SUPPLEMENT TO THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
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VIEWS
RESOURCES of
OF
CHEESE
FACTORIES
AND
DAIRY
FARM.
facilities with the outside world, where
thousands of people will go for recrea
tion and rest. Each of the above named
beeches has its own peculiar advantag*«
and points of interest. All furnish fine
scenery, bathing and rowing, hunting
and fishing, as well as crabs and clama
in abundance.
No grander scenery can lie 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 be surpassed. The
wild and picturesque ae^nrry, 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.
ILLAMOOK
Timber
Ihe resources of Tillamook coun-
I of its timber is the most exten-
valuable. The state of Oregon
¡one filth of the timber of the
■tntesand Tillamook county con
filth of the timber in the state.
j|t within a very few vears the eyes
Commercial world will be turned
||h;s coast in search of lumber
me idea of the magnitude o*
_______ , it is roughly estimated there
>,030,000 feet of merchant
able tintber tributary to Tillamook bay,
the Miami, Kelchis. Wilson, Trask
and -TillAmook rivers, all logging
Utreitnsemptving into the bay. Nelm
km, in the Northern part of the county,
ha* a Still greater amount of standing
timber, that is practically untouched a>
If ir as logging and manufacturing is con
cerned, for tributary to Nehalem bay it
is estimate.I there are at least 20,000.
000,ooo oi merchantable timber. Tin
¡timber ip Tillamook county is unsurpass
ed by any. A great many of the lores'
¡trees m<a«ure 15 to 20 feet or more it
¡girth and are often free from limbs foi
the first 150 feet. Nearly the whole
¡belt is comprised of red and yellow fij
(•fie recognized king among lumbers)
spruce, ¿liemlock (Alaska Pine), and
cedar. Yellow fir readily finds a mar
ket the world over, while the other tim
bers are not unrecognized for their par
tientar uses ; spruce being used exten
sively in the manufacture of boxes and in
finishing lumber ; from|the cedar is made
flK^^Nuthe best quality, and hemlock
is valuable for its bark which is used for
■BKKgbrp'>ses. as well as for lumber.
On the bight i lands is to be found in con
iidcfi^i&^iuantiiies some of the mag
nifictOi hutch, prized the world over as a
inishiag lu ’
of the first clast, while
llongitMBbtreams timber, suitable lor
urniture. Such as alder nnd ample, grow
n great quantities nnd of first quality-
lere then is a yast undeveloped timber-
4 coantr.* presenting vast opportuni-
its for capital to invest in sawmills,
^^^^^Hrbox factories, shingle mill-,
Dairying.
her timber resources, Tilla
is most noted for its adapt
li ving. The natural grass
summer breezes blowing
cific Ocean, the mountain
through the valleys, the
ere, the never failing raiiib
nibble to make the county
n’s Paradise.”
j93 dairying was carried on
county in a primitive way
rv was built in Tillamook
ring of 1893 and was oper
Inery during that season
year it whs converted in-
tory, marking the begin
se industry in the couii
climatic conditions, chai-
s, and excellent water, i>
roduce cheese here of fitiei
ter keeping qualities than
other portion of the Uuit-
s cheap feed is essen
ble and successful dairy
to state here that
^dairymen
buy
mill
ntly there is greater pro
in Tillamook than most
^of Oregon. Grass is king
[and it affords pasture for
the year round, keepinc
and never drying up in
e clover grows naturally
lands througl out the
|he very best kind of grass
. One to two acres of
nd 13 sufficient to keep a
V cultivated. Enormous
e harvested every year,
he green pasture consti
which the dairy heads
ire year. To give 9ome
idly the cheese industry
county, it may be stat-
8, five years after the
,s built, there were eight
n operation in thecounty.
£'-Mre between twenty and
factories, besides num-
paUcr concerns, producing, as
I in B d 5. 3.200,000 pounds
•• which is At a premium on the
tbere^bring n great demand foi
ok cheese on account of its sn
pvor and good keeping qualifies
factories bn ve become so dispers
ighout the county that dairv
emote districts have as good a
for tbeir milk as those living
of trade. This lieing the
Mime is lost hauling the
(Aries. Tillamook Conntj
Kuore than 32.000 000
■ annually, and making
■ris of cheese, the value of
■DO. and it is sale to *aj
■e itself in a few year*,
■ns to dairymen ru’f from
Brr tow, depending, first
■ and second, upon the
I Me used in the business.
Mt some of the factories
■mount ot milk received,
■sued from the annual re-
Bee 1905. The factory
Bthe largest amount ol
Mon was the Tillamook
TRADING POINTS
Creamery,
2.675,000 pounds, onions are being ra sed on this Ian and
while the Maple Leaf Creamery, a new v j this product promises to become a
factory and not a full year’s run, had strong competitor of the cranberry.
2,600,000 pounds. The average price
paid was $1.05 per hundred pounds of
milk, or 26c. per pound for butter fat.
This would be equal if made into butter
The peeling of Chit turn or Cascara
to about 30c. per pound.
bark is one of the lesser industries of
Tillamook countv, and is found in more
or less quantities all over thecounty.
The southern part of the county, how
Salmon fishing is one of Tillamook ever, producing by far the greater
County’s important resources. The Ne amount of this article.
halem, Tillamook and Nestucca Bays
have excellent runs of Chinook, Silver-
sides and Steelhead salmon. There are
• hree canneries in the county, one on
each of the above named bays, the out
put from which is valued at from $125,
000 to $200,000 annually. Deep-sea
fish ar? as yet almost an unknown
quantity. Our shore, uniformly shelving,
carrying a forty fathom curve well
out to sea, and on this bank have been
taken cod, halibut, skulpins, groupers
ind dozens of other varities of fish
\t present they are only taken when
some vessel happens to be lying off for a
tide or some such occasion, but
some day furnish good employment
1 large force of food Seekers.
Cascara Bark-
Fishing.
Mohair
Oregon is second in the list of states in
the production of mohair, and nowhere
is the natural habitant of the Angora
goat better adapted to its keep mid de
velopment than in the mountain ranges
of Western Oregon.
The generous
showers, mild climate, and responsive
soil of Tillamook county peculiarly
adapt it lot these animals. Nowhere is
browse more plentiful or more nourish-
Sheep are raised to some extent,
Surface croppings of rcoal, varying
from two to three inches to as many
feet in thickness, and of the best quality,
are found in different parts of the c<>un
tv. Surrounding Tillamook Bay and on
the Nehalem and Kelchis rivers excellent
prospectsjhave been found. The Tilla-
mook Coal fields have never been work
ed, however, to anv extent, but this will
in time become an important industry.
A Pleasure Resort-
Cranberries.
But few counties in Oregon can
laim to raising cranberries, and of
ew Tillamook stands as one of
'endingcounties fitted to monopolize that
industry. The vines are well adapted to
his climate, free from insect pests
grow 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 $4-00 per acre 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 raising of cranlierries so long ns
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
are much superior in flavor to those in
the east, and also weigh more to Ihe
bushel. The size of the berry is about
the same. There are many acres of
suitable land for raising cranberries
in Tillamook county. The land iu
its present wild state is worth nothing,
hut properly treated, and planted to the
standard varieties of tame cranberry, it
<
can
be transformed to a most paying
business. Peat land is nlso very valu-1
; able forother crops when properly drain- ’
e , d and pulverized. Immense crops of
but the goat is the more profit ible ol
the two.
Hay is the principal crop of thecounty.
Timothy, orchard grass, velvet grata,
red top, clover, rye and oats are the
principal varieties grown. This is the
principle feed, and in many cases the only
feed on which the dairy herds are kept
through the winter. Roots ’are fed as
an extra ration in mosteases, however
through part of the winter.
White clover is claimed by manv to
produce the very best grade of honey,
and as it grows naturally on all the riv
er bottom landsof the county, Tillamook
honey cannot be surpassed for flavor,
color, nnd sweetness. The seasons arc
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.
■
Indications of oil have been found in
several localities. One near Tillamook
City gave such promise that a Portland
company set up a boaring outfit and
are now at work drilling a well. Gas
and oil are already found in small quan
tities, and indications grow more fayor-
nble as the drill descend*.
To the lover of nature, Tillamook
countv presents manv charms. Bound
ed on the east by the summit of the
Coast range of mountains, on the wes<
bv the Pacific Ocenn, and intersected b>
a generous number of mountain stream*,
every vaiiety of scenery is provided for
the appreciative eve. Five rivers, namely,
Tillamook, Trask, Wilson, Kelchis and
Miami, flow into Tillamook Bay, which
lays midway between the north nnd
south boundaries of the county. To the
north, the Nehalem River, n still larger
stream than those first mentioned, flows
into the Nehalem Bay. All these streams
support severnl rarities of trout. Chief
among which are the famous Oregon
Trout, which is found in every stream
and tributary, varying in size from zero
upto n length of 20 inches, and a weight
of four pound*. Well up the streams nn
abundance of Brook Trout fill every
stream large enough to flout them.
Sometimes one will take n genuine Sal
mon Trout, nnd again n Dolly Varden,
and a sprinkling of half a dozen other
verities. The upper reaches of the
water courses flow through immense
forests of fir nnd cedar, while on the low
er levels, they run in quieter mood
through green pastures where fat cattle
gorge thrmaeves. The beautiful beaches
of Tillaimvik County, among which the
Nehaleru, Netarts, Nestucca. and the
■ucndapils at Netarts and Tillamook
Bays, are notable, are destined to be
come prosperous summer resorts with
the advent of better transportation
TILLAMOOK CITY
Is situated at the head of navigation
on lloquarton Slough, and is the county
seat, ns well as the largest city in the
county. It has a population of 1000
white people, tlu re lieing no Negroe-,
Chinese or Japanese resident in the
comity, and but tew Indians.
The T i II hiiioo U Piild'c and High School
building is situated on a laautifiil in d
commanding sight in the
Cl i. out ■- -uilomiil, d
gromi.l*
The I’udilu.j
erected in IHufl. al a cost of $8000.01
flue iiiodern strueiure of two stories and
a basement. It is heated by steam, and
ia provided with a good ventilation
system.
In addition to the public
school facilities afforded the people of
Tillamook City, there is a splendid paro
dual Bchool, now tinder the manage
ment of the Sisters of St. Mary,
occupying a large three story frame
building in the eastern part of the city-
Churches of various denomination*
are well represented, the Adventists,
Meihodists. 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 Are depart
ment, > n l an electric system of lighting.
It lias graveled streets and gcod side
walks, also local and longdistance tele
phone system. It enjoy* a daily mail,
has two (tanks, two weekly newspapers,
two saw mills, two cheese factories,
opera house, as well as the usual number
of business house«, restraurants and
hotels.
BAY CITY
I. located on Tillamook Bay, about
-even mile, from Tillamook City, and is
lestined to become the largest menu,
factoring town in the county, it having
excellent Haw-mill and factory sites,
convenient to deep waler and to Che rail
road now building
The town is
situated on terrace* overlooking the tray,
making it one of the niort beautifully
situated town* in the county. It
lias a plentiful .upply of pure moun
tain water, also a hotel comparing
favorably with the be*t it the county,
i fine school building, two churche*.
saw-mill and bank, besides merchandise
«tore*, etc.
CLOVERDALE,
On the Nestuccn 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 Ilia-, end of the county.
Daily stage lines to Tillamook City and
Sheridan.
WOODS
ia a amall town on the Nestusca river
lielow Cloverdale. Ocean Park near at
hand ia a favorite rummer resort where
hundreds of people spend their outinga
from ull parta of the alate.
BEAVER
Lies about inidwey between Tillamook
City and Cloverdale. It ia 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
Isja small mill.town on the ,bay. The
Miami Lumber Co's mill is located at
this place, in connection with which,
thevjilssi conduct a general merchandise
store nnd hotel.
GARIBALDI.
A short distance from Hohsonville, is
located just inside the entrance of the
Bay. H. Elmore's «almon cannery is
located nt this place, also two general
merchandise stores and other enlerpris-
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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 tim.
her on the Nehalem River begins to moye.
Small vesuris are able Io enter the Ne
halem harbor carrying in supplies and
taking out the products of that part of
j the county.