A Description of the County .—Ita Many
A<l% antages.
About fifty miles south of the mouth of the
Columbia river is the cutrance to Tillamook bay,
ami here is the center of a count y rich iu resour
ces. and maguificient iu its possibilities.
Tilla
mook county extends fur about ninety miles
north and south along the coast, and inland to
the Coast Range, an average distance of twenty
miles.
The county has an area of 2000 square miles,
and is larger than some of the smallest states,
and capable of supporting as great a population
as some of them.
market for all their prudacr right at home Some
good uxed towu» are sure toapring up on Tilla
■nook lay and on Xehalem river a» won a. the
lumbering UuaiMM get, well Marled
rhe lumlmriug inUreat» are by far the inoM
miporlaiil resource of the county, and thi. re-
aonre, cannot powibh be exhanaud within the
next hundred yearn. The improvement of the
harbors and the opening of the Nicaragua canal
will briiyt all the lumber produced on thia coast
within reach of lhe Atlantic coast market, and
there will al-o at thal time be a greater demand
for lumber on thia coast as a general degree of
prosperity will begin oll thi, Ckia„
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there is a canal across the isthmus and the high
trans- «mtincntnl rat«» broken.
dairying .
Next in important* to Tillamook s lumbering
resources, are the dairy interests. Grass is g«s>d
here the year 'round. Feed is plentiful and
easily produced, the climate is so temperate that
cattle thrive, and all the conditions here ron-
tribute towards making dairying successful-
The grass«-» and natural feed are of a kind
that produces the best milk and butter. The
climate is so even aud cool, ami the water so
pure that the butter here possesses the finest
flavor if any care is taken in making it. This
business is found very profitable here and
nearly two hundred tons of butter have beeu
hipped from here during the past year. Gene
ral stock raising goes with dairying here gene
rally. and is very profitable.
Tillamook is in about the same latitude as
St. Paul, Minnesota, though the climate heie is
much warmer and more even. The Japan current
warms the shores of this region in such a way
I hat winter is hardly noticed here. There is
little or no snow generally, and when it does fall
it soon melts away. The principal feature of
w’nter is the longcontinued rains, always warm I
and this season of the year is remarkably health
ful. The summers are unsurpassed
No finer
climatic conditions exist than those of a Tilla- j
mook summer. This is the dry season, generally ,
speaking, but there are refreshing showers oc- (
casionally. and the sea breeze tempered by the '
farming .
Japan current, is perfectly delightful. People . General farming pays well here, espei ially
camp out doors six to eight months in the year when done in connection with stock raising.
here with perfect comfort
Markets are getting better every year, and as
THE TIMBER.
soon as the wagon roads are put in be iter shape,
The immense forests of this county are its which is being done rapidly, the farmer will not
chief and greatest resource. It is impossible to have any trouble in finding a good mark-t for
convey an idea of the magnitude of this item by his produce all the year. Of course there is no
any description. If is necessary to travel through railroad yet, but the freight by the steamers is
<>ur dense forests in order to even comprehend low, besides there is a home market at present
the least idea of their extent and immensity. A for a great deal o produce. Barley and o.its
great portion of the county is covered with a grow here to perfection, making yields equal to
growth of trees, the like of which can not be the richest sections of California or Oregon
seen in any other po tion of the United States. Hay of various kinds does as well here as in any
There may be a few larger trees in the redwood part of the United States. Potatoes and garden
forest of California, but the fir trees of this sec vegetables of all kinds are at their best here,
lion will almost equal them in size and they and the yield is simply enormous. Hops grow
stand so thick that they are much taller: and and mature well wherever tried. There La
much more imposing in appearance. A man large area of prairie and bottom land in this
can not enter into the gloomy shades of our county, and it is capable of supplying a large
dense w oods without feeling a sense of awe, if population. The hill lands are good for fruit
nut reverence, towards the giant monsters of lhe and for grazing, and there is plenty of this kind
finest. Trees ten and twelve feet in diameter of land, with occasional patches of table land or
arc often found, and the average size of the fir i ’ bottom land, that can be obtained under the
trees is perhaps six feet in diameter. And many | government land laws, Land much less pro
of these trees are 250 and 300 feet in height. The; ductive than this in the eastern states is being
tranks are very straight, and taper so slowly farmed. In fact there is very little of this county
that it is hardly noticeable, and many of them *)Ut what can be made productive in some way.
have no vestige of a limb for the first hundred 1 The tide lands here are exceedingly rich, and
fi et above the grouud. Near Skookum lake, in I much more of it could easily be reclaimed from
this county, is a tree thal is twenty-eight feet in I the litlal overflow and made to yield immense
diameter near the ground, thus almost equaling crops. A great deal of the tide land is covered
in size the famous "Big Trees of California." with a thick growth of nutritive grasses, and it
< Bice see the big trees in Tillamook county and is the most remunerative land that the county
\ou will lose all desire to see the California | has. Cattle aie often allowed to roam in the
monsters. Here, it is possible to travel for miles hills, and even in the woods, all winter without
and miles through dense forests of big trees, any other feed than the natural grasses, and come
and all of them being wonders in size to people j out in good c mdition in the spring. The hills
who are accustomed to the tooth pick timber of that have been denuded of their limber by fire
Minnesota or Michigan. The largest specimens j make good sheep lauges. Fruits of all kinds
ol timber in lhe eastern or central states, are grow to perfec.ion here, especially apples, pears,
mere telegraph poles in comparison with the prunes and small fruits, such as blackberries
stately fir of Oregon. In places were settlers strawberries, raspberries, etc. are prolific bea-
have tried Io clear out a garden spot on their re.s. The woods are full of wild berries, there
homes, it is a common thing iosee a large tree being almost a dozen distinct varieties of huckle
that has been felled, used for a fence on one side berries, besides salmonberries, thimbleberii.s
of a lol. Near this city, on the public road is a and many other kinds, which goes to show that
log serving as a fence in this way that is twelve this is a natural fruit country. Bee-keeping is
feet high its it lies, being higher th m t he top carried on in some localities, and the honey pro
biggies which pass by. In fact a man would duced here always commands the 1 igl.est price
have to be on top of a load of hay to look over being of exceptioiittbly fine flavor. A livingcan
into this particular field. These stories regard be made hereon a very small farm, and farmers
ing the i nmensv size of the timber here are hard can always do well here. They arc the class
I >r people to believe who have not seen it, and that is needed. Improved land here sell at J20 to
those who have read the fullesi descriptions of 140 per acre and unimproved land is worth from
f5 to f2a per acre. A farm of ifco acres can be
them are surprised to find them so large.
There are several kindsof timber here. The fir obtained from the government by residing on it
is most abundant and is in the rough and moun i five years. Or by residing on it fourteen months
tuitions regions. The tide land spruce is plenti and paying the government fl.25 per acre. There
ful along the coast and on the rivers and the* | is yet much vacant timber land which can be
sj race attains as large a size as the tir. Cedar had on the same terms as above, .or may be
is found in many localities also, and larch grows ’ bought outright from the government without
on the summit of the coast range. These are ail I residing thereon for $2.50 per acre. This land is
valuable timbers. The fir (properly' Douglas ! selling to timber speculators at prices varying
spruce) is a very durable and strong wood, and from J800 to $t6oo per quarter sec. ion of 160 acres
is manufactured into rough lumber for all pur and will soon be worth a great (leal more.
poses. and is made into flooring and rustic
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weather-boarding largely. A great deal of fir is
Salmon fishing is carried on during the fishing
used for ship masts. Timbers, 150 feet long have season on Tillamook bay. on Nehalem bay. and
been sawed from it in many instances. Spruce ' sometimes on Nestucca bay. '1 he output of
is a softer wood, is white and is used mostly for canned salmon amount* in value to >50.000 to
finishing lumber and for boxes and barrels. >2ao,ooo every year, and gives employment to a
Being odorless, it is good for packing butter great many fishermen. There aie canneries at
and fruits. The largest area of spruce in the each of the above named places and the item of
Northwest is found in Tillamook county, and as canned salmon amounts each year to much
it is growing scarce elsewhere, it will be of great more than the wheat of some of the grain
value in a short time. Most of the lumber man producing counties.
ufactured here now is made from spruce. The
Coal is ¡oiind in abundance on the Nehalem
c dar takes an elegant finish, and is the very and of good quality, 'these deposits will be
best material for doors, sash and shingles. It worked soon. Coal is also found in other locali
ties, and other minerals are known to exist in
commands a high price at present
Nearly all of the timber in this county is ad- various parts of the county.
There is no better field f »r the sportsmen than
jacent to streams that will float logs, and with a
little labor all of it can be put in streams where Tillamook. The hunter can find elk. d«.er,
the winter freshets will bring it to the bay. The wateifowl, bear and cougars here; the fishe. man
expense of logging here will always be small. can yank thousands of fine speckled trout
The county is a net work of rivers that cheapen from the mountain streams. Trolling for sal
the cost of logging light at the stmt. Many of: mon in the bay is an exhilarating sport. The
these riversare good sized streams on their lower salmon is a gamy fish, and sometimes it takes
bring in one of these lively
courses, but lhe Coast Range prevents their be half an hour
ing very long, and dozens ofcreeks course down fishes, and some of them weigh as much as fifty
the innumerable canyons of the range, uniting pounds. There is no finer fish than the Royal
into one large stream. No less than five rivers Chinook Salmon. For those who like to tak
empty intb Tillamook bav. The lower courses the world easy there is a fine fish which can be
of these streams are affected by the tide and so ciugiit more readily. We lefer to the succulent
fir as the tide water extends inland, steamboat clam, wmeh grows in the sand bars and mud
navigation is carried on. This makes the navig flats every where on the bay or beach. A com
able extent of Tillamock bay and its aims very mon farming utensil, a hoe or a shovel, is all
great, and the facilities for rafting logs are much that is needed, or you can dig them out with
l»etter than in most countries. There is at Hob your hand. They are delicious in various ways,
sonville. on- Tillamook bay, a mill that cuts and there are several varieties of clams, oysters
40.000 feet of spruce luml»er per day for the San and mus els. ( tabs are plentiful also. In the
Francisco market. Two vessels are employed bay. flounder, sturgeon, porgy, and other fish are
in carrying the lumber there and it is all made found. Deep sea fish are plentiful.
into lioxes, mostly for raisins and fruit. At Bay 1 Nehalem beach, Netarts beach mid Nestucca
• ity is a small mill that cuts almut 2?,o<o feet of beach are favorite resorts for campers, and they
lunilier per day, the product of which is mostly are frequented by wagon loads of campers every
consumed at home. The Cooperage works at year who amuse themselves by digging clam*
Bay City are capable of working a great amount gathering shells and bathing. There will soon
*»f spruce into barrel staves, and a large new mill l>e better road* to these places, and they arc sure
is partially built. At Tillamook City there is a to become popular resorts.
The same general de cription is practirall)
saw mill that runs steadily, cutting alsiut 20,000
feel of luml>er per day, mostly for local use. good for every locality in the county, and as
Tais mill has a planing attachment. At Woods, lack of space will not permit a special review of
*m the Nestucca river, in the south end of the each valley or particular neighborhood, we men
county is a saw and plaifng mill that supplies tion a few of the special features only of each
the local demand and there isanother local mill locality: Nehalem is particularly noted for its
*m the headwaters of the Big Nestucra. On Ne vast resources of timber ami for its < oal. There
halem there is a mill that supplies the local is, also, much fine bottom land on the Nehalem,
wants, also a large mill and box factory, which and al the mouth of lhe river will be an excel
is capable of working 40,000 feet of lumber per lent harbor when the proposed government
work is done. The Nehalem river is a very fine
day into loxes.
Other large milling industries, tome ofthem stream and for scenic grandeur is not surpassed
much larger than any mentioned, will be started even by the majestic Columbia. The river is
soon. A logging railway has been surveyed into more than one-hundred miles lo.ig and thou
one of the finest holies of timber in the county, sands of sections of magnificent timber are tri
tight of way secured and ample grounds for butary to it and Its branch« s. The giealest area
yards, pastures and mill sites have been pro of farming land is arou.id Tillamook bay, and
cured. It will not be long until active opera on the various streams tributary to Tillamook
tions on a large scale will Iwgin. and the im bay These streams will l»e the means of bring
provement of the bay and liar of Tillamook and ing large laxlies of timber to the saw mills on
Nehalem, both of which are being provided for the 1» «y Netart» is famous aa a summer reaort
by the government, will give a great impetus and some fine bodies of spruce timber are ad
to the 1 uni tiering business of this county. A low jacent. N« stucca is a farming and stock raising
country, the^limber having been burnt away
estimate puts the amount of lumber in our
forests at 20.000.000. oto feet, and the wdrk of years ago. The people In that section are pros
cutting thi« into hind »er, with all the prelimi poring South of Nestucca is the Silrtz Indian
nary work of logging, will give a large p.»pnla- Rcs»Tvatioti. covering one third of the county,
tion <>mploy mviit for many years to come A and containing much fine agricultural land
great d< al of money will lie distributed here, The hidiaus are di«appe.«ring fast, and the In
and the farming community can find a ready diana hating land alkited tn them in severalty
after which the reservation will be opened for
settlement.
There are twenty po*t-oflicc» iuthecouuty.
and several little village.-* besides Tillamook
City, the county seat. On
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the Nehalem,
Tobi's
landing and Nehalem are striving for supremacy.
There are good stores and hotels on both places,
and a large saw mill at the first named place.
Garibaldi at the mouth of Tillamook bay is a
picturesque little hamlet, has two hotels, a store
and a cannery, and is a favorite resort. Hob
son ville has a hotel, the Truckee Mills, and a
large general merchandise -.tore, also a cannery.
At Bay City there are good hotels, mills, a
church, several stores and various business en
terprises. Bay City is the largest town iu the
county excepting Tillamook ami has a popula
tion of about 300. There is a store and hotel al
Dolph in the south part of the county, and at
Woods near the mouth of the Nestucca is a thriv
ing little town, with stores, hotels, saw mill and
school. Tillamook city is the commercial center
of the county, and is situated at the edge of a
beautiful prairie on an arm of Tillamook bay at
the head of navigation. It is the natural loca
tion for the business center, and is built on a
natural townsite. The farming country is nearly
all tributary to Tillamook and it is destined to
become a large town in a short time. Tillamook
city has now a population of about Soo, has a
good system of electric lights, telegraphic con
nection with Forest Grove on the Western Union
lines and with Bay City, Hobsonville and Neha
lem. This place has churches, excellent schools, ’
lodges of the various secret orders, good hotels,
all the ordinary lines of business an<l professions ,
well represented, a bank, saw mill and s news
paper. The streets are gravelled in a substantial (
shape, lighted by elect licity and there are miles
of good side walks. This will make a beautiful
place for homes, as well as becoming a prospe
rous commercial town. The place is incoporatrd
and the people take an active interest in improv
ing the appearance of the town.
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