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wood, and the door frames are made
of Carrara marble. The ceilings are
decorated with the Chariot of the Sun
preceded by the Morning Star and
Aurora.
Neuschwanstein, the type of mon
archy. is half a days journey by car
riage from Linderhof. This castle
was also commenced in 1869, and it
has never been completed-that is, a
few of the rooms are undecorated.
The road one travels to reach Neu-
schwanstein leads through mountain
scenery of indescribable beauty. 1t
was over this road that King Ludwig
used to travel in his remarkable
sleigh drawn by six horses. Toward
the close of his life when his melan-
choly became more pronounced 1t was
no uncommon sight for the peasants
to meet the King at any hour of the
night riding at breakneck speed over
this mountain road.
Toward evening two castles come in
t-Hohenschwanga the child
hood home of the King, on the right,
while to the left on high mountain
stands the matchless Neuschwanstein,
the very type of kingliness. Unassail-
able from three sides on account of
ravines, this pearl among royal cas-
ties, built in pure Romanesque style,
lifts its towers in the fading sunlight
like some mighty giant. All around
are snow-capped mountains. The
Poe1lat ravine separates it from Ho-
henschwangau, and on a high rock
near the latter castle stands the little
pine tree which delighted Ludwig as
a child. Tt was this tree that his
mother always pointed out as the
ideal Christmas tree, and during his
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irrigation Is going to redeem most
of our arid West, and we have only
just begun to work on this tremen-
dous problem. though parts of the
West were irrigated hundreds of years
ago. When Cortez came he found it
in use in Mexico and Central America
and Pizarro was amazed to see irriga-
ton in Peru. More astounding still
long tunnels We're built through
mountains that rivers might be car
ried underneath. In one or more
places we have adopted the same
method today. Arizona and New Mex
leo are cut in many places by old
irrigation canals that the Indians
used. and mystery broods over the
tribes that dug them, though in few
localities the present day Indians still
use the laterals. In reality, it was
not until Brigham Young took his
long and tiresome trek across the des-
ert and with his followers founded
his city and started irrigation on
large scale that the people in this
country began to realize it's posi-
bilities. Greeley, Colorado, was the
next place to understand the value
of retaining land and followed Brig
ham Young.
The theory has been advanced that
the United States will never have
irrigation schemes to compare with
Egypt unless we tap the upper Mis-
souri,. If this is ever done water will
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be provided for the Dakotas, Ne
braska. Kansas. Colorado and Texas.
In the meanwhile we have under
taken some tremendous projects.
among them the building Of tunnels
over six miles long so that water
can supply 10000 acres. We have
also used large rivers and basin for
reclamation projects, rivers whose
waters have been SO tumultuous that
at first it seemed impossible to con-
quer them. Often a project embraces
two distinct parts, one dealing with
river and the other with its tribu-
taries, for in this way a river can
irrigate a much larger area than
If the main stream were utilized alone.
One of the most successful of the irri-
CATION projects is unique in that it
embraces irrigation and drainage.
Part Of the land is covered with waters
of lakes, and it is proposed to draw
off this water and to irrigate the ex-
posed lake beds.
All of these projects are attracting
settlers who hope to make comforta-
Bile 1ivings out of raising produce
adapted to the soil and climate. Some
of the projects have already called
forth prosperous communities. for it
does not take long for favorable con-
ditions for country life to grow up.
Trolley lines and telephone lines in
many places connect farms. and the
people who are benefited by any par
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Cathedral of St. Sophia at Constan-
tinople before the coming of the fol-
lowers of Mahomer. In the windows,
in stained glass. are the coat-of-
arms of Bavaria. the Palatine and
Schwangau.
Chiemsee is the type of luxurious
beauty and extravaganza. Its cost
in decorations and furnishings alone
has been variously estimated any
where from million to a million
and a half dollars. No pen can do
justice to the regal splendor of this
Europe's richest castle, and no cam
era can depict it's vastness and won
derful coloring. Ludwig built Chem
see in defiance of his courtiers. He
had decided to make it copy of
Versailles, but when his ministers OPP
posed his will he determined to make
it grander than the French palace.
and in this he succeeded beyond their
widest dismay.
The castle has never been finished
and probably never will be. However,
the main portion is complete and
stands as a monument of appalling
extravaganza and marvellous beauty.
The exterior is an extraordinary ex-
panse of masonry SO much like Yer
sailles that 1t needs little description.
1t is much larger than it's French
prototype, and its facades are more
artistic. Crossing the threshold one
stands in awe at the splendor-the
rich, massive beauty and indescriba-
Bile magnificence, for here we find en-
chanting paintings on the walls and
ceilings, snow white statues, curtains
and portiers of the heaviest silk and
velvet richly embroidered in silver
and gold, bric-a-brac of untold value,
clocks, mirrors and chandeliers, each
one of which represents a fortune
in itself.
The room of the Kings body-guard
is especially worthy Of notice, for
such an arrangement of color is
rarely seen. The hangings are blue
and gold, while the walls are of grey
marble inlaid in brownstone at the
top and green at the bottom. The
massive crystal chandelier contains
eighty-fve lights. The doors are
white and gold, and the benchlike
seats are of pressed leather. Paint
ings of famous battles adorn the room
and on the mantel-piece is a solid
gold clock.
One is reminded of Louis XIV. of
France in every room, but especially
is this the case with the Hall of the
"Oeil de Boeuf," with it's green gold
decorations and its walls broken by
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~ the people who know little of
irrigation consider making the
desert to blossom like a rose" a
marvel how much more would
they be astounded if they could watch
the engineers at work. In places won
derfuI highways are built, and roads
are constructed that defy competi-
ton in the art. Miles and miles of
wagon trails are blasted through
mountains and laid out over and
through canyons where there is not
a foot trail Machinery is carried
long distances to cut rocks, build
dams, hold back rushing rivers, and
divert waters from one channel to
another. Day and night the dull roar
of dynamite breaks the stiffness of
the desert air and intrepid men risk
their lives to build structures that
will afford means to make waste
places of value.
1t is terrific work, this Government
reclamation business, so stupendous.
awe inspiring and fascinating that
the men engaged in it become fred
with that sort of enthusiasm that
deep canyons, the distances of the
desert, the rugged mountains give.
Armies of men work under one en-
Eineer and accomplish Herculean
tasks and visions of towns-that seem
Utopian-have many times come to
pass.
One thing Is certain and that is
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pillars. It derives its name from the
oval windows. The furniture and cur
tains are OF green damask with gold
embroidery and tassels. The pictures
represent scenes from the life OF
Louis Sixteenth. and IN the centre OF
the room stands a large equestrian
statue Of that monarch. A costly
French clock is on the mantel. on all
sides are embroidered curtains. price
less bric-a- brac-in fact, a luxurious
magnificence which defles description.
and the cost OF which It would be
vain to attempt to estimate
The State bed room IS unique In
many ways, for the bed alone cost
S6O,O0o.OO. II stands on a dias ap-
preached by three steps. This dias
is covered with a purple carpet en-
broidered with golden lilies. while the
curtains of dark blue velvet are en-
broidered with NEUROLOGICAL scenes.
Nothing in the way OF room can
vie with the mirror gallery In size
and richness. 1t is two hundred and
twenty-five feet long by thirty-three
feet wide. The vaulted ceiling IS over
forty feet in height and from Il are
suspended thirty-three enormous crys-
tai chandeliers. Along the sides are
forty large candelabras. The divans
are of blue velvet embroidered in
its prototype at Versailles both In size
and ornamentation. and It IS esti-
mated that the cost of its decoration
was about sos. 100000. King Ludwig
frequently had all the candles Of the
mirror gallery lighted. allowing his
servants only fifteen minutes TO do the
work.
There are halls OF war and halls
of peace. halls dedicated to mytho-
logical heroes. reception rooms. dress
ing rooms and galleries all decorated
in the same regal style. The grounds
too are after the fss ION OF Yer
sailles, but far exceeding those OF the
French palace in size and beauty, as
well as in the number of marble
statues. So much for the work Of
Ludwig the Second. Europe's great
est royal builder.
Only twenty-five years have passed
since his untimely death. but the
prophetic words he wrote IN a letter
to Richard Wagner in 1865 have be-
come a reality:
when we two are no more our
work will serve as a shining model
for posterity. 1t Will delight CEN
turtles and hearts will glow with en-
thusiasm for the art which is from
God and is everlasting"
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such topics as scientific rming. IN
tensive farming. increased production.
soil conservation and decrease IN COST
of living and land values are freely
discussed in conservation conrresses.
the people who have crowded together
in congested parts Of cities are be-
ginning to consider the advisabiIity
of going into opened districts. SO
far Colorado has succeeded in get
ting more irrigation than the other
States, and it is a peculiar coincidence
that it is in this State that the town
Of Pueblo is situated, which is named
after the tribe OF Indians who had the
best system Of irrigation on this con-
tinent when it was discovered by the
Spaniards who penetrated the SOUTH
west.
There Is no such word as fail In the
work of our Reclamation Service or
It's brave men. More than this. the
same desert which bears the fertility
of ages. all untouched, will become
the home Of many prosperous peopIe.
all of whom will lend a hand toward
the living of urbanites. Great cattfa
ranches are now being sub-divided
into small farms, the animals are no
longer allowed TO roam over vast
tracts as In former days. and Il Is ali
due to the miracle OF Irrigation. Fver,
snow-clad peak affords possibilitfe-
for fertile acres. every roaring cata-
ract suggests to the irrigator a
chance for well watered fields ana
abundant crops. The Reclamation
Service Is working on a dozen projects
involving nearly twenty million dol
lars. any one OF which will afford
homes to countless people
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ticular reclamation project think it is
best of all the various schemes. AS
rule the persons who embrace OPP
portunities to make money out of
irrigated districts are intelligent and
thrifty. and hence derive the benefits
Che million dollars is spent every
month by the Reclamation Service,
and this is none too much. 1t takes
money to have an equipment of if
teen hundred horses and mules. many
miles of railway. telephones. locomo-
tives and electric light plants. 1t
makes a large payroll when seventeen
thousand laborers must be settled
with, but through this expenditure
the desert is being peopled- Arizona.
California. Colorado. Idaho. Kansas,
Montana. Nebraska, Utah. Washing
ton and Wyoming have been benefited
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by it, and yet the beginning has just
been attempted. The possibilities for
the future are limitless If enough
money is spent to reclaim the whole
arid West.
1t is big things the West is ac-
complishing these days. though it
hopes to DO much more tomorrow.
It takes men of daring to undertake
projects where they are suspended
by ropes, where gas. cave-ins and
subterranean springs render the pros
ecution of such work almost impos-
sible. Yet, in one case through such
efforts the waters of one river were
augmented by another. a tunnel,-a
great underground railway,-was built
for six miles under mountain two
thousand feet high, a railroad was
constructed to help along the under
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childhood he called it his tree. Only
a year before his death he spent
Christmas eve with his mother at
Hohenschwangau After the gifts had
all been distributed and the family
had retired Ludwig called his mother
to the window and, drawing aside the
curtain, he pointed to the tree which
by his orders had been brilliantly
lighted with candles. Look, mother"
he said. my Christmas tree! I had
it lighted to please you" The resi-
dents of the little town nearby point
to this tree and tell the story of the
unfortunate Kings last Christmas
eve on earth.
Neuschwanstein is beautiful and
imposing from every point. The dec
oration-a veritable monument to
Richard Wagner. tells the story in
pictures of the German hero legends
and songs. They represent the Tam
hauser and Lohengrin legends and the
Niebelungenlied and Parsifal are con-
ceived and executed in an artistic
manner. The dwelling room is typ
icaIly a Lohengrin room for the dec.
orations tell the story of the entire
opera. The ceiling instead of being
covered with paintings is hand carved
wood. The Hall of Minstrels is a per-
feet kaleidoscope of German color
blending, for the furniture is green,
red. blue and gold, all beautifully
blended in harmony. The decoration
shows Parsifal in seven large paint
ings, and the candelabras and chan
deliers hold nearly six hundred can
dies. 1t was in this room that Lud-
wig used to walk for hours repeat
ing the words of the Wagner opera.
The Kings bed room is in the pure
Gothic style. The large richly carved
bed is covered with blue velvet on
which the Bavarian arms are en-
broidered in gold. At the head of the
bed is copper Madonna after a
model of the one which hung in the
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is the Neptune fountain, one of the
most exquisite works of art in Europe
The interior suggests to a certain
extent Louis XIV. chateau. The ten
rooms contain countless paintings on
the walls and ceilings. groups of
Carrara marble worth a fortune in
themselves, dainty brac, stoves
of lapis lazuli and draperies of the
finest texture. The whole building is
a veritable treasure house of art The
dining hall is perhaps the most beau
tiful of all rooms-a perfect fairyland
of categorical pictures representing
the Chase, Angling, Farming and Gar
dening. The dining table can be low
cred through the floor by the mere
pulling of the bell cord attached to
one of the chairs, and in the same
way lifted back into place with the
dinner ready to be served upon its
top. The legs of this table are heavily
plated with gold. while the top is of
the purest marble.
The color scheme of the royal bed
chamber is blue and gold. If there
is any doubt as to Ludwig's love of
luxury it vanishes from the mind
when one looks about this regal room.
The bed stands on richly carved
dias. The top is surmounted by
wonderful piece of wood carving
the work of the peasants of Oberam-
1nergau. The royal insignia is en-
broidered on the velvet hangings in
gold thread. The furniture is heavy
gilt upholstered in blue brocade and
is made for hard wear. There are
exquisite Chinese vases. a magnificent
Vienese chandelier, a Prize Dieu with
picture of st. George, holy water
vessels and incense burners. The floor
is parquet of ten different kinds of
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these lines and said to his tutor:
When 1 am King I will show the
world how highly L prize his genius
\ month after his accession to the
throne he summoned Richard Wag-
ner to the Palace and the man who
had been his childhood dream of an
ideal musician became a reality to
the young ruler of Bavaria.
Building 500 became a mania with
King Ludwig II. He inherited some
talent in this line from his grand
father When he was only seven
years Of age the little Prince sur
prised his grandfather and mother
by drawing plans for hunting lodge.
This sketch was so perfect that it was
placed in the royal album. when
l have money" he declared as a
child. Il shall build the worlds most
beautiful CASTLE and in this he kept
his word. His wealth seemed to him
inexhaustible, and he tried to realize
stone of Linderhof was laid. This
building is situated in the Bavarian
Alps. and is a fantastic. fairy-lil1e
castle. It is not large, nor is there
any particular style of architecture.
The whole thing seems to be the
creation Of a melancholy mind seek
ing a beautiful. restful spot in the
mountains. Several times the King
changed the drawings, which were
his own. This necessitated the pull
ing down of walls, and over ten years
was spent in the construction of the
building. The gardens about the cas-
tie are ornamented with fountains.
terraces lead to different shaded
walks, and beautiful statuary is all
about. Directly in front of the build
ing in the centre of a miniature lake
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taking and. towns were established.
There seems absolutely no limit to
the utilization of waste places and
the various means employed to make
them productive. In one instance
the bed of an ancient lake was found
to be rich in plant food, and that
the waters of river that flowed
through it could be augmented and
diverted to benefit the surrounding
ground. The result is a project in
climate where the sun shines three
hundred days in the year. and where
such fine potatoes are grown that
they are shipped far and wide. And
all this has come from utilizing the
bed Of an old dried up lake. In
another section advantage has been
taken Of the chinook winds which
melt the snow so rapidly that the
hills are laid bare for the pasturage
Of stock upon naturally cured hay.
These schemes are tremendous. The
average fastener has no conception
of what the arid West is accomplish
ing. When a dam is built three hun
bred and twenty-eight feet high. or
forty-eight feet higher than the Flat
iron building in New York. those who
realize it sit up and take notice"
It is the highest dam in the world
How many in the United States know
this? That the Reclamation Service
has built the highest dam in the
world. It holds back waters so that
an artificial lake is formed which viii
contain enough water to cover many
thousand acres.
We used to talk of the Great
American Desert, but soon this phrase
will be so obsolete that our children
will wonder what Is meant Now that
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- HE three castles, Linderhof
Neuschwanstein and Chiemsee,
built by Bavarin's eccentric
80 King, outrival anything of their
kind in the world. Each one is dis
tinctly different from the other, yet
all three of them bear the stamp of
this remarkable mans character
Even as a boy he was unlike other
children-of a melancholy, studious
nature; he cared little for boyish
sports and spent much of his time
in solitude, where he studied music
and art. This love of being alone in
creased as he grew to manhood. He.
however, never allowed anyone to
forget that he was to be a King, and
those about him he treated accord
ingly. His brother, Prince Otto, was
often made to feel this even when
they were children, much to the sor-
row of his mother, who had to con-
tinually reprimand him for his AFRO
gance toward the younger Prince. Il
am to be King" was his reply, -and
shall rule" Luxury and extrava-
gence. too. were among his strongest
characteristics, and his expenditures
caused his financial ruin.
dnderhof, dark and majestic, is
the perfect type of his melancholy;
Neuschwanstein, situated on a noun
tain and almost unassailable. is the
realization of his idea of monarchy;
and beautiful Chiemsee, the Bava-
rian Versailles, typifies the widest
dreams of royal extravaganza and lux
my So, the three dominant points
of this unfortunate monarch's char
acter stand out in the building. sit
uation and decoration of these great
works of art on which he sacrificed
so much thought and money.
At the death of his father. King
Maximillian II. Ludwig became King.
He was then about nineteen years of
age. His artistic temperament at
once manifested itself as well as his
strong will, and he began to gather
about him actors. musicians and
artists. He had heard some of Wag-
ner's music at the theatre while he
was still a child. and was greatly
Impressed. He studied Lohengrin and
knew every note and word of the
opera. The fact that the legend of
the swan knights was connected with
Acknowledgement, his childhood home,
made it doubly interesting to the lit
tie Crown Prince. In the preface of
Wagner's Nfebelungenlied" the great
composer asks the following question:
rs there Prince to be found who
will make possible the representation
of my work ?" The boy Ludwig read
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HE three castles. Linderhof.
Neuschwanstein and Chiemsee,
built by Bavarin's eccentric
King. o4ltrfval anv+4,fr,e of their
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-11
Force Of liqhtninq,

It is hardly possible to use instru
ments for the purpose Of figuring the
forces of lightning. yet there are many
other ways of calculating familiar tt
every mathematician. The amount
Of light given by single lightning
fash is enough to illuminate an are,
Of two square miles. The bolt itself
would be visible several miles furthe.
of, but the remotest part Of the re
gion mentioned would have as much
light as would be given by candle
quite enough to read by. To produce
such light it would be necessary to
expend 1900 horsepower for sec.
ond. These figures appear very large.
but the time is short. The dash might
be for only one-thousandth Of sec.
ond. but the impression on the eye
would continue for a tenth of Sec
ond anyway. Figured down to an
exact hour this amount Of force would
mean only about four horsepower
Electric News Bulletin.
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WILL Investigate
COUNTY TREASURER

GLENDIVE, Mont, Dec 11.-Com
prehensively, and yet specifically
charged as to it's duties and func
lions, Dawson countys first granG
jury for a period of eighteen years is
now at work on the task that will
probably engage it's activities for a
number of weeks
In the minds of those who sup.
posed the grand jury was summoned
+ the specific purpose except the
exercise of it's very general and al
most unlimited powers. cOnsidera Bile
surprise was occasioned at the ma
ture of Judge Sydney Sanner's
charge, which in certain respects
amounted to little less than sensa-
ton.
This was particularly true in re-
gard to his adjurations in regard to
the examination of the county treas
urer's Office, wherein the grand jur-
ors are charged to discover whether
the treasurer has been receiving in
terest on deposits of county money.
And in this connection. Judge San.
ner takes pains to set forth the pro-
visions Of the very stringent Montana
law on that subject.
Another duty assigned to tie jury
men is to look into moral conditions
in THE ioty of Glendive, especially
with reference to the restricted dist
riot of the city.