Tillamook headlight., July 12, 1894, Image 3

TILLAMOOK’« KBBOl KC'KB.
A
Ilenerlptiow <»f U»e County — II* Many
* <1 % antagea.
About fifty milts Mouth of l ie mouth of the
Co', a mt 11 ri. • r .* the rutrai c • tu TiTmnuok 1» ¡y,
and belt s t..e ccn'.. r of a co in!
11 h m re««» r-
c.-s, mid magnificivtit in its possibilities. Tilla­
mook county extends for about ninety miles
north and south along the coast, and inland to
*»• • i'o««t Ranee. an average distance of twenty
miles.
The county has an area of 2000 square nriles,
anil is large/ ti an some of the smallest state«,
and capable of suppor ihg as great a population '
as some of them
Tillamook 1« in about the same latitude as.
St. Paul. Minnesota, though the climate heie is
much warmer and moreeven. The Japan current
warms the shores ot this region in such a way
that winter is hardly noticed here. There is
little or no snow generally, and when it does fall
it siMJii melts away. The principal feature of
whiter is the longcontinued rains, always warm
and this season ot the year is remarkably health-
f,|. The summers me unaurpassi <1
No finer
climatic conditions exist than those of a Tilla­
mook summer. This is the dry season,generally
speaking, but there are refreshing sin.wers oc­
casionally, and the sea breeze tempered by the
Japan current, is perfectly delightful. People
camp out doors six to right months it the year
here with perfect comfort
,
1
the cost of logging tight at the stmt Many of
these rivers are good sized streams <111 (heir lower
courses, but the Coast Range prevents their be-
iug very loug, anddozeus ofeteekscourse down
the innumerable canyons of the range, uniting
into one large stream. No less than five rive.s
empty into Tillamook b.v The lower courses*
of t.u-.i • H,va i s are aflkited by the tide mid s.>
1 .. as the lid • w ter extends inland, steainb »al
>Mvigu-..on is ca.rtvd on. Ti is makes the navig­
able extent of Tiliamock bay and its anus very
great, and the facilities for rafting logsaiv much
better than in most countries. Taeie i.> al Hob- :
sonville, on Tillamook bay, a mill that cuts
40,000 leet 01 spruce lumber per day lor me san
brancisco market. Two vessels are employed
in carrying the lumber there and it is all made
into boxes, mostly for raisins and fruit At Bay
City is a small mill that cuts about ao.oco feet of
lumber per day, the product of which is mostly 1
consumed at home. The Cooperage works at
Bay City are capable of working a great amount
of spruce into barrel staves, and a large new mill
is partially built. At Tillamook City there is a
saw mill that runs steadily, cutting about 20,000
leet of luml»er per day. mostly for local use.
This mill has a planing attachment. At Wood» ,
on the Nestucca river, in the south end of the
county is a saw and plmrng mill that supplies ,
the local demand ami there is another local mill
on the headwaters of the Big Nestucca. On Ne­
halem there is a mill that supplies tlu|?local
wants, also a large mill ami box factory, which
is capable of working 40,000 leet of lumber per
day into lioxes.
has. t attle arc often allowed to roam in the
hills, and even in the woods, all winter without
other feed than lite natural grasses, aud come
out in good c ndiuon in the spring. The hills
that have lx*en denuded of their timber by fire
make goo«i sleep lougvs. Fiuilsofall kinds
giow to pci Ire 1 -1. here, especial A
pca.s
prunes and small fruits, sucu as b ackbe. ries
strawberries. ;asj beriieji* e»c. air , .01.lie b a-
re.s. T..c uuotis are ftHloi wi*J berries, time
being almost a dozen distinct varieties of hut-kle-
berr.es. I e ides ? a.iuouberries, thimblvberries,
ami lu.u.y uti.v kinds, which goes to show that
this is a natural fruit country. Bee-keeping is
vameu OU iu sonic « a .* iiucb , auu mv mumvj
duced here always comma nds the highest price
being of exception ably fine flavor. A living can
be made hereon a very small farm, mid farmers
can always do well here. They are the class
that is needed. Improved land here sell at 420 to
$40 per acre and uuimproved laud is worth from
$5 to $20 per acre. A farm of 1(0 acres can be
obtained from the government by residing on it
five years, or by residing on it fourteen months
and paying the government $1.25 per acre. There
is yet much vacant timber land which can be
had on the same terms as above, or may be
Ixmght outright from the government without
residing thereon for $2.50 per acre. This land is
selling to timber speculators at prices varying
from $800 to $i(xx> per quarter section of 160 acres
and will soon be worth a great deal more.
itig little town, with stores, hotels, saw mill and
school. Tillamook city is the commercial center
of the couuty, and is situated at the edge ot a
beautiful prairie on an arm of Tillamook bay at
the head of n ivig itioti. It is the natural loca­
tion for the business center, .nd is built on a
uat u«l towusue. The farming n> lutry is nearly
all tril.ut ry t» »>l!.tmo<>k mid t is destined to
.‘ hcui . c a I irj c town in a s unt tune Tillamook
city has i . ow a population ot ubout Soo, has a
good system of electric lights, telegraphic con­
nection with Forest Grove on the Western I nion
lines aud with Bay City, Hobsonviile and Neha­
lem. This place has churches, excellent schools.
all the ordinary lines of business ami professions
well sepreseuted. a bank, saw mill ami a news­
paper. The streets are gravelled in a sukstaniial
shape, lighted by electricity and there are miles
of good side walks. This will make a beautiful
piaci* for homes, as well as becoming a prospe­
rous commercial town The place is incoporatrd
aud the people take an active interest in improv­
ing the appearance of the town.
HOW TO GET HERE.
The steamer Harrison runs from Portland lo
this place carrying freight and passengers alxiut
once in ten days, and ofteuer when the weather
i
' permits. The steamer Elmore runs lit re twice
,
a week from Astoria, and the Columbia river
steam boats from Portland connect with the
Elmore in Astoria. The Elmore carries freight
ETC. ETC.
and passengers. The Truckee Co’s steamers,
Salmon fishing is carried on during the fishing
the Homer and the Truckee, running from San
i
season on Tillamook bay, on Nehalem bay, and Francisco to Portland every ten days, slop her
sometimes on Nestucca bay. The output of ; on their return from Portland, and load with
other large milling industries, some oftliem canned salmon amounts in value to $50,0x1 to '
much largerthan any mentioned, willbc started $200,000 every year, and gives employment to a lumber at Hobsonviile. They carry passengers
soon. A logging railway has been surveyed into great many fishermen. There are canneries at , There is a stage line from North Yamhill, on
THE TIMBER.
the S. P. II. II. 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 places and the item of I stages, carrying mail aud passengers, run to
tight
of
way
secured
and
ample
grounds
for
canned
salmon
amounts
each
year
to
much
■
chief and greatest resource. It is impossible to
Tillamook. The road from Forest Giove t«»
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 ami daily stages now
any description. It is necessary to travel through cured. It will not be loug until active opera­ producing counties.
are running on this route. There is a good
Coal is found in abundance on the Nehalem
our dense forests iu order to even comprehend tions 011 a large scale will begin, and the im­
wagon road from Nestucca, in the south end of
the least idea of their extent and immensity. A provement of the bay and bar of Tillamook and and of good quality. These deposits will be 1 the county to Sheridau on the P. Ac W. V. R. R.
great portion of the county is covered with a j Nehalem, both of which arc being provided for worked soon. Coal is also found in other locali­ Other routes of ingress will be opened up soon
by the government, will give a great impetus ties, and other minerals are known to exist in
growth of trees, the like of which can nOt be
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 aud other en­
estimate puts the amount of lumber in our
There
is
no
better
field
for
the
sportsmen
than
There may be a few larger trees in the redwood
terprises. Persons who reside at a distance ami
forests at 20, oqo , ooo . o . jo feet, and the work of Tillamook. The hunter can find elk. deer,
forest of California, but the fir trees of this sec
contemplate coming here, will do well to corre­
cutting this into lumber, with all the prelimi­ waterfowl, bear and cougars here; the fisherman j
tion will almost equal them in size and they
spond with the editor of th s paper who will
nary work of logging, will give a large popula­ can yank thousands of fine speckled trout
stand so thick that they are much taller; and
give free information as to the best route to take,
tion employment for many years to come. A from the mountain streams. Trolling for sal-
much more imposing in appearance. A man
according to the time of the year, and will also
great deal of money will lie distributed here, mon in the bay is an exhilarating sport. The
can not enter into the gloomy shades of our
give other information regarding the couuty in
and the farming commmuuity can find a ready salmon is a gamy fish, and sometimes it takes 1
dense woods without feeling a sense of awe, if
a fair and reliable manner. Write for printed
market for all their produce right at home. Some half an hour to bring in one of these lively |
not reverence, towards the giant monsters of the
descriptive m .tter.
good sized towns are sure to spring up on Tilla fishes, and some of them weigh as much as fifty ;
forest. Trees ten i 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, ami the average size of the fir
lumbering business gets well started.
Chinook Salmon. For those who like totak.
trees is perhaps six feet in diameter. And many
The lumbering interests arc by far the most the world easy there is a fine fisli which can be Price List—Job Printing.
of these trees are 250 and 300 feet in height. The
important resource of the county, and this re­ caught more readily. We refer to the succulent
The prices given arc for the best qt’Ai.iTY of
trunks are very straight, and taper so slowly
source cannot possibly be exhausted within the dam. which grows in the sand bars and mud I PARER and stock , though Mje furnish cheaper
that it is hardly noticeable, and many of them
next hundred years. The improvement of the Hats every where on tliv bay or beach. A com- grades for less money. No trouble about writ­
have 110 vestige of a limb for the first hundred
ing with pen and ink on our stationery, and the
harbors and the opening of the Nicaragua canal mon farming utensil, a lioe or a shovel, is all ; printing is done in the best style of the art.
feet above the ground. Near Skookum lake, in
will bring all the lumber produced on this const that is needed, or you can dig them out with |
this county, is a tree that is twenty-eight feet in
1 I«.»» | fltHKHJ
1 •flhao |1
within reach of the Atlantic coast market, and your hand. They are delicious in various ways,
diameter near the ground, thus almost equaling
i-l so
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<5
there will al«o at that time be a greater demand and there are several varieties of clams, oysters j Business Cards ft 5°
ill size the famous “Big Trees of California.’’
. 2 25
Bill Heads
3 00
5 «0
> 50
for lumber on this coast as a general degree of 1 and mussels. Crabs are plentiful also. In the Letter 11« nds
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3 00
5 00
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Once see the big trees in Tillamook county and
4 50
i 40
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prosperity will begin on this coast as soon as bay, flounder, sturgeon, porgy, and other fish are Note Heads
2 75
you will lose all desire to see the California
i- talements
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2 75
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there is a canal across the isthmus mid the high found. Deep sea fish are plentiful.
LI?
_> 50
4 00
xx
1 50 •
monsters. Here, it is possible to travel for miles
Ell\ elopes 6*2-
trans- oiitinentul rates broken.
Nehalem beach, Netai ts beach and Nestucca
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Large
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4 25
and miles through dense forests of big trees, any ;
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DAIRYING.
1 50
3 5-‘
2 75
beach are favorite resorts for campers, and they Show Tickets..
and all of them being wonders in size to people
si ubs
1 c.o
2 OO j with
Next iu importance to Tillamook's lumbering are frequented by wagon loads of campers ev cry Dance
2 OO '
l’ostc. s. Small
who are accustomed to the tooth pick timber of
1 50 .
a 75
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resources, are the dairy interests. Grass is good year who amuse themselves by digging clams,
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Medium . 2 00 '■ 3 OO
5 «*»
Minnesota or Michigan. The largest specimens
10 00
6 SO
5 00
here the year 'round. Feed is plentiful and gathering shells and bathing. There will soon
ot timber iu the eastern or central states, are
2 50
3F5
5 25
75
easily produced, the climate is so temperate that be better roads to these places, and they are sure < ircular I.« tier ■» 1 (X)
1 75 i
Shipping '1 ays
2 75
4 .5“
mere telegraph poles in comparison with the
cattle thrive; and all the conditions here con­ to become popular resorts.
Visiting
Cards
,socts.
jt.s«»
or
“
.sets,
flboo.
stately fir of Oregon. In places were settlers
tribute towards making dairying successful.
The same general description is practically "Bought ol ’’ btatements 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, anil as
form, $2 25 '^5°°
00 fliooo.
homes, it is a common thing 1o 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 cie«lit,” t ic., $1 'flbloz.
that has been felled, used for a fence on one side
or less: 3<-ts. each for all ovt r. Large size $1 50
climate is so even and cool, and the water so each valleypr particular neighborhood, we men­
of a lot. Near this city, on the public road is a |
fl*doz. and .sets each for all over.
pure that the butter here posscss.eK 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. $.s 00 f*.s«» 01
flavor If any care is taken in making it. This locality: Nehalem is particularly noted for its
Jb 50 fl* 100.
feet high as it lies, being higher han the top
business is found very profitable here and vast resources of timber and for 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 for Survey, and all other legal
have to be on top of a load of hay to look over
blanks printed to order at J4.n0 ^100 for ordi­
hipped from here during the past year. Gene­ and at the mouth of the river will be an excel­
nary sizes Do not carry them in *<to« k for
into this particular field. These stories regard- |
ral stock raising goes with dairying here gene­ lent harbor when the proposed government
ri tuil, but they can I»« louml ai the stHtionei i
lug the immense size of the timber here are ha d
rally, and is very profitable.
store at^lowest prices in lot« to suit.
work
is
done.
The
Nehalem
river
is
a
very
fine
for people to believe who have not seen it, and
FARMING.
Special
I v 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
111 tablet form, $2 on Irtioo, $; 50 fl*<so or $6.00
when done in connection with stock raising. even by the majestic Columbia. The river is
■fl»ioo>. Large size, f3 00, $| 50 an«l $7 00.
them are surprised to find them so large.
Printing on Postal Cards. $1 o<> flboo, $1 50 #250,
There are several kinds of timber here. The fir Markets are getting better every year, and as more than one-hundred miles long and thou
$2 40 'fl\soo and $3 25 y.touo.
is most abundant an<1 is in the rough and moun- , soon as the wagon roads are put iu better shape, sands of sec I ons of ni gi if it i t inber arc tri­
It always pays to order in quantities of 500.
butary
to
it
and
its
branches.
The
greatest
area
tainous regions. The tide land spruce is plenti­ which is being done rapidly, the farmer will not
No charge foi blocking work in tablets.
ful along the coast and on the rivers and the have any trouble in finding a go«»d market for of farming land is around Tillamook bay, and
Extra charge for color work, printing on both
spruce attains as large a size as the fir. Cedar his produce all the year. Of course there is no on the various streams tributary to '1 illamook aides and difficult designs. All kimis of < 0111
is found in many localities also, and larch grows railroad yet, but the freight by the steamers is bay. These streams will l»e the means of bring­ inercial printing not enumerated done promptly
ing large bodies of timber to the saw mills on ami at low rates.
on the summit of the coast range. These are all low, besides there is a home market at present
¡«11 and so- our cxt< nsive line of samples
valuable timbers. The fir (properly Douglas for a great deal o produce. Barley ami oats the bay. Netarts is famous as a summer resort,
and some fine bodies of spruce timber arc ad­ and you can get mi idea of what ton want and
spruce) is a very durable an»’ strong wood, and grow here to perfection, making yields equal Io
be
convinced
of our claims. Mail orders uhen
is manufactured into rough lumber for all pur­ the richest sections of California or Oregbu. jacent. Nestucca is a-farming and stock raising prompt attention. Samples of Legal Bl inks
poses, and is made into flouring and rustic Hay of various kinds does as well here as in any country, the timber having been burnt away sent free to Notaries. Attorneys and J. P.’s.
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-offices in the county,
been sawed from it in many instances. Spruce and the yield is simply enormous. Hops grow
and several little villages besides Tillamook
is a softer wood, is white and is used mostly for and mature well wherever tried. There i., a
finishing lumber and for boxes and barrels. large area of prairie and bottom land in this I City, the county scat. Ou the Nehalem, Tobi's
’1:
Being «»dories*, it is good for packing butter county, ami it is capable of supplying a large landing and Nehalem are striving for supremacy.
There are go<xl stores and hotels on both places,
and fruits. The largest area of spruce in the population. The hill ¡amis are good for fruit
and
a
large
saw
mill
at
the
first
named
place.
t.
Mrs. D C. Bowers is pre-
Northwest is found in Tillamook county, and as ami for grazing, and there is plenty of this kind
Garibaldi at the mouth of Tillamook bay is a
I pared to give lessons in
it is growing scarce elsewhere, it will be of great of laud, with occasional patches of table land or
;
picturesque
little
hamlet,
has
two
hotels,
a
store
value in a short time. Most of the lumber man­ »»ottoin land, that can be obtained under the
MUSIC
and a cannery, ami is a favorite resort. Hob-
■ L at home
ufactured here now is made from spruce. The government land laws. Land much less pro­
or at pupils’ rest» bl
sonvill/
has
a
hotel,
the
Truckee
Mills,
and
a
ductive
than
this
in
the
eastern
states
is
beiug
cedar takes an elegant finish, and is the very-
large general merchandise itore, also a cannery.
dence, as desired, in city or *-
best material for doors, sash ami shingles. It farmed. In fact there is very little of this county
At Bay City there are good hotels, mills, a
but what can be made productive in some way.
* I country.
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commands a high price at present.
The tide lands here are exceedingly rich, and ’ church, several stores and various business en­
-.
Terms Eight dollars for
Nearly all of the timber in this county is ad­
terprises.
Bay
City
is
the
largest
town
in
the
much more of it could easily be reclaimed from
jacent to streams that will float logs, and with a
| k twenty four lessons.
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the tidal overflow mid made to yield immense county excepting Tillamook and has a jKjpula-
little labor all of it can I m * put in streams when-
crops. A great deal of the tide land is covered tion of about 300. There is a store and hotel at 1 • • ■ • I I I « I I t 1 i I I • • » • • • ••••••• • I I . I » • • • Z IJ • •
the winter freshets will bring it to the bay. 1 lie
with a thick growth of nutritive grasses, and it Dolph in the south pari ol the county, and at
expense* of logging here will always be small.
is the most renumerative laml that the county Woods near the mouth of the Nestucca is a thriv-
The county i> a net work .of rivers that cheapen
piusie