Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-03
PROF. HALLS GOOD WORK.

PROF. HALLS GOOD WORK.
me United States Geological Survey
Sends Another Surveying Party tn
North Dakota.
Prof. G. M. Hall, director of the Ag-
ricultural College Cooperative Survey
of North Dakota, is highly gratified
with his success in securing the Coop
GRAFTON Of the United States Geological
survey of the state this year, in addi-
ton to the other lines of work in
which the survey is assisting. A party
of trained engineers from Washington,
ID. c., will soon take the field to survey
about 800 square miles in the south
eastern part of the state between Wild
Rice and the South Dakota line, lying
mostly in Richland county. The map
to be prepared will be known as the
Wahpeton Topographic sheet.
These maps are of great value in
many ways, besides being used as a
base for the agricultural and geologi-
cal surveys which follow. These to-
geographic maps are published on
scale of about two miles to the inch,
and show all section, town and county
INES graded roads, lakes, rivers, rail-
:oads, towns and farm buildings. Be
sides these, and that which is the dis
tinctive feature of the maps, there is
shown, by means of small brown lines,
the elevation Of the surface above the
sea level for every twenty feet of ver-
teal interval, thus showing the topog-
caphy of the land, locating all hills
and depressions, or any inequalities of
the surface by lines of equal altitude.
These maps are of great Importance
IN all matters of subsequent land sur
veying. road grading and especially In
irrigation or drainage. They are also
very instructive in school work, and
are being extensively used in the study
Of geography and photography.
These sheets are published, of uniform
size, at the government printing office.
Ten Of these sheets, covering areas In
North Dakota, are now ready for dis
:ribution. They are known as the
Fargo, Casselton. Tower, Eckleson.
Jamestown. Pingree. I.aMoure, Edge
.cy, Glendale and Columbia quadrant
giles, and cover the state from Fargo
20 Jamestown, and along the James
River Valley from Darlington into
south Dakota.
These sheets are sold at cost, and can
Sc had for cents each by applying to
Director Agricultural College Survey,
Fargo, N. D.
In addition to the topographic sur
vey there will be a party engaged in a
toll survey, which consists of careful
examination and mapping of the diff
:erent kinds of soils and a study of
crops and methods best adapted to
each.
Charles A. Jensen, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, will
nave charge of this work, and from the
great variety of soils, water supplies
and conditions relative to alkalies,
some good results are expected. These
maps and reports will be published for
free distribution. The area between
Grand Forks and Larimore has been
selected for this division of work,
which will begin July 1.
The mapping of the artesian basins
and surface geology of the state is be-
ng continued this year in Barnes anu
Ransom counties, west to the Sheyenne
valley.
Cage stations are maintained in Dew
lis Lake and along the Red river, and
discharge measurements will continue
to be made, with the view of deter
mining the capacity of the streams
and the possibility of using the waters,
which are at times so destructive, for
power or irrigation.
Prof. Hall finds the Importance Of the
survey has grown beyond his most
ardent claims, and letters of inquiry
are constantly received from over this
and neighboring states relative to
maps and conditions of various parts
Of the state.
Prof. D. E. Willard of Maysville is
engaged in mapping the surface geol-
ogy and artesian basins, and ]. A. Nc
Glynn of White Earth is employed in
| the soil survey.
This work is the direct result Of the
little $500 appropriation by the state
LOST winter, and Prof Halls personal
influence at Washington. The nation
al government is expanding about &c.
900 in the state this summer.