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SUPPLEMENT TO THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
miles south of the Columbia Riifr
tidal area of the bay is lyr. /....
’ "'ini»
miles. Five small rivers are tribute'
•■■'Ut*ry
to the bay, viz : The Miami, Krlckg
Wilson, Trask aud Tillamook Tbel»’
connects with the ocean through ago *
750ft. wide, allow- tide with a maximiw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
OF
TILLAMOOK COUNTY.
A Country with Wonder
ful Undeveloped
Resources.
low water depth of 60 feet. t|le
proaches to the bay are free from r.*k,
or other hidden dangers. Th.ie i. but
one channel across the bar. whot,
direction seaward may vary from
northwest to Southwest, ami there I,
rarely lew than 10 feel minimum «lemg
Ht low water. Coasting vessels, d,„.
mg 14 feet, reach Uobsonvill,.Rhot’
distance inside the entrance. 8urte.,
and estimates of cost of improv, meat u(
the Tillamook Bar for securing cliaili„|,
across the same of 15 ami 20 feet „
spectively have been made. J lie fMj.
iiivted cost of obtaining x perms(e„|
low water depth of 15 feet bei„.
t8 >5,789 and of 20 feet «1,417.109 Tl1(
prospects are very favorable f,.r SRUr
iug an appropi latiou for improvement
of this bar.
The government Ims undertaken aiid
succeed, d in o|mning up n channel fr„ui
Hobsoinille. on Tillamook Bay, to Tills.
tuiok City, on lloquartou Slougt, h,
obtaining a least depth of 9 feet at tuesa
high tide.
A
DAIRYMAN’S
PARADISE
Twenty Five Billion Feet
of Standing Timber Heady
to be Manufactured
The Western part ol Oregon is the
richest and most developed section ol the
State, and in the Northern part ot this
favored region, on the Coast, is situated
Tillamook County.
Oregon has an area of 95,274 square
miles; a continous water front from the
Northern boundary of California to the
mouth of the Columbia River, and thence
tip the Columbia along the northern
boundary nearly to its eastern limit,
one fifth of the standing timber of the
United States; a climate unequaled by
that or any state, and scenery which is
surpassed by none.
Tillamook County was first visited by
white men in the spring of 1851, and is,
therefore, a new country. It has a coast
line of about sixty miles, has three small
harbors besides Tillamook Bay, which
is naturally one of the best harbors be
tween San Francisco Bay and the mouth
of the Columbia River, ami with the
completion of the railroads now building
it will become one ot the most irnpor
taut polls on the Oregon Coast. There
are seven liyers in the county, namely,
the Nehalem, Miami,
Trask, Tillamook
along the banks
some ol the richest
land in the Pacific
LOGGING
SCENE
AND
SPECIMEN
HLLAMOOK
i
' ly in the foot hills Apples ate the prin
stant ocean breezes, and the redundancy north and south connecting one end of
of clear mountain streams, the average the county with the other. Braiivh cipal fiuit raiseo, and they naturally
health of the inhabitants must be good. roads lead from it to the different com- ! grow best in (he valleys and foothills
A climate w-he.e the average daily range mpties to the east and west. There art ( iway from the Coast, but with proper
of temperature is less than 13 degrees three wagon roads leading out of the I care and judgment good wholesome
does not subject the physical organize county. One by way of Wilson River apples may be raised in any reasonable
tion to such shocks and wrenches as in to Forest Grove. Ore ; one bv way ol location in the count v.
climates where sudden and marked Trask Riyer to North Yamhill. Ore,, and
changes occur.
People live with open the other by way of the Grande Kunde
doors and windows at all seasons. Fires Indian Reservation to Sheridan, Ore.
i
I he principal crop raised’in Tillamook
are in dee J necessary to remove damp
County is hav. Root crops are also
ness ami chilliness, but dwellings are not
raised to some extent as an additional
closed up until the ait becomes vitiated
The people of Tillamook County are Iced for milch cows, and on the river
as in the east. Outdoor labor is, of
course, interrupted by rain in winter, justlv proud of their public schools. Pro bottoms are raised enormous crops ol
but is never interrupted by heat or cold gress has ever been the watchwoid in potatoes. On account of the richness ol
ill parts ol the country. Fifty schools most of the Lind and the abundant
in any season. Chills and fever,
ire maintained throughout
county, moisture, large crops of cither .hay or
malaiia, and typhus are unknown
____ Crops- 4
Schools.
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Lands.
The lands of Tillamook County may
be classed under three heads, viz., bottom
land, prairie land and lull land.
Bottom lands are of three classes,
namely, ordinary ‘ creek bottom"
which every farmer is familiar ;
bottom which is land Inuit up by over
flow’ and deposit ol sediment ; ami tide
lands, being those which are overflowed
more or less by salt water
The ri
bottom is by far the most valuable
agricultural purposes, and can be relied
upon to produce from tour to six tons of
hay per acre. Lands ol this nature con
stitute the greater part of the bottom
lands ol the county, and is practically
inexhaustible. I lie tidelands produce an
immense (|uanlit v of tideland grass ami
are used principally for pastmage for
young stock.
Franie land is of a lighter cbaractet
ami must be sustained by fertilizers.
Surrounding the valleys are ranges of
bench or table land which is most valu
able for fruit raising or as grazing land.
The hill lands ate mostly heavily
covered with timber, and are so exten
sive and so valuable that they insure
the future wealth of Tillamook County.
The lulls in (he south pa it of the county
were burnt over many years ngo, killing
the timber, ami they are most valuable
for stock raising or as grazing land for
goats and she< p.
'The surface of Tillamook County* is for
the most part rough. The Coast Range
Mountains pass through the entite east
ern part of (lie county. The northern
mill southern part of the county are
hilly, while the central pait’is compara
tively level. The northern part is the
most heavily timbered section and the
southern part has the least timber.
Climate
Tillamook County has but a limited
variety of climate. Ow ing to the warm
Japan current, w hich w ashes the Coast
of Oregon, onr <!iinate is mild the year
round, being cool in summer and warm
in winter
I here is xerv little foggy
weather, the ocean breezes blowing the
fog farther inland. We absolutely have
no cyclones, Idizzards, cloud bursts or
droughts, and very little freezing wen
tlier. Tin<mglioiit the summer the re
fieshing seabreezes modify the tempera
tine, and prevent it becoming uncomfor
table. These summer winds air almost
universally -from the northwest. The
winter storms are usually from the
south west. While quite strong at times
these winds never reach a suftuient ve
lot i t v to l»c destructive. There is no
nights when one mav not sleep comfor
tably, and the same weight of clothing
and of Bed clothing is used the year
t lirough.
burned oft the land is valuable princi
pally for grazing purposes and may b<
bought for from $5 to $15 per acie.
Prairie land may be bad for from $20 to
$100 per acre according to location and
improvements.
River bottom land,
which is bv far the most valuable foi
agricultural purposes, ranges in prices
from $75,to $250 per acre.
Harbors-
Happily in this country of much iim.
her there are splendid locations fur
mills and factories for its manufacture,
fhe Nehalem Bay can furnish a number
of excellent mill sites, two of which are
now occupied. At various points on
Tillamook Bay are also fine nites for
mills and booming grounds, there being
very good locations at and near Bay City
and at the head of the bay. Netaits Bay
can supply several good k cations as well
Water Power.
Tillamook County is' [will’ supplied
The numeroue streams of the county
with harbors, there being four along ite
coast lir.e, of which Tillamook Bay it have their sources in lie Coast Range
naturally one of the best between Sai Mountains, and for a considerable por
Fiapcisco Bay and the mouth of tin tion of their length are quite rapid, thus
creating n |>ower which w ill become ot
Columbia River.
inestimable value as the country be-
roiues more thickly populated. These
streams never dry. up and can, therefore,
be depended upon to supply a continu
ous and cheap power for creating heat,
light and locomotion.
Transportation-
TILLAMOOK
idemics never assume a dangerous form and in addition to the regular work of
Of course there are ailments in Tilla eight years, there is one school «iffeiing
mook and people die here, but pestil four years of high school work, two ot
ential diseases find little to thrive upon two years work, and seven offering one
The ocean breezes on the one hand, the year additional work. Tillamook Coun
mountain air on the other, perform Na ty is one of the leading comities of the
I
t tire’s purifying work in her own per- state i:i educational tacililies ami i itci -
felt nnitmer.
cst a* was shown bv exhibit at the
Lewis & Clark Centennial in 1905.
Highways.
The toads in Tillamook county arc
not surpassed by any in the state. They
arc nearly all graveled and ate. there
fore, nothing worse than sloppy during
the wettest weather, and in summer
have very little dust on them. A fine
graded and graveled turnpike runs
Fruit,
Tillamook County dors nut preteml
to be a fruit growing section, hut stub
li oils as apples, plums, cherries, (.ears,
and the snmllei IruiU. such as ra -pta-i-
rics. blackberries, loganberries, ami
strawberries bear in abundance, especial I
roots are always assured,
ly have no crop failures.
P
!..
\Ve absolute
BAY.
On account of the uncertain condition
of the Tillamook Bar. lumlier vcHsel» call
only at irregular intervals and the de.
velopment of the county has been greatly
hindered in consequence. However, with
the improvement of the bar and the
completion of the railroads now building
into the county, Tillamook can lay
claim to having transportation facilities
equal to the best in the state, having the
advantage of cairiers by land or sea.
The Pacific Railway & Navigation Co,
is pushing with vigor a road connecting
Tillamook with Hillsboro on tlieS.P.RR.
This road will run from Ilillsboio west
down the Nehalem River aud south to
Tillamook City.
The Astoria & Columbia River R. R
is also pushing a line from Astoria
south through Tillamock county along
the coast into California. At this date
there are also surveyors at work on an
electric line from Tillamook Bay up the
Wilson River to Portland. This will give
Tillamook county three lines, any oueol j
which w ill bring thousands of people in j
to the county for business ventures and |
to our summer resorts, the popularity of
which will grow with leaps and bounds
with the advent of railroads.
To reach Tillamook take the stage or
private rig from either Sheridan. North
Yamhill, or Forest Grove, all of which
points may be reached by railroad
Another way is by railroad or boat to
Astoria, thence by the Sue 11. Elmore. «
staunch ocean going steamer, which
makes a tiip once a week to Tillamook
City.
In the northern part of the county ie
the Nehalem River, which widens out
about two miles from its mouth into a
bay of about one and a half by tw<
miles, upon which are tine mill sites and
booming grounds.
There is about
20.000,000,000 feet B. M. of tiuibei
tributary to thio bay.
I Netaits Bay is unrounded by quite a
heavily timbered area, but lias no
streams of any size emptying into it.
the l'. S. i Nestucca Bay in the south end of the
there are county, is accessible to small ocean boats
la nils in There ¡3 but little timber tributary to
for pur-1 this bay, though enough for local needs
the Unit- I Tillamook Bay. which is one of the
Bear and deer are quite plentiful
best harbors on the Oregon coast,
throughout the county. " ildcat. c<x*
empties into the Pacific Ocean, about 50 mink and otter are also found in good’J
numbers, and now and then a pastier-
On the bays and lakes are found l*r»f
flocks of geese, ducks and snip-
during the winter mouths. Pig*»"
quail, grouse and pheasant are found •
season, thus furnishing game th* J"'
round for those who delight to hs*
For the more daring and venturiso"1’
hunters, the Seal Rocks opposiis tl*
Netarts beach flurnish exciting ’P"** ”
the shape of the hundeds of bug* **
lions which inhabit them,
which are as large as a good sized W*
Game-
Light-House-
On Cape Meara, near th*
I-each, the government
J
first-order light-house, the "K
which is 223 feet above sea level »'J }
lie seen out at sea fora distance ' •
miles.
Visitors are welc >n>*
certain
hours.
and
»r*
,
through the building by the ait*,ln*
in charge.
Health fulness-
>m the above explanation of eli
mu tic conditions ol Tillamook, it m.tv
l»e readily inferred that healthfulncs« is
one of the chief Attilliate* of this la vor
rd region. Un scvoai.t ot the evenness
ol temper « a lure, abundaut moisture, cull
TIMBER.
Mineral Springs
i
Are found in different lM,rtt ,'Lrf
county, the principle ones
near Cloverdale, called Bronte» "
Springs, afier their discoveror.
are remarkable for their ",rt”
perties
A hotel lias receoPF^
elected at these springs for th»
nu dation of tlie public.
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