Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-06
SCIENTISTS OF 5.
STATE TO MEET
HERE Re NEXT YEAR
Dr.. Norma Prefer Of the
University is Elected
President.

Academy Of Science today in tho
closing session Of the annual meeting.
DR.. Norma Pheiffer, university. was
chosen president; o. A. Stevens, A..
C., vice president; DR.. G. A. Abbott,
university, reelected secretary-treas-
urer, and Sydney Hull, Fargo college,
nnd DR.. e.. 8. Reynolds, members Of
the executive committee.
Speakers at the closing sessions
p. =. Chandler of the University Of
North Dakota and Sidney M. Hull Of
Fargo college.
Discusses Soil Varieties. @
There are some soils in the state so
poor that they can only be used for
grazing or for growing forests, H. L.
Walster of the state agricultural col
lege said in his address. And the
soone these are definitely mapped
u and their limitations learned, the
better it will be he Indicated.
Mr.. Walster spoke Of the. soils of
McHenry county. He said that there
are three families of soils there which
should be used only for grazing and
f~orestration. They are thesSioux soils,
the Valentine sand and fine sand soils
and the Dune sands. The Dune sands
are =" v much subject to drifting and
the ntine soils also drift in a les
SCI J. All three families are es-
pei drouthy" Inc unfit for Gull
tivat hen they are underlaid by
Auo.hether there are 81 types of
soil in McHenry county the speaker
said.
The famous fertile /. soils Of the
Mouse river loop flood plain are La
o soils and are the greatest soil
assets of McHenry county, the speak,
er said. They are never droughty, he
added, and occasional tioodings main
tain their fertility.
a soil survey of McHenry county
was completed recently by state and
federal authorities working in CO.
operation. the work having begun in
1919. A number of counties have al
ready been surveyed.
A survey of Cass county will be be-
u about May l., according to Mr..
Walster.
Chandler Discusses DRAINAGE.
Practically a fifth of North Dakota
is without definite drainage into any
river, Elwyn F. Chandler, professor of
civil engineering at the University of
North Dakota, told members of the
State, Academy. This amount OF ter
ritory, which totals a little less than
$4,000 square miles. drains into lakes.
ponds and alkali pools and evapor-
ates. In some places the land is Sc
level that only the most accurate sur
veying would indicate which way the
waters would run and which drain
age system of the state would finally
receive any surplus should the rain
fall in North Dakota reach a stage
where the lakes and pools would be
filled to capacity and seek an outlet
North Dakota, according to Prof
Chandler divides its drainage waters
almost equally between the Gulf OF
Mexico and Hudson Bay.
Prof. Chandler presented figures tc
show that the total drainage of tbs
Red river. from its source to h bay
Mississippi river drained 1.244.0O(
square miles of which the Missouri
contributed SIS, 900 square miles AND
compared these with the Ohio with g
drainage territory of, 214,000 square
miles the st. Lawrence with $4,000
square miles and the Volga river in
Russia which drains $4,000 square
miles. @
America should protect the indus.
tries along scientific lines which
sprung up during the war period. said
and physics at Fargo college. He
pleaded for a modified tariff on dye
stuffs, scientific apparatus, glassware
and better grade chemicals. These in.
dustries had come to life during the
war period because they were needed
he said: they were still in need OF
some protection and it would be
neither fair nor wise to force enter.
prises. on which millions of dollars
had been spent. out Of business or tc
put the country back where it was
before the war as regards facilities
for manufacturing these things.
Il am not advocating a tariff which
will allow building up of unfair
prices. he said, but one which will
give an opportunity for competition
to spring up in this country between
the companies will allow the Ameri.
can companies to pay a decent wage
and permit them to build up a fund
of technical knowledge by research
Speakers at Fridays sessions were
Sigmund Lefson of the State -Agricul.
tural college who spoke on radio;
| Dean H. L. Bolley OF the same insti.
tuition who discussed barberry as the
source OF. black rust; A. F. Yeager OF
the same school who took up prob.
lens Of polarization of plants; Dear
E. s. keene who discussed what he
termed the absurdities of artificia
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