The b.ir
pers, and various other shops and offices tixi
Dairying and beef-raising constitute the chief
From
Garibaldi
nt
the
entrance
of
Tillamook
Interest paid on time deposits.
at Nestucca is unreliable, though small craft
pursuit of farmers. American horses bring bay to the mouth of Nehalem river is one of the iiuinerouff to msutiott. Ths Ma so tile order. 1. O
ltxchauge on England, Belgium, Germany, esiterthat bay frequently. Netarts bay is shoal
:rom $k> to $150. Of courKe the milling industry fluent beaches imngitinlde The drive is flue, O. F,,andG. A« It, have flourishing fudges here
The town is situated on Hoquartoti slough, an
and is noted chiefly for its oysters and clams,
Sweden and ail foreign countries.
the scenery is grand mid the adjacent hikes are arm of the bay, and on the edge of a beautiful
though there are fine bodies of agricultural
TILLAMOOK,
-
-
-
OREGON.
lieaiililttl. The Bar View House is the only prairie. No finer town-site ran be fhttnd Iu the
and timber lands ou Netarts bay and the har­
hotel on the l»each st present, but a magnificent state. There arc many gOixl business bull« Il ng»,
COIIN& CO S STORK,A BROWN 111.01 K
bor will be much frequented by small coasting
sea-side hotel will be built on one of the Inkca I private dwellings and a $4,000 srhool house that
schooners in the future.
as soon ns la practicable.
would be a ert-dit to a town twi«« the size Thu
Tillamook Bay is a fine body of water, eight
I two thirds remaining in the county, $13.000,000
TILLAMOOK AS A PLEASURE RESORT.
<iAH1 HAl.m.
AND
, coutt house is u good, substantial structure, snd
miles wide and twelve miles long ami is one of I The climate makes out-door camping delight- { ! No bay in the world Is better adapted to the
This la a beautiful little town Just Inside «»f thr M«'thodliits have just omplBlrd a twautiiul
the best harbors on the coast north of San Frtui- j ful, either in the mountain»» or on the beach, j building of ships that will l»e utilized in the
TOWN LOTS
Tillani«»ok bay. It has a st«»re, hotel, etc., and church,
{ Fishing is excellent in all the streams, trout l»e- j transportation of our county products, than in
the Elmorr cannery iff located here. There is
sale at reasonable prices and on
The streets a e well laid olit.and a fair ground
i ing plentiful, and clam digging on the beach is j Tillamook bay and it is more than probable
good deep-wnter anchorage nt Garibaldi and has been secured and will be fitted up III good
Favorab a terms.
Location, best in the
I a favorite pastime. Game, such as deer, elk, that wccan safely count'upon one third, at the
many predict that it in the coining city of the shape, and grounds have been reset ved fur 1»
I hear, pheasants, grouse, quail, duck! and geese, I very least, of the profits ofshipment of this vast
♦own ©f Tillamook.
bny.
college nite.
The bulk of ths county trails
J amount of lumber being added to our wealth.
IIOHHOSVtt.l.K.
I
is
plentiful.
m D. tillwell
is duue here.
As soon as good hotels are built on the bench ' This could be safety calculated, nt$2.o0 per tou-
Thia place la nildwny lietweeu Bay City an<l
I Tillamook will become h popular summer re­ sand, $x>,noo,Qoo. Thus making on aggre­
Garibaldi, and the Truckee Lumber Co., of (Nan
sort. The beaches nt Nestucca, Netarts and 1 gate income to the inhabitants ot this county
TID-BITS
Francisco,) have extensive mills 1ocat«d here
and Garibaldi nrc much frequented at present. within a radius of less than one hundred miles,
Al»out fto.noo feet of ffprnre lumber is sawed
of the enormous amount of J 10.3,000,000.
ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.
There
are
about
20O set tiers on tittfurveyed
daily, and is nil shipp««l |>er steamers Truck«)
Trade is carried on mostly by small coasting Is it not a stupendous thing to calculate, and
and Ncotia to Si»n Franciaco. where it is manu­ lands in the county, but the govern me n| la
steam schooners that enter Tillamook bay, an»l yet figures du not lie, and we have not intended
factured into boxes by the Company. The Com­ making additional surveys ami before lung it
occasionally Nehalem and Nestucca. Also, by to depart in any manner from a reasonable
pany haffalurge and well stocked geiwral iner- will all be open to entry under the U< B. land
the lumber veeselff that ply lietween this place estimate: and it will nut be over a year, in our
chandiiM- store here which does Hgood business. laws
opinion,
before
the
comparatively
inconsiderable
and San Francisco. Much of the passenger
The Leinenweber cannery ia located here.
Tillamook is aland of flowers. Th* timber is
travel is by thane bonts. A mtiAll amount of stream that is now flowing in from the Truckee
evergreen, the mountains areooverod with ferus
RAT CITY.
freight is carried over the mountain ro»«ls by fid other mills in our county will be »welled to
This thriving town will be fully treated of in and the prairies are almost perpetually green,
wagons, and most of the pasuengw travel goes an immense I’actolian bearing on its yellow
altogether presenting a Iwautlfnl and attractive
a sepcratc aiticlv.
bosom
employment
for
the
industrious,
markets
that
way.
A
rail-road
iff
being
surveyed
which
< landscape.
POOL TABLES »nd BILLIARD TABLES.
KfLCHlX.
no doubt will be speodily constructed and will for the agriculturists, prosperity to all classes,
The total aMecsment last year (I**;) was
This is an o!«l settlement near the bny between
connect Tillamook with Astoria and with the and the inevitable accompaniments, churches,
liny City and Tillamook city. It is a rich ami j l,s4.««> Considerable was added to thia by the
HOUSE ALWAYS ORCERLY.
Willamette valley. A stage line is iu operation schools, academics, and all the manifold bless­
well improved agricultural and fruit <*ountry i sheriff afterwards When the assrMment roll
A. P. WILSON'S RESIDENCE.
between Tillamook an<! North Yamhill, and ings which an intelligent and Christian com­
There Is a beautiful little prairie ban* and many I is completed this year, it u ill show an iaerease
L B. HADLEYS GRAND CENTRAL
munity
can
cxpei
t
from
public
prosperity.
The
most travelers bound for Tillamook take tke
comfortable and palatial homes are found. J N. 1 of nearly iffll per cent.
BILLIARD HALL.
There will always be a market for our lumber
cisco. A little money expended here judiciously
Elliott has a fine prune orchnrd here ami Is
by the Government, would make Tillamook bay
making a success of prune gnrwlng. The Kilchis in California, and when the Nicaragua canal is
opened,
all the lumlrer on thia coast will be
will be the great source of wealth to us for years Is n fine logging stream.
an important commercial center, as it is sur­
much more valuable. The pineries of Michigan,
to come and It is destined to reach vast pro
rounded by a good country and Is the outlet of
WIIAON RIVER.
portions.
Maine mid the Amith arc Incoming in*l »«■
several rivers that tap regions rich iti lumber
There is a great deal of fine, rich bottom land
Good Hall for Dances and Entertainments.
But if we had no timlier In our county, we «he full length of thia river, and there are vast I hausted, and the const Will be drawn upon M
resources. The work of harbor improvements
would still have a source of wealth in the soi’, bodies of flue limber every where adjacent to I supply the demand.
is commenced, but has not progressed very far
TILLAMOOK, OREGON.
1 here ia no ua** going to the ('aarndes df
watei, and climate combined We are on the it ami the longing tniaineas w ill lx carried on ex
at present. The work that has been done, so far
coast, have absolutely no malaria. We.have the tensive)? on this stream. The Wtlson river I Bierraa for scenery. Whal is more qnaint and
to improve the bay has been productive of little
1 picturesque than the arched rocks in the surf
richest soil in the word, • believe, and all well country is an empire of wealth within itself
good, but further appropriations arc rcwin-
1 nt Netarts, <w "old mi yet nek" at the entrance of
watered with soft, pure water, «'lover grows
mended by the River and Harbor committee of
IIOV1ARTON FRAIRIE
| Nestucca bay, Castle rock and garden on Thy«*
everywhere, the natural grass of the country,
the present ('ongres», and no doubt will be
The city of Tillamook Is situated on the Imrder Rivera. Munson’s falls near Fleasanl Valier,
and keeps green nil the year round. The country
made. A flo.ooo life-saving service in to be es­
Is beautiful besides, and is art off with a beautiful of this prairie. an<1 It ia central y located, ha and many ether points equally grand and brattti
tablished, though wrecks are almost unknown
bay, reached by n romantic road, which leads tween Hoqnarton slough and Trask river. The . 1 ful in appearance! The whole c«aiet line ami
on Tillamook bar. An excellent and expensive
through immense timber and over queer dreamy farms on this prairie may all 1« termed suburban I the whole ( oast range alvound in pointauf eceni*.*
light-house ha’ b«‘en built on Cape Meares near
streams, (whfch.by the way abound with fish.) property, and are lieing highly improved and, grandeur.
the entrance to the bay.
Over frio.OnO haw been paid to the government
As soon as the railroad touches our valley, cut up into small holdings.
CLIMATE.
TILLAMOOK CITY.
for lauds In this county M«wt of it wuo at the
there will be no other county in the North
One of the most attractive features of Tilla-
Tbto I« and prulmbly alwiyu will bath» lead j ,Ble of ,, ,0 p„
p,,
bula
western states, that can compare with its natural
I mook county is the climate The summers are
”, p &
attractions for the wealth, health, or pleasure ing rwldrnre an« »m.lncs. town <>( th. county I grMl ,h'atr
I simply delightful, being reasonably dry and
for reasons well undrt»too«l by all acquainted I per acre. We* mention this to show that Till!*
seeker.
I free from cohl winds and disagreeable fogs. No
For the homeseeker thia 1s the place to come with the country. Tillamook city is fully treat­ mook Is justly entitled to a share of the govern«
hot, sultry days. The winters are unusually
inent appropriations which are being *• freely
of all other». but I could not advise those who ed of in various other article« in this toatie«
mild and equable, snow seldom falling, and the
TRASK
Iwstowed on rivers and harbors and l«i many
make their livelihood by working by the day to
Will make regular trips, the weather
■ u
temperature rarely registering lower than twen­
Trask
river
is
«
fine
stream
an>l
has
much
come here.
localities that have uever I wen a source of re­
ty-five degrees above zero. The rainfall in
ting, from
valuable timber on its heatlwaicrs. There is a venue io ilia government.
Very Respectfully
TILLAMOOK TO ASTORIA and PORTLAND. winter is quite copious, but is not so disagree­
post office of the same riain«* on the toll road St
It takes the small steam st hoopers ein hours
able as cold weather or blizxanls. Those used
! For Freight rates or Passage, apply to
L Crenshaw's (the toll gale.) There are many when the weather ia favorable to make llie
to the rains do uot seem to min«i tliein at all and
productive ranches on tills river, and It is a trip from Tillamook bay to Astoria. It requires
P. SCHRADER. Master.
the rainy season is the healthiest part of the
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favorite resort for cam|»ers snd fishing parties generally a little over two days for a steamer tn
year. There is uo healthier locality, however,
aot'TH PftAlRIfl.
go to Ben Francisco. Theban Francisco steamers
than this, taking it all the year round.
ff.
This is the most extensive agricultural d to­ have good passenger •«.^■otnodaliona, rod stea­
TIMBER RESOVnCES.
)
G. W. FEARNSIDE’S SI ORF.
trict in the county and is a very productive are mers thst run to Astoria and Portland < an carry
Over half the area of the county is covered
lion. The farms are well Improved and the ¡«sssengere very comfortably The fare to ban
with fine Limber, mostly fir and sprues, which
country
prrarnts ail inviting appearnce It lie. Francisco is fri, or $zn forfround trip, cabin (»as
tide
is
already
in
fair
flow,
the
seed
is
sown
S. P. R R from Portland to North Yamhill, and
south of Tillamook and 1«tween Trask and Mgr Mrs rage rates are lower. The f re to
make the balance of the journey, 45 miles, by which is to ripen in th< near future into this
Tillamook rivers The same description as to Astoria is f«, 00 at present.
stage There ia also a good wagon roan via glorious crop. There are still vacant lands to
II.MULjUUIÆJL JuULJUu. JUJLUit
resources holds ko * n 1 for fxmg I'rairia on the
Nestucca and Sheridan, over which there is a be taken, thousands of a« res. there are thousands
There i< not a settlement in the county but
east of it and Burnt Prairie and Pleasant valley
ALL OTHER WORK
great deal of travel by campers in the summer. of acres that can be bought at almost nominal
on the south Iu fact, the whole of the Tilla­ what has Its school house, no matter how remote
There is a trail up the beach to Astoria, over figures There are now annually ahipprd into
RESPONDINGLY
mook river basin Is not excelled by any other or isolated the locality. Home of the sc ho«» I
which many cattle are driven to market
A this county tousnnds of dollars worth of food,
region in the county There Is a great deal of houses arc rough affairs built by general gather»
RATES.
wagon-road will soon be open to Astoria, and products, agricultural machinery and building
good timber on thia river, and the railroad will ing of the settlors and the furniture of a prinri-
a good road ia being built up Wilson river to material that could be more cheaply »applied
G all ahd inspect MY
traverse its course. A narrow-gauge logging live kind, but guo«i schools are maintain««! in
Forest Grove. The omnty is well supplied with by our own ingenuity an«! industry if they were
railroad is projected on this stream, and it la a them all the same, and the old Kh<M>1 hna«> *
roads.the Maxwell road extending from north tn properly applied. A good living, a respectable
are soon replaced hy new ones mors cuufwio
iew* of Tillamook and vicinity for sale
g »od river for logging.
south almost the entire length of the county competence a productive farm, and a lovely
dious and comft rtaMe. The oM«r grilled
TIIZ SAND SPtT,
All work guaranteed first class
Thia road was bnilt by a atate appropriation, home are r.ffrr d to every industrious, enter­
I
The Band Spit is a narrow peninsula separat­ districts have elegant need well furnished achoul
through the efforts of Representative J. W prising msn who cuiiu-a here to claim them
in every res[«ct.
ing Tillamook t«y from the Pacific ocean, and houses, the Tlllamooli building having a me'.re-
This calcu! ilation too. it will lx born in mind,
Maxwell and cost
ILLAMOOK,.....................OREGON.
is mu h frequented by phasure seekers Col politan appearance, and In It is comiuvte«! a
i<leaving ou it entirely the money which w.il
•
Geo Hquires, formerly of the Grand Central flrslclaaa school and an academic course is
lora, visitors
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SPECIAL NOTICE
The county was first settled in 1A«f, but owing naturally be brought here by travel
Ifotol in thto city, to building a largu summer oooti to be added Bay City also hae an eacelk ai
' to the great difficulty in getting here, has marie and new settlers. This in our r present condition
I wih be in my gallery on Saturday and Sun-
hotel on the beach There is a fine weather select school
i slow progress until lately. At present there ia a aggregate a large sum and it is an inflowing
ly af each week to take photographs and the
beach from the point on the north almost to the
Nothing bespeaks more lor the prosperity of
great ru*h in this direction and will tie much stream that is hardly noticed A man|rom<-* in
lance of the week the gallery will be closed
light-howee on ( ape Meares There are ar»mr a place than the iteady and healthy incieaw of
bu)8 or art ties upon a sins ill ptace and his
C. ft E. THAYER B BANK
greater as soon as the railroad is built.
A. G. R rynoldu
pretty places on this peninsnto A road Is to be malia. and the «etabllahmenl of a gw mail rents
The county is alive to the interests of edura­ capita!, from five hundred to five thousand «Sol*
but»* fr*»m the hand hpit to the Light house No isolated town in the fltate haa—thovgh
a factor in our common
tion and school houses are found In every set­ lars becomes at
Many have taken timber land, in fki.ronnty ('apt. A B Hallock has a commodious wharf acquired by d«maud—better mail flKililiea thm
tlement. Churches are being built, and there is prosperity
and warehouse here.
Tillamook In referring to an increow of ms
almost sn entire absence of the rough and law
>f Tillamook rouâty yet row and afterward realised handaomriy on their in-
JVSTABTS.
The greater
matter, we have a direct reft re nee to pa$er ms
Uss element so ofu-n feund in newly sotUed sists of g«/vernm*nt land though the choice vestment Tun’«red land that is to rough for
Net at Is will soon be the center of attraction the rapul tucreaaeor decrease of letter n>4ll. ai
iarrvatire eati-. community The people are h/x»pltsble, and locations have been taken. Yet there ia a farming pvrpowa can be bought of the govern­ for pleasure seekers in thia county The bay to not »infrequently, Is due to a floating pipa Uy ..
for a quarter
'.¡lions of feet , are always ready U> aasist strangers in getting chance for a great many settlers tn* secure com ment for $7 ytt P*r •<*’’* or
•cetion with additional fee. and expends a 1«>nt three miles long and is situated about A»e the paper mail to an indan Io a steady and
¡mated, to say i located and started
By s small expenditure c f
mile« Booth of ( ape Mears, ft Is a very attract manent growth of population Tillamook >
foriable ho
and ill
amounting to about I50O. Thro* timber land,
The populattou of the county in rMi was 770
prosperity that
ry some g-ed locations are
Ire Mtt!* Imy and Is navigable for small craft. connected wiyi Portland by a daily m ill fret.
are wiling readily now at $R to $1» per acre to
and in isflo was aMff showing an iorrrase of
f^TlSTIS
and it is always pownble to buy
The beach t«l«»w Is wry fine, and with«
will come as it 1«
liimlirr N*?v-
any North YamhUI, and a tn-weekly via McMim.
capitalists who are buying the land preparatory
per cent, most of whirh was mad« in the past
for$i»«D»$i>>
work will make an elegant drive from the ville and Grand R«»ndc. a daily matt to Hob» »•
eml Milla arc air__
ii°n and one at
to alar ling kjgging aad milling induatnea The
PHOTOGRAPHERS Hnhconviiie on Tillamook bay cuts to.aao feet of two years The county has great j»o«s» bill ties
'four «««son here is not same kind of timber land to telling in the Puget mouth of the bay to >f*m J W Maxwell's place, nlle, and connecting wllB tin Aaiurta iu -
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a distance of two milea Th« pirturreque arched three times a week A weokly tugil in Netarl
lumber per day The whole out-put of thia Mill before it and Hd*-stined to make rapid advances
t as in the Willamette found country to-day for $2* per acre
rocks tn the surf at Mr ManwolPs piece era supplies that section Hitiee Aptd i. ifigB, th«
is man u fact tier'd into boxes by one Arm in Sen tn the near future
absence of f-«gv murky
Good, improved farming land can be bought
The flaking iwlerrataof (htoeonnty tre Mtew asagnlficent sporfmeM of Nature a hasdi w«»rk. ha« be«»» received 8« this
Franciacn. snd two vesacls are kept busily en-
don’t mind it at
gagc'l carrying the lumber There are other ' yet at $i' to $•* per acre and unimproved at Si
good mills but their product to mostly coweumed I tn $iA Therv is Mill a -----
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Il V. V. JOHNSON» M» D»
DENTIST.
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Attorney-at-Law
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Attorney-at-Law
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C. B. HADLEY, Praprietor
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