Tillamook headlight., July 05, 1894, Image 3

TILLAMOOK*« BMOUBCK«.
the cost of logging right at the start. Many of has. Cattle are often allowed to ror.ni in the
ing little town, with stores, hotel-, saw mill and
these rivers are good sized streams on their lower hills, and even iu the woods, all winter without
school. Tillanuxik city is the commercial center
A l>r»ciiptiou of the County—IU Many courses, but the Coast flange prevents their be­ other feed thau the natural grasses, and come of the county, and is situated at the edge of a
ing very long, and dozens of creeks course down out iu good condition iu the spring. The hills
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beautiful prairie on an arm of Tillamook l«ay at
the innumerable canyons of the range, uniting that have been denuded of their timber by fire j
the head of navigation. It is the natural loca­
into one large stream. No less than five rivers make good sheep ranges. Fruit» of all kinds,
About fifty miles south of the mouth of the 1
tion lor the business center, and is built on a
empty into Tillamook bav The lower courses grow to perfec.iou here, especially apples, pears,
natural townsite. The farming country is nearly
Columbia river is the entrance to Tillamook bay, , of these streams are affected by the tide and so
prunes and binall fruits, such as blackberries all tributary to Tillamook and it is destined to
ami hciv •« ll»«J ceuterof a county tich iu resour­ far as the tide water extends inland, steamboat strawberries, raspberries, etc. are prolific bea­
become a large town in a short time. Tillamook
ces, and luagnificient in its possibilities. Tilla­ navigation is earned on. This makes the navig- I rers. The wixxls are full of wild berries, there city has now a population of about 800, has a
able extent of Tillamock bay and its arms very being almost a dozen distinct varieties of huckle- ( good system of electric tights, telegraphic con­
mook county extends for about ninety miles !
great, and the facilities for rafting logs are much berries, besides salmon berries, thimbleberries, ' nection with Forest Grove on the Western Union
north and south along the coast, and inland to better than in most countries. There is at Hob- 1
and many other kinds, which goes to show that lines and with Bay City. Hobsonville and Neha­
the Coast B inge, au average distance of twenty sonville, on Tillamook bay, a mill that cuts | this is a natural fruit country. Bee-keeping is lem. This place has churches, excellent schools,
40,000 feet of spruce lumber per day for the San carried on in some localities, and the honey pro­ lodges of the various secret orders, good hotels,
tniles.
brancisco market. Two vessels are employed duced here always comma nds the highest price all theordiuary lines of business ami professions
The county has an area of 2000 s<]uarv mile.-,
in tarrying the lumber there and it is all made being of exception ably fine flavor. A living can well represented, a bank, saw mill autl a news­
and is larger than .* otuv of ihe smallest states, into boxes, mostly for raisins and fruit At Bay
be made hereon a very small farm, and farmers I paper. The streets are gravelled in a substantial
and capable ofsupporting as great a population City is a small mill that cuts about ao.oco feet of can always do well here. They are the class ' shape, lighted by electricity and there are miles
lumber per day, the product of which is mostly 1 that is needed. Improved laud here sell at 420 to of good side walks. This will make a beautiful
as some of them
Tillamook is in about the same latitude as consumed at home. The Cooperage works at ! $40 per acre and unimproved laud Is worth f. 0111 place for homes, as well as becoming a prospe­
St l’aul. Minnesota, though the climate heie is Bay City are capable of working a great amount $5 to f20 per acre. A farm of ltu acres can be I rous commercial town. The place is incoporated
much warmer and more even. The Japan current of spruce into barrel staves, and a large new mill obtained from the governnieut by residing on it and the people take an active interest iu improv­
warms the shores of this region in such a way is partially built. At Tillamook City there is a five years, or by residing ou it fourteen months ing the appearance of the town.
HOW TO GET HERE.
that winter is hardly noticed here. There is saw mil) that runs steadily, cutting about 20.000 and paying the government $1.25 per acre. There
The steamer Harrison runs from Portland to
little or no snow generally, and when it does fall feet of lumber per day, mostly for local use. is yet much vacant timber land which can be
This
mill
lias
a
planing
attachment.
At
Woods,
this
place
carrying
freight and passengers about
had on the same terms as above, or may be
it soon melts away. The principal feature of
whiter is the longcontinued rains, always warm on the Nestucca river, iu the south end of the bought outright from the government without once in ten days, and oftener when the weather
and this season ot the year is remarkably health­ county is a saw and plaii'iig mill that supplies residing thereon for $2.50 per acre. This land is permits. The steamer Elmore runs lu re twice
ful. The summers are unsurpassed
No liner the locul demand and there is another Kx-al mill selling to timber speculators at prices varying a week from Astoria, and the Columbia river
climatic conditions exist than those of u Tilla­ on the headwaters of the Big Nestucca. On Ne­ from jSoo to $1600 per quarter seel ion of 160 acres steam boats from Portland connect with the
Elmore in Astoria. file Elmore carries freight
mook summer. This is the dry season,generally halem there is a mill that supplies the local 1 and will soon be worth a great deal more.
ETC. ETC.
and passengers. The Truckee Go’s steamers,
speaking, but there are refreshing showers oc­ wants, also a large mill and box factory, which
Salmon fishing is carried on during the fishing j
the
Homer and ‘.lie Truckee, running from San
casionally, and the sea breeze tempered by the is capable of working 40,000 feet of lumber per season on Tillamook bay, on Nehalem bay, and 1
Francisco to Portland every ten days, stop here
Japan current, is perfectly delightful. People day into boxes.
sometimes ou Nestucca bay. The »..‘tput of I
Other large milling industries, some ofthein canned salmon amounts in value to $50,000 to on their return from Portland, atui load with
camp out doors six to eight months in the year
much larger than any mentioned, will be started $200,000 every year, and gives employment to a lumber al Hobsonville. They carry passengers.
here with perfect comfort
soon. A logging railway has been surveyed into great many fishermen, .'here are canneries at : There is a stage line from North Yamhill, on
THE TIMBER.
tilt S. P. It. It. from Portland, on which daily
The immense forests of this county are its one of the finest bodies of timber in the county, each of the above named pli ces i.nd the item of | stages, carrying mail und passengers, run to
chief and greatest resource. It is impossible to right of way secured and ample grounds for canned salmon amounts each year to much Tillamook. The road from Forest Grove to
convey an idea of the magnitude of this item by yards, pastures and mill sites have been pro­ more than the wheat of some of the grain Tillamook is completed mid daily stages now
any description. It is necessary to travel through cured. It will not be long until active opera­ producing counties.
arc running on this route. There is a go«>d
Coal is found in abundance on the Nehalem
our dense forests in order to even comprehend j tions 011 a large scale will begin, ami the im­
wagon road from Nestucca, in the south end of
provement
of
the
bay
and
bar
of
Tillamook
and
and
of
good
quality.
These
deposits
will
be
the least idea of their extent and immensity. A
the county to Sheridan on the P. M W. V. R. R.
Nehalem,
both
of
which
are
being
provided
for
1
worked
soou.
(
oal
is
also
found
in
other
locali
­
great portion of the county is covered with a
Other routes of ingress w ill be opened up soon
growth of trees, the like of which can not lie by the government, will give a great impetus ties, and other minerals are known to exist iu and the H eadlight will keep its readers in­
to the lumbering business of this county. A low various parts of the county.
seen in any other portion of the United States.
formed as to progress in railroads and other en­
estimate puts the amount of lumber in our
There is no better field for the sportsmen thau
There may be a few larger trees in the redwood
forests at 20,000,000.0 jo feet, and the work of Tillamook. The hunter can find elk, deer, terprises. Persons who reside at a distance and
forest of California, but the fir trees of this sec
cutting this into lumber, with all the prelimi­ waterfowl, bear and cougars here; the fisherman ; contemplate coming here, will do w ell to corre­
tion will almost equal them in size and they
nary work of logging, will give a large popula­ can yank thousands of fine speckled trout spond with the editor of th s paper who will
stand so thick that they are much taller: and
tion employment for many years to come. A from the mountain streams. Trolling for sal- ; give free information as to the best route to take,
much more imposing in appearance. A man
great deal of money will be distributed here, mon in the bay is an exhilarating sport. The 1 according to the time of the year, mid will also
can not enter into the gloomy shades of our
give other information regarding the county in
dense woods without feeling a sense of awe, if | and the farming conimmunity can find a rewdy salmon is a gamy fish, and sometimes it takes 1 a fair and reliable manner. Write for printed
market for all their produce right at home. Some half au hour to bring in one of these lively I
not reverence, towards the giant monsters of the
good sized towns are sure to spring up on Tilla fishes, and some ofthein weigh as much as fifty descriptive ni .tter.
forest. Trees ten n d twelve feet in diameter <
mook bay and on Nehalem river as soon as the pounds. There is no finer fish than the Royal
are often found, and the average size of the fir
lumbering business gets well started.
Chinook Salmon. For those who like totak. 1
trees is perhaps six feet in diameter. And many
The lumbering interests are by far the most the world easy there is a fine.fish which can be 1
of these trees aie 250 and 300 feet in height. The
important resource of the county, and this re­ caught more readily. We refer to the succulent 1 The prices given are for the best qi ai . ity of
trunks are very straight, and taper so slowly
source cannot possibly be exhausted within the clam, which grows in the sand bars and mud paper and si oc k . though we furnish cheaper
that it is hardly noticeable, and many of them
next hundred years. The improvement of the flats every where on the bay or beach. A com- irades for less money. No trouble about wril-
have 110 vestige of a limb for the first hundred
ng with pen and ink on our station« rv, ami the
harbors and the opening of the Nicaragua canal flion farming utensil, a hoe or a shovel, is all , printing is done in the best style of the art.
feet above the ground. Near Skookuin lake, in
will bring all the lumber produced on this coast that is needed, or you can dig them out with 1
this county, is a tree that is twenty-eight, feet in
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within reach of the Atlantic coast market, and your hand. They are delicious iu various ways, 1
diameter near the ground, thus almost equaling
$2 25 ‘ $3 00
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there will also at that time be a greater demand and there are several varieties of clams, oysters Business Cards $1 50
in size the famous "Big Trees of California.”
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Once see the big trees in Tillamook county and I for lumber on this coast as a general degree of and mussels. Crabs are plentiful also. In the Letter Heads
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prosperity will begin oti this coast as soon as bay, flounder, sturgeon, porgy, and other fish are N«.:e Heads
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you will lose all desire to sec the California
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there is a canal across the isthmus and the high found. Deep sea fish are plentiful.
monsters. Here, it is possible to travel for miles
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Envelopes
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trans- ontineutal rates broken.
Nehalem beach, Netarts beach and Nestucca
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and miles through dense forests of big trees, any
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DAIRYING.
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beach are favorite resorts for campers, and they’ Show Tickets...
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and all of them being wonders in size to people
slubs
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with
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Next in importance to Tillamook's lumbering are frequented by wagon loads of campers every
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who are accustomed to the tooth pick timber of
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resources, are the dairy interests. Gras« is good year wno amuse themselves by digging clams,
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Minnesota or Michigan. The largest specimens
5 uo 1 6 50
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Large
here the year 'round. Feed is plentiful and gathering shells and bathing. There will soon
of timber in the eastern or central states, are
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easily produced, the climate is so temperate that be better roads to these places, and they are sure < irculnr la tter
Shipping Tags
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mere telegraph poles in comparison with the
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cattle thrive; and all the conditions here con­ to become popular resorts.
Visiting Cards 5octs.
0 or ,'Sets. i IO°-
stately fir of Oregon. In places were settlers
tribute towards making dairying successful.
The same general description is practically ‘Bought of" Statements on pencil paper, tablet
have tried to clear out a garden spot on their
The grasses and natural feed are of a kind good for every locality in the county, and as
form, $2 25 lp.500 or $4 00 $hooo.
homes, it is a common thing to see a large tree
that produces the best milk and butter. The lack of space will not permit a special review of Placards, "Positively no credit," etc., |i |<doz.
that has been felled, used for a fence on one side
or less: jets, each for all ov< 1. Large size |i 50
climate is so even and cool, ami the water so each valley or particular neighborhood, we men­
of a lot. Near this city, on the public road is a
fMoz. and .sets each for all over.
pure that the butter here possesses the finest tion a few of the special features only of each
log serving as a fence in this way that is twelve
Horse
Bills on card board or cloth, $5 00
or
flavor if any care is taken in making it. This locality: Nehalem is particularly noted for its
$6
50 %Hoo
feet high as it lies, being higher han the top
business is found very profitable here and vast resources of timber and f«>r its coal. There Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds for Deeds, Summons,
buggies which pass by. In fact a man would ’
nearly two hundred tons of butter have been is, also, much fine bottom land on the Nehalem,
Applications lor Survey. and all other legal
have to be 011 top of a load of hay to look over
blanks printed to order at $4.00 '^100 for ordi
shipped from here during the past year. Gene­ and at the mouth of the river will be an excel­
into this particular field. These stories regard­
nary sizes. Do not carry them in >tock for
ral stock raising goes with dairying here gene­ lent harbor when the proposed government
retail, but they can be found al the stulioner.v
ing the immense size of the timber here are hard
rally, and is very profitable.
store at.lowest prices in lots to suit.
work is done. The Nehalem river is a very fine
for people to believe who have not seen it, and
FARMING.
Specially
prepared Receipts, or Orders, bound
General farming pays well here, especially stream, and for scenic grandeur is not surpassed
those who have read the fullest descriptions of
in tablet form, $-» oj f*io.>,
or |6.oo
when done in connection with stock raising. even by the majestic Columbia. The river is
$1000. Large size, $3 00, $4 50 and $7 00.
them are surprised to find them so large.
more
than
one-hundred
miles
long
and
thou
­
Printing on Postal Cards, fi 00 fGoo, fi 50 '^250,
There are several kinds of timber here. The fir Markets are getting better every year, and as
$2 40 ^500 and $3 25 $Mooo.
is most abundant and is in the rough and moun­ soon as the wagon roads are put in belter shape, sands of sec ions ol 11 i gulf cent inber are tri­
It always pays to order in quantities of 5« m >.
butary
to
it
ami
it«
branches.
The
greatest
area
which
is
being
done
rapidly,
the
farmer
will
not
tainous regions. The tide land spruce is plenti­
No charge tor blocking work in tablets.
ful along the coast and on the rivers and the have any trouble in finding a good market for of farming land is around Tillamook bay. and
Extra charirc f«»rcolor work, printing on both
spruce attains as large a size as the fir. Cedar j his produce all the year. Of course there is no on the various streams tributary to Tillamook
sides
and difficult designs. All kinds of com
is found in many localities also, and larch grows ( railroad yet, but the freight by the steamers is bay. These streams will be the means of bring­ mercial printing not enumerated done promptly
011 the summit of the coast range. These are all 1 low, besides there is a home market at present ing large bodies of timber to the saw mills on ami at low rates.
valuable timbers. The fir (properly Douglas j for a great deal o produce. Barley and oats the bay. Netarts is famous as a summer resort, „¿¿J—< all mid str <mi extensive line of samples
you can get an idea of what yon want mid
spruce) is a very durable an», strong wood, and grow here to perfection, making yields equal to and some fine bodies of spruce timber are ad­ and
be convinced «»four claims. Mail orders given
is manufactured into rough lumber for all pur­ the richest sections of California or Oregon. jacent. Nestucca is a farming and stock raising
ion. Samples of Legal Blanks
taries, Attorneys »1
poses, and is made into flooring and rustic Hay of various kinds does as well here as in any country, the timber having been burnt away
weather-boarding largely. A great deal of fir is part of the United States. Potatoes and garden years ago. The people in that section are pros
used for ship masts. Timbers. 150 feet long have vegetables of all kinds are at their best here, peri ng.
There are twenty post-office« in the couuty’
been sawed from it in many instances. Spruce and the yield is simply enormous. Hops grow
is a softer wood, is white and is used mostly for and mature well wherever tried. There ma and several little villages besides Tillamook
City,
the county seat. On the Nehalem, Tohl's
finishing lumber and for boxes and barrels. large area of prairie and bottom land in this
Being odorless, it is good for packing butter county, and it is capable cf supplying a large landing and Nehalem are striving for supremacy.
ami fruit«. The largest ana of spruce in the population. The hill lands are good for fruit There are goo«! stores ami hotels on both places,
Mrs. D. C. Bowers is pre
Northwest is found in Tillamook county, and as ami for grazing, and there is plenty of this kind and a large saw mill at the first named place.
Garibaldi at the mouth of Tillamook bay is a
it is growing scarce elsewhere, it wilt be of great of land, w ith occasional patches of table land or
red to give lessons in
value in a short time. Most of the lumber man­ bottom land, that can be obtained under the picturesque little hamlet, lias two hotels, a store
MUSIC
ufactured here now is made from spruce. The I government land laws. Land much less pro­ and a cannery, ami is a favorite resort. Hob­
; I; at home or at pupils’
cedar takes an elegant finish, and is the very ductive than this in the eastern states is beiug sonville has a hotel, the Truckee Mills, and h
dence, as desired, in city or
best material for doors, sash ami shingles. It farmed. In fact there is very little of this county large general merchandiseitore. also;« cannery.
At Bay City there are good hotels, mills, a
but what can be made productive in some way.
commands a high price at present.
country.
church,
several
stores
and
various
business
en
­
Nearly all of the timber in this county is ad­ The tide lands here are exceedingly rich, and
•Terms- Eight dollars for
jacent to streams that will float logs, and with a | much more of it could easily be reclaimed from terprises Bay City is the largest town in the
Z twenty four lessons
county excepting Tillamook and han a popula­
the
tidal
overflow
and
made
to
yield
immense
little labor all of it can I m - put in streams when
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tion of about 300. There is a store and hotel at
the winter freshets will bring it to the bay. The crops. A great deal of the ii<le land is covered
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expense of logging here will always be small, j with a thick growth of nutritive grasses, and it I Dolph in tliv south part of the county, and at
Woods near the mouth of the Nestucca is a thriv-
The county is a net work of rivers that cheapen is the most renumerative hind that the county
Price List—Job Printing.
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