The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-09-26
ON STBpTOB CREEK.
Natspe Provided for the Improve
nnent Of q Beautiful Valley.

.To him, who. In the ;ove of Nature.
aolds comm union with the invisible forms,
She speAhs . various language"
And In order to appreciate some OF the
wouders which Nature has performed
10 making this planet an abiding place
for the human family, one must
psrsonally observe the phenoms-
~ and from his observations decide
for himself whether the affairs OF the
universe are guided by q Supreme Be-
Ing, who, wo are told, .'holds the world
In she hollow of His hand, or whether,
80 the atheist would have US believe,
all things In this grand old world hap.
pom by chance.
Last week the editor OF the
NEWS threw OF the cares of every
day life, and devoted day to angling
for trout In Steptoe creek, and as one
of the chief requisites for successful
.dshing 10 water, we began to wonder
as We stood there drawing In the shin
lag beauties, where all the water was
coming from that rushed past US on Its
unceasing journey to-who knows
where?
INQUIRY ELECTED the information that
high up there on the side OF q neigh
boring mountain were a number OF
springs, tho outflow from which
furnished q steady stream through
she seasons and made possible the cul.
siyation OF many hundreds OF acres oil
land In Steptoe valley.
But the remarkable thing connected
with these springs Is that their waters
are divided, u portion lowing to the
4aorth, forming Duck creek, and the
ether portion taking its course to the
south, where, after making a detour
of several miles, 1t also inclines to the
north, as II anxious to again meet with
abe friends of Its childhood.
In this division OF waters Nature aay
have had In view the coming conflict
between the cattle and sheep int rests
and offered this as suggestion that
there Ia room for both. Or, perhaps,
shs sagernsss of rival ranchers for wa
Ter was anticipated and this division
wss used rs an object lesson, showing
them what might DO accomplished II
She economy practiced by Nature her.
sslf were carried out by man.
But aside from this, the waters OF
Steptoe and Duck creek are a great
nstural lesson In irrigation, and sliow
shat iittle stream Of water will fur
pish su0icient moisture for thousM ads
of acres Of land In days to some he
sseps which have already been TAX an
to utilize the water supply will ne sslp
plcmented by tho putting in of stoia &c
reservoirs, and by holding pack 3 h'
water during certain months OF t'h'
year, the area OF land under cultiv q
slon In Steptoe Valley win be grcat'l
increased.
This Ia au interesting subject, and
after all, the twin creeks may only b.
used M an illustration to stimulate
mankind In an endeavor TO emulate
Nature In opening up and ntiiillns
other sources OF water supply.
"Mep. my brothers, men, the workers..
Ever roapins something new;
That which they have done but earnest
OF tho thing, that they shall do
And progressive man will yet solve tht
water problem which Nature Is BY
multiplied little tokens endeavorlns
81 make plain to us. Thon thousand'
Of acres OF fertile land now covered
ouly by sagobrush, will yield bounte
Gus harvoste and sustain large popu
1stion.
In Tho evening the tired and hungry
,ashing party gathered around I'M