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Old Well
Second prize in Desert's Aug-
ust contest goes to Bill Stough-
ton, Pasadena, California, for
this photo taken in the desert
ghost town of Ballarat. Taken in
December with a 4 x 5 Speed
Graphic on Kodak Super XX,
dark yellow G filter; 1/10 sec-
ond at f. 16.
The trail at this point led across a mountain meadow with the A bajo or
Blue mountains in the background.
flunkey. He is an Eagle Scout who in of Berkeley, California, and Desert mule not much bigger than a burro,
the days ahead endeared himself to Magazine's reporter. but the best pack animal of the train.
every member of the party by his inde- Before he came to Utah 20 years Kewpie was the clown of the outfit.
fatigible work and good humor. ago, Ross Musselman was secretary in Here is the day-by-day record of our
Guest members of the party were: charge of boys' camps for the Wood- 353-mile ride along the remote trails
Scott and Edyth Carpenter of Nutley, bury, New Jersey, Y.M.C.A., and his of Utah's sandstone wilderness:
New Jersey; Clarence (Pete) and guests nearly always include boys and First Day
Faune Spang of Butler, Pennsylvania; girls of school age who spend their All morning we loitered around the
Elsie Flexon of Pittman, New Jersey; summer vacations riding and camping Four M corral, getting stirrups adjust-
Leonard Martinson of San Francisco; with the Musselman expeditions. ed, saddlebags arranged, packs on the
Nancy Flack, 13-year-old of Pasadena, We started with eight pack animals animals, and last-minute details com-
California; Gary Justice, 11-year-old — seven horses and Kewpie, a little pleted. Some of the pack horses had
THE DESERT MAGAZINE
Cyclone valley, a former river channel now aban- Trail near the head of Indian creek where the Abajo
doned. The floor was covered with a new growth of mountain slopes were covered alternately with spruce,
tumble weeds. Typical spires and palisades of the quaking aspens and talus slopes of broken granite.
San Juan country in the background. • There was snow in many of the ravines.
been on pasture for months and obvi- We jogged along a lane bordered pickup, and had a big fire going when
ously did not fancy the idea of going with dense thickets of Gambel oak, we arrived. We carried water in buck-
to work again. But the saddle horses sometimes called Rocky Mountain ets from the trickle below a nearby
were veterans of the trail and Ross white oak. The flowering season was bank of snow. It was chilly at that alti-
provided each rider with a well-broken at its best, and the dense underbrush tude even in July, but most of the snow
mount. was colorful with Mariposa tulip or had melted when we recrossed the
We rode away at one p.m. and 2Vi Sego lily, the state flower of Utah, Abajos on our return trip nearly three
hours later stopped briefly in Monti- Canterbury bells, paint brush and wild weeks later.
cello for last-minute purchases. Leav- rose.
We were in the La Sal forest reserve
ing the town we followed the well- As we climbed the oak gave way and the timbered areas on the range
graded road which leads over Abajo to aspen and spruce, and wild iris and have been well protected. From our
mountains to Blanding. Locally the columbine were added to the flower mountain camp we could look down on
Abajos are called the Blue mountains. display. The trail led into North creek the checkerboard plateau where Utah
This group of peaks is an island-like canyon where a tumbling stream pours ranchers grow beans and wheat on
range rising to 11,357 feet from the down from melting snowbanks above. land that until recent years supported
7,000-foot plateau on which Monti- Just before dusk we reached the only sage brush. The annual rainfall
cello and Blanding have been built. summit of Cooley Pass where at an in San Juan county varies from eight
For the most part the range is timbered elevation of 10,600 feet we were to to 18 inches. Rain has been plentiful
with aspen and spruce, but its slopes camp for the night. Nancy Musselman, this year and big yields of wheat were
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are checkered with great splotches of 20-year-old daughter of our Chief, being harvested.
granite talus where nothing will grow. had driven up ahead of us in a jeep One of the extra pack animals, car-
OCTOBER, 1949
and at noon we stopped in a sheltered
cove beside a great snowbank to wait
for them. A sudden rain squall sent us
scurrying for cover under the spruce
trees, but the sun soon reappeared.
Later we passed an Indian metate
lying on the trail. In the days that fol-
lowed we saw many of them — but we
left them where they lay. One cannot
collect Indian artifacts of such weight
on a pack trip. Once Ross got off his
horse and picked up a well-shaped
mano — and I have that as a souvenir
of the trip.
Late in the afternoon we reached a
little meadow along Trough creek, a
tributary of the great Cottonwood can-
yon system. There was a fine spring
here, and water troughs for the cattle
which run this range. The cowmen
have improvised a type of trough worth
The mountain meadows were knee deep with grass—the result of mentioning. They hollow out huge logs,
heavy rains during the past season. like dugout canoes, and then string
them out end to end along the gentle
rying no pack, took off into the oak were packed and ready for the trail. slope so that each log overlaps the one
thickets this afternoon and finally got At this camp we left the dirt road and next below, and overflows into it. Thus
away from the pursuing wranglers, so took a steep trail down the side of the a string of a half dozen log troughs
our train was reduced to seven burden- mountain to the headwaters of Indian fed by gravity is always full, and will
carriers. But that was ample. Mussel- creek. serve a large herd of stock.
man figures one pack horse for each Again our path led through dense We were in a little clearing sheltered
two riders. The biggest item in the pack forests of quaking aspen. Mountain by aspen, oak and Ponderosa pine,
load was oats, three quarts a day for people call these trees "quakies." The with a great white cliff wall towering
each animal. aspen is a clannish tree. The tall slen- on one side. Ross was chief cook, but
We spread our sleeping bags on a der white-barked trunks grow so close all of us assisted with the camp chores
spongy mattress of leaves and twigs. together a rider has to be on the alert — bringing in wood, carrying water,
Some of us had air mattresses, and constantly to avoid bruised legs. peeling potatoes. At most of the camps
later we were glad we brought them, We crossed and recrossed the creek dry wood was plentiful, but there were
but tonight the bed of leaves needed many times. Trickles of snow water times when springs had to be cleaned
no extra padding for comfort. Our bed- feeding in from the side ravines soon or dipping basins excavated to get
time lullaby was the gentle swish of clear water. Pete Spang assumed the
wind blowing through the spruce built it up to a sizable stream and we role of water engineer and usually im-
boughs. passed a party of men pulling trout provised easy access to the camp
from its waters. waterhole.
Today we traveled 18 miles. Then we climbed out of the canyon
Second Day and followed a good trail that con- For cooking purposes, Ross followed
the traditional practice of the range,
The horses had scattered through toured the mountain at about 10,000 where wood is plentiful. The method is
the timber during the night and it was feet. We had departed from our morn- to pile the fire high with wood, and
ten o'clock in the morning before we ing camp ahead of the pack animals, then when it is reduced to hot embers,
rake out little beds of them for the cof-
Gary Justice, youngest member of the party, with Kewpie, the clown fee pot, the skillet, and the stew pans.
of the expedition. Thus the cooking is done around the
fringes of the main fire, with each ves-
sel on its own bed of coals.
Yes, it smokes up the kitchen ware
—- but it serves well. And I am sure it
is easier on the pack animals and
packers. I can imagine some of the
remarks a wrangler would make each
morning if he had to throw a squaw
hitch over a portable camp stove.
With the fire going and the comis-
sary unpacked, each of us turned to
the important task of selecting a
smooth place for the bedroll. At Trough
springs camp we had to choose be-
tween wet sand along the creek, or
a dry steep hillside. Each of us solved
the problem in his own way — and if
we made a bad decision we knew it
OCTOBER, 1949
Today I got my first glimpse of a is called The Needles country, a flam-
western collared lizard — and as far as ing labyrinth of domes, spires, castles,
Hard Rock Shorty I am concerned it is the prettiest mem-
ber of the whole lizard family. Perhaps
towers, pinnacles and monoliths that
has never been made a National Park
because it is so inaccessible. Against
10 inches long, of which more than
half was tail, the striking characteristic the towering cliffs the pinyon trees
of this lizard is its coloring. The head looked like dwarfed shrubs.
was orange. Then two black bands Then we dropped down into a
circled the neck, and the body was a meadow that led to Salt creek. The
brilliant green, tapering off to a slate- usual sage which blankets much of
colored tail. In the days ahead I saw southeastern Utah was missing here
many of these brilliant-hued reptiles. and in its place was a great pasture of
Not all of them were as brightly colored tumbleweeds. When tumbleweed is
as this first one, but I always stopped green the horses will eat it if there is
Hard Rock Shorty tipped his to watch them until they disappeared nothing better. But portions of the
chair back to its most comfort- in the rocks. flower structure dry into a disagreeable
able angle on the porch of the At 6:30 we reached our night camp little thorn that both humans and ani-
Inferno store, and allowed he at the junction of Cottonwood and In- mals avoid. When tumbleweed dries its
might go up to the claim on Eight dian creeks. Al Scorup's ranch head- roots give way before a strong wind
Ball crick and see how Pisgah quarters in Indian creek canyon was and the plant goes rolling across the
Bill was getting along. just across the stream, and several horizon, spreading seeds as it goes. We
"Where does this Pisgah Bill hundred acres of cultivated fields are crossed through great fields of it at the
stay all the time?" asked one of watered from the creek. We had been lower levels of our journey.
the bystanders. "We've never riding all day on the Scorup cattle do- Crossing Salt creek, which was now
seen him. I don't believe there is main. (Desert Magazine, Oct. '40). Al dry, we came to Cave spring, where a
such a person." Scorup came into the San Juan country pool of water fed from seepage in the
"Well now," answered Shorty, in 1891 as a youth of 19 with a few sidewalls is sheltered by a great over-
"Bill is still a lively ol' cuss des- dollars in his pocket and grub on his hanging cliff. This is another cowboy
pite his 70-odd years, but you pack horse. From that lowly start he outpost. Faint pictographs on the walls
may never see him fer he's very has built a cattle empire that covers indicated that prehistoric Indians had
shy. But he wasn't always that more than a million acres. used this cave long before the cattle-
way. Nancy Musselman met us again with men came to this country.
"Bill's been a changed man the jeep at this camp, bringing supplies We waited here for our pack train to
ever since he made that trip out that must last for the next nine days, arrive, and then rode another three
to the city in the 'twenties. That for tomorrow our trail would lead into miles to Squaw spring, where a fine
trip really did somethin' to Bill. a wilderness where roads are unknown. flow of water bubbled up through the
"Yuh see when he arrived It had been a hard day's ride under sandstone floor of an arroyo. Our camp
there the streets wuz full o' a scorching sun, but we found a deep site here was bare sandstone, and those
strange lookin' fellers wearin' waterhole in Indian creek just below of us with air mattresses were glad we
yella britches an' little red mon- camp and the cool water dispelled all had brought them. This was to be our
key hats on their heads. Bill fatigue. base camp for the next two days, so
couldn't figger it out — decided We were 10 hours on the trail today we brought in a big supply of dead
maybe he had gotten into a fur- and rode 26 miles. juniper from a nearby butte, and
rin country by mistake. Finally sought what comfort we could on the
walked up to one o' them funny Fifth Day sandstone ledges.
lookin' clowns and asked him if We were up at 5:45 and had break-
he could talk English. The feller fast at seven. Then Ross and I crossed Today we rode 24 miles.
said a few o' them could, and the creek to pay our respects to Al Sixth Day
what did he want? Scorup, on whose land we were camp- It rained during the night but there
"'I want to git back to the ing. Although in his late seventies, he were waterproof tarpaulins enough to
U.S.A.' hollered Bill. was saddling his horse for a morning keep us fairly dry.
'"Whereabouts in the U.S.A?' ride. He is still a very active cattleman, We were up at 5:45 and went about
the feller wanted to know. and his intimate knowledge of the San our camp chores leisurely, for the day's
"'Death Valley, out in Cali- Juan range enables him to direct its schedule was to include only eight miles
forny. That's where my claim is, operation without spending 16 or 18 of riding.
and I wanta go back there right hours a day in the saddle as he did for At 10:45 we followed the Chief
now!' exclaimed Pisgah. many years. along a trail that led up Squaw creek
" 'Come along with me, an We left camp at ten o'clock and for into the heart of The Needles. Here
we'll have some fun,' the feller II miles followed a winding course millions of years of erosion have sculp-
said. down Indian creek. The spires of the tured great cliffs of red and tan and
"So Pisgah jined the crowd, an' twin Sixshooter peaks were conspicu- cream sandstone into forms so fantas-
they played jokes on him, an' ous landmarks on our left as we rode tic as to make the term "Needles"
everybody laffed, an' they took him down the valley. We stopped along the wholly inadequate. In the gigantic
in a parade — an' finally Ol' Bill way to examine some petroglyphs on palisades that towered above us we
got it through his head these folks the rocks. This canyon, farther up- could find nearly any form imaginable.
wasn't furriners—they was Shrin- stream, has some of the finest glyphs The sphinx was there, the pyramids,
ers having a convention. found in the Southwest. (Desert Maga- battleships, pipe organs, mammoth
An' Bill was so ashamed of his- zine, Nov. '46). toadstools, and towers and spires and
self fer bein' so dumb, he come We passed the mouth of tributary domes were everywhere. Pinyon grew
back home and vowed he never Lavender canyon, and then climbed a on the ledges and in pockets, wherever
wanted to see a dude again." slick rock trail to Salt Creek mesa it could find a toe-hold, and to add to
where we had a gorgeous view of what the artistry of this mammoth fairyland
By MANUEL ARCHULETA chants actually started ten years ago. way I would own it. At that time we
as told to ILON BARTH I wrote to a big recording company were actually living on fifty cents a
asking them if I could work for them day. We had enough milk for the baby
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INDIAN NAME is Tse-we in some capacity so I would be con- and a recording machine, and that was
Ant-yen. The songs of my peo- nected even if I had to sing my own the most wonderful thing in the world.
ple fascinated me, I loved them songs. My letters were not answered. Alyce Pinno, my wife, is from the
all. As a child I wanted to devote my You can imagine how depressed I felt. Laguna pueblo. I met her while we
whole life to them. When an old man When I first saw a portable recording were working for the Indian office at
died he took with him some of the outfit advertised it did not take me two Albuquerque. The first time I went out
songs others had failed to learn. minutes to order it. Regardless of cost with her on the bus to meet her people
Recording these authentic Indian I was firm in my belief that in some they gave her a big scolding for being
OCTOBER, 1949 13
with a boy. I could hear her mother, songs are suitable for recording pur- and hear the Indians playing their San
as well as her father, giving her a lec- poses. I have to evaluate them and go Juan records in separate houses, all
ture. They told her she would marry a through hundreds before a definite se- going at once!
Laguna Indian, that there were lots of lection is made. A Navajo Indian friend When an Indian came and told me
nice boys at Laguna. named Willis George helped me draw the Governor of the Pueblo wanted me
At Laguna everything was bare and the tom-tom picture I use as a trade- to play for him, and that he had his
brown. The pueblo was built on rock, mark for all the recordings now ar- own phonograph I was elated. It was a
up on the side of a barren hill. This ranged for quantity reproduction. wonderful feeling to think he had a
seemed odd to me because I grew up I finally got to my home pueblo meeting on some important matter and
among trees with fishing and swimming with their records. The Indians saw then asked me to play for him. That
holes at my San Juan pueblo home. me coming. I was almost swamped as was the nicest thing that could happen
However, I learned to like the place. they tried to pull me out of the car. to me.
The people were full of happiness and They all wanted me to come to their My ambition is to make a recording
laughter. Singing was closest to my house to play the records. San Juan of every song and dance possible. This
heart and Alyce's father was one of the is a modern pueblo now and they all will mean thousands of authentic In-
best song makers. One year he made had record players. I had about 100 dian songs. It will preserve for my peo-
17 different songs for the ceremonial records with me. It was an amazing ple their own musical history. Songs
dances of the pueblo. These were not experience to walk through the streets will not be lost when an old man dies.
open to the public but I have two
recorded songs from Laguna, "The
Corngrinding Song" and "The Har-
vest." When I hear these Indian songs For those curious-minded folks
I am stirred by emotion. There is a
lump in my throat. TRUE OR FALSE who like to check up on them-
selves occasionally, just to see
Among my records is the Navajo how much they really know, Desert Magazine presents another of its True
"Squaw Dance Song." I realized that or False tests. These questions cover many fields of interest — geography,
the Indians had been having these history, botany, mineralogy, Indian customs, and the general lore of the
songs and social dances long before
Columbus was credited with discov- desert country. A good desert rat should get at least 15 correct answers.
ering America. Social dances among A grade of 18 is superior. The answers are on page 36.
white people are held in smoke filled
rooms, with people pushing each other 1—Death Valley was given its name by Death Valley Scotty.
around and shoving with their elbows. True False
The Indians dance out in the clear 2—Desert mirages are seen only in the summertime. True False
fresh air with the sun, stars or fires for
background instead of tissue paper 3—Desert lily is a perennial that grows from a bulb. True False
and glitter. We have our own kind of 4—Mormon colonization of Utah was started before gold was discovered
jitterbugging, too, which the Indians in California. True False
have been doing for centuries. There 5—Rainbow Bridge National Monument is in Arizona. True False
is the Pon-sha-dee in San Juan pueblo 6—There are 36 sections of land in a township. True False
where the boy and girl cut the rug with 7—Fruit of the wild grapevine found in desert canyons is poisonous.
tom-tom music. These are frolics and
the Indians enjoy dancing with their True False
girl friends, too. 8—The gopher snake will coil and strike like a rattler. True False
The Taos Indian round dance is 9—Tallest peak seen from anywhere on the California desert is San
held each evening all year around, Gorgonio. True False
weather permitting. It is a happy get- 10—Hopi tribesmen who help the Snake clan put on the annual snake
together and anyone is fortunate who dances belong to the Wolf clan. True False
lives where he can hear this concert. 11—New Mexico was the 47th state admitted to the union.
I determined to put this round dance
on my recording for everyone to enjoy. True False
Actually on one record there are four 12—Blossom plumes of the salt cedar or native tamarisk are yellow.
songs on one side and three on the True False
other. I try to put as many songs as 13—The state flower of Arizona is the Saguaro cactus. True False
possible on one record so the Indians 14—Calcite often was used by the Indians for making arrow and spear
will have a number to listen to as they
are the people who really enjoy them. points. True False
At first I had to ask permission of 15—Best route from the desert to the top of Mt. Whitney is the Bright
the Indians but now they come to me. Angel trail. True False
While I was making songs of other 16—Indian sand paintings are made with a brush of yucca fibre.
tribes the San Juan people were won- True False
dering why I was not making a record- 17—To visit Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, one would travel U.S.
ing of their songs, my own pueblo. Highway 66. True False
I explained to them that it was due to
lack of funds, and distance. When I 18—Nuts of the pinyon tree grow in cones. True False
could I would get there. It meant I 19—The junction of the Green and Colorado rivers is in Utah.
had to pick out my singers, haul them True False
to Albuquerque to make the record- 20—Dates grown on the American desert ripen in the fall of the year.
ings, and feed them. Not all Indian True False
'YuccaGun'
May Create
An Industry
By DOROTHY L. PILLSBURY
OCTOBER, 1949 15
to 556 pounds of fiber. This is a wild
harvest from land which is good only
for scenery or scanty grazing. Yucca,
it seemed, was growing everywhere in
the desert, even on old lava flows
where there is practically no soil.
It was estimated that about 19,000,-
000 acres of land in New Mexico alone
produce yucca in seven or eight vari-
eties. It was estimated that there is
enough yucca growing within reach of
transportation to central processing
plants to make 200 tons of fiber a day
for 25 years. The best discovery of all
was that the yucca plant is not killed
by harvesting its leaves. In 21 months
it will reproduce them leaf for leaf.
To desert lovers, yucca as scenery will
always be more important than yucca
as cordage and sacks.
The road from invention to mass
production is a long one in these times
of unsettled conditions. Much has been
learned along the way. It has been
discovered that not only is neutral
colored fiber produced by the new
process, but that it takes only a 30-
minute interval of washing and drying
before it can be baled. Useful by-
products have followed that may prove
more remunerative than the fiber
itself.
Yucca eclata, one of the common
and abundant varieties of yucca used
for fiber, is locally known as soap-
weed. Its roots contain a soapy agent.
Indians and pioneer women used it
for hair washing, for preparing wool
for weaving and for cleaning their
hand-woven blankets. To this day no
ceremonial dance takes place among
New Mexico's Indians without the par-
ticipants indulging in a good soapweed
shampoo.
This soapy agent is present in the
residue left in the gun after the fiber
is hurled out by explosion. Woolen
goods manufacturers and makers of
commercial shampoos are eyeing that
Inventor, R. S. Chapman, came on crutches to the testing of his yucca gun. soapy residue with great interest. So
are boiler users as the soapy residue
Photo by C. E. Redman. has been found to be a fine agent to
remove caking from the inside of boil-
Eventually jute, sisal and hemp out the percentage of fiber obtained ers and to prevent its formation.
again were moving freely in world from a given number of pounds. They But what about growing yucca? The
markets. The sack, cordage and furni- tested its relative strength as compared United States government through its
ture padding firms were getting what to other fibers. They made field expe- committee on irrigation and reclamation
they wanted from foreign markets. The ditions to determine the extent of yucca has been collecting facts about yucca
dearth of fiber material did not show bearing land in New Mexico and and the fiber it produces since the
up again until the second World War. neighboring Texas. successful testing of R. S. Chapman's
That shortage continued long after the The roar of Chapman's pressure gun. Could ex-servicemen be settled
war ceased. cooker gun at Lordsburg was the an- on 40-acre desert tracts? Could they
C. W. Botkin, professor of chemistry swer to the need for a quick and cheap plant them like corn fields, a thousand
at New Mexico State college in the method of separation. This being set- yucca seedlings to an acre? Chapman
experimental division, renewed his long tled, Professor Botkin's laboratory figures that from the German experi-
advocacy of yucca fiber for commercial findings became increasingly import- ments these seedlings should yield a
purposes. With patient experiments he ant. He discovered that with a fiber crop in 40 months and that it should
and his associates tested various ways content of 43 percent and a 50 percent average about 15 tons to an acre.
of separating fiber from leaf by chemi- loss of moisture on drying, an average But how would a man make a living
cals and other methods. They worked uncultivated desert acre will yield 227 on the desert while he was waiting for
16 THE DESERT MAGAZINE
Yucca fiber, freed from its leaf content, is seen hurtling through the air when fired
from the Chapman gun. Photo by C. E. Redman.
DESERT SHOW
By RUTH B. PHILLIBER
Weiser, Idaho
Now the stage is all set and the Queen of
the S k y -
Guest of honor tonight at the desert's new
show—
Has arrived and has taken her place there
on high,
In the box on the right in the very front
row.
She is gowned in the latest of pale golden
dresses
And is trailing soft draperies of gauzy
cloud gray,
With a diamond tiara of stars in her tresses
That are sprinkled with star-dust in splen-
did array.
Far below her the spotlight is turned on the
stage,
And the orchestra, led by the mild Desert
Breeze,
Plays the theme for the chorus of Cacti and
Sage,
Photograph by Charles Shelton, Glendora, California As they sway round the arms of the
Joshua trees.
Then, Coyote, the soloist, enters the light—
A STORY INCOMPLETE THE DESERT With his head raised up high to the guest
By GEO. E. PERKINS By KATHLEEN J. KENNEDY up above—
Overton, Nevada Modesto, California Silhouetted, he stands on the backdrop of
Just a broken down rig, and a pile of bones Endless as eternity; night,
Left to bleach in the sand and heat, Hot as the depths of Hell; While he soulfully pours out his heart's
Some scraps of harness, and pots and pans Still as a summer evening; aching love.
But the story was incomplete. Dry as a forsaken well.
Where was the man who had left them It molds and remolds
there? Earth's form to its own. MY TREASURE
Far out on the desert grey, Then thrusts it away By PAUL WILHELM
So far from the busy haunts of men To still another unknown. Thousand Palms, California
That no one e'er passed that way? Lord God, now let the New Race find its
Form never the same food
Perhaps he had wandered for miles away As sands over it blow.
Crazed with thirst, 'til the demons of hell Whence came the desert. . . In something more substantial than deceit;
Who had goaded him on, and on, and on, To what fate does it go? I have clear air to whet a prayerful mood,
Were content when at last he fell. And wind and stars far sweeter than their
meat.
While the buzzards circled 'round and
'round,
Just biding their time to feast.
For the desert relentless, grim and old, MYSTERY
Shows no mercy to man or beast. By LEO F. BELLIEU
Parker, Arizona
The sun shines bright on the sage today By TANYA SOUTH
COMPENSATION There's perfume in the air. San Diego, California
By GEO. M. AMES The junipers nod on the distant hill
Indio, California And I'd like to wander there, Sow then the seeds of Good alone,
I looked at the mess in the dooryard — Viewing the mysteries of this ancient earth And Good alone will have been won.
My neighbors of course; not mine, As before me they unfold, Seek to be truthful and sincere,
The litter of weeds and of papers The mystery of life in each living thing And yours shall be an ordered sphere.
And the flagstone all out of line. A secret yet untold. Live your life gently. Let no thought
Of evil or of hatred crop,
Then I raised my eyes to the sunset, Perhaps someday in the great beyond And you shall find your Pathway laid
The clouds, and the hills to the west, Where we have eternal peace, In peaceful, sunny span — upgrade.
And thought not of people's shortcomings The Great Dictator of all that's good
But of things with which people are blessed! Life's secret will release.
Fossils and casts are thick along some of the ridges of Coyote mountain, and
others can be dug from the clayey shale.
OCTOgER, 1949 27
tion will be devoted, in every way that news and reads proofs on the news-
we can devise, to the further explora- (TlftGAZint paper— and writes magazine feature
tion of the main problem of the Crater stories in her spare time..Having spent
— the whereabouts and condition of all her life in New Mexico and Arizona,
the meteoric mass that made it.
M. MOREAU BARRINGER CLOSE-UPS she knows the Indians well, and enjoys
the warm personal friendship of many
of them.
• • e
Flippin, Arkansas J. Wilson McKenney, who was asso-
Desert: ciated with Randall Henderson in the Norton Allen, artist of La Mesa,
launching of the Desert Magazine in California, whose accurate and in-
For several years I have been think- formative maps have been one of the
ing that Meteor Crater was a National November, 1937, and who later re-
most popular features in Desert Maga-
turned to the newspaper field, recently
Monument. Since reading the August zine since it was started, is now pre-
issue of your magazine I have been sold his Yucaipa, California, News,
and plans to devote his time to free paring a drawing showing the new
questioning some of my friends and Trona-Wildrose highway into Death
they too were under the same impres- lance journalism.
"Mac" wrote many feature stories Valley. The road is scheduled to be
sion. I feel that many people will be completed before the '49er Centennial
disappointed to learn what I have for Desert Magazine during his asso-
ciation with this publication, but thepageant is staged on November 19,
learned. and will shorten the distance into the
I for one am going to see what can editorial and mechanical duties of
weekly editor and publisher have made Death Valley Monument for many
be done about it. Attached are copies Southern Californians by 50 miles.
of letters I already have written. Will it impossible for him to do feature
writing the last six years. Norton's map will accompany a fea-
write more. If we can get the National ture story written by Pat and George
Geographic society interested in a move Following the sale of his property
he purchased a jeep and plans to de- Sturdevant of the Trona Argonaut de-
to save the Crater I feel it will be done. scribing the ghost towns and other
LEWIS N. STEWART vote his time largely to illustrated
scenic features which will be made
western feature articles and travelogs,
accessible by the new paved highway.
spending considerable time in the field
Wausau, Wisconsin The story and map, with photo-
gathering material. He and Ruth and
Desert: their three children will continue to graphs, is scheduled to appear in the
I am fully in sympathy with your make their home in Yucaipa. November issue of Desert.
editorial on Meteor Crater. I have • o • • • •
visited the Crater and regard it as in- A later number of Desert will carry
teresting and important as the Craters lion Barth, who has written about a story written by Betty Woods about
of the Moon, Saguaro Forest, Organ Manuel and Alyce Archuleta of Albu- the experiences she and her husband
Pipe Monument and Joshua Tree querque for this issue of Desert Maga- have had in touring the desert country
Monument. I hope you people in the zine, is a newspaper woman employed in an auto trailer. Both of the Woods
area can bring enough pressure on on the weekly Beacon at Grants, New are writers, and their trips often take
your congressmen to make Meteor Mexico. them into remote regions where trailer
Crater a National Monument. She sells advertising, reports local drivers seldom venture.
JOSEPH M. SMITH M.D.
Protection for Ancient Relics . . . can give you his theory, and it is
Tucson, Arizona Long Beach, California backed by the opinions of scientists
Desert: Desert: who have described similar formations
I agree with your editorial view, I would like to call your attention to found in many places. Some of them
that there are some natural assets in something. About 15 years ago my at least are the result of lightning strik-
our great land which properly belong husband and I heard about some giant ing in moist sandy places. The heat
to all the people of the United States, Indian figures on the hills along the generated by the high voltage lightning
and should not be exploited for private Colorado river north of Blythe, Cali- partially melts the silica and leaves a
gain — and surely Meteor Crater is one fornia. After walking miles in all direc- near glassy core. They are numerous
of them. tions we found them and considered along sandy beaches in thunderstorm
Our state of Arizona undoubtedly them wonderful. areas, and as you say are often found
has been delinquent in not having A few weeks ago I was with friends in the sandy deserts also. I have heard
taken the initiative to place this unique on my way to Blythe from Needles, them called "petrified lightning" in
natural monument in the custody of and we saw a marker along the high- some localities. We enjoy Desert Maga-
the National Park service many years way pointing to the figures, and a good zine immensely.
ago. road leading to them. But I was dis- J. B. ARMBRUST
I believe the present owners of the gusted to note that people have been Mr. Armbrust: The "sand-
Crater have, now provided guide serv- digging up the gravel mesa and cut- spikes" you are discussing are
ice for tourists, and have announced ting their names in the ground around known as fulgurites. Often they
plans for some improvements there. the figures. Unless something is done are hollow. As you suggest, they
But for many years they allowed it to to protect them I am afraid it will not are formed by the fusing of silica
remain there unattended and accessible be long before they are destroyed. by the impact of lightning. In the
only by a very rocky road. And now ELIZABETH CAILLAND sandspikes discussed in Harold
they are hauling great quantities of • • • Weight's story in September Des-
sand from the rim. This cannot con- Two Varieties of "Sandspikes" . . . ert Magazine, the crystaliiing
tinue without destroying values which Clemenceau, Arizona agent generally is calcite. They are
can never be restored. Isn't there some Desert: never as hard as fulgerites, and
way this destruction can be halted be- "Sand Spikes!" Your correspondents never hollow. Also the shape dif-
fore it is too late? seem to be at a loss for a theory as to fers from that of fulgerites.
G. C. NORCROSS how they are formed. Well, the writer —R.H.
28 THE DESERT MAGAZINE
Navajo Surgeon to Retire . . .
GANADO—Dr. Clarence G. Sals-
bury, who came to the Navajo Indian
. . . tut reservation 23 years ago on a tempo-
rary assignment and who has been
superintendent of the Ganado Mission
ARIZONA Deer Hunters' Paradise . . . and medical director of Sage Memorial
Hopi Teacher-Artist Honored . . . KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST— hospital ever since, has announced he
HOLBROOK —Fred Kabotie, 49- An opportunity to bag one of Ari- will retire next spring. During the past
year-old Hopi Indian whose home is at zona's famous Kaibab buck deer will quarter century the doctor has been
Shongopovi village, on Second Mesa be given to not more than 4000 hunt- successful in making the powers of the
in the heart of the Hopi reservation, ers in two special open seasons this white man's medicine known in some
has been nominated as a candidate for fall. The Kaibab North National for- of the most remote hogans on the 26,-
the high honor of Indian of the Year. est, in the Grand Canyon National 000 square miles of Navajo land. A
This annual selection is made by the Game preserve on North Rim of the 12-bed hospital greeted the new super-
Council of American Indian tribes Canyon, is a special wildlife manage- intendent in 1927. The hospital is now
from a field of 12 candidates. Kabotie ment area. The open season periods a 150-bed institution. Known as Dr.
is the first outstanding Hopi painter will be from October 6 to 13, and Tso, or Dr. Big, the physician has
to come from the desert mesas. He has from October 15 to 23. Two thousand been an outspoken critic of some of
won honors at many art centers: Phil- permits will be granted for each period.
Both resident and non-resident li- the U.S. Indian Service policies, par-
brook at Tulsa, Grand Central gallery censed hunters may apply for the Kai- ticularly the lack in preparing Indians
in New York City,' the New Mexico bab permits. Application blanks to for absorption into off-reservation life.
museum at Santa Fe. His Kachina apply for a permit may be obtained —Gallup Independent.
Dance water color won first prize at from any hunting and fishing license • • •
the Arizona State fair art show in 1946, dealer, must be mailed to state head- Petrified Forest Hours Changed . . .
he won the Guggenheim Award of quarters at Phoenix, Arizona. Non-
Merit in 1945. Refusing to commer- HOLBROOK—Hours during which
cialize his art, Kabotie teaches art and residents must include a $50 non-resi- the Petrified Forest National Monu-
design in the high school at Oraibi, a dent deer hunting fee, in addition to ment is open have been cut to 12V4
neighboring Hopi village. He is revered the $5 application fee. Money will be hours daily, it is announced by Thomas
and respected by his own people, has returned if permits are not granted.— E. Whitcraft, superintendent. Gates
brought to them a new knowledge of Tombstone Epitaph. are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
fine art. He works both in water colors • • • Distance between gates is 14 miles,
and oils.—Tribune-News. visitors are not permitted to enter the
Fox Joins Dogs in Pound . . . Monument after 6:30.
YUMA—Dogs held in the Yuma
city dog pound on banks of the Colo-
Arizona Cotton Crop . . . rado river vociferously protested, but GOLDEN MESA DUDE RANCH
Poundmaster Woodrow Thorn admit- Ride where the Indians
PHOENIX—Arizona's 1949 cotton ted a gray fox just the same. The thin
rode. Enjoy the scenery
and space of the Old West.
crop has been estimated at 450,000 little animal was picked up in a cabin Real Western hospitality.
bales, an increase of 37 percent over Only 75 miles from L.A.
last year's record crop of 328,000 on the Yuma mesa after a telephone Rate: $11-a day per person,
includes 3 good meals, lodg-
bales. Cotton was planted earlier this call had asked the poundmaster to ing and horseback riding.
year, weather was favorable, most come and take out a coyote.—Yuma For reservations write:
Box 167, Wilsona Route,
patches had a full stand.—Yuma Daily Daily Sun. Lancaster, California
Sun.
• • •
Dinosaur Added to Museum . . .
HERE'S MORE HOUSE
FLAGSTAFF—Bones of the small- . • . FOR YOUR MONEY
est, most ancient dinosaur yet discov-
ered have been given to the Museum of
Northern Arizona by Dr. Edwin H.
Colbert, American Museum of Natural
History, New York. The bones were
found at the Ghost ranch at Abiqui,
New Mexico, in deposits of Triassic
age. These deposits are called the
Chinle formation, are the same as those
in which the petrified forest south of
Holbrook occurred. Although the HOMES of DISTINCTION
popular idea is that dinosaurs were of
tremendous size, this most recent find Built With Call for Estimates — Plans Available
was only about six feet tall. Carefully Investigate now. Year 'round comfort, low
packed in plaster and burlap, the heating costs. Cool in summer. Low cost
bones are now at the Flagstaff museum maintenance. Build with "Precision Built"
and by next summer will be on display concrete, pumice and red cinder blocks. Desert
if work progresses according to sched- cinder blocks for desert homes.
ule. The animal was small, slender,
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OCTOBER, 1949 29
Want to Lease a Cavern?
PHOENIX—Ready and waiting for
THE D€S€RT TRADING POST
Classified Advertising in This Section Costs 8c a word, $1.00 Minimum Per Issue
development by someone with from
$75,000 to $100,000 are the Coco-
nino caverns, just off U.S. Highway
66 between Peach Springs and Selig-
man. The caverns are on state land,
INDIAN GOODS GEOLOGIC & SCENIC COLOR SLIDES, 2 sam-
ples, catalog, $1.00. Heald-Robinson, 112d
have never been fully explored, but
DEAR CUSTOMERS: Sorry we have no catalog.
Because we handle Indian Artifacts and each
Lemon, Monrovia, California. are complete with stalactites, stalag-
piece is distinctive, cost would be prohibitive. FOR SALE: Desert Magazines, Volumes 4, 5, 6, mites, bats and a real Wild West his-
We have lots of old and new rugs, baskets, 7, bDok bound complete: Volumes 8, 9 loose tory. The caverns are for lease to
jewelry and ceremonial things. Plenty of complete, excellent condition, $27.50. R. S.
rocks and minerals, gold specimens and nug-
gets. We also have Chimayo blankets, coats
Grube, P.O. Box 124, San Jose, California. someone who will develop them as a
and purses. We will be glad to ship. Tell us tourist attraction. Some work was done
what you want and send the money. Daniel's MISCELLANEOUS prior to the war by the old WPA, but
Trading Post, 401 W. Foothill Blvd., Fontana, SILVERY DESERT HOLLY PLANTS. One dollar
California. each postpaid. Greasewood Greenhouses, RFD, there is much more to-be done before
FOUR VERY FINE ancient Indian Arrowheads, Barstow, California. the caves could be exploited. The Co-
$1.00; 4 tiny perfect bird arrowheads, $1.00; BROKEN? Eyeglass frames expertly welded conino caverns are believed to wind
1 ancient stone tomahawk, $1.00; 2 flint skin- $1.00, return postage paid. Your risk. K. L.
ning knives, $1.00; 1 large flint hoe, $1.00; 2 Cory, 4051 Cartwright Ave., No. Hollywood, seven or eight miles underneath the
spearheads, $1.00; 10 arrowheads from 10 California.
states, $1.00; 20 damaged arrowheads, $1.00;
10 fish sealers, $1.00; 10 hide scrapers, $1.00;
ground in the rolling cedar-dotted
4 perfect saw edged arrowheads, $1.00. The 20 OLD WESTERN outlaw photos, $1.00. 20 dif- country. Explorers at one time found
above 11 offers $10.00, postpaid. List Free. ferent Old West, Pioneer, etc. photos, $1.00.
Lears, Kirby, Arkansas. 10 different battle of Wounded Knee 50c. several skeletons in the caverns, with
5 different Lincoln 25c. Lists 5c. Vernon Lem- U.S. mail pouches lying near by. Al-
INDIAN DOLLS BY EDYTHE—Authentically ley Store, 302 Dallas Ave., Mena, Arkansas.
dressed in everyday clothesr handmade, no FRED AND JESSIE PORTER welcome you to though never identified, the skeletons
two exactly alike: Hopi, Taos, Isleta, Navaho the ••Pow-Wow" Trading Post, Yermo, 14 were presumed to be the remains of
and Apache. About 5 inches tall, $1.25 each miles east of Barstow, Highway 91. Rocks!
(man or woman) postpaid. Other Southwestern Rocks! Rocks! Rocks in the rough, slabbed, hold-up men of the early days.—Gal-
tribes on special order at small additional preforms and cabochons. Fluorescent and rare
cost. Address: Indian Dolls by Edythe, P.O. specimens. Caledonite, Linerite, Benitoite, up Independent.
Box 401, La Mesa, California. Neptunite and many others. See your own
cut. Gifts and Souvenirs. • • •
BOOKS — MAGAZINES COLOR SLIDES—Travel, Nature, Geology, etc. Bisnaga In the News Again . . .
Free list (with sample 30c, three for dollar). MORRISTOWN —While the con-
MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS for all publica- Kelly D. Choda, Box 5, Los Alamos, New
tions at publishers' prices. Courteous, prompt Mexico. troversy still continues over whether
service. F. G. Voltmer, 10211 Seabury Lane,
Los Angeles 24, California. KARAKULS—Producers of Persian Lamb fur or not the bisnaga or barrel cactus can
are easy to raise, adaptable, to any climate or cannot maintain human life by fur-
BOOK OF CACTI for the amateur collector. or altitude. For further information write
Describes and classifies over 500 varieties,
over 200 photographs. Subjects on care, their
Addis Kelley, 4G37 E. 52nd Place, Maywood,
California.
nishing its liquid to thirsty desert trav-
culture, how to plant in rock gardens and
CACTI AND SUCCULENTS—From the deserts
elers, another incident favoring the
pots. Sent postpaid $1.00. Discount to dealers.
Published by M. Nowotny, 1401 Broadway, of the world. Don-Rita brand. By appointment cactus has been reported. Lost over-
San Antonio, Texas. only. Write us your needs and we will try to night on the hot desert out of Wicken-
help you. Michael Donnelly Cacti Gardens, 331
URANIUM PROSPECTOR'S Handbook, $1.00; Lowell St., Daly City, California. burg, 60-year-old Edward Ashurst, at-
non-technical, complete, Dept. T., Craft-
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Supplies, instructions and sample, $2.00.
torney, was found next day by search-
Angeles 5, California. Malik, Box 192, Carson City, Nevada. ers. He was chewing on the pulp of
BOOKFINDERS—Scarce, out of print, unusual THICK, RAW WATER White Orange Blossom or the barrel cactus. He said that several
books quickly supplied. Send wants. Clifton, Button Sage Honey in leak-proof cans, 3 lbs.
Box 1377d, Beverly Hills, California. $1.10; 10 lbs. $3.00. Comb honey, 4 lbs., $2.75. hours earlier he had smashed open a
Virgin Olive Oil, qt. $2.10; gal. $6.75. SUN-
OUTDOOR RAMBLER—You'll enjoy every issue DRIED APRICOTS, UNSULPHURED, 8 oz. bisnaga and relieved his thirst with the
of this western desert publication. 2 years 50c. LUSCIOUS ORANGE MARMALADE and
$1.00; 60c year; 15c copy. Outdoor Rambler. APRICOT JAM, both made with honey, 10-oz. moist pulp. He carried some of the
Box 192, Carson City. Nevada. jars 55c each. All items prepaid. Add 10% to pulp in his shirt as he started crawling
TRUE VERSION of "Spanish Gold and Lost cost on orders east of Rockies. TONTZ across the desert. He said he rubbed
Dutchman." Latest booklet. Informative and HONEY FARM, LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF.
different, $1.00. Ludwig G. Rosecrans, Star KODACHROMES ON APPROVAL. Don't be dis- his face with the pulp to keep from
Route, Mesa, Arizona. appointed, see what you are getting. Wild life,
scenes, sunsets, archaeological and geological
losing consciousness. Ashurst had just
FOR SALE: Desert Magazines complete includ- broken open a second cactus when
ing first publication thru 1949. Perfect condi- subjects. Mesa Verde, Colorado Springs, Sierra
tion. Make offer. Mary C. Doderer, 425 E. Nevada, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, found by members of a sheriff's posse.
Columbia Ave., Pomona, California. Tetons, Bryce, Banff, Alaska, Arizona and
"GOLD PANNING FOR PROFIT." Healthy out-
New Mexico. Just name area desired and we
will send selection. Douglas Whiteside,
A tire blowout left Ashurst stranded
door hobby. Beginners' big illustrated instruc- Yosemite, California. on the desert.—Los Angeles Times.
tion book—$1.00. Miners' gold pans, $2.00.
Prospectors' powerful magnifying glass, $1.00. SPECIALS: Desert landscape, three-dimension
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• • •
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465 No. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs,
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how to collect, identify and care for speci-
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oak studded canyon with 4 room house, cabin,
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OCTOBER, 1949 33
Hawthorne Will Remain City . . . Reseeding Program Unsuccessful... Resort Hotel Construction . . .
HAWTHORNE—Citizens of Haw- WASHINGTON —Attempts to re- LAS VEGAS—Apparently no drop
thorne have voted by a close majority seed Nevada and some other western in the tourist business is anticipated by
to retain the city form of government. range lands by dropping clay pellets those who make it their business to
A recent special election called on the from airplanes reportedly have failed. watch the trends, for more than three
question of disincorporation resulted A survey by Gerald M. Kerr, chief of million dollars worth of resort hotel
in Hawthorne remaining a city. The range management for the bureau of construction is planned or underway
vote was 311 for disincorporation, 345 land management, revealed the ex- in Las Vegas alone, according to the
against. The village has 873 registered perimental area in Nevada showed no chamber of commerce. Biggest single
voters.—Mineral County Independent. indications that any of the seeds in the project is' a new hotel estimated to
clay pellets had germinated. The Ne- cost $2,000,000. It will be called the
vada area was seeded with crested Desert Inn, is scheduled to open New
FOR HEALTH — AND INCOME wheat grass during November and De- Year's eve. Permanent population of
BUILDING DISCOUNT now offered. Desert Las Vegas is now reported to be more
foothills, 210 ft. front on oiled roads with cember of 1948. "From these experi-
elec, water-works, moderate restrictions,
ences it appears that the millions of than 25,000. In 1940 it was 8000.—
elv. 3200. ENJOY life free from fog, smogr,
city turmoil—cash goes further. GOOD acres of western lands in need of re- Salt Lake Tribune.
MONEY in desert fryers, eggs, turkeys.
Maps, prices free. seeding will have to be planted with • • •
Battelle. Box 105-D. Lucerne Valley. Calif. drills," Kerr said. The 11,000-acre Water High in Lake Mead . . .
test is located in northeastern Elko BOULDER CITY—Lake Mead is
county. Reseeding was tried on both at its highest point since 1941 and
sagebrush land and on a large acre- run-off water into the reservoir is just
DESERT HOmESITES age burned in August of 1948. Earlier holding its own with discharge through
Fine water, excellent drainage, surfaced experiments had been carried out in the powerhouses, according to a recent
streets, electricity, natural gas, telephones, Arizona and other western states. report from Hoover dam. Late summer
new school under construction—an ideal While the pellet program was being rains, it was considered possible, might
location where you can enjoy all today's carried out, seeds were drill-planted in raise the level in the lake even more.—
conveniences in the clean atmosphere of a other plots. These now have a fair Caliente Herald.
well-planned desert community. stand of grass. Crested wheat grass is • • •
Lots range from $950. Write for informa-
native to Russia, is used for most re- FALLON—Fred Wright, previously
tion.
seeding projects on western grazing employed at Tule Lake, California, has
lands because it is a good grazing been named wildlife biologist for the
PALM DESERT CORPORATION grass and is drouth resistant. It grows state of Nevada fish and game depart-
Palm Desert. California a foot and more in height.—Caliente ment and has established headquarters
Herald. in Fallon. His main work will be mi-
gratory waterfowl investigation at the
Sillwater Wildlife Management area.
Development of the area has drawn the
attention of U.S. Wildlife service engi-
neers, a group recently inspected the
In the project in Carson Sink.
Smart HEART • • •
For the first time since 1943, hunt-
New OF DOWNTOWN ers of Nevada this season were per-
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Hotel ANGELE! season was August 21 and 22. Out-of-
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OWNERSHIP much in demand during the war, but
CASINO HOTEL PADRE under present conditions a very small
BAKERSFIELO, CALIF. amount fills the market demand. So
Motel HOTEL JOHNSON
VISALIA, CALIF.
the New Mexico scientists are seeking
other more valuable components in the
creosote bush, believe they are on the
OCTOBER, 1949 37
ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES
IN GEOLOGY-MINERALOGY
GEM MART
A D V E R T I S I N G R A T E
8c a W o r d . . . Minimum $1.00 Under the direction of the adult education
program of the Los Angeles City schools,
classes in geology-mineralogy are meeting
in three of the Los Angeles evening high
ARIZONA ROYAL FLOWER AGATE, world's TEXAS AGATES—Five pounds selected from schools. The schedule: North Hollywood
finest colors and designs. Newly mined native all locations, including plume, iris, fortifica-
chunks of agate with ferns, flowers, feathers, tion, scenic, opal assortment, etc., postpaid, high school on Mondays; Hollywood high
plumes, blooms, blossoms, bushes or shrub- $5.00. Visit. 20 tons to select from at 25c school on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Belmont
bery with after frost effect on sumac, ferns, per pound. El Paso Rock and Lapidary Sup- high school on Wednesdays and Fridays.
sycamore, oak, quaken aspen and many others. ply, 2401 Pittsburg St., El Paso, Texas. Phone
Colors are canary to golden yellows with 5-8721. The time is from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., classes
bright and blood-red inlays, other colors are free and open to the public.
sometimes mixed in. Chunk prices $1.00 to MONTANA MOSS AGATES in the rough for
$5.00 per ounce. Slices priced $1.00 to $5.00 gem cutting $1.50 per lb. plus postage. Also Work in the classes is designed to meet
each depending on size and rarity. Moss agates Slabbed Agate 25c per sq. in. (Minimum order the needs of both experienced and inexperi-
of many colors now in stock, also deep red $1.00). Elliott's Gem Shop, 26 Jergins Arcade, enced rockhounds, is valuable to adults who
(ruby) garnets, amethyst crystals, petrified Long Beach 2, California.
woods, malachite, blue agate (Chrysocolla) and may care to make a hobby of collecting and
others. We will slice, chunk, cut stones or sell GOLD NUGGETS! Beautiful, solid gold speci- studying rocks. Classes will also include the
in rough with a money back guarantee, a chip, mens, $1.00 each or 3 for $2.00. Special col-
chunk or slice of any rock for any price. lection 12 nuggets from California, Oregon, principles of geology, with particular atten-
Arizona Agate Mines, Cave Creek, Arizona. Nevada and Alaska, $5.00. Desert Jim, 627 tion given to the geology of southern Cali-
Lillian, Stockton, California. fornia.
MICRO-MOUNTS and specimens for MINIA- ATTENTION ROCK COLLECTORS. It will pay • • •
TURE COLLECTIONS identified. Vanadinite, you to visit the Ken-Dor Rock Roost. We buy,
Malachite, Azurite, Wulfenite, Tourmaline, sell, or exchange mineral specimens. Visitors The dates of November 11, 12 and 13
Copper, Cinnabar, Pyrites, Quartz, Galena. are always welcome. Ken-Dor Rock Roost,
$1.00 postpaid in U.S. Fred Wilson, 25 N. 419 S. Franklin, Modesto, California. have been set for the Clark County Collec-
Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona. tors show to be held at the U.S. Naval Re-
BEAUTIFUL SLABS of Arizona variegated MINERAL SPECIMENS, slabs or material by serve armory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fea-
Agates, $1.00 each postpaid. Arizona Agate the pound for cutting and polishing, RX Units,
Felker Di-Met and Carborundum Saw Blades, tures of the show include a display from the
Mines, Cave Creek, Arizona. Carborundum wheels Cerium Oxide. Mount- U.S. bureau of mines metallurgical division
FOR SALE: Beautiful purple Petrified Wood ings. Approval selection sent upon request. experiment station at Boulder City; display
with Uranium, Pyrolusite, Manganite. Nice You are "welcome. A. L. Jarvis, Route 2, Box
sample $1.00. Maggie Baker, Cameron, Ariz. 350, Watsonville, California, on Salinas High- of specimens and lecture by Dr. H. H.
way. Nininger of the American Meteorite mu-
PLUME BANDED and Moss Agate for sale at seum, Arizona; guest exhibit by the Cedar
Ranch. Write or come. J. A. Anderson, Box MINERAL SETS—24 Colorful Minerals (identi-
182, Alpine, Texas. fied) in l x l compartments — Postage paid, City, Utah, Rock club.
$3.50. Prospector's Set of 50 Minerals (identi- The Clark County club is placing on dis-
fied) in l x l compartments in cloth reinforced
sturdy cartons. Postage paid $5.75. Elliott's play its half-ton block of pure selenite crys-
CHOICE CABOCHON MATERIAL Gem Shop, 26 Jergins Arcade, Long Beach 2, tals and a memorial display honoring the
Fine crystalled minerals. California. late Dr. Wm. S. Park, noted amateur geolo-
Mineralight and fluorescent minerals. BRAZILIAN AMETHYST & CITRAIN, 1st, 2nd gist and lapidary.
and 3rd grade, 75c, 30c, 5c gram. Green Can. Lelande Quick, editor of the Lapidary
MINERALS UNLIMITED Tourmaline, Golden Beryl, Morganite, Aqua-
Journal, is scheduled to attend the show.
marine, 40c gram. Chrysoberyl, 50c ct. Aus-
1724 University Ave., Berkeley 3, CalU. tralian gems, Blue Sapphire 75c ct., mine run
Sapphire and Zircon 50c gram. Large termi- • • •
"Selections personal as your own" nated Zircon crystals and Hyacinth Zircon
50c gram. Burma and Siam, black and green Here's good news for rockhounds in the
star Sapphire, large pieces $2.50 gram. Pigeon vicinity of Trona, California. Three new
Blood Ruby, $6.00 ct. Balas Ruby 75c ct. books are now available at the Trona
"FAST-MOUNTS" Small Hyacinth Zircon 50c gram. Africa gems, library, according to Mrs. Lillian Best,
Tourmaline, $1.50 ct., poor grade Emerald,
Make your favorite stones into Scatter-pins, small $1.00 ct. Tiger Eye, $4.00 lb. Ceylon, librarian. The books: Quartz Family Min-
cheap gray Sapphire 5c ct., best grade star erals, by H. C. Drake; Minerals and How to
Earrings, Cuff-links and Buttons. Easy — Sapphire 75c ct., colored fancy Sapphire,
Spinel, green Tourmaline, 75c ct. Moonstone, Find Them, by E. S. Dana; Getting Ac-
just cut stones to fit and crimp in bezel. cut 75c ct., balls 25c ct. American and Mexico, quainted with Minerals, by G. L. English.
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY ASSORTMENT Peridot 10c gram. Mexican Topaz, 5c ct. Mon-
$5.00 (plus Tax) tana Sapphire 60c ct. Coming, Australian • • •
Opal. Desert Rat's Nest, Box 1123, Encinitas, What kind of rocks to look for on field
"FAST-MARK" GEM TEMPLET $1.00 California. See Kizers Filling Station.
trips and how to determine values through
Ideal for laying out and cutting your gem- tests of weight, hardness, color, luster, trans-
BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIAN Opal Cabs, 10x8—
stones to accepted shapes. $3.00 to $7.20. 12x10—$4.80 to $9.00. Opal parency and shape was the information given
Ask Your Dealer or Order Direct rough for cutting $1.20 and $2.00. Ace Lapi- to members of the Santa Monica, California,
dary, Box 67, Jamaica, New York.
Gemological society when Geology Prof.
8/TNERS BRAZILIAN AGATE, Specimen pieces, also good W. R. B. Osterholt of Santa Monica City
for coloring, $1.00 a pound. Pieces run from
(Gemstone and Lapidary Specialties) one to ten pounds each. Black Onyx Blanks, college talked at their August meeting. A
P.O. Box 1191-D Santa Monica. Calif. 16x12 and 14x12 size—$2.50 dozen. Mail orders series of instruction periods has been
filled promptly. JUCHEM BROTHERS, 315 W. planned for future meetings. Society mem-
Fifth St., Los Angeles 13, California. bers will conduct the discussions.
FIRE OPAL—We are now specializing in all
grades of Australian cutting fire opal. We
stock this lovely opal in all price ranges.
Also cutting material and specimens. No mail START a Rock Collection: For yourself or shut-
orders. West Coast Mineral Co., 1400 Haci- in. No. 1 box for $1.00. No. 2 box for $2.00,
enda Blvd. (State Highway 39), La Habra No. 3 box for $5.00. Postage paid in U.S.A.
Heights, California. Money refunded if not pleased. F. P. Town-
MINERAL SPECIMENS and cutting material of send, Box 849, Twentynine Palms, California.
all kinds. Gold and Silver jewelry made to 25 GENUINE OZARK rocks, crystals and fossils
order. Your stones or ours. 5 lbs. good cutting sent postpaid for $2.00. John Jennings,
material $4.00. J. L. James, Box 117, Carson Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
City, Nevada.
IF YOU ARE A ROCKHOUND you need the 10 SPECIMEN Assortment of Peacock copper,
Lapidary Journal. Tells how to cut and polish all different. Nice size. All colors of the
rocks, gives news of all mineral-gem groups. rainbow, $6.00. Also 10 specimen set of fluo-
Tells how to make jewelry, carries ads of rescent materials, $6.00. Ask for list of other
dealers in supplies, equipment, gems, minerals fine specimens and cutting materials. Jack
from all over the world. Well illustrated, The Rockhound, P.O. Box 86, Carbondale,
beautifully printed. Subscription $2.00 a year Colorado.
This Label Stands for Quality —back numbers 50c. Sample Copy 25c if you
have never subscribed or been sampled. GOOD MONTANA AGATE: We just came back
We're waitin' for you at . . . LELANDE QUICK, Editor, P.O. Box 1228, from Montana with a nice selection of good
Hollywood 28, California. Agate. We also have Carnelian from New
Town & Country Market also Farmer's Mar- Mexico, Plume from Texas, Pigeon Blood
ket. Brazilian Phantom Quartz $1.50 — sand FIFTY MINERAL SPECIMENS, %-in. or over, from Utah, Chrysocolla from Arizona. Make
pictures — Indian Jewelry, etc. Will make boxed, identified, described, mounted. Post- your next rock hunting trip in our yard.
most anything to your specifications. We paid $4.00. Old Prospector, Box 21B270, Dutch Have tons to select from. Geo. C. Curtis, The
have 1 Automatic lapping machine at a bar- Flat, California. Agate Man, 645 1st St., Hermosa Beach, Calif.
gain. Address everything:
FOUR FLUORESCENT MINERAL Collections FLUORESCENT TURITELLA and other type
now ready for shipment to you. The flashiest Paperweights, $2.50 each. Exclusive pattern.
CHUCK JORDAN of them all. New discovery of Calcite. These Letter Openers, $2.50 to $3.50. Sawed slab
specimens will react under any U.V. light. Fluorescent Turitella, approximately 3x3x%,
350 So. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles 36, Calif. Order by size, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00 sizes. $1.00, plus postage. Will exchange cut and
YOrk 0-923 Jack The Rockhound, P.O. Box 86, Carbon- polished articles for good rough onyx. Clay
dale, Colorado. Ledbetter, 2126 McKenzie, Waco, Texas.
OCTOBER, 1949 39
The Feather River Gem and Mineral so- HUMOROUS TALK PROVES FIELD TRIPS FOR
ciety continued its meetings through August, TO BE INFORMATIVE BAY AREA SOCIETY
meeting once August 11 and again August The East Bay Mineral society, Inc., Oak-
25. A highly amusing but informative lecture
on "Mining Law" was given by Victor J. land, California, started off its new club
Hayek, attorney, before members of the year under leadership of Jerry Smith with
Pacific Mineral society, Lomita, California, two field trips. The July trip was a visit to
at their August meeting. Hayek is secretary the Henry Kaiser company quarry near
SyNTHETIC RUTILE of the Mining association of the Southwest.
He told of early gold rush days in California
Orinda. Forty cars of enthusiastic rock-
hounds took advantage of the opportunity
More flash than the diamond when laws were made to fit the occasion— to explore the working quarry. Specimens
and the territory. In 1872 the mining laws taken were green agate, ferrous iron, cubes
Write for prices of gems set in 14K gold rings were revised, very few changes have been of pyrite, quartz crystals, both three-sided
We also have the material in the rough made since. and hollow.
The attorney told how the gold rush On an August Sunday society members
GEIGER COUNTERS brought people pouring into California, and went to the New Almaden quick silver
For sale or rent said that in the mining areas gold dust and mines. Members filled their sacks with fine
Uranium ore for sale nuggets were used in place of money. specimens of cinnabar, calomel, serpentine
Collections made by members on field and eglestonite, plus a few specimens of
Our shop is open every day trips were displayed at the meeting. native mercury in place. Excellent weather
I. C. FILER & S O N • • • made a picnic lunch pleasant.
A third field trip was planned for the
Loma Linda. California Highway 99 MINERAL GROUPS HELP Labor day weekend. It was to be a two-day
STAGE MINING CELEBRATION trip to Engle mine in Plumas county, camp-
The Rand District Mineral and Gem asso- ing overnight. Copper minerals, zeolites,
ciation, the NOTS Rockhounds and Trona's rose quartz and petrified wood are among
Searles Lake Gem & Mineral society all the specimens to be found.
MINERAL SPECIMENS helped stage the Rand District Old Time • • e
GEM MATERIALS Mining celebration held in Randsburg Aug- A new year began in August for the
ust 20 and 21. A mineral and gem display Hollywood, California, Lapidary society,
A huge selection of BEAUTIFUL MINERALS, and an old-time rock drilling contest were and these new officers now head the group:
RARE MINERALS, COMMON MINERALS
big features of the event. It was sponsored Tom Virgin, president; W. A. Stephenson,
by Rand post 298, American Legion. The vice president; Mrs. Mary Lovett, corre-
and GEM MATERIALS. three gem clubs were co-sponsors of the sponding secretary; Dorothy Van Nostrand,
— One Price lo All — topnotch mineral display in the Randsburg recording secretary; Russell Kephart, treas-
American Legion hall. Exhibits by members urer; Art Tanner, Raymond Reese, Stuart
WE'LL WELCOME YOUR VISIT of the groups and other rockhounds filled Peck, directors. The society is planning its
the entire first floor of the building. first show October 16 and 17 at Plummer
BURMINCO • • • park. On Sunday, August 29, members en-
128 S. Encinitas Monrovia, California The Searles Lake Gem and Mineral soci- joyed a field trip to Corona del Mar.
(In same block with postoffice) ety and the NOTS Rockhounds of California e • e
got together for a potluck dinner at Valley A discussion and step-by-step demonstra-
Wells for their August meeting. A swim- tion of faceting given by Frank Wilcox of
ming pool provided recreation for the more Oakland was feature of the July meeting of
ambitious members. A proposed trip to the Castro Valley, California, Mineral and
Telescope peak was discussed, and members Gem society. July field trip was to the
'Pine Ofiat -TKexica were told of an active year ahead. Berkeley hills for nodules.
• • •
10 small pieces—average Vi"-3/4" $1.00 The heat of Minnesota's summer failed
5 larger—average Vt"-l" 1.00 THE O'BRIEN FACETING HEAD to dampen the enthusiasm of the Minne-
6 still larger—1"-2" or over 2.00 . . will be shown in our new store, apolis Mineral club members. In July, 14
1 small vial clear fire opal 1.50 opening by October 1. carloads of rockhounds made a trip to the
50 rough mixed Mexican Opals, in- gravel pits near Franconia where they
cluding honey, cherry, etc.. aver- Drop in and look over our stock of gems, searched for agate, while the August trip
age 1" 1.50 gem rough for faceting and cabochons, was to Lake City on Lake Pepin.
silver and findings, lapidary and jewelry • • •
ALL 5 LOTS POSTPAID—$6.00 equipment and tools.
August meeting of the Sequoia, Califor-
Although these are sold chiefly as cabinet Custom slabbing, faceting and cabochon nia, Mineral society was a potluck dinner at
specimens and have plenty of fire, many cutting. Fowler park, Fresno.
of them will work up into new cabochons. O'BRIEN
Money Cheerfully Refunded if Not LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT CO.
Entirely Satisfactory HAROLD D. MARYOTT & CO.
1116 N. Wilcox AT*. Hollywood 38. Calif.
Polished Mexican Opals and other gem GL 3986 Manufacturing Jewelers
stone cabochons on approval to responsible
persons. Wholesale Exclusively
DR. RALPH E. MUELLER Miami, Arizona
Ring Mountings and Findings
3701 Valentine Road Kansas City 2. Mo. RING MOUNTINGS: Sterling Stiver, finished,
ready to set. Men's from $8.65 to $15.00 per
doz. Ladies from $5.65 to $13.80 per doz.
Ladies 10K Solid Gold $3 and $4 each. Rock Cutting - Rings Mounted to Order
NECK CHAINS: Sterling Silver $3.50 doz.
DIAMOND BLADES 1/20 12K Gold Filled $4.50 doz. ROCK and GEM HOBBY SHOP
BEZEL OR GALLERY: Sterling Silver $2.00 FELIX BRADDI, Owner
oz. 1/20 10K Gold Filled $2.90 oz.
CLEVICES: For Pendants, Gold Filled $1.25 Stones Ground and Polished
Heavy-Dnty Snper- Standard doz. For Ear Rings, GF or SS $1.20 doz. Uranium Ore Tested - Western lewelry
Super-Chgd. Charge Charged PENDANT FRAMES W/CHAIN: Sterling or Highway 60, Box. 54 Ph. Moreno 338
6" $ 8.70 $ 7.70 $ 6.75 GF $12.00 doz.
8" 12.75 9.90 8.95 EXTRA EASY FLOW SILVER SOLDER: V* SUNNYMEAD, CALIFORNIA
10" 15.75 12.95 11.95 oz. 50c; $1.90 per oz.
12" 21.80 18.95 15.75 LOW KARAT GOLD SOLDER: 50c per DWT.
14" 32.30 24.95 21.85 JOINTS, CATCHES AND PINSTEMS: $1.00
16" 36.40 27.85 24.75 per dozen sets.
20" 66.30 44.20 33.95 CUFF LINKS: For large oval stone $8.25 CRYSTALLIZED MINERAL SPECIMENS
24" 79.30 55.90 43.75 per dozen pairs. Cutting Material
30" 127.25 106.95 .Arbor TIE CHAINS: For 12xl6MM Stone $6.00 doz.
36" 192.20 159.95 Size? JUMP RINGS: From 90c to $1.25 per gross. LARGE ASSORTMENT
F.O.B. Redlands, Tax in Calif. Ask for Price List No. 2 for
Send 3c stamp for MOJAVE DESERT GEM & MINERAL SHOP
Lapidary Catalogue. Additional Information
O. R. JUNKINS & SON Highway 91, One Mile West of
COMGM LAPIDARY ENG.,
REDLANDS. CALIF.
Box 1295 Newport. Oregon Yermo, California
OCTOBER, 1949 41
DESERT MAGAZINE NOVEMBER, 1948
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA TWELFTH VOLUME INDEX TO OCTOBER, 1949
OCTOBER, 1949 43
Jerome, Arizona Apr 49 p29 M Morongo, Tom Dec 48 p35
Jerusalem cricket Aug49pl7 Morongo valley, Calif Jun 49 p l l
Joshua Tree natl. mon Jun 49 p35 MacKenzie, Christine B. (Close-ups).... Moore, Earl Sep 49 p8
Juniper Feb.49 p23 Dec 48 p6 Mudget, Fannie A Feb 49 p34
Justice, Gary Oct 49 p6 MacKenzie, Christine B., Author of— Muir, John Dec 48 p l l
Artists of Scottsdale Dec 48 p7 Murray, Dr. Elwood Jul 49 p27
E MacSparron, Cozy Aug 49 p25 Murbarger, Nell (Close-ups) Aug49p32
Kaibab forest, Arizona Oct 49 p29 Magdalena, Mexico Dec 48 p l l Murbarger, Nell, Author of—
Kaibito plateau, Arizona Mar49p21 Maginnis, Edward B Feb 49 p34 They Live in a Ghost Town Aug 49 p5
Kaiser, Henry J Mar 49 p5 Malone, Jim (death) Oct49p31 Museums—
Kaiser railroad Nov48p33 Manuelito natl. mon. (proposed) Death Valley, Calif Apr 49 p32
Kamia Indians Feb 49 pl6 Jun 49 p35, Jul 49 p37 Meteor Crater, Arizona Nov 48 p31
Keams canyon, Arizona Aug 49 p25 Marie of San Ildefonso Apr49plO Natural History, Arizona Feb 49 p31
Kearns, Utah Mar 49 p36 Marston, Otis Sep 49 p30 Northern Arizona..Apr 49 p29, Jul 49 p33
Kearsage, Calif Mar49pl3 Maruffo, Tibursio Mar 49 p38 Utah Museum Jun 49 p39
Keetseel ruins Aug 49 p24 Martinson, Leonard Oct 49 p6 Musselman, Ross Oct 49 pp5,6,7,8,9
Keiser, William G Apr 49 pl7, Jun 49 p20 Mastodon petroglyph Jun 49 p39
Kelly, Charles, Author of— McCoy, Barney Feb 49 p l l N
Cowgirl of Brown's Hole Jun 49 pl7 McKenney, J. Wilson Oct 49 p28 National Mail & Trans. Co Aug 49 p6
Kennison, Walter Jun 49 p38 McKinney, Robert Feb 49 p36 Navajo hospital, Shiprock May 49 p28
Keyhole canyon, Nevada Jun49p31 McLaws, Sophie Feb49p31 Navajo rug Dec 48 p30
Keys, Bill Dec 48 p35 Mecca, Calif Nov 48 p5, Apr 49 p25 Navajo welfare problems Jan49p31
King, Sandy Aug 49 p8 Mendenhall, W. C Oct 49 p22 Naval Ordnance Test Sta Nov 48 plO
Kino, Father Eusibio Mesa Verde ruins Dec 48 p25 New, Loyd Henry and Betty Dec 48 p7
Dec 49 p l l , May 49 pl4 Mescal Button, or Peyote Oct49pl8 New Mexico Mining Co Aug 49 p7
Kluckhohn, Dr. Clyde Jul 49 p34 Mesilla, New Mexico Aug 49 p6 Nichols, Dr. John T May 49 p8
Kofa Mountains Apr49pl7 Mesquite, Nevada Dec 48 p37 Nichols, Wayne Sep 49 p30
Knowlton, Kent Mar 49 p44 Mesquite tree Mar 49 p30 Nininger, H. H Aug 49 pp2,46
Krouser, Caryl Jan49p33 Meteor Crater, Arizona Dec 48 p32, Nino de la Tierra Aug49pl7
Kuaua pueblo ruins Aug49pl6 Mar 49 p41, Aug 49 pp2,46, Noss, M. E. and Mrs. Ova Jun 49 p37
Oct 49 pp??,46
Meteorite Dec 48 p39
Laguna pueblo, New Mexico Oct49pl3 Meteorite pictographs Nov 48 p26 O'Connor, Charles J Dec 48 p7
Lake Mead, sediment Jan 49 p39 Military ranges Nov48plO Ocotillo, Calif Oct 49 p24
La Milla mining camp, Lower Calif Miller, David E. (Close-ups) May49p30 Ogilby, Calif Feb49pl6
Nov 48 p26 Miller, David E., Author of— Oliver, Harry
Lane, Nancy Nov 48 p27 5a// Water Trail on the Desert.May 49 p4 Nov 48 p34, Feb 49 p33, May 49 p33
Lane, Frank Feb 49 p9 Rails Across the Continent—1869.... Ollis, Don and Barbara, Authors of—
Langley, Dama, Author of— Jul 49 p22 Randsburg Refuses to Become
They Follow Ancient Ways at Mills, Johnny Jan 49 p32 a Ghost Town Feb 49 p5
Old Jemez Jan 48 p l l Mine Moratorium Aug 49 p40 O'Neil, Mickey Sep 49 pl6
Rain-Makers of Mishongnovi Jul 49 p5 Minerals, identification Nov 48 p45 Orcutt, Charles R Oct 49 p23
Lapidary tips Nov 48 p40 Cobalt, Idaho Nov 48 p30 Owens valley, Calif Mar 49 pl3
La Sal forest reserve Oct 49 p7 Carnotite, Arizona, Colorado
Laudermilk Jerry Dec 48 p22 Aug 49 p l l , Sep 49 pl5
Lawbaugh, A. La Vielle (Close-ups).... Euxenite, New Mexico Jun 49 p28 Pageant, Easter at Mecca Apr 49 p25
Sep 49 p8 Flagstone, Arizona Sep 49 p5 Painted Rock dam, Arizona May 49 p33
Lawbaugh, A. La Vielle, Author of— Fluorspar, Nevada .....Jul 49 p26 Paleobotany Dec 48 p22
They Left Their Story in the Gallium, Arizona May 49 p40 Paleontology Aug 49 p35, Sep 49 p33
Desert Sands Sep 49 p26 Gold..Nov 48 p30, Feb 49 p5, Sep 49 p23 Palms, Washingtonia filifera
Lay, Eliza Jun49pl7 Iron, Calif Jan 49 p38, Mar 49 pp5,29 Apr 49 pl7, May 49 p20
Leavitt, Val Oct 49 p5 Lead, Calif May 49 p40 Palm canyon, Calif Apr 49 p46
Lechuguilla desert, Arizona Sep49plO Lead-silver, Nevada, Utah Palm Desert Art Gallery Jan49pl7
Lederer, Gus Nov 48 p46 Nov 48 p30, Mar 49 p35, May 49 p40 Palm Springs, Calif Jul 49 p27
Lee, Joe Sep 49 p46 Manganese Aug 49 p34 Papago Indian reservation May49pl4
Lehman cave, Nevada Petroleum, Utah....Dec 48 p30, Sep 49 p23 Park, Cleve H Feb 49 p l l
Dec 48 p4, Feb 49 p29, Sep 49 p36 Phirestone, Nevada Sep 49 p23 Parry, Dr. Charles C Oct 49 p23
Leitzendorfer's well, New Mexico Placer gold Jun 49 p8 Peanuts in Arizona Dec48p31
Aug 49 p6 Tungsten, Calif Apr 49 p38 Pegleg Trek, Borrego valley Dec 48 p29,
Lemley, "Cowboy" Dec 48 p38 Turquoise, Nevada Dec 48 p30 Feb 49 p28, Mar 49 pp 15,28, Apr 49 p32
Leonard creek, Nevada Jan 49 p8 Uranium Nov 48 p30, Dec 48 p30, Pena, Tonita, of San Ildefonso....Aug 49 pl5
LeVineness, W. Thetford (Close-ups).. Jan 49 p38, Mar 49 p29, Apr 49 p5, Petley, Bob Dec 48 p l l
Aug 49 p32 Jul 49 pp9,26, Aug 49 pplO,34, Sep 49 p23 Petroglyphs Feb 49 pl6, Jun 49 pl3
LeVineness, W. Thetford, Author of— Mishongnovi, Arizona Jul 49 p5 Oct 49 p l l
Dancing Indians Are His Subjects.... Mitchell, Jack Oct 49 p26 Peyote, or Mescal Button Oct49pl8
Aug 49 pl5 Mitchell, John D., Author of— Phelps Dodge corporation Aug 49 p8
Lewis, Bill Jan 49 p28 The Lost Squaw Hollow Photographs, contest prize winners—
Leyve, Felipe Jan49pl3 Gold Ledge Jan 49 pl7 Lewis Jones, Ben Pope, Willard Luce
Liebler, Rev. H. Baxter The Pothole Placers Feb 49 p9 Nov 48 p25
Aug 49 p28, Sep 49 p46 Mitchell and Merrick, miners Aug 49 p28 Fred H. Ragsdale, Ellis M. Finkle....
Lippincott, William J Apr 49 p29 Mojave desert region Dec 48 p l l Jan 49 pl8
Lizard, leopard Apr49pl4 Monighan, Francis J Jul49p33 Egon Lempart, Lewis M. Jones
Lonquist, Jepson and Ann Dec 48 p7 Mono crater, Calif Jan 49 p32 .-. Feb 49 p24
Loper, Bert Jun 49 p39, Sep 49 p30 Monroe, Morgan and Dorothy Don Ollis, R. Van Nostrand
Lordsburg, New Mexico Aug 49 p6 (Close-ups) Aug 49 p32 Mar 49 p20
Oct49pl5 Monroe, Morgan, Author of— Burton S. Turney, Clyde H. Lord
Los Alamos, New Mexico Nov 48 p26 Indian Country Trek Aug 49 p22 Apr 49 p4
Lost gold Jun 49 p37, Jul 49 pl4 Grubstake That Paid Off Sep49pl5 James D. Hicks, C. R. Ege
Lost Mines— Monticello, Utah Oct 49 p5 May 49 p9
Hank's Lost Mine Oct 49 p32 Montoya, Geronima Cruz Aug49pl6 Martha Burleigh, Nell Murbarger
Lost Emerald mine, Santa Rosa Monument valley, Utah. Jun 49 p25
Mtns., Calif Dec48pl7 Jan 49 p23, Sep 49 p46 M & M Carothers, Don Ollis
Lost Lead-Silver mine, Morgan, L. W., Author of— Jul 49 p24
Nevada Apr 49 pl5 Lost Lead-Silver Mine in Nevada Don Ollis, Martha Burleigh
Lost Pegleg Feb 49 p29, Apr 49 p32 Apr 49 pl5 ' Aug 49 p33
Lost Pothole, Utah Feb 49 p9 Morley, Dr. Sylvanus G Nov 48 p37 Hubert A. Lowman, Art Riley
Squaw Hollow Gold Ledge Jan49pl7 Mormon Battalion Jan49pl9 Sep 49 p25
Lucerne valley, Calif Mar 49 p34 Mormon emigrants, Arizona Dec 48 p26 Harry D. Gill, Bill Stoughton....Oct 49 p4
Ludlow, Calif Dec 48 p l l Mormon Pasture, Utah Oct 49 p9 Pickyavit, Joe and Ted Sep 49 p22
OCTOBER, 1949 45
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By RANDALL HENDERSON
N THE AUGUST ISSUE of Desert Magazine it was pro- made as between deer and wild burro. The park rangers
posed that to preserve Meteor Crater in northern tell me it is nearly always true, that when the wild burros
Arizona against mining operations recently started move in the deer move out.
there, the property should be acquired by the federal • • •
government and administered by the National Park service. During the past year Secretary Krug of the department
Since then I have received a long letter from D. Moreau of the interior has established a precedent of far-reaching
Barringer of Philadelphia, president of the company which significance to Indian tribesmen. Two tribes, the Saginaw
owns the Crater, defending his company's operations. (See Chippewa numbering 540 Indians and the Stockbridge-
letters page, this issue.) Munsee with about 500, have been released from the
Answering Mr. Barringer, I suggested that while the supervision of the federal government.
merits of public or private ownership of such a natural The action in both instances was taken in response to
monument might be debatable, there could be no defense tribal resolutions asking the Bureau of Indian affairs to
for such destructive operations as are now going on, and relinquish its control over them.
that if private owners cannot be trusted to keep this Probably few if any of the tribes in the Southwest are
highly significant landmark intact, then the only alternative ready to assume the responsibilities which go with full
is public ownership. citizenship, and would not accept it if it were offered to
Mr. Barringer states that funds from the sale of silica them. But it is encouraging to note that where circum-
mined at the Crater are to be used for further exploration stances warrant it, the federal government is willing to
of the meteoric mass believed to lie 1346 feet below the relinquish its guardianship — and that the precedent has
south rim. been established.
His statement raises an interesting question: For what Some of the tribes in California are approaching the
purpose is this exploration work to be done? day when they may be released from reservation status
If for purely scientific studies there may be justification without hardship to their members — and the Indian
for such research. But if merely to determine whether or bureau is working toward that day — Independence Day
not sufficient metal lies buried there to make it a feasible for the American Indian. He hasn't known such a day for
mining project, then the ultimate result would-be a bit of more than 300 years.
added wealth to the Barringer family fortune, a few more • • •
guns and automobile door handles, and a big hole in the One of Desert's readers sent me a newspaper clipping
ground having neither scientific nor scenic value — an about a little desert in the State of Maine. Near the town
ugly monument to the immaturity of a generation which of Freeport there are 500 acres of shifting sand dunes
permitted the destruction of this unique meteorite from surrounded by woodlands and rolling green meadows.
the outer world. Various explanations have been advanced for this strange
If Uncle Sam was the custodian of Meteor Crater, I geological freak, one being that it was the bed of an
would have no misgivings as to its preservation. ancient lake and the sand is in the process of boiling up
• • • from below. The owner has fenced it in and collects
60 cents admission from those who want to see what a
Inquiries come to my office frequently from readers who desert is like.
want to know what laws have been enacted for the pro- That is all right for Maine. For one who never saw a
tection of wild burros. The answer: The California Fish desert 60 cents is a small price to pay for the privilege of
and Game code reads as follows: "It is unlawful to kill getting acquainted with one. But at the rate of 60 cents
or capture any undomesticated burro for the purpose of for 500 acres, I get a view worth a hundred dollars every
using the carcass thereof for animal food." So far as I time I look out the window — and up in Monument Valley
know other states have enacted no regulations. where Harry Goulding's front yard is visible for 125 miles,
Many of us would like to see a more stringent law on no one but an Indian maharaja could afford to pay the
the books than California has enacted. And yet it is a price of admission.
debatable question. The Park service men in Death Valley Our desert is big and wide and not cluttered up with
National Monument hold the view that when the burros too many fences. We like it that way. We hope it will
increase to the point where they drive out the deer, their always remain a place where humans can escape from
numbers should be reduced — for the reason that the deer the mad merry-go-round of business and social competi-
is a native, while the burro is an intruder. tion— where thev may come, rich and poor alike, and
There are not many areas yet where the burro has enjoy the sense of space and peace, and release from the
become a menace to wildlife, but their numbers are fetters that humans place on each other when they are
increasing and sooner or later the choice may have to be crowded too close together in the towns and cities.
46 THE DESERT MAGAZINE
CREATE YOUR OWN
HAND-MADE JEWELRY
"Most of the really great work in
metal was produced with simple hand
tools."
While not deprecating the use of
power tools where there is a need for
them, Andrew Dragunas in his craft
book Creating Jewelry shows a definite
sympathy for the hand artisan and be-
WISE MR. COYOTE GAINS If you want to know the seamy side lieves that in creating an original style
PLACE IN LITERATURE of Tombstone's story, if you want to the craftsman will experience the great-
A much-maligned but very Ameri- meet the characters whose names are est personal satisfaction.
can character, the coyote — that small, woven through the violent history of His book is a complete introduction
wise, tuneful wolf of the prairie and the Old West, that is reason enough to to the craft of handmade jewelry. Al-
desert — has been the subject of many read Billy King's Tombstone. though designed for the beginner, it
tales, many legends, countless articles Billy King, long-time barkeeper and carries through to advanced techniques,
and much persecution. part of the time a deputy sheriff, has provides step-by-step instruction in
It has remained for J. Frank Dobie, told his story to C. L. Sonnichsen. jewelry design from the simple to the
colorful raconteur of folklore of the Sonnichsen has tapped other sources finely wrought.
Southwest, to portray the coyote sym- of information to round out his rois-
tering tale. You may or may not like The author supplements his explicit
pathetically. In The Voice of the Coy-
ote, Dobie passes on to the reader the the book — it makes no pretenses of descriptions of processes with more
being anything but what it is. than 50 diagrams which illustrate
results of 30 years of study during
which he rode tnousands of miles, read Published by the Caxton Printers, methods outlined in the text. And he
tens of thousands of pages, talked with Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho, 1942 and 1946, offers this encouragement to begin-
33 illustrations, 233 pages. $3.00. ners: "There is no reason the average
hundreds of men who live in the vary- beginner cannot produce something
ing types of country which the coyote • • •
frequents — and even got the view- The lost gold of Arizona's Supersti- worthwhile after a few hours practice,
point of sheepmen, archenemies of the tion mountains continues to lure writ- if ingenuity, imagination and patience
coyote. ers as well as prospectors. Latest pub- are placed above activity."
Added to all this research is Dobie's lished manuscript on the subject is This is of interest: necessary tools
own acquaintance of years with the Spanish Gold and The Lost Dutchman, are few and relatively inexpensive,
one wild animal which has thrived and a 64-page paper bound booklet written Dragunas says. No special workshop is
increased in numbers and extended his by Ludwig G. Rosecrans of Mesa, Ari- required.
range as man encroached upon his zona. The author presents in brief form Published by Harper & Brothers,
favored haunts. Started as a modest the many versions of the gold which New York, 1947, 143 pps., plus index
collection of coyote tales, Dobie's book according to legend was discovered and preface, 51 diagrams, 9 photos.
became a real study in natural history originally by Carlos Peralta and later $3.00.
— but it is filled with interesting yielded a fortune to Jacob Walzer. The
book is illustrated with sketches by This book may be ordered from
stories from the life of the animal. John W. Bowers. Published by the
Published by Little, Brown & Com- Desert Crafts Shop
author at Mesa, Arizona. $1.00. Palm Desert, California
pany, 34 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.,
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FRONTIERSMEN OF THE Old WEST
• • • Among the sturdy trail-blazers who came into the trail-less desert
IT'S NOT REFINED. wilderness in the last century were three whose courage and prowess
BUT IT HAPPENED have given them a lasting place in the annals of the frontier country.
Tombstone from 1880 to 1905. The The stories of Bill Williams and Jim Bridger, mountain men, and Jacob
worst and the best of the wild old Hamblin, Mormon missionary, have been preserved in three books
times. Prostitutes, gamblers, drunks, which deserve a place in every library.
train robbers and violent death. Bar- OLD BILL WILLIAMS, Mountain Man, By Alpheus H. Favour.
rooms, honky-tonks and the frontier Trapper, trader and guide, whose exploits have made his name
underworld. Cowboys, dance-hall girls, a legend, Ol' Bill Williams played a leading role in Southwest
gunmen, sheriffs and saloonkeepers. history from 1825 to 1849 $3.00
Many old citizens and some writers
insist that nine-tenths of the early in- JIM BRIDGER, Mountain Man, by Stanley Vestal. Fur trapper and
habitants of famed Tombstone, Ari- Indian fighter, Bridger was one of the great explorers and path-
zona, boom mining town, were quiet finders of early American history $3.50
and respectable homebodies. But when JACOB HAMBLIN. Buckskin Apostle, by Paul Bailey. To know
a saloonkeeper tells what he knows Jacob Hamblin is to know the turbulent history of the whole
about a community chances are he Mormon Southwest. Even the Indians respected his fine character.
doesn't know much about the quiet, $4.50
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