THE v OMATIA 'DAILY -BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1006.
What the Great Pathfinder Project Means as a Permanent Institution
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' INTERSTATE CANAL AS IT ENTERS RAWHIDE VAX. LET.
WATER COMING" IN INTERSTATE CAN Ala .
ROCK CUTS AND HEAVT FILLS ON INTERSTATE CANAL.
BERING, Neb.. May 17. (SpeclaJ
I Correspondence of The Bee.)
, 1 The growth and prestige of thv
1J North riatte vallet already ao
i J quired liaa been the result of
approximately 150,000 acres of land sub
ject to Irrigation. -When It ! considered
that thla area la to be much more than
trebled by the government's operations
In connection with the Pathfinder reser
voir proposition, the Immense importance
of the opening of the Interstate canal
at Whalen Saturday, May 5, bra-Ins :o
be realized. And It Is little wonder that
the Inhabitants of the valley Journeyed
some twenty miles,, some sixty, and sonio
100 miles to bo present at the time water
was turned In.
The Pathfinder project as a whole Is
worth some explanation to make It clear?!1
to the readers of The Bee. South and
west of Casper In the mountains along
the upper North Platte la a natural reser
voir site where a huso dam of solid
masonry la being built, across the narrow
valley of the stream, where the length
tVf the dam Is not only least expcnslio
kit where it will form a mammoth laka
fcany miles In extent, and capable of re
taining the water which would otherwise
low unused to the Mississippi, until th
Seasons when It is needed for irrigation
purposes. The retaining dam will be over
200 feet in height, and the lake forme
In the reservoir site will be about thirty
miles In one direction. The water which
Is conserved therein will be released as
necessary, to flow down the natural chan
nl of the river to the various points of
diversion. The Pathfinder reclamation
system comprehends the construction of
three great distributing systems, all of
thesa to take water from the river, about of the land haa been settled on by Colo- that city may awake to its natural yclalm up steadily through all kinds of weather,
160 miles below the reservoir, at points rado Irrigation farmers. T. C. Henry and upon thla section and regain Its rightful little time being lost during the most In
to Aastern Wyoming. President Ellis of the Colorado Agricultural prestige. clement periods of the winter season. The
$ r- college have done considerable work In the . work on the Pathfinder project from Us
!' First to Come. valley on various canal enterprises, and Ulnntrntlon of Government 'Method. inception' has been in the efficient charge
The Interstate canal will be supplied oil then thine-. hiv mn. nr ..ml. The construction of the first section ftf nr r.iu. inhn v. inM hn. fnilir
from a diversion dam, located a few miles ment and brought In Colorado business men. the Interstate canal has-been a rcvela- demonstrated his capability and fitness to
above historic old Fort Laramie. The On the other hand, Omaha has been slow tion In Its exposition of the rapidity of direct such a large enterprise. He may
Hrst section of the Interstate canal, which to realize jthe' situation In the western part government work. The Initial surveys for. well feel, and no doubt does, that his great
was opened last Saturday. Is over fifty of the state and Its business Interests have the project as a whole were ' commenced achievement In his profession Is this
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PREPARING TO OPEN CANAL BY SCOOPING OUT BARRIER TEMPORARY DIVERSION , M AT
RIGHT.
VIEW OP CONCRETE FLUME IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION NEAR HEAD OF INTERSTATE
CANAL.
will be more convenient to the territory
where most of the work Is to be done,
Kew Work I'ndrr War.
The contractors, who have completed
their work on the. first fifty-five miles, are
now moving down to new work, and tn
sections of the cnnal which covrr Nebraska
lands to a point north and east of Scott's
Bluff are getting under way with every
promise of as expeditious work as has been
done In the last year. Following the con
tracts now let will come those for the
last section, and the Interstate will be
disposed of. Without loss of tlmn the
preparations for the Goshen Hole and Lat-f
rule cannls will have been made, ami Jtr'
ur.n them will like
..ie operations of
been no loss Of life.
accidents, nnd little or no sickness, cer
tainly none which could be attributed to
camp conditions or bad management of the
work. A. B. WOOD.
Prattle of the Youngsters
"Mamma," said little Ethel, who was look
ing at the pictures In a Sunday school book,
"how do angels get their night gowns
over their wings?"
Kitty had been reproved and was sulking.
"If I'd knowed you" when I was born aa
well as I do now," she said, "I'd never 'a
picked you out for a mamma!"
"Now, Tommy," snld the teacher, ad
dressing a small pupil, "can you tell me
where the declaration of Independence was
signed!"
"Yes, ma'am," answered Tommy. "It was
signed at the bottom."
" "", lurnisn waier suffered some Inroads aa a result of lta about tw years ago, and -now not only project, for the proposition as a whole is
im mnltiretV! . yCai" m Z"tl Pathetlc attitude. have fifty odd miles of the Interstato ditch;- Just fairly begun. While It will require
mrA t.t IT ,,, T r?,aK . Howver. lnce it now seems assured that been . completed and . opened, but It. alsorrbnly. a few years to cdmplete the system
rt.i ?i - ?CrL",'.h. Union' Pacific will build on Its survey represents the carrying, capaulw for that so as o , reclaim the land subject to the
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or so. Aa the Interstate canal Is built
to greater length It reaches out to
wider area, farther back from the river,
o that It will be seen that the heavy
work encountered In the first fifty miles
now done has a much greater service to '
perform than la Indicated by the 25,000
acres for which, water la now actually
available.
-The second of the canals will divert Its
upply a few mrles above the Interstate,
and is known as the Goshem 'Hole canal.
It will water about the same acreage, 160,
000 acres, en the south side of the river.
The third Is to be known as the Fort
Laramie canal, and will head at the same
diversion dam from which the Interstate
Will be supplied. The lauds to be cov
ered by this one are also on the south
aide of the river, and largely Including
the higher territory lying back of the
existing Mitchell and Gerlng canals.
Thua it will be seen that Uncle fiam's
from North Platte through Northport and distance of the . whole canal. . The firht- Dlan. thi ' government' will . retain control
Gerlng to the Medicine Bow Junction, glv- work of actual construction was done less tintil ;thS . whole at Jthe cost of the project
Ing a direcY outlei t5 and inlet from Onmha, than one year ago, arid haa been followed ia , repaid BKt)e lao owners. The price
Pioneer Church to Dedicate New Home
Omaha
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T WAS In 185S thaf th.j organlra-
tlon known today as Kountze
Memorial Lutheran church of
Omaha was founded by Rev.
Henry W. Kuhns, under the
auspices of the Allegheny synod of Penn
sylvania and with the name of Emanuel's
English Evangelical Lutheran church.
, Rev. Kuhns had come to Omaha that
year as a missionary from the Allegheny
synod and, finding some Lutherans In
town, oraanized nine of them Into a con-
operations In the North Platte valley will gregation. Omaha, then a thriving village
add within the next few years fully 360.000 of several hundred people, already had
acref of land to the arable territory, and three other churches, and thes. with the
of aoU which Is equal In every respect. If assembly room of the terrlf 1 capltol,
not superior, to the fumous Irrigated area eerved as meeting places for the congrega-
of Colorado. The new area, together with tlons of the several denominations that
that now supplied with water, will make had effected organizations in the commun-
uj, . npiro in useir. more than 5,uu ny. ,0 j was not until 1861 that the Luth-
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which Is being paid for water, rights by enough to last through the ages. Laterals,
land owners is $35 per acre, payable In ten main and subsidiary, will be planned and
annual installments. The first payment built with entire reference to permanent
becomes payable the year succeeding the location and perfect service. All headgates
first application of water to the land, and dams will be composed of concrete
Therefore, the land to which water Is de- and structural Iron, and the same will be
livered this season will begin Its payments true of the flumes and siphons. Thus It
next year, and so on, which will make will be realized that Mr. Field has a nor-
the government's supervision last upon the mal lifetime of work before him. The
project as a whole not leas than fifteen headquarters of the Pathfinder project are
years, and perhaps longer. During this located at Mitchell, where the engineering
period It will be the duty of Engineer Field forces maintain suitable offices. For the
to perfect the system In all Its phaaes, so first year the chief engineer's headquarters
that the government will turn over to the were at Wyncote, Wyo., but with the
water users' association a complete and practical completion cf the upper section ance' with an anectodte about a little girl I
permanent Irrigating system. AH weak of the Interstate canal the headquarters used to know.
places will be located and made strong are to be concentrated at Mitchell, which "'This little girl, whose father was a
clergyman, lay abed one day with a bad
' cold and In the afternoon, being bored, she
decided that she wanted to see her father
to get him to tell her a fairy story, or
something of that sort.
'But her father was busy.
" 'He Is writing his Sunday morning ser
mon,' said the mother, 'anfl must not be
disturbed.'
" 'But I want to see him badly,' the little
"Tommy, did you like the entertain
ment?" "It was pretty good but there was one,
girl they ottled a raider that done 'Sk
mighty rough talKlng,"
"What was It?"
"She said, 'Curse you, you shan't
tonight!' Bald It right out loud, too."
Bishop Olmstead of Colorado, In aa ao -dress
on perseverance, said:
"Let me underscore this word persever-
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aim more man ine equivalent In area
of such Nebraska counties as Hall, Merrick.
Seward or York. More than double the
area of Douglas county. More than one
fifth as much as the asgregate irrigated
area of the entire state of Colorado, which
Is famous throughout the world for Its
fertility, and which the North Platto vailcy
Will equal in every respect.
Possible Results of Project.
To this brief statement of what the gov
ernment Is accomplishing can be added
one salient fact, that the North Platte
area la literally compact, and by reason
of the diversified possibilities In an agri
cultural way will be Intensely cultlvuted.
The old plan of corn nnd grain rotation
has long since been discarded, and the
Staple crops are alfalfa, then sugar beels,
then I potatoes. In their due succession.
These are all crops requiring greater at
tention, yet yielding greater returns, nr,d
the result, as already evidenced. Is the
erans were able to erect a church of their
own. During the first year the Methodist
church on Thirteenth street had been used,
and later services were held In the Con
gregational church on Sixteenth street,
but In the meantime two lots had been
purchased on the north side of Douglas
street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets. Just east of and Immediately ad
Joining the site where the Millard hotel
now stands, and It was here that the first
church and parsonage were built. The
laying of its cornerstone Was celebrated
August 5, 1W1. Rev. Kuhns, the pastor,
officiating. The services took place at noon
In the presence of a large assembly, Rev.
Kuhns taking the text for his sermon
from God's words to MoaeS: "Speak unto
the children of Israel that they go for
wa rd."
Omnha'a First t'horrli Hell.
The church wns cf brick and In lis belfry
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the laying of the cornerstone the congrega
tion was bereft of Its pastor and able
leader, Dr. Steljlng, and the following lrl persisted
spring Rev. J. 8. Detweller came to Omaha
to assume charge of the work, preaching
his Introductory sermon April 27, 1S84, In
the lecture room of the new church. Eas
ter Sunday, April 6, the congregation en
tered and occupied the newly-completed
audience room for the first time. The
church was not dedicated at that time,
however, nor has It ever been because it
has never been out of debt.
In the fall of 1886 thirteen members, un
able to attend services because of the dis
tance of the church from their homes,
signed applications for dismissal from the
church. Certificates of dismissal were
granted them and they subsequently organ
ized St. Mark's Lutheran church, of which
Dr. L. Groh is the present pastor.
Dr. Turtle's Coming.
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' 'No. dear,' her mother repeated.
Is busy. We can't interrupt him.'
" "The little girl, persevering, frowned.
She glared at her mother and sitting up In
bed. she said:
," 'I am a sick woman and I want to
my minister.' " She saw him.
It was the roll of distant thunder
caused little Margie to observe, "They must
be cleaning house In heaven today,
mamma."
"Why do you think so, dearT" asked her
mother.
"I hear the angels movln' the furniture
around," explained Margie.
Mount Vernon at Sundown
It Is the misfortune of the ordinary pil
grim to Mount Vernon that he must see
the place only In the gurish glare of day.
Mav 1. 1890. Dr. Detweller closed his tas-
torate and was succeeded by Rev. Alonzo The garden Is full of sentiment, but senti-
J. Turkle, D. D., who began his work ment snd brilliant sunshine are sworn foes.
August 81. Under his able leadership the It Is only in the cool, silvery envelop of
church made most rapid strides forward evealng that we can repeople the spot and
and his resignation nine years later waa make It live again the life of that elgh
occepted with genuine regret. After an teenth century In which it was planned and
Interval of seven months Rev. D. F. Trefs developed. We can then stand back of the
of St. Joseph accepted the call of the glass inclosures and fancy once more In
congregation and began his work in the place the long, straight rows of blooming
spring of 1901. For three years he served plants from which Lady Washington re
the church, resigning then to accept a call plenlshed her nosegay vases the flowers
from the east, and after ten months, the nodding drowsily amid the chirp of crick
present pastor. Rev. John E. Hummon, took ets and now and then swaying softly lit
charge of the church.
response to the whisper of a passing sum
mer breese. We can almost fancy , the
bronze-armed gardener stirring the soil
between the rows with his hoe as he put
segregation of farm units into forties and wa. htir.'; th" f.ist church bell that was
twenties, and even tracts of loss area, thus liro trl.t to On;' ha. The following year the
providing for a ilns"r population a:i I i nis':i:t:e Wis b.illt From this beginning
making surer hljh lo:-.1 values. The giv- t'i! clir.rch lias crown to one of the lnri;eit
ernment lands umr the I'v.hflnJcr pn jeet In O ivilin nr.d its third house of worship,
are practically exhausted, n!l e:it:!es s.n'-s tl-.o spl ndld fime structure at Twenty
tils passage of t!" reclamation act Inv1nr: : :h rid i'.irn.im Urdu, which will be
NEW KOUNTZB MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, WHICH WTLL BTi DTOTCATTD SUTCDAY. MAY 27. 1908.
Another Jlove Made.
T,it n t.la lima tha eon a reftT. t ton fniind
Itself confronted with much the sne con- "waiea . . .
dltlons that prevailing twenty years before bidding the care-laden world goodnight,
had resulted In the erection of the second Or we can take up our position at another,
church. The extension of the business seo- Pmt and watch the overseer In his quaint
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lion had Increased the value of the prop- a - ,7 "J
by AURUstus Kountze of New York to Emanuel's English Evangelical Lutheran delay In the arrival of materials the laying " " . . . Alm lantern In hand, among the "quarters" and
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been mad sub.'ti-t to rnluetlon by 1'ie
government of tho fnr:.i unit to wlntvrr
area the secretary of the Interior n-v
prescribe. That it will not be mere th?.n
ti' il Y J ie JT L, is one ut the lineal
c'.u'c . ed ii 's in the city.
!. Kuli-1 Mmained pastor of this eoi-
-rt,ai!on fir irirtcrn years and v.as su?-
etghtyacres Is aires, ly a sott'.rd fact, anil re'tlcd by !; v. Ililii.ian. w ho remained but
nilglit luife for the church building, as a
memorial t' his futher. Christian Kountze.
T'.iis generous offer was accepted and the
new church built at a cost of tod.OOO. At a
ccuit,ret;ational meetlnK held the evening
of June 2-4. 1SS3, a reitolutlon was passed
church, out of appreciation of the generous day, August 6, ISM. the twenty-second annl-
tal.es his way back to the great house for
a final look to make sure that all Is well.
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financial assistance of Augustus Kountze. versary of the laying of the cornerstone ot . church for ,90000 Or we can ourselves stroll up the path,
and a memorial to his father. Christian the orislnal building. The services were ocup'eait'.r, cn"." '.: -here the vari-colored borders merge lnt
It Is even likely that in a great pnportl )!
f the lands the unit will b nnl" forty
seres. This Is the tl:Wy upon wlihii
the reclamation act lr based-to 1 rov Id
homes fir as many people as pi.'i1,.
That Uncle Sam has Inaugurr-t-d the rn..t ti in lad frrown, Pfld. finilipg lis property
Denenceni policy, in our history is not to ,CFSl-d l,v th- crowing business soction
be questioned, and Its effect In bringing th of tr crty, two lots w-rc purdiased nt the
Undless man and the n.anless land trailer northeast corrrr of S'xU-enth and Harney
Will scarcely be realized until a fe-v ye ,rs ,r.,.,, tor rd later half of an ad-
a vi ir. I. v. W. A. J.I-o came rest
ur.t.l l.V.3. w hen he wi.i suec eji d
by I cv. II. L. B.iujr, who served the
cl.urc : nii'.y a few r.n-nthH and t!:en. re-
turr.'d f.ist l:y tli.s time tne congreg.i-
. chuntilng the name of the church froeu Owing to the frequent heavy rains and lo the city.
nave gone ny and the reclamation policy
begins to show forth its effecta.
romnieree Is tnlrrcslril.
In this section the results are beriming
Understood, and little by little the i.utstriv
world is becoming aware of the bjuid'ess
future of western Nebraska and eastern
Wyoming. Even now a battle royal Is be
ing waged for the commercial supre-naey
In the section. Omaha and Denver whole
J lining lot wii purchased fur 54. VA The
lou"iu (;ret property waf r.oid for SIS 0 0
li t!-o Uilif.rd Hotel oniprny und the last
fi'mun was iire.icl.ed In tiie old building
ly the new pastor, Rev. George F. Stelllug,
FunfUy evenlnr August 14. 11. For a
ti.T.e Sunday services were held at lioyd's
oera house. At a" .meeting held at tiie
r'.d Swedish Luthran church on Cass
street, the evening of Janusry Si, lSrt. the
ler. each on a common footing and congregation decide,! to build a new church
about equidistant, are vlelng with each on lm" oixteentn sireei 101s 10 com noi
Other fo a permanent foothold In the r0 ,han d building committee
valley. Naturally the territory, being w" sppolnted ccnsUtlng of Fred Drexel.
largely situate In Nebraska, should belong c- F- O -odman and P. J. Nichols. The on
to Omaha, and more so because for veara Anally 'let for l).S0O. ezclasive
the direct railroad facilities led from
Omaha, and the business men of that city
bad acquired a foothold almost before they
knew It. Of later years, since the con
struction of the Denver A Alliance cut-off,
the Colorado metropolis has pushed In
of glass, heating, lighting and seats.
Oround waa broken In May and Dr. 6. P.
Lelscni Ing, an aider of the, church and
superintendent ef - the Babhata school,
threw out the first earth. Dr. B tell ing fceUig
III and unable, to participate in the as.
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Kountze, to whom the church record refers held at 6:Si o clock Sunday evening ana , mam . ,h. the more stately shrubbery that lines th
as "a man of exemplary life and Christian were attended by a large gathering or ciu- ' ' r,-., old gray wait Whether or not the greatest
W lhe of W nornUatlon fought th. report the Amfrlcln aclU8aly bad a hand In the ma.
Five months from tne aate " - , .. th. d-jn,- .rrsv at least ha
streets, known aa the McShane property, " of all this dainty array. '
and arrangement, for the building of the dwelt amid It, sniffed Its odors, heard It.
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new church were begun Immediately. The "- -----
wrecking of the old church was begun si- ably-was unconsciously mellowed In mind
most ss soon as the transfer was made. "d morals by the Influence of such aa
Delay In receiving the plans delayed the snvlronment.
laying of the cornerstone until September Next to rhe shimmer of the moon. In It.
S. 19C3. when that ceremony was held. Rev. Power of calling up fancies like these, to
Hummon officiating, assisted by several the twilight hour at Mount V.rnon A.
prominent churchmen. The new church the day draws In. the edge, of lengthening
was to cost 30,0u0. end to clear the prop- ahadow axe softened In a faint mist trail-
erty of debt before its dedication It would In close to the ground. The eartH send,
have been necessary to have disposed of up a rich moist smell, snd over this deep
hA ... hif of the site, leaving only the baas there plays a fugue of perfume from
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lot occupied by the church. But the con
gregation was spared this necessity by the
generosity of Mr. Herman Kountze,
brother of its former benefactor, who vol
unteered to make .up the remaining amount,
about po.OfiO, on the condition that tho
church should be dedicated out of debt
and that no debt should be Incurred in
the' flowers. A gauze of thinnest blue air
veils the detail of the fine old trees outsldsj
ef the garden wall and masses them against
a tender tinted sky and against a lowe
glimpse of empurpled red roof and white
supports. From the dense foliage on thai
lawn comes a half-hushed chorus, thai
softened twang and creak of an oakftl
REV. A. J. TVRBXa
Vigorously. There Is another feature which srclsea.
, baa aided t,f"- IbaJLjmucJj bout tWg Umt a EroposlUoa waa mad
AUGUSTUS -KOUNTZE, WHO MATH
' THE FIRST Hid DONATION TO TUB
REV. J. !i HUMMON.
future. The acceptance of this girt maaes ' ; '
possible the improvement of the west half of the old kitchen garden, antlpboned b
of the property at some future time, by a the throaty chirrup of many robins from
parsonage, which will maks It one of the the big chestnut, by the gate. A few small'
flnet church properties In Omaha. birds hidden among the boughs thst over-
Durlng the forty-six years of Its sx- hang ths Bowers are uttering little note.
Utanre over t2M persons have been mem- and cuddling sounds under their breath,
bers of Kountze Memorial church, and and from the topmost twig of a tall mapW
from It two other churches have been ' down at the end of ths garden floats th,
organised. Oraoe Lutheran church belli cardinal's evnsong.-rnuicU E. Lsupp lo
lbs eooBd, , lh Osaturfc ,