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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1111 EVENING EDITION. : t. N UNCLE SAM'S EXPERTS ON FARMING IN COOS AND CURRY SOIL SURVEY OF THE MAHSIIFIEM) AHKA ACCORDING TJIK OFFICIAL GOVERNM iST REPORT OF C. W. MANN AND J S K. FERGUSON. TO THE PORT OF I (ContiiiiHHt from Inst Saturday) MYRTLE CLAY .typos (undifferentiated). Tho prud ence of n large proportion of Iron 'units In the products formed by tho weathering of tho basalt has Impart ed a deep red coloring In the sub- Tho Myrtle clay Is typically a dark gray or reddish-brown clay, with nn soil. avorngo depth of 10 to 18 Inches, None- of this soil typo la under resting on a subsoil of light-brown cultivation at present, tho only por ta brlght-ycllow clay, usually of rath- t,ons thnt nro clcarod occurring In or close structure. Tho subsoil often tho ,,0(,' "outhcaBt of Coqullle along contains a considerable quantity of tho cn8t "'"I10 of tho vn,lcy nn(I n email angular fragments of rock, Bmnl1 nrca on Dnnlo,B Creck' ThH principally shale, of a yellowish-,moro Icvo1 iB of tho t0' ,whon brown or bluish color. Tho subsoil cleared, should prove to bo well nil nt a depth of 3 to C feet or more, us-,""11 t0 tho Production of grain ually rests on beds of partially dlsln- " "" -'"' ' tcgrated shale or sandstone. The soil Is somowhat variable In toxturo and often contains a small quantity of gravel of rounded or angular form. In certain localities the surface Is strown with largo rounded bowlders, and on steep hillsides the outcropping should remain undoubtedly timbered bo allowed to HOUGH MOUNTAINOUS TVPES (UNDIFFERENTIATED) Some extensive areas occur with in the limits of tho survey, which, because of their rough topography of giant bowlders or what appear to nro not suited to agricultural devel bo dotnehed portions ofthorockysuli-.opmont. Tho general term Hough stratum Is a characteristic feature of! mountainous types (undlfforentlnt tho surface. led) has bean applied to these nreis. Tho Myrtle clay Is almost wholly Thoy are made up of materials form conflnod to tho part of tho Htirvoy ly- Ing tho different upland soil typos. Ing to tho south of tho Coqulllo river. ' Tho Hough mountainous types (un Thoro are two main bodies of th differentiated) occur nn oxtcnslvo ar type. Ono of these occurs south c;f onu I" the eastern and southern parts Myrtlo Point, whllo tho largor area Is of tho survey. Outlying bodies In found In tho uplands bordering tho cludo Illuo Mountnlna and tho ndju Coastal ' Plain. In tho southwestern cent hills, tho Seven Devils, and oth jrnrt of tho survoy. Tho soil Is con- r scnrcoly loss rugged uplands. Ov flncd to tho hills and minor valleys or tho greater part of tho area the through weathering from tho under- olovntlon ranges from COO to over lying rocks of tho Myrtle formation -.000 feet. The topography of this of CrctaceoiiB ago. Tho rocks con- region Is exceedingly rough and bro iilst of ti hard gray sandstono nml a ken. It Is dissected by many narrow smnll proportion of light-colored In- valleys, and the hill slopes nro often terbedded shales and conglomerates. ',P " of Irrogulnr contour. Tho Tho formation has been crushed and 0"ro "n Is covered with a heavy la highly llssurcd. Tho greater part foro,,t growth, somo extensive tract of tho typo Is forested. Ilotweon of original forostH being ottuntoil In Kckloy and Mrytlo Point somo tlllH l,nrt "f the survey. The best open tracts occur which are utilization of tho mountainous areas known locally as "prairies." Thu "PI'0" be for forestry, raising of stock on these open prairies AltAGO ('LAV I.OA.AI by tho Ilrst settlers wnH probably tho 'r,u' Arngo elay loam varies from earliest agricultural Industry in this a lu'nvy "Hty clay lonm to a light frl section of the country, lly far the n'm' omv lonm, sometimes containing greater pnrt of the typo which Is suit- "" npproctablo nmoiint of flno sand. cd to clearing Is Mut adapted to gnu- " nnH "" "vorngo depth of about IS ing, whllo tho rougher portions will '"''lies anil with the oxcoptlon of undoubtedly remain In forest. Along "innll areas Is usunlly free from grn- tho Upper Coqullle Hlvor nnd on the v,,l "'" prevnlllng color Is a light BlxeH Hlver and Floras Creek some '""own. It responds readily to nil amnll areas of tho typo aro In cultl- ,lir"1 treatment and when In a favor vatlon. In sheltered locations oats, nlilo condition as regards moisture Is wheat and barley yield fair cropi. friable and easily cultivated. The Thoy aro, however, usually cut Tor Htirfnco soil Is nnderlnln by n slltv hay. The greater part of the type it Included In private timber estates Cleared areas suitable for pasture oi cultivation are held at from $10 to $40 an acre. AIKEN CLAY The Aiken clay, to a depth of (I to 15 Inches, is a dark-brown or dark brick-red clay of moderately heavy elay loam or clay loam of brown to light-brown color, which frequently rests upon sandstone or shale rock or upon old gravel beds. These bed nn occasionally exposed nt the sur face. This type oreurs In a few Inexten slve bodies. They represent eolluv Inl valley slopes or occur as rem- texture. The upper 2 or 3 Inches of """ of former terraces In the up soil contains appreciably more line I'0"" Coqullle Hlver Valley and lu lit, sand than the underlying material, valley of Coo Hlver or adjacent to This Is due to the removal of tho (In- ?no !'"' The terrace nreas are lo er clay particles from the surface by ""' known as second bottom or rain wash. To a depth of fi Inches Iwnrli lnnd. nnd are prominent fea the sell Is often of a dark color, ow- ,ll',s of tho valley topography Ing to the presence of a largo quantity They nro old and nt least some of of organic matter. The Hiibsoll Is " lve been subinorged In thr typically a clay of bright Indian-red waters of the sen or estuaries and nl nnd brick-red color end extends to a 'ered by mnrlne or ostunrlno dopes- depth of 3 feet or more. At varying "- "lost of which hnve been remav depths the innterlnl rests on loose, "'l by subsequent strenm erosion, disintegrated beds of basalt or sand- The soil material has been subjected stone. The surface of the type Is us- "luce emergence to more or less mod ually Btrewn with small rounded mention through addition of nlluv bowlders or rock fragments of Ignu. '1 materlnl and by colluvlal wash ous character. The torm "adobe" from ndjncent slopes, bns been applied to this soil, owing to ' The areas of Arngo clay loam were tho sticky, tenacious condition which orlglnnlly heavily timbered. The It assumes In wet weather. greater pnrt of the timber has been The Aiken clay occupies only a removed. Largo nreas partlall comparatively small area In the Coos cleared are found In the vicinity of liny region. The Inrgest and most Arago and Myrtle Point. Because typical area Is found about 2 miles of the Immense size of some of the southeast of Coqullle. Smaller bod- trees clearing Is a slow nnd dlftlcult les occur near the head of Kentuck process, and the larger stumps are nnd AVIIInnch Sloughs, nt the mouth left standing for ninny years or are of Daniels Creek, and In ono or two burned off. After the lnnd Is cleared other places. Generally tho smaller It Is usunlly very productive, bodies are variable In toxturo nnd In With the exception of tho small lloces n lighter soil material resem- tracts found nt Arago, Myrtle Point, bllng tho Hlverton clay loam has been nnd nenr Fnlrvlew scarcely nny of this superimposed upon portions of the "oil Is under cultivation. Vhon part- type, but owing to the frequency 'n '' cleared It is usually devoted to pas the changes of texture and the com- ture. It Is, however, one of the most imratlvely small extent of such occur- promising soils of the area surveyed rences It was found Impracticable to for the production of fruit, Its. to- sopnrato them from the remnlnder of pographlo position would nppear to the type on a map of the scale used. lender the areas of tho Arago clay "Hie topograhy ranges from s'eop lonm less subject to Into spring frosts bill slopes to undulating or moderate- tl me the bottom lands. Small Iv slotting terraces nenr the baso of fruits, such as raspberries, loganber- tho hills fronting the larger valleys. rI8 and blackberries, produce crops Vorv little of the type is cleared. of "no qunllty, though the yields ire Tho mnterlnl ferm'ng It has resu't- somewhat less thnn hnve been secur ed from the weathering nnd decom- 1 on the lighter river-bottom soils position of tho basaltic or Igneous The Inrgest returns have been obtnln rocks which are exnosed In a few rdn- ed from the cultivation of small tracts ces In tho region Somo larger arois of strawberries. At Myrtlo Point a of this formation nre Included In tho growor has practlcod Irrigation with ype ninppod as rough mountainous th's crop with very good results, the to cost $8,950,000. Tho fifth plan and estimate was mado In 1890 by Colonel G. II. Mondell, MaJ. Thos. II. Handbury and Cnpt. Thomns AV. Sy mons, Corps of Engineers, which was a duplicate of tho fourth plan and estimate except that tho cost was re duced to $7,820,000. The river and harbor act of August IS, 1894, pro vided for a survey of "Port Orford, with a view to improving tho same more thnn fifty per cent of tho legnl for shipping purposes nnd ns a har voters In proposed port district nnd ! b , rcsfuKO. commencing nt Grave signed the petitions, tnotign tiic law (Continued from pngo 1.) only requires eight per cent to call the election, it Is assured that the question will carry by a largo majo rity when tho vote Is tnken. Tho proposed port district will Include all of northern part of Curry county, Euchre Creck being tho southern boundary of tho district, and the Coos-Curry boundnry line, tho north ern and eastern boundnry. Tho Port Orford Commercial club had been In correspondence with Senators Bourne nnd Chnmberlaln endeavoring to get tho federal government to do somo work on the Port Orford hnrbor, but found Hint no favorable recommen dation could bo secured from tho Dc pnrtment of Engineers unless part of tho money for Improvement was raised locally, so It was decided to take advantngo of Oregon's port lnw qnd meet the requirements of the federal government. Port Orford hnrbor Is not unknown In Washing ton though It has been long neglected because so far from rnllrondB, but with the completion of the- Pnnamn cannl, when It will bo necessary to load largo boats that carry heavy ton nnge for which deep water Is requir ed, Port Orford will como Into her own, nnd tho organization of the port district hero Is tho prollmlnnry stop In getting ready for tho big things which nro to bo when tho Pacific coast feels tho Impetus of 'commerce through tho Pnnnmn cannl. In 1871, Congress authorized a commission of engineers of tho AVar Department to study tho question of constructing it hnrbor of rofugo between the Goltlon Onto and tho Columbia river. Aftor an oxtcnslvo examination of tho cn- tlro const lino, this commission se lected Port Orford ns tho only doslr nblo site available on account of Its deep water, unequnled anchorngo and the protection nfforded by tho high surrounding country, nnd since then tho DofWtincnt hns mndo four ad ditional surveys to determine the cost of tho construction of nn exten sive harbor. The first report lu 1873, by Mnj. II. M. Hubert, Corps of En gineers, mado a project nnd estimate for a hnrbor of refugo hero which contemplated tho construction of a bieakwater 1.S00 yards In length and to cost about $11,000,000. Tho sec ond plan nnd estimate for n hnrbor of refugo at Port Orford was made lu 1S77 by the board of engineers for the Pacific coast, consisting of LIou-tenant-Colonels Aloxnuders, William sou nnd Stewart, and Major Meudell, which contemplated u breakwater 0,7X0 feet In length nnd to cost $10. 500.000. The third survey, plan and estimate for n hnrbor of refuge nt Port Orford was made by .Major J. M. AVIIson, Corps of Engineers, In 1S7S, which contemplated u break water 5,000 feet lu length nnd to com $9,105,000. The fourth plan nnd estlmuto was mndo In 1S80 by a bnnrd of engineers constituted of the following otllcers of the Corps of En gineers, namely: Meutonnnt-Colonols Stownrt. AVIUInmson nnd Mendell nnd Major Gillespie, which contomplnted a bieakwater 3.900 feet In length nnd vines continuing to bear throughout tho summer mid until Into lu tho fall. Red clover and timothy have been grown to a small extent for liny. The quality of these crops Is exceptional!;' lino, nnd ns n rulo two crops can be cut during tho spring nnd early sum mer. Onts, wheat, kalo, and pota toes and other vegetables do well whon given proper cultivation. As tho soli can bo planted early In the Ynrd Point nnd by Jetty, sea wall, or other proper construction extend ing southerly or. southeasterly Into the ocean three hundred or moro feet, If necessary, nnd sultnblo for vessels of middle draft; nnd, second ly, If necessary, by another Jetty, sea wall, or other constructive work ex tending from tho next high point or hendlnnd southwesterly four hundred or moro foot, bo ns to nccommodato vessels of maximum draft." Tho report contained nn cstlmato of $203,366 for constructing n wharf from Grnvo Yard Point; also nn es timate for constructing the wharf from Nolly's Point, "the next high point or headland southwesterly." Pursuant to this report the river nnd hnrbor net of Juno 3rd, 1890, con tained tho following Item: "Improv ing Port Orford harbor, at Grave A'ard Point, 'Oregon, nccordlng to plun recommended by Cnpt. Thomas V. SymoiiB of the Corps of Engineers, as per House Document numbered Three Hundred nnd Thirteen, Fifty Third Congress, Third Session, Jnnu nry thirtieth, eighteen hundred nnd ninety-live, to cost not to exceed two hundred nnd threo thousnnd threo hundred nnd thlrty-slx, and tho unex pended bnlanco of tho appropriation heretofore mndo Mnrch third, clglit con hundred nnd sovonty-nlno, for tho establishment of n harbor of refugo on tho Pacific coast Is hereby trans ferred to bo exponded on this Impro vement, If In tho opinion of tho Sec retary of AVar tho Interests of com merce domain! such expenditure." Tho sumo act also provided for a survoy of Port Orford harbor, Ore gon, with estlmnto of tho Improve ment and Its Importance to shipping nnd commerce. The Item In tho act of .tune 3rd, 1890, making appropri ation for the Improvement of Port Orford harbor by rendering available tho unexpended bnlanco of the ap propriation of Mnrch 3, 1S79, for the establishment of a harbor of refuge on the Pacific coast contains tho pro vision "If In tho oponlon of thu Sec retary of War the Interests of com merce demand such expenditure." As the Secretary of War has not decided that tho Interests of commerce of the locality demand such expenditure, no work of Improvement hns been done. It Is to get this work stnrtcd nnd the money already appropriated for Port Orford harbor spout hero that the citizens nre organizing the Port Or ford district, and with tho organiza tion of the district nssurodntthocoin Ing election, it Is tho Intention totnko the matter up Immediately with thu Department of Engineers nnd tho Oregon delegation In congress as soon us the regular sosslou of Congress as sembles In December. Government soundings In Port Or ford bay show tho dopth of water to be from thirty to sovonty-llvo feet. Within ten feet from shoro nt Tlche- nor's Covo, thoro Is fifty feet of wn- ter. Tho probent. wharf, a very short one nenr Grnvo Yard Point, extends Into thirty feet of wnter nt low tide. Thoro Is nlso a lnrgo lake of fresh water ono anil one-half miles long and n half mile wldo In plnces, with water ranging from twenty to forty feet In depth, only n hnlf-mlle from tho bay ndjolnlng tho town of Port I Orford on tho north. This Is known as Lake Orford. To dig a cnnnl from tho bay to this lako giving nlso n fresh wator harbor here, would be ensy construction work, ns thoro would bo no rock to go through, nnd whon tho cnnnl was completed thoro would bo depth to tho fresh wator. spring. It should be well adapted to tho production of enrly vegetables and Whllo the Wooloyport, Cnl., proposed field crops requiring a long growing,"08" wn'er mo nnreor is zmiiesirom season. As with tho case of the ro- " "-uii, ami mo iuko oniy one-uuni sldunl soils of tho uplands, tho suc-ltl10 Ioptl of tho Port Orford lako cessful growing of most crops depends Those who know Port Orford hnrbor on the thoroughness of tho cultural nn'l old seanion who hnve spent their methods nnd the ntteutlon given to life on the Pacific coast have faith maintaining the productiveness of tho that this place will now soon bo on soil by crop rotntlon nnd tho use of tho map ns ono of tho lending hnr stnblo or green manure. bors on the const. The cultivated areas of the ArnKO I Tho Port Orford school board has let tho contract for the now $5,000 school building to C. II. Penrso, and ho will begin work on It immediately. He has given tho order for lumber to the local snw mill. BETTER THAN SPANKING Ssnklue doo not cure children of 1J. wettlus. There l t cooiUtutloni! rtute for I tbts trouble. Mr. M, Summers, lloi W, I Notre Ptme, Ind., sill send free to tnjr mother I clay lonm are vnlued nt $50 to $70 an acre, according to location and the value of tho Improvements. (To lw con! Inticd next Saturday) now rms offer Om It-ilreil IHUrs Reusrri for nvru?o( t'ntarrli that chiiuoi be cured by Hull's I'atarrh euro K J. CHUNKY S( CO.. Toledo, O. We, tlio uiiilerlKm'il. hveVinwn K J. Oho nev (or the IhkI !&rar. ainUiellevtf him iHr uvuy iionoraiue in an 'himih'ss iramai'tlcn .n.i 'nnM.ii .i.i.. ,......-,.. ...... ..Mi... her succexful home treatment, with fnii I lions made by his Arm j Instructions. Send no money, but write her wv&un$tBU.TfiS$s.a.tut' " n, cbm troub,e " ia ""' Hall' Catarrh Cure U taken Iniernallv art ' "' t wme the child, the chince are liiKdlrertlv upon the Mood a'td mucous sure It can't help It. This treatment also cure lares of the jstm Testimonials' sent free , .jui,. ,mi ,,. ,l ,,i,t, h . ITIoeTJ rents per bottle fold by all druciiiit. ""i" " rP troubled with urine Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation I difficulties by dy or nljbt. Electric Pumps Uncovered The Battleship Maine TJaisiiig the Maine in Havana Harbor is one of the great engineering feats of the de cade. A vastly important part of the undertaking was pumping millions of gallons of sen wator out of the cofferdam enclosure. ' Every gallon of water was pumped out by giant electrically operated pumps, stationed on huge barges. Switching the power off and on was the only physical labor involved. For pumping of any kind, anywhere, the electric motor excels in reliability, econo my and low cost of investment. Telephone 178 Oregon Power Co. STATHMHNT OF CONDITION Flanagan Bennett Bank MAItSIIKIKM), OltKGOX At llio cIoio of business September 1st, 1011, Itesourccs. Loans nnd Discounts $397,303.93 Dnnklng Houso GO, 000.00 Cash and Exchanges 141.C4C.53 Total fjt58H.OI0.10 Liabilities Capital Stock paid in $50,000.00 Surplus nnd Undivided Profits C4, 165.72 Deposits 484,774.74 Total $.1H8,0 10. 10 CONDK.VSKI) STATK.MKM' FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS HAY At tho CIoso of Ilusluess, .September 1, 1011. llcMiurccs. Loans nnd Discounts $209,719.62 llonds nnd wnrrants 8S.852.46 V. S. llonds to securo circulation u . 25,000.00 Itenl estate furniture nnd fixtures .". Sl.472.94 CuhIi nml sight exchange ,100,031.00 Total resources $505,070.02 Liabilities. Capital stock $100,000.09 Surplus and undivided profits C.886.26 Circulation 25,000.00 deposits 433,100.00 Total liabilities 9505,070.03 OFFICIOS .VXD JilllKCTOIlSt W. S. Chandlor, president; M. C. Horton, vice-president; Dorsoy Krolticr, Cashier; John F. Hnll, John S. Coko, 8. C. Rogors, W. U. Douglas, P. S. Dow, Win. Grimes, W. P. Murphy. Abstracts, Real Estate,, Fire and Marine Insurance Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. HENRY SENGSTACKEN, Mgr. Coqulllo Oflke Phono 191 Marshfleld Office 14-J. Farms Timber Coal and Platting Lands a ipeclaltjr. Gon9ral Agents "BASTSIDB" Parties Desiring Monu ments to be Erected Would Oo well to call at the Pacific Monumental WorKs, South Broadway and make selection from tho large stock now on hand. Mr. Wilson has in his employ the only practical marble and gr- nito cutter In Coos county. And none but tho host worK la turneo jCrsH uhB mmMA - Beaver Hill Coal MOUNT DIAIILO ND JOSSON CEMENT. The beat Domenlc and Imported brands. Pinter, Llm, Brick and all kinds of builders material HUGH McLAIN GENERAL CONTRACTOR UFTlUK, BOPTH BROADWAY. PHONE 0