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THE OREGON TATESMAN SALEiOREGON .
SUNDAY '.MORNING'. AUGUST 1G.. 1C2
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COUNTY SOIL' SURVEY IS
MAKING RAPID PROGRESS
WORK IS UNDER DIRECTION
OF expert! from oac
Surrey llgan June 15 and Soils
Are ClasKiflcil lull Different
i roups i
Through the ettorts made by
the .Chamber of j Commerce, the
Oregon Agricultural college ia
making a' soil survey oi Marion
county and by the close of the
season," the ' greater part of the
county' will hare jbeen surveyed.
The work is under the direction
. of W. L. Powers,' chief in soils of
the O.A.C. and la being done by
E. F. Torgerson and Theodore
Glassey,. both associated with the
agricultural college.
Work of surveying soils began
June 15 In what is known as the
Salem quadrangle, extending east
from the river from Ankenny Bot
toms north to the Kaiser school
house arid aa far east as a line
drawn north and south about twp
miles east of Salem. 1 j
In making soil surveys an auger
that will bore into the soil four
feet is used. According to Mr.
Torgerson, it is necessary to go
four feet into the ground to learn
soil, conditions relative to crops.
Soils are first j classified into
three groups: Hill soils or what
Is known as residual; old valley
filling soils and j then what is
known as recent soils or river
bottom land. j j
The Ankeny bottom land, where
Mr. .Torgerson and Mr Glassey
have completed their soil survey,
is mainly old valley filling, except
of course, that near the river. The
great problem for the Ankeny Pot
torn land as well as most prairie
land, is that of drainage. Mr. Tor
gerson slid. River bottom land
is generally well drained.
When the soil survey of the
county is completed, the Oregon
Agricultural college will issue a
map, and by its different shad
ings and colorlnjsn, indicate ex
actly tli kind of soil to be found
; on every section in the'eonnty. A
definite rame will be given to soil
on each .section of land and from
. the records at the O.A.C. a com-
plete analysis; of any soil may bo
given.- .hi " -' . -
As at presehtithere is no' Marion
county soil siirvey at: the ; Oregon
Agricultural college. U 4a difficult
to give correct information of soil
when samples are submitted; Mr.
Torgerson sakl.' . L
Tor Instaucei If soil samples
from six or eith inch depths are
submitted, tljis; would Inol show
whether two Jfeet deeper the soil
was the same aa. sample,, or
whether It was .resting on a sandy
or gravel bed. , ' ' . . ' ! '
When the; soil .survey is com
pletedthe O A.C. will "have , the
complete record to the r depth of
48 inches and j from' thb record,
will ,be able! to give correct in
formation as: to whst the soil is
adapted to and what should be
done to continue or increase its
value.
Explosives Blast Way For Great Dam
And 4 Mile rower lunneiAi nr. raver
HOMESEEKERS' REGISTER
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GARAGE SAID PROBLEM
ANOTHER KOIA'TIOV TO CON
GESTION SUGGESTED
One of this 1 greatest problems
encountered In crowded garages is
the method of placing and taking
out a car. i is said that this
problem has peen solved by J. B.
Mitchell, of -Knights-Brid'ge. v He
has designed k garage to pe erect
ed on the west side of London,
and he explaijiaj his system as fol
lows: "The pe building will be
four stories! high, -each of the
floors will' bje ! divided by- three
rings into three, concentrlnc circ
les: on the lniner and outer circles
will b the stalls for cars. and the
central ring wijl be a track which
will revolve. .
"When a cki? Is driven Into the
garase it will I be put oh one of
the revolving sections, taken to
the upper floors by elevajtor, the
revolving sections will turn until
the car oomef tj a vacant petation
ary stall, into which the i car will
then be driyen. The ' revolving
floors, which j will- ruri on ball
bearings, can, be turned, j around
completely by two men in 30 sec
onds. To get! a car out of the
garage the pfocess Is reversed."
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Recent land owners in Great
Britain have! planted- about 18,
000.000 treegt fin recent (years in
addition to millions set out by the
government. I I .
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X T THEN the entire water power
f development of the Pit
f River In northeast Cali
fornia Is finished, about 10 years
from now, the cost will have
reached one hundred million dol
lars, and the chain of seven pomer
plants composing the system will
have a 00.000 horsepower cap
acity supplying electricity to a ter
ritory greater than the area of
England and Wales.
Pit No. 3 development, now in
progress. Is on a tremendous scale
Including the building of a reen-
forced concrete dam. 100 feet high.
across the river, the driving of a
tunnel 4 miles long. 23 feet by 22
feet in diameter, and the building
of a power house of 90.000 horse
power capacity.
The big dam Is of reenforced
concrete, two syphon spillways
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Have Built"
.Receipts
Won't Build Your Home
it !
Look at themyour rent receipts, i
They represent a lot of money. If; that money .
had been invested in a home of your own, at
would have started you well on the road to
: prosperity. j r v I
Now it means just so much waste paper! !
; Are you going to keep on piling 'it up that
Waste' paper? f '";-" .--
Or will you be wise and realize something for
1 your money . - - -
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West Salem
Phone 576
Yards in West Salem, Albany, Lentz, Hubbard,
' . Yamhill, Ilillsboro, Eugene
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The first ten days of August
have reglsterid liftera homeeek-
ers, who have called at iho land
settlement department of the
Portland chamber of commerce
for information on Orepon.
Nine new pet tiers have been
reported so far for August. Five
were reported by the Oregon City
cahmber of commerce as having
located in CUckamas county. They
are W. T. McDonald from Staf
ford. Kar.s.: D. Hauff.. Lodi, Cal.;
J. J. Walsh, Winnemucca. Nev.;
J. II. Trail, Oakland. CaL. ard
Carl Ulsky recently from Nashua,
Mont.
It was also reported that Geo.
W. Hines, of Los Angeles, had
bought 3S acres In Jackson county
and E. M. Carl. Onaga. Kan., had
bought 17 acres In . Josephine
county.
Among those who are Interested
in locating in Oregon and who
are at the present time looking
over the country, is G. E. Joseph
son, of New Windsor. 111. Mr.
Josephson It an experienced horti
culturist and is interested in the
walnut industry in Oregon. He
U now looking over Yamhill coun
ty with a view to locating. K. A.
Ramsey, of Maricopa, Cal., who Is
visiting his cousin. Frank Ramsey
at Forest Grove, is favorably Im
pressed with what he has seen of
Oregon, and is thinking of locat
ing hre. . M. K. Culbertson.
Yakima.! Wash.. Is here looking
for a sheep ranch.
Arthur Foster, who recently
succeeded W. G. Ide. as manager
of the land settlement department,
is, looking for an increase of out-
of-t he-state arrivals during the
latter part of August. During the
1924 season, according to Mr.
Frer. the rush at the Portland
Municipal Auto camp was after
August 13.
PERFECT NEW CEMENT
due to the large contents of al-umnia.
The cement is ground in rotary
grindtrs and pulverized to an ex
treme degree of fineness. The
manufacture ls considered costly
bcn r.:nnared with that of other
cements for cvery-day use. ThU
cmcnt at known before the
World War and it became popular
durin gih. period of the war. A
lescrve of vcr..l :,ta.ij tons
was always at the f.i.poKjl of iho
French atniy. ,n- lis' i: was
possible to eitt concrete laounts
tor large guns, which could b
used three days alter completion.
Its use in the construction of
streets and roadways is of extreme
value, as traffic may be directed
over such a road 24 hours after
work has ben completed. If the
process of its manufacture can be
cheapened ta uh an extent that
it a ill compare favorably with the
prices of ordinary cement it a HI
be used universally.
FRANCE IS KKPORTIXO MANY
. NEW DEVELOFJIENTS
France is rapidly perfecting the
new cement known as Ciment
Fondu. Its chief asset Is the as
tonishing rapidity with which it
sets up and Is hardened. This Is
The architects are said to be at
odds over a proposed remodeling
of the White House. The public
is chiefly interested to mt if it is
fixed fo that no one ran pet In by
the back door.
A Colonial House, Economical
to Build
Dynamiting liver bank
providing regulation and the gates
having a capacity of at least SO.
000 feet of water a second to take
care of flood conditions. About
ten tons of 40 low freezing gel
atin dynamite were used ta exca
vating for the dam.
From the' intake structure, the
water will be conducted to a con
crete lined tunnel 19 feet In dia
meter and about 4 miles long. The
formation through which the tun
nel was blasted was of an irregu
lar nature, the character of the
rock changing with almost every
round of explosive. But astound
ing progress was made. During
last August, for instance, one of
th headings was advanced 600
to make grade for railroad
feet, the crew accomplishing 15
feet a day for the last three days.
This is probably the first time
that 600 feet of a 23 by 23 foot
tunnel has been driven and Um
bered In a month.
The 600 foot advance took 7,!5
pounds of 40 gelatin and 9.60
cubic yards of material was re
moved. Three S hour shifts of 22
men each did the work including
the timbering. It la estimated by
the engineers that the consumption
of explosives was comparatively
small, being only about 12
pounds of 40 gelaUiN 1 by 8
inches, per foot of
vanced.
Most
per foot of tunnel ad
of the firing was done
100 ft. hlh concrete dam on Pit
No. S development
with fuse and caps although some
electric exploders were used.
Mechanical shovels equipped with
buckets holding half a cubic yard
of rock were used. They are or
the revolving type and have east
iron counter weights so that, when
the blasts are fired they can b
turned around, their armor of
counterweights acting as a shield
This method the engineers estimate)
saved much time, as it was noQ
neecssary to move the shovels back
on their caterpHler treads more)
than 10 or IS feet when the blarx1
went off. !
A railroad along the river was"
necessary to the furthering of the
work and, as is customary, the side,
hill was dynamited to .make the
grade.
A typical blast consisted of 175'
kegs of black powder. 1350 pounds
of 25 dynamite and S00 pounda
of 40 dynamite.
EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE
Vancouver declared exports
from. Vancouver consular district
for the first six months of the cur
rent year to the United States
amounted to 321,335.237, com
pared with 324,039,925 during the
corresponding period in ' 924 a
decrease of $2,700,000. "
The folowlng groups of prod
ucts account for a decline of $3.-
500.000 in exports; grains, vege
tables and fruit, $11,500; chemi
cals, $13,500; non-metallic miner
alsj $163,000; textiles, $17,000;
wood and wood products, $3,290,
OOO. The following groups ac
count for an increase of approxi
mately $800,000 in exports; ani
mal and fish products, $250,000;
metallic minerals, $425,000; mis
celaneous items, $100,000.
Bearing In mind the. fact that
the lumbering industry, the lead
ing industry in the Province, ex-
nerienced exceptional depression
during the entire period,' it is .not
difficult to account for the enor
mous decrease in the value of
woid products shipped to the Unit
ed States. While not one item un
der the "wood products" group
shows an Increase in. value for the.
half-year, a number of the prin
cipal items show increases in the
quantities exported. Lumber ex
ports show an increase of over 15
million board feet, but a decrease
of $887,000; the number of poles
iexported increased by 32,000. al
though the value decreased $131,
000; shingles show an Increase of
31,000 thousand but a decrease in
value'of $720,000. and exports of
siding increased 4.500.000 feet but
decreased in value $201,000. Logs
show a decrease ! of $800,000 in
value as well as a decrease of 17
million feet in the quantity ex
ported and wood pulp exports de
clined 9.500 tons in quantity and
$273,000 in value,
Metallic minerals, which com
prise roughly one-third of the val
ue of the exports for the first. six
months of 1923, show the largest
increase in value of any group of
exports. Most of the increase is
accounted for in .exports. of gold.
the exportation of which is re
namely shipments of gold bullion.
stricted by the Dominican govern
ment. No gold bullion was ex
ported from this district during
the first six months of 1924. .
government the very thing so
many of us have been dreading in
this country.
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The trouble In China is said to
be for lack of a strong, centralized
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A. B. KELSEY, Manager
i Telephone 813
349 South Twelfth Street , Near Thos. Kay Woolen Mill
First Floor
Houm No. 112
HE builders who developed the
various styles of Colonial architec
ture laid as much stress on economi
cal building as cn pleasing design.
That is one of the reasons whv the
types of Colonial architecture continue to be
popular generation after generation, j
A Colonial house is always simple in its de
sign. But that does not mean that it is devoid
of charm. It is after all the lines of a house and
its proportions that determine its architectural
merit. Its details, such as doors, windows and
cornices, of course, can add much to its attrac
tiveness; but only as details and not as the
center of interest. That is why gingerbread
porch ornaments and stained glass transoms
over doors and windows are no longer the vogue.
The jigsaws have been laid away, and the longer
they stay in storage the better for American
domestic architecture. . ! j
The face brick house illustrated at once makes
an appeal as a substantial, dignified home; and
its first impression will prove a lasting one. The
wall surfaces will prove particularly attractive
in buff or red face brick in a variety of tones laid
in Flemish or English Bond with a fairly wide
mortar joint. : j j
This house is especially suited to a lot with its
frontage on the West, thereby giving a southern
Second Floor.
PnirwJ tmt' t J- OUcr
exposure to the lonjj side of the living room and
an Eastern exposure to the dining room. The
porch has been placed on the garden side, thus
giving it as much privacy as a room in the house
and also giving it the advantage of overlooking
the garden. . .
The kitchen has been placed on the front of
the house, with an entrance on the side. Notice
how conveniently it is located to the front en
trance as well as to the dining room; and also
how conveniently the porch is connected with
both living and dining rooms. The first floor is
compact in its arrangement, not by crowding
the rooms together, but by utilizing all of the
floor space to the best advantage.
The second floor has been especially well
planned for a house of this size. The principal
bedroom is exceptionally attractive with its
fireplace and windows on three sides. A sleep
ing porch could very easily be added by carry
ing the porch up two stories.
" The other two bedrooms are also splendid
rooms, one with windows cn three sides and the
other with windows on two sides. All of the
bedrooms are provided with axple closets.
Altogether this is a comfortable and con
venient six-mom house. The rooms are un
usually large for a house approximately 33 feet
square.
HOUSES BUILT OF PERMANENT MATERIALS COST BUT
LITTLE MORE THAN THOSE CONSTRUCTED OF, .
MORE TEMPORARY MATERIALS j i
But the Upkeep Expense of Such Houses Is Small
See us for common brick,1 face brick,' building tile, partition tile, silo tile, drain tile,
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