SUPPLEMENT TO THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT CRANBERRIES GROW IN TILLAMOOK. 1,000 Bushels of Berries to the Acre-Proflta- ble Industry. But few counties in Oregon can la' u.tiih to raising cranberries, but of th. few, Tillamook»? t h nds pre-eminently as the leading county of Oregon fitted t< monopolize that industry, and as one which affords ample opportunities fol those who desire to enter upon the profi table occupation of raising cranberries. Conditions in Tillamook Countv are such that the cranberry industry is bound to ♦ A 9 grow to large proportions, and become a gteat factor in the development and FISHING SCENE ON THE TRASK RIVER. industrial prosperity of the countv, w hether it is developed by local enter, “In the East the vines ate often in projection,- is d< ep, and consequently in former years were Messrs. A. Comp­ prise or by those seeking homes in the tested with insect pests, and if the clear of obstruction near the wall of ton. Jasper Smith. Krebs Bros., A. U. Northwest, where they can make com­ growers have not control of the water I rock, furnishing a safe and quiet Gist, ai d others who owned a dozen or fortable and independent livelihoods. the whole crop is in danger. 1 under shelter from north and northwest w rinds. more stands. About 13 years ago Krebs A few years ago cranberry raisirg in stand that the pests have been imported The scenery, viewed from the north I Bros, erected a l»ee hive factory near Tillamook County was only in its exper­ here at different times in shipping plants, and northwest of the bay, is splendid, . Three rivers, where they manufactured imental stage. Today it is a demon­ but they soon disappear as they cannot taking in the mouth of Sand Lake*, the well known Simplicity bee hive, as strated fact that those who first exoeri. live in this climate. Cape Ki wanda, Sand Cape, Nestucca well as sections, frames, etc., for the mented in cranberry raising are now “There are many acres of cranberry Bay and shores, Salmon Cape and Cape i same. They also had a inachii.e for possessors of valuable cranberry bogs land in this county situated at different Foul weather. rolling the wax into foundation, or It has surpassed al! their expectations. places. The land in its wild state is The country surrounding it is the , more commonly called “ starter.” Their To give a correct and concise idea of this worthless, but properly treated, and developed—and far greater undevel- business grew for a number of years, industry in Tillamook County, we may planted to the standard varieties of the oped—portions of Sand Lake cran- i until the people, engaging in other and state that it is only in its infancy. of ' That busy little worker, the honey more lucrative pursuits, became neglect­ tame cranberry, it can be transformed to berry district, with its thousands of! What Mr. W. C. King has accomplish­ the most paying basis. cedar timbers and telegraph poles, sur- bee, finds in the Nestucca valleys and ful of their lives. ed in this respect, every industrious per­ “According to the best authority, the rounded bv stately fir piling. j hillsides endless quantities of luscious When facilities for the lees p’acing son can do. Like every other industry, chief requisites for a successful cranberry Its already established cattle ranches, lionty drew , so palatable to lhe taste of the honey in sections, and new hives, it requires labor and a certain amount bog are, a good peat bed, entirely free with dairies and creameries springing mankind, could be had, the honey could lie put of capital to develop, and with these train clay or loam ; good drainage, to a up in all parts of the country adjacent | When our oldest settlers took up □ ¡»on the market in merchantable con­ combined, success aw*aits those who debth of at least 15 inches ; plenty of to it, furnishing X to the outside world their abode in this land of evergreen dition. V\ hen this was done, a demand turn their attention and energy to cran­ water supply ; and a coating of three the finest productions of their kind, 1 vegetation and pure mountain wateix I was immediately created in the cities berry culture in Tillamook Countv. Mr. to six inches of clean beach sand over the demand a landing or shipping point of | where the hillsides were covered with for Nestucca honey, and it gained a King says : entire surface. their own. A town of six acres has flowers of many species, and the fra reputation which stands champion today “I commenced the culture of cranber­ “There is money in the cranberry busi­ been laid out and recorded and a few giant vine maple blossoms were to be over all its competitors. Extracted ries in the spring of 1893. I find that ness and the many bogs of Tillamook lots sold to adjoining the bay at the bane seen in innumerable quantities in eailj honey, with the Nestucca insignia at­ the vines are well adapted to thisclimate. County are waiting for men of means of the cape. From the town to within ' spring, their instinct taught them that tached, will sell where oilier brands will They grow' vigorously, and where the and energy to develop them,’’ 100 feet of a ¡»lace for a trapeze landing, * this was the natural home of the honey not, as in this form it may be of a manti. bogs are properly prepared, they are enormously ptoductive. While picking my crop one year I measured off some ground and picked them carefully, and found that they- produced at the rate ol one thousand bushels to the acre. Allow, irg $1 per bushel as a net profit, I do not know’ of an agricultural product that will compare with it, and placing figures at a minimum. “It cost from two to four hundred dollars to prepare the ground and plant the vines, including the cost of plants The land which has timber standing on it is the most expensive to prepare, although none the less adapted to the raining of cranberries, so long as the land is made up of vegetable muck or peat. “The bog must be so situated that it can lie drained off by means of ditches to the debth of at least 15 inches, and one must also have control of plenty ol wattr fur irrigation and flooding pur­ poses. Although I have seen some marshes that were a success without any water supply, I do not consider it safe, in view of a large outlay. “A bog once set in the proper shape will last indefinitely. The first cost, although quite large, cuts little figure in the long run. SCENE AT A HUNTER’S CABIN IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY. “1 find that the cranberries grown here are of a darker color than those grown ! along the shores, a good road has l»een l»ee, and at lhe first <>¡»¡><»11unity, encli factored article. Nestucca honey, in in the East ; those here are much super­ CAPE LOOKOUT COUNTRY j built. But realizing that they were in settlor ¡»urchssed a few «tands of bees pound section, sells at 15 cents per ior in flavor, and also weigh more to advance of a demand for itscompl«- and platted a lot, thus establishing a section, while extracted honey, I n cause the bushel. The size of the berry is Plenty of Fertile Lands and , tion. the parties await the coining de miniature apiary. Thi*’, for the time the question arises, why bee men go to about the same. Abundance of Timber. mand. being, was a great help to the settler lhe expense of purchasing an vxtiactor “According to my experience, the Me­ I One-quarter of a mile south, over who w as strtigghrig to twcure a livelih<»<»