SUPPLEMENT TO THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
RESOURCES of
VIEWS OF CHEESE FACTORIES AND DAIRY
FARM.
f icilitirs w ith the outside world, where
thousands of people will go for recrea
tion and r» st. Each of the above named
lieaclies has its own peculiar advantage s
and
of interest. All furnish fine
arenery, Lathing and rowing, hunting
and fishing, as well aa crubs and clatna
in abundance.
No grander scenery 'can l»e found
anywhere. With the jagged coast range
on the east, and the majestic Pacific on
the west, here is a panorama of scenic
beauty that cannot l>e surpassed. The
wild ai'd picturet que aonery, the pure
invigorating air, the clear mountain
water, the virgin forests and the cool
summer climate all unite in producing a
condition that is bracing, refreshing,
and a tonic of the best kind to your city-
fagged soul.
LLAMOOK.
Timber.
icsouno <•! Tillamook <>un
ij^Bits timber is the most exteu
^^■iliialile. The state of Oregoi
i^Hne fifth of the timber of th»
J^Bt esand Tillamook county con
)^BUlh of the timber in the state
t^Btliin a very few vears the eyes
^■mereiai world will be turner
coast in search of lumber
i^Kme idea of the magnitude o
it is roughly estimated there
B^Bu.OJU,000 feet ol merchant
^Br tributary to Tillamook ba)
^Mni, Kelchis, Wilson, Trask
mniook rivers, all loggiiq
^Knptving into the bay. blrha
Northern part of the county.
■ greater amount ot standing
^Bat is practically untouched a>
^Bging and manufacturing is con
^Br tributary to Nehalem bay ii
^Ked there are at least 20,000.
Hof merchantable timber. Tin
■ Tillamook county is unsurpass
■v. A great many of the lores’
■sure 15 to 20 feet or tuore it
Hn are often free from limbs fot
■ 150 feet. Nearly the whole
rompi ised of red and yellow fu
Bognized king among lumbers)
Bhemlock (Alaska Pine), and
roellow fir readily finds a mar
■bvorld over, while the other tirn-
|*nol unrecognized for their par
■ses ; spruce being used exten-
Bthe manufacture of boxes and ir
B lumber ; from the cedar is made
Bai the best quality, and hemlock
■Lie for its bark which is used for
■purposes, as well as for lumber.
Higher lands is to be found in con
Be quantities some of the mag
march, prized the world over as a
x lumber of the first class, while
the streams timber, suitable for
re. such as alder and maple, grow
I quantities a nd of first quality,
len is a vast undeveloped tiinber-
ktry presenting vast opportuni
tà pi t.a I to invest in saw mills,
ills, box factories, shingle mills,
Dairying.
■Be from her timber resources, Tilla
^^Htonnty is most noted for its adapt
to dairying. The natural grass-
t the cool summer breezes blowing
Pacific Ocean, the mountain
CCMins flow through the valleys, the
iltButmosphere. the never failing rain«-
-a^these combine to make the county
■BO airy man’s Paradise.”
■nr to 1893 dairying was carried on
i IjBatnook county in a primitive way
■Brst factory W is built in Tillamook
iljBn the spring of 1893 and was oper
iSas a creamery during that season
■¡■following year it was converted in
I^Bthevie lactory, marking the begin
j^Bot the cheese industry in the conn
ffcOwing to climatic conditions, chai-
■ of grasses, and excellent water, it
■rosible to produce cheese here of finer
and better keeping qualities than
■Ruiost any other portion of the Uuit-
^Hptates. As cheap feed is essen
I m po profitable and successful dairy
it is well to state here that
tew
dairymen
buy
mill
consequently there is greater pro
in Tillamook than most
sections of Oregon. Grass is king
and it affords pasture for
herds the year round, keeping
in winter and never drying up in
White clover grows naturally
bottom lands througl out the
and is the very best kind of grass
herds. One to two acres of
land is sufficient to keep a
^B<l properly cultivated. Enormous
ol hay are harvested every year,
ft *4 this and the green pasture consti-
tate the feed on which the dairy heads
atVfcept the entire year. To give some
ideaici how rapidly the cheese industry
isgrjbwiug in the county, it may be stat,
ed that in 1898, five years after the
prstrfactory was built, there were eight
large factories in operation in the county
Now there are between twenty and
tweety five large factories. besides num
crous smaller concerns, producing, a?
they did in 1905, 3,200,000 pounds
ofcbeex . which is at a premium on iht
market there being a great demand foi
Tillamook cheese on account of its su
perior flavor and good keeping qualities
Cheese factories have become so dispers
ed throughout the county that dairy
men in remote districts have as good a
market for their milk as those living
near the center of trade. This !>eing the
L but little time is lost hauling the
I to i he factories. Tdlamook Count)
producing more than 32,000.000
nd of milk annually, and making
K),000 pounds of cheese, the value of
ch is $350.000 and it is safe to »ny
i will double itself in a few years,
gross returns to dairymen run from
► to $75 per cow. depending, first
hi the cow, and second, upon the
fin and muscle u*ed in the business,
idea of what some of the factoiie*
doing, the amount ol mdk received,
. may l>e gleaned from the annual re
rt ending Dec. 1905. The factory
Jkh received the largest amount ol
ilk that season was the Tillamook
TRADING POINTS.
Creamery, with 2.675,000 pounds, onions are being ra:sed on this Jan and
whilejthe Maple Leaf Creamery, a new j this product promises to become a
factory and not a full year’s run, had strong competitor of the cranbcny.
Oregon is second in the list of states in
2,600,000 pounds. The average price
the production of mohair, and nowhere
paid was $1.05 per hundred pounds of
is the natural habitant of the Angora
milk, or 26c. per pound for butter fat.
goat better adapted to its keep and de
This would be equal if made into butter
The peeling of Chit turn or Cascara velopment than in the mountain ranges
to about 30c. per pound.
bark is one ot the lesser industries of; uf Western Oregon.
The generous
Tillamook countv, and is found in more showers, mild climate, and responsive
or less quantities all over the couhly. , sod of Tillamook county peculiarly
The southern part of the county, how- adapt it foi these animals. Nowhere is
Salmou fishing is one of Tillamook eyer, producing by far the greater browse more plentiful or more nourish*
County’s important resources. The Ne amount of this article.
I iug. Sheep are raised to some extent,
halem, Tillamook and Nestucca Bays
have excellent runs of Chinook, Silver-
■«ides «and Steelhead salmon. There are
■ hree canneries in tlie county, one on
eacli»of the above named bays, the out
put from which is valued at from $125,
000 to $200,000 annually. Deep-sea
fish ars as yet almost an unknown
quantity. Our shore, uniformly shelving,
carrying a forty fathom curve well
•>ut to sea, .and on this bank have been
taken cod, halibut, skulpins, groupers
ind dozens of other varities of fish
\t present they are onlv taken when
some vessel happens to be lying off for a
tide or some such occasion, but will
some day furnish good employment ÍM
a large force of food seekers.
Mohair-
Cascara Bark-
Fishing.
Cranberries.
But few counties in Oregon can lay
claim to raising cranberries, and of the
cw Tillamook stands as one of the
leadingcountiesfitted to monopolize that
industry. The vines are well adapted to
this climate, free from insect pests,
rrow vigorously, and where the bogs are
properly prepared are enormously pro
ductive They have produced by actual
measure at the rate of one thousand
bushels per acre. It costs from $200
to $400 per acre to prepare the ground
and plant the vines, including the cost
of plants. The land which has timber I
standing on it, is the most .expensive to i
prepare, although none the less adapted |
to the raising of cranberries so long as
the land is made up of vegetable muck
or peat. A bog, once set in the proper
shape, will last indefinitely. The first
cost, although quite large, cuts little
figure in the long run. The cranberries
grown here are of a darker color and i
are much superior in flavor to those in I
the east, and also weigh more to I lie
bushel. The size of the berry is about
the same. There are many acres of
Havisthe principal crop of thecounty.
suitable land for raising cranberries Timothy, orchard grass, velvet gras®,
in Tillamook county. The land in | red top, clover, rye and oats are the
its present wild state is worth nothing, | principal varieties grown. This is the
but properly treated, and planted to the , principle feed, and in many cases the only
standard varieties of tame cranberry, it 1 feed
,
on which the dairy herds are kept
canin' transformed to a most paying I {
through the winter. Roots’are fed as
business. F’eat land is also very valu-1 an extra ration in mosteases, however
able for other crops when properly drain- ’ through
(
part of the winter.
cd and pulverized. Immense crops of
Hay.
i but the goat is the more profitable ol
the two.
Indications of oil have been found in
several localities. One near Tillamook
City gave such promise that a Portland
company set up a boa ring outfit and
are now at work drilling a well. Gas
and oil are already found in small quan*
titles, and indications grow more favor
able as the drill descends.
Honey-
White clover is claimed by tnnnv to
produce the very best grade of honey,
and as it grows naturally on nil the riv
er bottom lands of the county, Tillamook
honey cannot be surpassed for flavor,
color, and sweetness. The seasons are
usually too short, however, to make it
profitable to engage in this industry ex
tensively, but every’ farmer may have a
few stands which, if properly cared for.
will produce all he can use of the finest
honey. The southern part of the county
is best adapted to the production of this
article.
Coal-
Surface croppings of ’coal, varying
front two to three inches to as many
feet in thickness, and of the best quality,
are found in different parts of the coun
tv. Surrounding Tillamook Bay and on
the Nehalem and Kelchis rivers excellent
prospect ■¿have been found. The Tilla.
«nook Coal fields have never been work
ed, however, to any extent, but this will
in time become an important industry.
A Pleasure Resort
'fr) the lover of nature. Tillamook
countv presents many charms. Bound
ed on the east by the summit of the
Coast range of mountains, on the west
bv the Pacific Ocean, and intersected by
a generous number of mountain streams,
every variety of scenery is provided for
the appreciative eve. Five rivers, namely,
Tillamook, Trask, Wilson, Kelchis and
Miami, flow into Tillamook Pay, which
lays midway between the north and
south boundaries of the county. To the
noith, the Nehalem River, a still larger
stream than those first mentioned, Hows
into the Nehalem Bay. All these streams
support several varities of trout. Chief
among which are the famous Oregon
Trout, which is found in every stream
and tributary, varying in size from zero
upto a length of 20 inches, and a weight
of four pounds. Well up the streams an
abundance of Brook Trout fill every
stream large enough to float them.
Sometimes one will take a genuine Sal
mon Trout, and again a Dolly Varden,
and a sprinkling ot half a dozen other
varities. The upper reaches of the
water courses flow through immense
forests of fir and cedar, while on the low.
er levels, they run in quieter mood
through green pastures where fat cattle
gorge themseves. The beautiful hemhes
of Tillamook County, among which the
Nehalem, Netarts. Nestucca. and the
sandspits at Netarts and Tillamook
Bays, are notable, are destined to lie-
come prosperous summer resorts with
the advent of (letter transportation
TILLAMOOK CITY
In wit Hated at the head ot navigation
on lloquarton Slough, and in the county
se.it„iia wiII as the largest city in the
county. It has a population ot 1000
while |>e<>ple. there being no Negroe.,
Chinese or Japanese resident in the
oounty, and but lew Indians.
The Tillamook Publ'c and High School
building is situated on a lieautitul and
commanding sight in the c-nter of the
city, and is suriound.d l>v Hpact ^ h
grounds.
The building, which wss
erected in 1908, at a cost of |80U0.0t', is a
tine modern structure of two stories and
a basement. It is bested by steam, and
is provided with a good ventilation
system.
In addition to the public
school facilities afforded the people of
Tillamook City, there is a splendid (>aro
dual school, now under the manage
men: of the Sisters of St. Mary,
occupying a large three story frame
building in the eastern part of the city-
Churches of various denominations
are well represented, the Adventists,
Mel hodtsts. Christians, Catholics, United
Brethern and Presbyterians each having
their own buildings.
Water is brought to the city from the
mountains through a five mile main,
having a pressure of 100 pounds per
square inch at Tillamook City. There
is a well organized volunteer fire depart
ment, i nd sn electric system of lighting.
It has graveled streets and gcod side
walks, also local and long distance tele
phone system. It enjoys a daily mail,
I ihs two banks, two weekly nervspapers,
two saw mills, two cheese factories,
opera house, as well as the usual number
of business houses, restraurants and
hotels.
BAY CITY
Is located on Tillamook Bay, about
srven miles from Tillamook City, and is
destined to become the largest manu
facturing town ill thecounty, it Imving
excellent saw-mill and factory sites,
convenient to deep water and to the rail
road now building.
The town is
situated on terraces overlooking the Isry,
making it one of the most beautifully
situated towns in the county. It
has a plentiful supply of pure moun
tain water, also a hotel comparing
favorably with the licit it the county,
a fine school building, two churches,
saw-mill and b.ink. besides merchandise
stores, etc.
CLOVERDALE,
On the Nestucca river bids fair to be
come one of the leading towns of the
county. Here are located two churches,
hotel, cheese factory, drug store, news
paper, implement and feed store, gene
ral merchandise store, saw mill and
other enterprises. Only small vessels
enter the Nestucca harbor and supply
the stores regularly, carrying out the
products of tha-. end of the county.
Daily stage lines to Tillamook City and
Sheridan.
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WOODS
is n small town on the Nestusca river
below Cloverdale. Ocean Park near at
hand is a favorite summer resort where
hundreds of people spend their outings
from all parts of the stnte.
BEAVER
Lies about midwey between Tillamook
City mid Cloverdale. It is the center of
a farming community and supporting a
cheese factory and saw-mill. A hotel and
general merchandise store are located
here also
HOBSONVILLE
Is a small mill town on the bay. The
Miami Lumber Co's mill is located at
this place, in connection with which,
they also conduct a general merchandise
store and hotel.
GARIBALDI,
A short distance from Hobsonville, is
located just inside the entrance of the
Bay. S. Elmore's salmon cannery is
located at this place, also two general
merchandise stores and other enterpris
es.
_
NEHALEM.
At Nehalem are located two general
merchandise stores, drugstore, hotel,
cannery, saw-mill, good schools, etc.
This place is destined to become a cen
ter of industrial activity when the tins,
trer on the Nehalem Hirer Ireginato move.
Small vessels are able to enter the Ne
halem harbor carrying in supplier and
taking out the products of that part of
the county.