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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1907)
ver. The SUPPLEMENT TO THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT it square tributary CRANBERRIES GROW IN TILLAMOOK. Kelrbie, Ttie bay 11 *goig» laxiinuai Hie ap- uni ruck« it is but 1,000 Bushels of Berries to the Acre-Profita b!e Industry. 5 whole hu there i« mi depth b , draw« , a short Survey» i uient u( channels feet re- Ihe eni- rnianeni t being W The •r secur- oveiuent ten and uel from to Tills- Slough, it lueau But few counties in Oregon can lay claim to raising cranberries, but of thi few, Tillamook stands pre-eminentlv a> the leading county of Oregon fitted l< monopolize that industry, and as on* which affords ample opportunities for 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 ♦ grow to large proportions, and become a gieat factor in the development and FISHING SCENE ON THE TRASK RIVER. industrial prosperity of the county, w’hether it is developed by local enter, “In the East the vines are often in projection, is di ep, and consequently in former years were Messrs. A. Comp« prise or by those seeking homes in the fested with insect pests, and if the clear of obstruction near the wall of j ton. Jasper Smith, Krebs Bros., A. C. Northwest, where they can make com growers have not control of the water 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 winds. | more stands. About 12 years ago Krebs A few years ago cranberry raising in stand that the pests have been imported The scenery, viewed from the north ■ Bros, erected a bee hive factory near Tillamook County was only in its exper here at different times in shipping plants, and northwest of the bay, is splendid, I 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, i the well known Simplicity bee hive, as strated fact that those who first exueri. live in this climate. Cape Kiwanda, Sami Cape, Nestucca! I well as sections, frames, etc., for the inented in cranberry raising are now “There are many acres of cranberry Bay and shores, Salmon Cape and Cape | same. They also had a machine 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 max planted to the standard varieties of the oped—portions of Sand Lake cran- until the people, engaging in other and state that it is only in its infancy. tame cranberry, it can be transformed to berry district, with its thousands of That busy little worker, the honey more lucrative pursuits, became neglect 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 bees. ed in this respect, every industrious per “According to the best authority, the rounded by stalely fir piling. hillsides endless quantities of lust ions When facilities for the lees placing son can do Like every other industry, chief requisites for a successful cranberry Its already established cattle ranches, honey drew, so palatable to the 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 dailies and creameries springing mankind, could be had, the honey could be put of capital to develop, and with these from clay or loam ; good drainage, to a up in all parts of the country adjacent, When our oldest settlers took up upon the market in merchantable con combined, success awaits those who debth of at least 15 inches ; plenty of to it, furnishing to the outside world their abode in this land of evergreen dition. When 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, I vegetation and pure mountain water, 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 | xx here the hillsides were covered with for Nestucca honey, and it gained a King says : entire surface. their own. A town of six acres has i flowers of many species, and the fra reputation which stands champion today “1 commenced the culture of cranber “There is money in the cranberry busi been laid out and recorded and a few ’ grant vine maple blossoms were to be over all its competitors. Extracted ries in the spring of 1893. I find that ness ami the many bogs of Tillamook lots sold to adjoining the bay at the bane | seen in innumerable quantities in early 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 other brands will They grow’ vigorously, and where the and energy to e’evelop them,’’ 100 feet of a place 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 pioductiye. While picking my crop one year I measured off some ground and picked them carefully, and found that thev produced at the rate of one thousand bushels to the acre. Allow, ing $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 ana 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 raising of cranberries, so long as the land is made up of vegetalde muck peat. “The bog must be so situated that can be drained off bv means of ditches the debth of at least 15 inches, and one must also have control ot plenty oi water 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 lias teen I bee, and at the first oppoit unity, esch factored article. Nestucca honey, in in the East ; those here are much super CAPE LOOKOUT COUNTRY built. But realizing that they were in settlor purchased a few stands of bees pound section, sells at 15 cents per ior in flavor, and also weigh more to advance of a demand for itscomph- I and platted a lot, thus establishing a section, while extracted honey, because the bushel. The size of the berry is Plenty of Fertile Lands and t ion, the parties an ail the coming de j miniature apiary. Thi*, for the time thequestiun arises, why bee men go to Abundance of Timber. about the same. matid. i being, was a great help to the settler the expense of purchasing an extractor I “According to my experience, the Mc- One-quarter of a toile south, over who w as struggling to secure a livelihood. ami labor to take the honey from the The most inaccessible, and often the Fa.laud cranberry is the best variety lor moat Important localities in a new open land from the town site, is a As time passed the apiary was enlarged, comb and sell it for 10 cents per pound, the Pacific Coast. Il is the largest and large stream called Crogstad creek, until finally a surplus of honey yielded when the unextracted sells at 15 cents o uotry are the last to be developed. must prolific, a splendid keeper, and by per pound. This leaves the Impression Cape Lookout, although extending furnishing an admirable mill site, ad a nice profit. all odds the best seller. In the East this two and a half miles into the ocean, jacent io which is a body of thousands of The honey industry pays exceedinly in the minds of many that the extracted [sort is considered a poor keeper, hut it ia joined by the fertile Ian Is of one acres of Tillamook County timber, on well. The Neatucca valleys cannot lie 1 honey is adulterated, but such is not the appears to be better adapted to this cli of the moat productive counties of the land well calculated for lagging, and excelled in the advantage* offered for cam. The reason ia, that about two- mate, and grows to perfection heie. Northwest, but lias, by reason of its free from rocks to rentier it untillable the producing of honey—California and rhirds of the time of the honey-making I * 1 have had good success with the inaccessibility, except as a refuge for or unfit for grazing land. the Southern states not excepted. White is taken up in making the comb, and ¡Cherry and Bell variety. They yield well The grades to the bay are laid on clover Is claimed by the most scientific when extracted, the pure honev is taken storm tossed mariners, been left for and sell well and are ufgood color. 'Jheir of less than 10 per cent, even over i and the blank Cells are replaced in the future development. It is 800 feet grade the Cape. A county road from the apiariests to produce the best honey, flavor is excelled by none, and they are high, forms a solid, perpendicular lia teach at the mill site, connecting with aud thia seems to be a natural production i hive and refilled, thus giving the bees of good size, though not as large as the na I tic rock, and has a government res I the state r<»ad from Woods to Tilla of the Neatucca river bottom soil. White a chance to gather much more honey in Iftk Farland berry. ervalion for a lighthouse. According mook City, is graded west of the Sand clover, however, is not (he only source I a season. ■ “The picking season is usually one of ! from which honey is produced, but Nestucca honey has been on exhi. to (’apt. Cleveland Rockwell’s coast Lake district. mleasure, lor several reasons, to both The climate and range are such that there are endless varieties of wild plants | bition at several state fairs, and at the survey, it is midway between Yaquinn [picker and proprietor. The weather is lighthouse and the lighthouse on Tilla for 12 years there has been no time sum. which bloom in succession until late in Mechanics Fair at Portland, and has mer or winter, when we had any diffieuI-1 Generally fine—September and October taken the prize each tune for sweetness inook Rock, 1< stands for future use ty in finding good mutton and beef in the fall. B-when men, women and childreu come I our flocks ami herds, ami we have never Among those who were the most and flavor. and improvement. for an outing in the cranberry fields, , extensively engaged in the bee industry Owing to a succession of very late The bay formed sii the toulh by its fed or cared for them by sheltering. ■hey come with a camping outfit, pre ■kotd to enjoy the pleasure of out uf- ■our life, the health-giving ocean breezes, 'and a rest from the city and borne toils. ■ “In picking, lines are stretched across B plot of ground three leet apart, and Ba«.h picker works between the lines, the Bines making a carpet upon which to Brork. They hang on uprights about six Mches high, and are truly beautiful to ^■pk upon. The berries, a bright red ^Bor, and, in many cases three and ^Bir deep and touching each other, com ^Btelv hide the vines and ground lx HBath. The pickers are giving ^Basure, and are required ^Brrics clean as they go. ^Basure is full it is emptied into a bushel ^Bx, and when the box is full they are ^^Ben a check which is good for 75 cents, ■rd mm urc in attendance to over* c ¡HB pickers and carry away the boxes tlB best pickers picked about three bush- TILLAMOOK Hpr <i*y- NESTUCCA HONEY A PRIZE WINNER. ich tim. ions for ilactute. nu mbft hielt are lilts OU àteo for re being lay City it ts Bay i as well r* - cuunly Range bln pw- tid, thus come of try be- Tliew erefore, :ontinu- ig heat, in- »ndilion seis call tlw de. greatly ■r, with md the wilding an lay acilitiee ing ths or aea. ion Co, necting P.R.R. o west outli to \sloti» alo»! is dale on •• up th* ill gi" one >ple es « rity >ounJ> o' rains in the early spring the past few years, it is with regret that we note our people have not given the atten tion to bee culture that they have in the pant. Yet nearly every farmer has several stands, from which, if properly cared for ami the season is favorable, he may realize from .50 to 150 pounds of the best honey, which, if placed on tl e market, would yield a handsome return to each stand. The bee business of this section is not overdone, as the outlying range oilers ample opportunity for the liHle wot kers to up the succulent weed of its sweetness, as they will travel for miles, and return heavily laden ; and, if necessary, stop to rest while carry ing their burden. Tillamook Jottings. Tillamook is a stock raising countv. Tillamook hay sells fl'omjli DO to $15 00 a ton. Tillamook County is a land of milk and honey. Tillamook County hns no disastrous floods. Tillamook County is a world beater for grasses. Tillamook County grows immenre crops of potatoes. Tillamook County had only 24 deaths during 1906. Tillamook cows keep in fine condition the year round. Tillamook dairymen are happy, indus. trious and thrifty. Tillamook County is not pestered with tramps and hollos. Tillamook riversand streams have plenty of trout and salmon. Tillamook County for profitable and successful dairying. Tillamook dairy farms are not covered with mortgage plasters. Tillamook County dairymen have bank accounts and loan money. Tillamook County is being cleared up fast for dairying purposes. Tillamook County contains soil that is especially adapted to onions. Tillamook County is not troubled with cheap Chinese or Japanese labor. Tillamook County grows garden truck which no other section can surpass. Tillamook Countv has some magnificent landscape and rugged coast scenery. Tillamook honey issupurb, and lor flavor and clearness nothing can surpass it. Tillamook County hns large bands of Angora goats and is n profitable busi ness. Tillamook County affords splendid en- joyment to campers and summer out- ing«. Tillamook County is free from insect pests, for the salt sea breezes soon kill them. Tillamook dairymen are paid once and sometimes twice n month for their milk. Tillamook County is an inviting field for nil classes who are possessed of some means. Tillamook County has a reputation for pure, cold spring water,which is found everywhere. Tillamook County will become the great manufacturing center for lumber in the near future. Tillamook County produces splendid strawberries, Logan berries and other small fruits. Tillamook County had 108 inches of rain fall in 1906, which kept the grass green the year round, Tillamook dairymen are making money and enjoying life, being an independent class of fai mers. Tillamook County has been settled for 50 years and no one in all that time has lost a single crop. Tillamook meadows are green and nfford aliundxnce of green pasture during the hottest summer months. Tillamook County ia the most healthy part of Oregon, with a mean tempera- tare of 51 degs. last year. Tillamook Countv is the sportsman’s paradise, with deer and bear hunting, combined with splendid fishing. Tillamook County has no snloons, the people having voted on two occasions that they were opposed to them. Tillamook County will soon have two railroads and one or more electric road which will all lx completed nest year. Tillamook County never had a crop fail ure and the various kinds of hny, oats, barley and edible roots yield in profu sion. Tillamook farmers are wide awake, well informed, hard workers, indus*rious and adapting themselves to all the new devices. Tillamook Connty is a place where peo ple can make an easy living if they have enough means to enable them to own a small farm. Tillnmook County raises oats, the yield being as high ns 100 bushels per acre on the prairie lands and even better on the >ich bottom lands. Tillamook Countv produces many wild berriesduring the mmnier mil autumn, such as salmon txrrxs, thimble berries, two kinds hnckle berries and sallal Ixrries are most common. Tillamook County contains whole forests of big trees, many of them being Vtft. in circumference and over 300 ft. in height. Most of the lorest trees men- sute from 15ft. to 20ft.in girth and are often freefrom limb« for the first 150ft. Tillamook County has numerous cheese factories, and as a same irf what they are doing, one factory received during 1906. 3.745,480 pounds of milk, made 387,180 pounds of cheese, received for same $45,484.20, and gave $68.7« per cow for 881 sows. .
