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• It's all right to dream—but during the NEWS Here a n d There on t h e Desert 27
past few years the Campfire Breakfast on
this month's cover was so far out of MINING Current n e w s briefs 30
reach, DESERT editors since April 1942
have been holding back this tantalizing HOBBY G e m s a n d Minerals 31
campfire scene marked "Reserve for first
issue after V-JE Day." CRAFT A m a t e u r G e m Cutter, b y LELANDE QUICK . . . 35
OCTOBER, 1945
Death Valley from Dante's Point. Photograph by Josef Muench.
OCTOBER, 1945
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For Antoine Leroux had a reputation to How had he gained such an intimate of his travels. If he had, he would now be
maintain. He had trapped every stream in knowledge of so vast a territory, whose as famous as his contemporary, Kit Carson.
the Southwest and was considered the out- wild inhabitants had been hostile since the However, the little it has been possible to
standing guide and authority on all that days of early Spanish exploration? Unfor- glean from various sources seems well
country and its hostile Indians. Because of tunately we have lktle information on An- worth recording.
his experience he had been hired to guide toine Leroux's early life, for like most The Leroux family appears to have set-
this expedition. French-Canadians, he never kept a journal tled in St. Louis at an early date. Antoine
Mojave Indians visited by the Sitgreaves party in 1851.
OCTOBER, 1945
Women grinding corn in Zuiii pueblo.
Colorado, then south to old Camp Yuma, mountain pass and its possibilities as a Leroux crossed and sometimes followed
where the camp was attacked by Indians, railroad route, describing them accurately his route with Sitgreaves two years pre-
one soldier being killed. That no greater in advance and saving much difficult travel. vious. On White Cliff creek he met the
loss was suffered was due to Leroux's Crossing the mountains this party struck band of Yampai Indians who had tried to
knowledge and advice. Sitgreaves had the headwaters of a stream later named for kill him, but the size of Whipple's party
planned to explore upstream as far as the Capt. Gunnison, followed it some distance, kept them peaceable. Christmas was spent
Virgin, but shortage of supplies compelled crossed to the Uncompahgre and struck the at Cosnino Caves near Winona, Arizona.
him to continue from Camp Yuma direct to old Spanish trail which Leroux had traveled After abandoning most of their wagons
San Diego. many times with Robidoux. the party made a difficult crossing of the
Leroux remained in San Diego until Within sight of the Abajo and Lasal Colorado at the Mojave villages, being the
April, 1852, when he was engaged by John mountains on the upper Colorado, Leroux first, Leroux said, to pass that place without
R. Bartlett to guide the Mexican boundary pointed out the Spanish crossing of Green a fight. Continuing west to the old Spanish
survey eastward from that place. When river, mapped the route and returned to trail they met a group of Mormons who
Bartlett's party reached the Maricopa vil- keep his appointment with Whipple. Tra- told them Capt. Gunnison and most of his
lages on Gila river, Leroux met Chief veling at night, with only two companions, party had been massacred by Indians on
Blanco, who led the fight against Michel he passed through the hostile Ute country Sevier river in Utah.
Robidoux, in which he nearly lost his life. safely. Of his services with Gunnison the Returning from Los Angeles in May,
The year 1853 was a busy one for An- artist Mollhausen said: "The confidence 1854, Leroux traveled from the Pima vil-
toine Leroux. In May he met Edward F. which he inspired—a confidence that had lages to the Little Colorado at the mouth
Beale, superintendent of Indian affairs, on been earned by thirty years' toil in pri- of Canon Diablo, discovering the famous
the Santa Fe trail. Beale wished to be meval wilderness—made us all rejoice not ruins in Verde valley. This route is shown
guided to California and Leroux agreed to a little at having secured his services." on early maps as the Leroux trail.
go, but was taken sick and could not make Back in Albuquerque Lieut. Whipple Of his subsequent activities very little is
the journey. In the meantime two govern- had assembled an immense cavalcade of known. No doubt he retired to his ranch
ment railroad survey parties had reached 114 men, 16 wagons and 200 mules. He at Arroyo Seco or his home in Taos. I have
New Mexico, one under Lieut. Whipple, left on November 7, his route being not been able to learn the place or date of
the other led by Lieut. Beckwith and Capt. through Laguna and Zuni, past the present his death. But Antoine Leroux deserves
Gunnison. At Albuquerque Whipple en- sites of Holbrook and Flagstaff, around something better than oblivion. During his
gaged Leroux as guide, but while the ex- Bill Williams mountain, down Bill Wil- lifetime he was considered the equal as a
pedition was preparing for the journey his liams river to the Colorado, upstream to scout of his fellow townsman, Kit Carson,
services were requisitioned by Gunnison, Needles where he crossed, then up Mojave contributing much to early knowledge of
who was to explore a route from Santa Fe river past Soda Lake to intersect the Span- the Southwest. The routes he explored later
to Grand river and across the Green into ish trail and continue into California were used by both railroads and highways
the Great Basin. Picking up his "exper- through Cajon pass. In later years this be- through New Mexico and Arizona. But his
ienced and well known guide" in Taos on came approximately the Santa Fe railroad only monuments are Leroux Wash at Hol-
August 19, 1853, he began searching for route. brook, Leroux Island in the Little Colo-
a practicable railroad route through the To conduct such a large expedition rado, and Leroux Springs near Flagstaff,
mountains. through almost waterless' deserts placed a named in his honor by Sitgreaves and
Gunnison found that Leroux knew every heavy responsibility on the guide. In places Whipple. All those he guided spoke highly
of his knowledge and ability, but none took delegate to the territorial convention at No biographer discovered Antoine Le-
time to record a description of the man Santa Fe in 1851, and had been frequently roux in time to preserve his story. Practi-
himself. consulted by topographical engineers when cally all that is known of him is contained
It is exceedingly unfortunate that Leroux the first railroad surveys were projected. in this brief sketch. This is a great loss to
left no written record of his experiences, As late at 1868 his letters containing ac- western history, for Antoine Leroux was
since he had a good education in both curate descriptions of the Southwest were one of the real pathfinders of the South-
French and English. He was selected as a quoted by John C. Van Tramp and others. west.
Fort Yuma at the time the Sitgreaves expedition crossed the Colorado there in 1851.
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OCTOBER, 1945
According to Navajo legend, the tribesman who keeps a four-homed- to locate one but when I followed the lead
ram in his flock will prosper and grow rich. It is a sacred animal and plays they were either dead or non-existent. I
an important role in the folklore of the Indian tribe. Here is the story of its told Sam to secure camp as we were going
origin, as told to Richard Van Valkenburgh by Little Lefty as they sat by to follow the ram wherever he went.
the campfire and ate goat leg and fried bread. Here also, is the white A staccato sound not unlike the buzz of
man's story of the introduction of sheep into the Indian Southwest. a rattler stirred the silence of the canyon.
Searching for the source I looked upward
to see sheep begin to drift across the cliffs.
OCTOBER, 1945 11
sion of the introduction of domestic sheep a lot of meat as well as wool. So they
in the Americas. In 1538 Hernando Cortes, started to mix up Rambouillet and other
the conquistador, brought the first Spanish White Man's breeds with our Navajo."
Merino sheep as well as Churro sheep to Feeling the fine and soft texture of a
his hacienda at Cuernavaca, near Mexico natural dye blanket that lay beside me I
City. Later he distributed them among the asked, "Grandfather, just what kind of
missions of Mexico. wool is the best kind for weaving blankets
Two years later Coronado left Compos- like this?"
tela with the first domesticated sheep to "The women say that a blanket is no
enter the Southwest. Only a few remained better than the wool from which it is
when the Quivira-bound expedition reach- woven. The best comes from the back
ed the Tewa pueblo of Pecos in present cuts of the old Navajo sheep. For this is
New Mexico. Here amidst the curious the longest and finest wool. Today—with
puebloans the sheep were left in the care only a few of the old sheep left the blankets
of Father Luis de Escalona, who was to be are not so good. In the old days I have
murdered at instigation of the medicine seen them woven so fine that they would
men in 1542, one of the two first martyrs hold water!"
of New Mexico. "What do you think of the future of
It was easy to associate Naxo'ilpai with Navajo as sheepmen?" I questioned.
Juan de Onate for he was the Spaniard who Little Lefty was almost sad as he an-
began to colonize the upper Rio Grande in swered, "We old people live in the things
1598. History records that it was not long of the past. We know that the world has
before the Navajo began to raid the fron- changed since our youth, but we don't like
tier settlements. Navajo unwritten history to think of it. We still dream of grass that
and Spanish archives agree that from these reaches up to tickle a horse's belly. Many
forays came the original stocking of the of us still think that the grass will return
Navajo flocks. if To ni'nilini, the Water Pourer, will give
Little Lefty smiled when I stopped, "La! us rain.
Your story is almost as good as the Navajo "The young men who hang around the
one. But not quite so good. Mine is not agency say, 'The grass is only a mirage.
done. Pray all you want to To ni'nilini—he'll
"After getting the sacred ram our flocks bring you no rain and grass.' Then down at
multiplied like the seeds of sage. Following Chinle school where they scratch things on
Denetsah bideen, our sheep grew accus- paper making fun of my sacred ram, here
tomed to Navajoland's rugged mountains Each Navajo child has a share in is what my granddaughter brought home
and dry deserts. They grew long wool and the family flock. from school:
their legs became long so that they could was given three ewes. When the lambs Grandfather's four horned ram
walk a long way between sunrise and came the women nursed the weak ones on His role of sacrilege is ended
sunset. their own breasts That is how we got We Navajo have been blind too long
"When I was a boy it was not uncom- started in the sheeo business again." Fooled into believing that he was
mon for a rich man to own 5000 ewes. But "Is it true that the Navajo sing a cere- blessed.
they got careless about keeping the laws mony over their sheep as they do people?" "Now this grandchild of mine may be
of the Gods. The four-horned-rams started I asked Little Lefty. right. But we Navajo cannot survive on
to disappear from the flocks. The elders "Oh, yes," answered the old Indian. White Man's ways alone. We must always
nodded their heads and said, 'It is bad when "Sheep have become almost sacred to us depend on prayer and faith in our Gods.
Denetsah bideen goes away—evil days are old people. As you may know there is even For we are now in the generation of which
upon us!' one sand-picture that shows them with the the omen was made by the Holy People,
"Then came Kit Carson with his Utes other sacred animals. And then we know 'Unless faith is kept in the Navajo Gods
and Mexicans to kill our warriors and mur- that a four-horned-ram was issued with the Dine and their Earth shall crumble
der our sheep. The big flocks were smashed. those given at Fort Defiance in 1869. And away to nothing in the twelfth genera-
Only the wolves and coyotes drank from we say, 'That was an omen from the Gods. tion!'"
our springs. As our people began their With Denetsah bideen came our present We walked into the wide path of moon-
long walk to Hwelte—far to the east into prosperity!' light down from the white shell disk that
captivity on the Rio Pecos—the elders said, "When dipping time comes in the fall was the autumn moon. Its gentle, silvery
'Remember the curse of Naxo'ilpai. I shall we start worrying for fear that our sheep light spread over the rims to creep into
bring war, famine, and disease among you!' might drown in the vat. So we sing a one- the canyon patterning great patches of
"When W acingtone sita, he who sits in day Hozhoni or Beautyway ceremony over light and shadow. When we reached the
the White House, allowed us to return to the flock. We do the same when we move corral, partly made by the cliffs, the sleep-
Navajoland in 1868 we found that some of camp—for there is always danger of light- ing sheep were white blotches against the
our sheep were still alive. Hashkinini, in ning, whirlwinds, and bears!" dark earth.
Monument Valley, and Lilizhin, Black "I see that you have old type Navajo Looking down at Old Four Horns who
Horse in the Red Rocks, had got away sheep in your flock, Grandfather," I com- lay by the gate guarding his flock, Little
with some of our sheep. But they did not mented. "I have seen very few of these— Lefty murmured, "Denetsah bideen is more
have enough to get the Navajo started and mostly in the west around Navajo than a sheep. To us old people he is a
back in sheep business. mountain." symbol of the prosperous and great days
"So Wacingtone helped us out. One year My question brought a grunt, "Well, of the Navajo. Right now it makes me feel
after our return all the Navajo were called many years ago the agents started running secure to stand here and know that I own
to Fort Defiance by Cha'tsoih, Big Belly, around saying, These old scrawny Navajo him. For he is the gift that long ago the
whom the Bilakana called Captain Frank sheep aren't much good. You people need Gods gave the Navajo to insure their per-
T. Bennett. Each Navajo, large and small, another kind of sheep that will give you petuality."
OCTOBER, 1945 13
In practically all cases the fruit is protected Practically all the common types of prickly grab a pear without a little preliminary
by an efficient armament of spines, and pear are perfectly safe to eat provided the fixing can be one of a tenderfoot's most
tiny barbed glochids. This is one of the spines are removed and the seeds discarded. disagreeable minor disasters. Fingers in-
main reasons why this very palatable fruit Many Indians and other folk including stantly grow a painful stubble of tiny, hair-
has never become popular north of the myself eat seeds and all. However, since the like spines which are a saint's own job to
border. average amount of edible material amounts pick out since the barbed tips remain in
Many species, both the wild forms and to only 28 per cert, a man would be prac- the skin. Fortunately they are rapidly ab-
the mansas or tame varieties are staple ar- tically half full of seeds before he had made sorbed or at any rate cease to nag after a
ticles of food with the Mexicans and the a satisfactory meal, so it's a good plan to day or two. This distressing initiation is
Indians of the Southwest. But to deal suc- use patience and remove the seeds. unnecessary. Here is the way to gather tunas
cessfully with this strictly American fruit The first operation when about to eat without discomfort:
requires a certain amount of knowledge. a tuna is gathering the fruit. To deliberately Make a small brush by gathering a
bunch of dry grass about a foot long and
as big around as your thumb. Wrap two-
Tools and fixings for handling tunas: (1) grass broom for removing spines, (2) thirds of the stem end with string to make
tongs for tunas within reach, (3) Mexican type of tuna snare, three prongs on a a handle and you have the time-proven
long pole, (4) improved tuna snare. The tips of the tongs are covered with burlap spine remover. Now, simply brush the
to prevent bruising fruit; when the string A is pulled the jaws close and tunascan surface of a pear thoroughly as it grows on
be picked as easily as if by hand. (5) Tuna seeder. The bottom of a tin pail is the pad. Spines and glochids stick to the
punched full of small nail holes from the inside and mounted in the frame shown. grass and the fruit is finally de-spined. In
A crock is to be placed underneath and as the tunas are pulped with a potato place of the grass broom you may use any
masher the juice runs into the crock. leafy twig strong enough to stand up under
the brushing. White sage makes a fine
brush. This method is for choice fruit with-
in reach.
In other cases the tunas are best gathered
with tongs made by splitting a stick about
two feet long for three-fourths its length
and keeping the arms open with a wedge
tied in place. These are used as pliers to
pluck the fruit from the bush. As picked
the fruit is dropped on the ground and
spines removed either with the brush or
by rolling it in the sand coyote fashion.
Brushing is better.
Tunas that grow beyond reach are picked
with a special tool made by splitting the
end of a long pole, preferably bamboo, into
three 14-inch sections. These are kept open
with two wedges so as to make a sort of
three-prong spear. When this is pushed
around a tuna it is firmly held with two
prongs on one side and one on the other.
Tongs or pole damage the fruit and it
has to be used at once. This is avoided by
using the tongs of my own invention and
shown in the cut.
After you have gathered your first tunas
you will probably want to sample the fruit.
The proper technique for eating tunas is
to slice off the flower scar on top and the
stem scar at the bottom and then peel off
the skin.
Now for the cooked tuna products:
Miel de Tuna. Suppose you have gath-
ered a couple of baskets of ripe tunas, wild
red ones and tame yellow "mission pears"
and want to make tuna honey. The method
is simple but requires patience and know
how. Peel the tunas thinly with a sharp
knife, leaving considerable rind as it con-
tains much juice and some sugar. Half fill
a deep kettle with the peeled fruit. Add
water to cover completely. Boil steadily for
—A
two hours and replenish water as it evap-
orates. When thoroughly cooked the seeds
settle to the bottom. Cool, and strain the
pulp through a metal sieve to remove seeds
and big pieces of fiber. Some cooks are
satisfied to use the thick jam-like paste just
OCTOBER, 1945 15
Ages ago when the present Salton
Sea basin in Southern California was
filled with a great clear-water lake,
millions of tiny creatures were busy
building their limestone shells. The
lake has long since evaporated—but
the sea shells are still there, preserved
by the dry desert atmosphere. And
now an ingenious woman whose
home is in this desert basin, has found
a way to gather those prehistoric
shells and from them create little
decorative novelties that have wide- Gertrude Favier in her home workshop, making the sea shell bouquets that
spread popularity. are so much in demand.
OCTOBER, 1945 17
lady" was up to her ears in business. She
was approached by commercial houses to Goodbye gas coupon books—and it won't be long
enlarge and hire help but she wisely chose
to keep the project down to a personal craft.
DESERT QUIZ now before the Quiz fans are rolling over the desert
getting better acquainted with the many places the
The army came to train on the desert Quiz editor has been writing about. In the meantime, here is another set of ques-
and the soldiers and their wives discovered tions to puzzle over. You always learn something from this column, so you win
the clever novelties. They mailed hundreds even if you lose. The average person will get about 10 correct answers. A Desert
home to sweethearts, mothers and friends. Rat should score 15, and any score above that is evidence either of good luck or a
No less personage than Mrs. George S. very superior knowledge of the history, geography, mineralogy and people of the
Patton, wife of the famous desert general, desert country. Answers are on page 34.
came to watch her as she worked with her 1—Highest mountain peak in the Southwest is in— Arizona
shells and ordered gifts made for her California Nevada Utah New Mexico
friends in the east. Moving picture stars 2—Pyramid Lake is located on the reservation of the—
wintering in Palm Springs took up the fad. Pima Indians Cahuillas Piutes Hualpais
The Conchilla jewelry was a hit, and Mrs. 3—Organizer of the first stage line to carry passengers and mail across the Great
Favier was happy for she was busy doing American desert was— Butterfield Banning Bradshaw Birch
the thing she liked. 4—Indian kit as found in ruins of the Southwest were used for— Ceremonial pur-
Later when barnacles came hitch hiking poses Storing food Hiding from enemies
into the Salton sea on navy planes she Clinics fo:r the medicine men
saw another opportunity. Soon her line was 5—The lowest natural unsubmerged elevation in the United States is in—
enriched by barnacles off the sagebrush. Grand Canyon Salton Sink Death Valley Ubehebe crater
When I predicted in my story (Desert 6—The old Indian cliff dwelling known as Montezuma Castle is in—
Magazine, March '45) that clams might Arizona California Utah New Mexico
appear in the Salton sea if barnacles had 7—San Xavier del Bac in Arizona is the name of a—
become acclimated, she took me seriously Mountain Range Old mission Postoffice River
and started hunting clams. She found them! 8—Indian signs incised in the rocks properly are called—
Now the shells of short necked razor clams Hieroglyphs Pictographs Lithographs Petroglyphs
whose ancestors flew in on navy planes 9—Bisnaga is the name of a desert— Reptile Bird
form other flowers in her charming bou- Rodent Cactus
quets. 10—An Indian wickiup is a— Dwelling Type of boat
Her last discovery was a place along the Basket for storing food Ceremonial headdress
shore where commercial fishermen have 11—In the botanical world Ocotillo is a— Palm Yucca
been seining mullet for the fish markets. Cactus Fouquieria
Here were bushels of the large transparent 12—Indians of the Pueblo San Ildefonso in New Mexico are best known for
scales just waiting for her to make use of their— Basketry Silverwork Weaving Pottery
them. Her newest "flowers" are cleverly 13—To visit the Timpanogas Cave national monument, you would go to—
fashioned from mullet scales tinted and Nevada Utah Arizona Colorado
cemented together to look like pearl lust- 14—The book, The Wonders of the Colorado Desert, was written by—
ered roses. The scales that had curled up James Chase Van Dyke Saunders
tight as they dried form the buds. There 15—Most of the iron mined in this country comes from—
seems to be no limit to her imagination. Fluorite Bauxite Hematite Cinnabar
Recently I visited the home workshop 16—Jacob Hamblin was a— Guide for Kearny's army
of Mrs. Favier in Indio and saw her busy Mormon missionary Mining engineer Stage driver
among her shells. She has never lost her 17—The native Washingtonia palm which grows on the Southwest desert is of the
liking for sea shells. Her room was full of species— Filifera Gracilis Sonorae Robusta
them from all over the world. On one 18—Boulder dam was built in— Boulder canyon Grand Canyon
table was a group of vases decorated with Marble canyon Black canyon
shells and the "flowers" in them were 19—"The Crossing of the Fathers" where Father Escalante and his party crossed
sprays of sagebrush from the shore of the the Colorado river in 1775 is in— Nevada Utah Arizona
Salton sea coated with barnacles. They New Mexico
were tinted delicate pastel shades. They 20—Dellenbaugh is a name connected with— Exploration
make lovely permanent bouquets. Apache wars Mine discovery Archeology
In boxes around her were thousands of
minute shells, cleaned and dyed to the
desired tints. In dozens of tin cans were the just one of the items she turns out by the bank." She took me to another room where
individual "flowers" ready to be assembled dozen every day. cartons were stacked on shelves in orderly
into jewelry. I asked her where she had I asked her how she felt about imitations rows clear to the ceiling. Every box was
acquired the ability to blend her colors and of her work that are appearing on the full of prepared shells. On the front of
balance her designs so well and she market. She replied that it didn't alarm each carton she has cemented a sample of
chuckled as she replied that her mother her—that, in fact, it is a relief. These take the contents so she can pick at a glance any
had been a landscape artist. It seems that some of the highly commercialized pres- size or color. It was a novel sight. Literally
mother had tried hard to get her to take sure from her from buyers who demand millions of shells weighing hundreds of
up painting, too. Daughter had been duti- hundreds of exactly the same item. It gives pounds are "filed" in this manner.
ful in trying but finally gave up because her more time to work on newer and more She explained that she is constantly
she said she "didn't have the patience." I interesting things. She has sale for every- building up this reserve against the day
was struck by the irony of this as I looked thing she can make. She signs each card when she would get too old and have too
at the seemingly endless numbers of tiny on which she mounts her novelties and her many kinks in her back to gather material.
units ready to be painstakingly assembled. imagination will always keep her out ahead. When that day finally comes, she doesn't
I paint landscapes for most of my living I was about to leave when she remem- propose to be caught with nothing for her
but I wouldn't have the patience to make bered that she hadn't shown me her "shell busy hands to do.
OCTOBER, 1945 29
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Canyon, three miles to the west. Another yon a half mile to the vari-colored rock west, probably depend for their moisture
trail climbs out of the canyon just above walls of Rainbow cove. There are caves on the fault—one of the many branches
the palms and threads its way over the to be explored here, and when the light of the Andreas fault system which projects
ridges in the direction of the Cottonwood is right, the kodachrome photographer will across the Colorado desert of Southern
mountains to the north. find a brilliant setting for pictures. California. In the' mountains these fault
Hidden Springs is not the only scenic When the sand has been packed by rains lines may be traced by the offset lines in the
attraction in this vicinity. It is a compara- it is possible to drive up another side-can- rock—on the desert by vegetation watered
tively easy hike from the parking place to yon downstream from Hidden Springs by the artesian flow that makes its way to
Grotto canyon, the next tributary upstream tributary. This trail leads to Sheep's Hole the surface where the earth's crust is
on the left. Grotto is a narrow crevasse cut oasis. George Wharton James found this broken.
through sandstone walls by many thous- palm group in 1905 when he followed an To those who later will be following
ands of years of erosion. When great blocks old Indian trail out of Box canyon. Only the beaten-sand trail to Hidden Springs
of stone fell from above and choked the six of the original palms remain in Sheep's and Sheep's Hole Oasis, I would suggest
passageway, the storm waters from the Hole, and generally it is necessary to dig this—that these have been the watering
drainage basin above tunneled beneath for water, unless the coyotes have been places of many species of desert wildlife
them. With a flashlight and the help of a there ahead of you and done the excavating for countless ages, and since we are in-
rope one can follow through these tunnels with their paws. truders upon their domain we at least owe
a quarter of a mile and emerge in the The palms at Sheep's Hole and Hidden it to them to keep their springs clean, their
sunlight of the open canyon above. Springs, like the thousands of native palms shade trees unmarred, and their security
Another side-trip is up the main can- in the Indio mudhills a few miles to the inviolate.
OCTOBER, 1945 21
RECORD STORMS DRENCH
MANY DESERT AREAS
"Rain, rain, rain—if this keeps up the
cows will have to wear rubber boots and
every home will have to tie a boat to its
back door." This was the prediction of one
Utah editor who thought some suppliants
had been overzealous in their prayers for
rain. After many long months of desert
drouth storms beginning near mid-August
brought enough rain to the Southwest to
•\ Si satisfy a desert rat for a long time.
In Salt Lake City rain and hail storms,
striking suddenly August 19, flooded gar-
dens, basements and lower floors and
broke windows; trees were toppled, traffic
impeded, planes at the airport and many
homes were damaged, and business inter-
rupted—to the tune of an estimated $500,-
000. Precipitation for August was the high-
est in 72 years.
Residents of Clifton, Arizona, dug out
from under tons of rock and debris after a
cloudburst storm August 17, said by old-
timers to be the worst since the 1916 flood
of the San Francisco river, causing an es-
timated damage of $100,000. Three inches
of rain and hail fell in 45 minutes.
As usual Californians relied on that
good old word "Unusual" to describe the
kind of weather that washed out roads,
interrupted power service, damaged crops
and generally soaked the desert ground in
both the Mojave and Colorado deserts. At
Twentynine Palms, where the average an-
nual rainfall is two inches, 3.18 inches had
fallen by August 17, almost half of all
¥• , : c • . the rain that has fallen during the month
of August for the past ten years.
1 FJ^ To all those people who have been scrap-
ing A stickers from their windshields this is
{
€ _ : . •>" *• good news. If they like to get off the high-
way, they'll find good going along the
sandy washes. But they won't have to leave
the highway to see the wildflower display
which should result from such generous
early rains. In the areas where rain has
fallen the ocotillos immediately brought
out their cloaks of green—and no doubt
many of them will be flowering during the
fall months.
By MARSHAL SOUTH
OCTOBER, 1945 23
Even Victoria, who each time picked her way down the trail seeping waters of the spring, rose an inviting thicket of mesquite
with the rest of us, her arms heavy burdened. The Navy had trees. While on the other, through tangles of wild plum bushes,
promised to send a truck and a work party to help us. But by weathered boulders and the cream-and-rust blooms of crowding
the time the great powerful monster with its attendant jeep and buckwheat, the land heaved upward steeply, between ranks of
cheerful work party arrived at the foot of Ghost Mountain, we yuccas, to the mystery of narrow canyons, dim with deep shadows
had already carried down the bulk of our effects. Only a couple and tangled greenery.
of trips up the mountain by our new gang of willing helpers, to Indians had been here. Traces of them lay all about, despite
bring down such stuff as we had found difficult to manage alone, the many years that had drifted by since their passing. Time cov-
were needed. Then, with the big truck loaded almost to capacity, ers swiftly the relics of its vanished children. Yet the storm worn
we rolled away from Ghost Mountain into the shimmering des- guide stones and the ancient weathered metates, lying lone in
ert. Life at Yaquitepec—for the duration—was over. the silence, told a mute story that was eloquent with the mystery
So, for a space, in our new desert home there is a new life, of dead and vanished days. For how long had this little haven
with new scenes. Our young Yaquitepecos, who uproot more eas- amid the hills, warmed by the desert sun and made softly musical
ily than their oldsters, have the solace of new sights and new by the breeze in the mesquites and the murmur of its bubbling
"adventures" to offset their spells of wistful longings for the old water, been the gathering spot of the dusky children of the desert,
haunts. There is the trickling water of the spring to splash in before the European invader, greedy-hearted and intolerant,
and to exclaim over and to dam into pools with rocks and mud came marching up across the wastelands? For how many centuries
and sticks. Pools which soon are inhabited by fascinating little had the little crystal spring at our feet been flowing? And for
black tadpoles which lie like miniature ocean sting-rays on the how many generations had the desert people gathered here to
sand at the bottom of the clear water. There are new friends to rest and to gossip and to grind the beans of the mesquite into
be made with the quail and with the roadrunners and with the sweet flour? The desert and the mountains are silent. The whit-
jackrabbits and the snakes and with the little black and white fly- ened stones of the metates give no answer.
catcher who sits all day upon a tree twig above a tiny water pool
There were luxuriant patches of tuna cactus along the rocky
and waxes fat upon venturesome yellow butterflies and gauzy
gullies. And its pink fruit, almost ripe, clustered temptingly
winged gnats.
amidst the bristling spines. So this little desert Eden provided
The youngsters have made a garden too, irrigating it carefully its old-time guests with fruit also. Even to this last detail it was
with buckets of water carried from the pool. The possibility of perfect. Were they sad to lose it—those departed ones whose
this combination of seeds with water and soil is not without its abandoned grinding stones lie wistful in the silence? One sus-
effect. And this morning Rudyard, after meditating awhile upon pects so. For, even though the trails of the Happy Hunting
the miracle of a melon seed that had sprouted in his own particu- Ground be pleasant, it is difficult to imagine anything more
lar plot, wandered off to the typewriter and upon a torn frag- pleasant than sitting in the cool shade of a mesquite, beside a
ment of paper napkin—the first bit of paper that he found handy bubbling spring, on a hot desert day and eating the delicious
—produced the following: juicy fruit of the tuna cactus. There are some things that are not
The Melon. exceeded.
It comes up. For the fruit of the tuna is something that is not sufficiently
Its leaves are folded together. appreciated by modern residents of the Southwest. Perhaps it is
It slowly opens them to great life because of tediousness in the picking and preparation. Our gen-
And its coming future. eration is not given to the taking of trouble. It prefers something
(At seven years of age Rudyard has not yet definitely decided that can be taken in rush order. Yet in Mexico and in other coun-
whether his life work is to be that of an author, an artist or a tries where the tuna (or mission cactus) flourishes or has been
poet.) introduced, it is more popular. Not only are the fresh ripe fruits
—rubbed clean of their growth of defensive spicules—readily
Yesterday we went up to the source of the spring which sup-
obtainable in the markets, but in addition, considerable trouble
plies water to the house. It lies up under the toe of encircling
is taken to prepare syrups, jellies and preserves from the crop.
rocky ridges, and that characteristic atmosphere of primeval
peace which is the special attribute of mountain solitudes lay Queso de tuna, or Tuna Cheese is a delicacy highly esteemed
over it like a healing benediction from the Great Unseen. All in Indian and Latin America. This thick, toothsome sweetmeat
places, like all human beings, creatures and objects, have their is prepared by boiling the carefully skinned ripe fruit for long
own aura or atmosphere. A surrounding area of given-off vibra- periods until the syrup has been evaporated to a jelly-like semi-
tions which are just as real and distinct as the area of light rays solid. Primitive methods of manufacture are generaly used, the
emitted by a lamp or candle. There are dwelling houses that are fruits being peeled by hand and the numerous hard seeds sep-
sinister and others that are joyous. You can sense the spirit of arated from the pulp by means of a home-made contrivance
them the moment you set eyes upon them. And the uplift or de- (often fashioned from a large tin can or drum) whereby a re-
pression of them falls upon you heavily as soon as you cross the volving wooden paddle wheel forces the soft pulp of the fruit
threshold. There are places where the birds sing and all the spirit through perforations in the metal cylinder which are too small
of gladness seems to reign. There are others that you instinctively to allow the passage of the seeds. Thus seeds and pulp are sep-
:.iee rrom, pursued by uneasy dread which you cannot put into arated. The juicy product is then boiled in ollas over wood fires
words. The roar of his soul-destroying machines has made civil- until it assumes the required thick consistency.
ized man less sensitive to these primitive vibrations, even to the • • •
point of incredulity and scoffing. Primitive peoples who live INNER POWER
close to the soil and to nature do not mock at such vibrations.
Nor do animals—who are closer, physically, to fundamental It is our hopes that goad us on,
sources. Our vivid dreams that light our path.
One did not need, however, to be possessed of any exceptional May no new day to even run,
"sensitiveness" to appreciate the peaceful atmosphere of the Save ive have put our every breath
little mountain rimmed bowl where our spring came bubbling Unto the task of growing better.
its limpid waters up through a cleft in the earth. A single glance A neiv phase and a higher plan
around was enough to attest the fact that the peace and soothing Will need no growth of outer matter,
quiet which wrapped the place had endured through centuries. But an enlarging inner span.
On one side of a little meadow of green, kept verdant by the —Tanya South
PHOENIX—Electric power now sup- (Tiny) Perry, picturesque owner of 1000 in no other machines. More than 1000 in use. Stand-
ard Unit, $88.00 f.o.b. factory (lesi motor and stand).
plied by Parker dam will be supplemented Palms Cafe. He stepped on a sidewinder Price includes diamond saw, grinding wheels, sanding
by purchase of 35,000,000 kilowatt hours recently. Snake, resentful of Tiny's 260
wheels, polishing buff and everything necessary to
make cabochons and specimens up to capacity of the
of energy from Southern California Edison pounds, bit him on the ;inkle. Tiny stopped 8" saw. Saws up to 10" can be used on this machine.
company and Los Angeles Water and long enough to kill the snake, then applied
Power department, it was announced in
August by Salt River Valley Water Users'
his own first aid—a vigorous scratch with
his thumb nail, a bit of squeezing, a gen-
FACETING ATTACHMENT
• A FINE precision tool that
association. erous application of chewing tobacco. Tiny greatly simplifies the cut-
ting of any faceted gem.
Climbers Scale Vishnu Temple . . . has been bitten by gila monsters and once Can be used with any hori-
zontal lap thru the use of
FLAGSTAFF —M. D. Clubb, Okla- by a copperhead while riding herd on the a simple adaptor socket.
homa A. & M. college faculty member, and King ranch in Texas. He says he did a $28 f.o.b. factory. Adaptor
socket, $1.50. No priority.
his son Roger scaled Vishnu Temple, one bit of cutting then, but these little Cali-
of the great mountain peaks within Grand fornia sidewinders are "just sissies." •ntodwx-t
Canyon, according to Dr. H. C. Bryant,
park superintendent, in July. They found DIAMOND SAW UNIT
• HANDLES from
no evidence of a previous ascent; only DesArtations: a 10" to 16" blade. Safe
forms of life found were a few lizards clamp hold quickly adjusted
and lichens. They also scaled Wotan's Reason I'm writin' ads fer to any size stone. Cross feed
permits several parallel cuts
Throne, which an American Museum party the DesArt Shop is becuz without reclamping stone.
Internal Pressure grease lu-
climbed in 1937. the folks said they wanted brication . . . adjustable oil
sump. Splash proof, yet
the best dope on the des- work is visible at all times.
Mexican Birds Irk Anglers . . .
GLOBE—Arizonans believe in being
ert. So if you want the best $74.00 f.o.b. factory less
blade and motor. ' ni '(ly/t
Good Neighbors, but sportsmen here wish enlargements from yer ko-
Mexico would keep her cormorants at dak negatives send 'em to
home. The birds are reported to be taking the address b e l o w an'
priority on the bass in San Carlos lake, the they'll make 3 of 'em fer a ToOKATTHtbt PRECISION MiCHINE MADE
the Apache reservation, but hunters are the part you want if you say PAY POSTAGE ing, try a SuperSpeed—
you'll swear by it, and not
being registered to get rid of the bass so. Prompt service, consis- at it. Be sure to state size
of arbor hole.
destroyers. Although they are called "Mex- tent with good quality.
ican cormorants" local authorities are not Azzever, Yourn ORDER
sure of their species.
• • • Art of the Desert
Phoenix metropolitan population is es- DesArt Shop, 329 College,
timated at 165,000, a growth of 136,000 Santa Fe, N. M.
in past 25 years.
OCTOBER, 1945 27
Date Disease to be Studied . . . New Spiders Identified . . . Radio Station For Indio . . .
INDIO—An appropriation of $20,480 TWENTYNINE PALMS—Seven new INDIO—KREO will be the call letters
has been made to State Department of species of spiders and a new genus of sol- of a radio station here, to be affiliated with
Agriculture to make a survey of commercial pugid have been taken from this area by the American Broadcasting company net-
date palms for determination of presence J. H. Branch. Verification was made by work, according to report to Indio News in
of Omphalia root rot. This disease has been Dr. W. J. Gertsch of American Museum August. Station will be located on a 40-
investigated by Dr. Donald E. Bliss of the of Natural History, New York. Mr. Branch, acre tract on Calhoun street just south of
Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, who who has been doing research for the mus- Palm Springs highway, recently purchased
made a report in March 1944 in University eum here for several months, believes that by Broadcasting Corporation of America,
of California's publication Hilgardia. Ac- the early naturalists who described most operators of KPRO, Riverside-San Ber-
cording to Bliss the rot is the main disease of the fauna of California did not pass this nardino station. Present plans, dependent
of the date palm, but fortunately is still way, and for that reason it probably will be upon availability of labor, are to have
limited in its distribution. The survey will found that this area is very rich in new station on 18-hour schedule before Christ-
consist of a search for locations of the species of other groups besides spiders. mas. Another station, KROP at Brawley, is
disease, which will indicate where healthy New species accredited to Mr. Branch are planned for next spring.
offshoots may be obtained by growers. In- plectreurys, neoanagraphis, syspira bogerti, • • •
fected offshoots carry the disease. zelotes, oxyopes, titanebo and habronattus.
NEVADA
Cowboys and Prospectors
Find Jap "Puif Balls" . . .
YERINGTON—The first of Hirohito's
The Desert Trading Post "puff balls" discovered in Nevada, it is
now revealed, was found on the Wilson
Classified advertising in this section costs jive cents a word, $1.00 minimum per issue— ranch near here. Cowboys, unable to iden-
Actually about one-half cent per thousand readers.
tify it, tied it to an automobile and after
towing it to a garage, attempted to notify
MISCELLANEOUS GOLD PANNING for profit, healthy, fascinat- authorities by letter. Receiving no reply,
ing, outdoor occupation. Beginners' big in- they deflated the bag, used the white rub-
TUNA (CACTUS APPLES), the delicious fruit struction book, blueprints, photograph — berized silk to cover a haystack. Later when
of the Prickly Pear Cactus. Large, luscious, $1.00. Desert Jim, 208 Delmar, Vallejo, Calif.
ripe. Send $1.00 for carton, mailed postpaid
state police identified it as a Jap balloon,
in USA. We'll enclose instructions for hand- ANTIQUES and Desert Oddities. Desert Tea two demolition bombs were found hidden
ling fruit. Emmy B. Smith, Box 164, Roscoe, in natural form, la::ge bundle $1.00. Grail at its base. Last of the balloons located was
Fuller Ranch (Center of the Mojave), Dag-
California.
gett, Calif.
found by an aged prospector who "thought
CACTUS CATALOG — 20 big pages — 65 the government had lost something" and
YOUR INNERMOST LONGINGS FUL- delivered it by burro from the hills near
ILLUSTRATIONS. Cultural Guide. How to
FILLED! Get "Spiritual Help For Your
graft and insect control. 25c coin or stamps. Elko last May 10.
Everyday Problems"— 25c. Booklists includ-
Fitzpatrick's Cactus Gardens, Rt. 3X, Edin-
ed. OUTSTANDING BOOK ASSOCIA-
burg, Texas. Scientists to Seek Relics . . .
TION, Box 2501, Los Angeles.
WANTED: Engraver to do Silver work. Also BOULDER CITY—Archeologists of
to stamp dies of different designs. Looking LIVESTOCK national park service, according to Asso-
for Mexican Opals and rings. Silverstate
Gems, 1119 Wheeler, Reno, Nev.
KARAKULS. Producers of Persian Lamb fur ciated Press, say research of prehistoric
are easy to raise and adapted to the desert human and animal life in Las Vegas-
which is their native home. For further in-
PETRIFIED PALM rock specimens and nearly formation write Addis Kelley, 4637 E. 52 Boulder dam area will be speeded by gov-
every kind of cut stones both precious and Place, Maywood, California. ernment's decision to complete Davis dam,
semi-orecious. Still have good selection of
Reservation hand-hammered silver, Navajo We sell Nationally Recognized Fur Producing 50 miles south of here. Evidence of a
rugs, old Indian, baskets that are worthwhile Karakuls. Have permanent market for wool human race greatly antedating the Chris-
and o.thiyjja^ifacts. We do not have a catalog. and furs. Attractive investment for rancher tian era has been unearthed there, and
H d i Post, 441 W. Foothill or city investor. Jt.mes Yoakam, National scores of pueblo ruins and campsites in
Distributor, 1128 No. Hill Ave., Pasadena,
California. Davis dam section containing similar early
available for immediate evidences will be covered with water when
delivery in trade for your used Rifles, Shot- REAL ESTATE the dam is finished. Department of interior
guns,. Handguns, Reels, Rods. Outboards, WILL SELL: All equipment including house, has selected 15 of these prehistoric archeo-
jgBfrCTaslnci other sports equipment. Save mill trucks, machinery, etc., to operate a go-
•noney by^ dealing with America's Biggest logical sites for exploration. They will be
ing business. Agents or jobbers wanted for sealed, entered and excavated before they
TTraifewwho offer maximum Trade Allow- Mojave Desert Tea, wholesale only. Rancho
ances for your merchandise as full or part Del Remolino, Amboy, Calif. are flooded by the reservoir. Discoveries
payment for new guns. Ship your merchan- will be added to government exhibit at
dise for appraisal, or write full description to- CONTRACTOR wishes to purchase 200 acres
day. W e also pay spot cash for equipment. of desert land, suitable for developing into Boulder City.
Send 25c (refunded with first order) for Fall 5 acre tracts, preferably near highway or • • •
"Guaranteed Bargain Catalog" featuring town. Need not be all in one piece. Send de-
new and used guns and other "Hard-To-Find" scription and price to Helene C. McGregor, NEW MEXICO
items. Klein's Sporting Goods (Sixty Years Licensed Real Estate Broker, 210 Post Street, Ruins Unhurt by Bomb Tests . . .
Fair Trading), Key South Halsted, Chicago 7. San Francisco, California ( 9 ) .
SANTA FE — Atomic bomb experi-
FOR SALE OR TRADE: In Whispering Pines,
SOUTHWEST BOOK BARGAINS, postpaid. Julian, California, Home, 2 rentals, Highway
ments at Los Alamos laboratories did no
One-Smoke Stories, by Mary Austin, $1.29- frontage, water, phone, electricity. Owner, damage to nearby prehistoric cliff dwell-
Brothers of Light (Penitentes of the South- Harry Steele, Box 238, Julian, California. ings in Bandelier national monument, na-
west), Henderson, $1.49. Rainbow Bridge, Phone 26-J.
Bernheimer, $1.39. Edge of Taos Desert, Lu- tional park service reports. Part of the
han, $1.89- Spanish Pioneers and California For Imperial Valley Farms—
lands used in the bomb tests are within the
Missions, Lummis, $1.89. These are all new monument. Park officials said that Interior
books. We handle books of all publishers and W. E. HANCOCK Secretary Ickes consented to the experi-
welcome inquiries. New Mexico Book Store, "The Farm Land Man"
511 West Central Ave., Albuquerque, New Since 1914 ments but insisted that every effort be made
Mexico. EL CENTRO CALIFORNIA to protect the prehistoric treasures.
Min&i and . .
Six companies and 10 of 11 executives
charged with conspiring to violate Sher-
man anti-trust law by monopolizing world
supply of borax were fined $146,000 Aug-
San Francisco, California . . . Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . ust 16 by Federal Judge A. F. St. Sure in
San Francisco. (Ninety-five per cent of
Uranium, basic element of atomic bombs, New Mexico Miners and Prospectors world's borax is produced in California.)
is revealed by Walter W. Bradley, state association has opened new headquarters California properties of two British com-
mineralogist, to be found in at least three in Barnett building, Albuquerque, under panies, Borax Consolidated Ltd. and Borax
locations in California. "Crystals of urani- direction of R. H. Downer, secretary. Head- & Chemicals Ltd., London, were ordered
nite or pitchblende (a complex uranite of quarters formerly wis at Silver City. sold by a receiver. The British group, which
lead and rare earth) occur in pockets with • • • includes Pacific Coast Borax company, was
gold and quartz at the Rathgeb mine near ordered to terminate litigation with gov-
Winnemucca, Nevada . . .
San Andreas, Calaveras county," says Brad- ernment over ownership of Little Placer
ley. "Autunite, a uranium and calcium Slower airplanes and faster color films
are expected to play a large part in mining claim in Kern county, valued at $7,000,000,
phosphate, occurs in Summit Diggings, near one of world's richest kernite deposits.
Randsburg, Kern county. Some specimens, discoveries, particularly in the western
states, according to the Mining Record. Title reverts to US. Pacific Borax also must
associated with torbernite, a phosphate of sell Western Borax mine in Kern county,
uranium and copper, have been found in Aerogeology's chief use is not discovery
of actual deposits but to give geologist the for which it paid $700,000. Borax Con-
the northeasterly portion of San Bernar- solidated must sell Thompson mine in
dino county, but there has been no com- lay of the land, to indicate presence of likely
formations for closer exploration on foot. Death Valley, for which it paid $100,000.
mercial production from any of these oc- US companies involved are: United States
currences." According to Bradley about 95 From the air, banes and streaks of soil
shades often suggest presence of rock of Borax company, Los Angeles, American
per cent of known uranium ore comes from Potash & Chemical corporation, New York,
El Dorado mines at Great Bear Lake, different kinds far beneath. Wartime devel-
opment of color film with speeds un- Three Elephant Borax corporation, New
Northwest Territory, Canada, and Union York.
Miniere du Haut Katanga in Belgian dreamed of even in 1940 "will add to the
Congo. stature of the science of aerogeology. Geo- • • •
• • • logists reason that after study of the color Socorro, New Mexico . . .
Winnemucca, Nevada . . . photographs of the future, color and grada- Eugene C. Anderson, formerly with In-
Withheld until after atomic bomb was tions in vegetation or soil may fairly shriek ternational Minerals and Chemical cor-
announced, it is revealed that government to their trained senses of a mineral deposit poration at Carlsbad, has been named
mining engineers for the past two years or the presence of a iormation traditionally director of New Mexico bureau of mines
have been investigating extent of uranium associated with a mineralized area under- and mineral resources, succeeding A. D.
deposits in Lyon county. neath." Hahn.
9vUcj,atiion Paiveb ii . . .
BIG BUSINESS
BIG — Its Power Lines Keep Farms and Businesses PALO VERDE VALLEY . . .
running in an Area as Big as THE WHOLE Great Alfalfa Farms—Stores and Shops—Homes
STATE OF MARYLAND! and Schools—District Power Goes to Them All.
Of course, the District's public power serves all
of Imperial Valley, greatest irrigated empire in MEXICALI VALLEY . . .
the Western hemisphere, but others, too, depend Growing, thriving Mexicali, Baja California —
upon the electrical energy the people of Imperial home of countless new industries and homes,
Valley have made possible. These include farms and businesses—It, too, depends on Dis-
trict power.
COACHELLA VALLEY . . .
Fertile Date Orchards — Vegetable Farms - BIG — That's Part of the Reason Imperial Irrigation
Pumping Plants — Business and Industry — All District's Power System Is Paying for Itself —
Depend on District Lines for Power. IT'S GOOD BUSINESS.
9
BON IT A"
(Spanish for Beautiful)
APPEAL FOR SPECIMENS TO ROCKHOUND PHOTOGRAPHS This beautiful stone with a thous-
RESTORE DESTROYED MUSEUM PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY and colors and scenes, is found close
An appeal, sponsored by Council of the G. Haven Bishop spoke on the Pan-American to the famous Gem Mine of Benitoite,
Minera logical Society of America, is being made highway at August 16 meeting of Los Angeles Neptunite and Joaquinite and Ameri-
to mineralogists of America and Canada for Mineralogical society. For the past two and a ca's largest Mercury mine, the New
mineral specimens for the mineralogical mus- half years Mr. Bishop, who is a member of Idria.
eum of University of Liege, Belgium, which LAMS, has been official photographer with US It is hard, about 8, opaque, trans-
was destroyed by fire September 7, 1944, the army engineers who are building the highway. lucent and transparent. The colors
day the Germans were leaving the city. Three His talk was illustrated with an extensive series are a delicate baby to deep blue;
kinds of specimens are needed: Display, teach- of fine color pictures, vividly portraying the dif- light blue-green to very deep; jade
ing, research. Each specimen should be carefully ficulties and hazards of highway construction in green to emerald. The variables run
wrapped with its original label signed by donor. regions where often the only roads are deeply from a seaweed, emerald or blue-
Catalog filing card (3"x5"), white, preferably rutted ox-cart trails, where elevations range from green background with clear, bright
unruled and punched, should be typed, giving: sea level to 11,000 feet, and where a long rainy yellow, blood to cinnabar red and
name of mineral, locality, size of specimen in season leaves only about three work months. white spots. The figurines or scenics
centimeters, short description of features illus- Many of the pictures showed geology of the have a definite picture; some water
trated, name and address of donor. Central American countries and scenic views of pools, sunlight, streams, trees, etc.
Specimens should be sent prepaid to one of tropic vegetation and quaint villages. He be- For the time being this material
the curators: Charles R. Toothaker, The Com- lieves it will be between two and three years will not be sold in bulk pieces or
mercial Museum, 34 St., below Spruce, Phila- before the highway will be completed. By then wholesale, nor cheapened. We sug-
delphia 4, Penn., or Dr. V. Ben Meen, Di- "we will probably all be trying out new jalopies gest ordering three 1 inch blanks,
rector, Royal Ontario Museum of Mineralogy, and the chances are many of us will be getting which will give some idea of their
Toronto 5 Canada. Corresponding filing cards acquainted with our good neighbors along the range. These will have light polish
should be mailed separately to the same address. Pan-American highways." on one side to quickly show their
In the improbable event that too many speci- • • • beauty.
mens of one species are received, the committee Test for Lead . . . Opaque, with small translucent
will use its discretion and offer such samples to Take a large piece of the ore and scrape a or transparent spot . . . $ 3.00
other devastated museums where they will do small cavity in the top. Place a few drops of
the most good or, if the donor desires, will re- Translucent with figures . . 5.00
concentrated nitric acid in the cavity. Drop in
turn them to him by express, C.O.D. two or three crystals of potassium iodide and Transparent, mostly solid
• • • allow to dissolve. Then, with a medicine dropper color—our finest . . . . 10.00
770-CARAT DIAMOND TO and distilled water drop by drop allow the mix- A large round cut and
ture to run and spread over the ore. Whenever polished brooch or bracelet
BE SOLD IN THE ROUGH it comes in contact with lead, it will quickly stone, selected lor beauty and
The world's biggest uncut diamond, about form bright yellow iodide. The color is its quality 15.00
the size of a chicken egg, has been brought to identification. This can be varied. Powder a
Britain from the British colony of Sierra Leone Prices include luxury tax and post-
small quantity of ore and place in a test tube. age. Sold on strictly money back
in West Africa, where it was found in January Add enough nitric acid to cover and drop in
by a native workman. guarantee if not satisfied.
the potassium iodide crystals. Stir thoroughly
The gem, which weighs 770 carats, is believed and add a few drops of distilled water. If lead
to be the largest ever found in an alluvial de- is present, the mixture takes on a distinctly
GEM MINES
posit and is the biggest diamond of gem quality yellowish tinge. P.O. Box 441. Puente. Calif.
in the world.
The Sierra Leone Selection Trust, owners,
have decided not to cut the stone, but to sell it
in the rough.
• • •
Find Specimens of Basscmite HERE ARE THE GIFTS
A rare prize for those persons who collect
gypsum specimens in Imperial county, Califor- YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
nia, is bassanite. Dana reports this rare type of
gypsum as found only in lava deposits from Mt. Rings, $4.00 and Up Necklaces, $5.00 and Up
Vesuvius, Italy, but recently, several specimens Brooches, $5.00 and Up
have been found in the Colorado desert. Chemi- Bracelet and Ring Sets, $15 and Up
cally, bassanite (notice the spelling) is the same
as gypsum, or really a form between gypsum and Plus 20% Excise Tax and 2i/ 2 % Sales Tax
anhydrite. The chief difference lies in the crystal.
Petrified Picture Wood and Moss Agate — Jewelry
• • •
Hand Made in Sterling Silver Mountings
A fluorescent display, opened in June at El
Mono hotel, Leevining, California, is being RINGS — BRACELETS — NECKLACES
shown daily by Mr. and Mrs. George I. Wil- BROOCHES —TIE SLIDES. ETC.
liams, proprietors, who traveled for years
throughout the United States lecturing on fluor- Mail Orders Filled Anywhere in U. S. A.
escence and minerals. The exhibit includes what
are described as some of the largest specimens ELLIOTT'S GEM SHOP
of fluorescent responsive minerals ever collected 26 Jergins Arcade Village Long Beach 2, Calif.
and is the same exhibit which has been shown at Entrance Subway at Ocean and Pine
universities, fairs and special groups. The pub- Open 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily
lic is invited free, large groups being especially
welcome.
OCTOBER, 1945 31
AMONG THE
GEM MART ADVERTISING RATE
5c a Word — Minimum $1.00
ROCK H U n T E R S
WASHINGTON PETRIFIED WOODS. Many INDIAN RELICS, Curios, Coins, Minerals,
color combinations and varieties. Six slabs, Books, Old Buttons, Old Glass, Old Wesi Chicago Lapidary and Craft club is a new
One dollar plus postage. Over twelve square Photos, Weapons, Catalogue 5c. Lemley An- organization for those whose special interest
inches. State preference. Cabochons or speci- tique Store, Osborne, Kansas. is gem stones. Members will study gems, gem
mens. Money back if dissatisfied. Full log minerals and jewelry making. Anyone wishing
sections available. Native Gems, 111 No. AGATE JEWELRY AND OREGON AGATES information about this club may write the presi-
Tacoma Ave., Tacoma 3, Washington. —Ladies 10k gold rings, pointed or oval type, dent pro-tem, Eldon Sams, care of The Lapidary
$14.40 including excise tax. We make pen- Shop, Austin Town Hall, Chicago.
FRANKLIN, N. J., COLLECTION. 10 excel- dant necklaces, brooches, rings of several • • •
lent specimens, several highly fluorescent. types. Sell plume and other agate by the slab. Southwest Mineralogists, Los Angeles, heard
Polyadelphite, Willemite, Rhodonite, Rhodo- We guarantee satisfaction or will refund your a talk by Victor M. Arciniega on Crestmore, at
chrosite, Norbergite, Mangan Calcite, Salmon money upon receipt of our merchandise. See their social-educational meeting July 20. The
Colored Calcite, Franklinite, Zincite, Graph- that funds accompany your order. E. Lee following Sunday 50 members and friends took
ite in Limestone, etc. About 2x2 in.—$4.00 Sigfrit, 211 Congress, Bend, Oregon. their first field trip in many months to the
postpaid. H. STILLWELL & SON, Rockville Crestmore field.
Centre, N . Y. $2.50 brings you prepaid six rare and beautiful • • •
crystallized Arizona minerals. Vanadinite, Members of Long Beach Mineralogical society
MY COLLECTION of cut stones and uncut. 65 Dioptase, Wulfenite, Willemite, Chrysocol- were shocked and stunned at the sudden death
hearts, 20 blanks, 220 cabochons and facets. la, Azurite. Specimens lV2 x 2 or larger. of their beloved president, E. F. (Bill) Carlson
Facet cutting machine and complete heavy Wiener Mineral Co., Box 509, Tucson, Ari- of Bellflower, who was stricken with a heart
duty cutting equipment including 5 motors. zona. attack while on a field trip near Tonopah,
Full price $800.00. R. H. Justice, 343 West Nevada, August 5.
87 St., Los Angeles 3, Calif. Choice Palm Root—'7ull of eyes showing root • • •
and trunk structure. Very colorful. Sliced for Sacramento Mineral society held a picnic
FOR SALE—My private collection of mineral meeting in McKinley Park July 27. This was
Cabochons. 25 certs per square inch. Sitis-
specimens. For particulars write: R. E. such an enjoyable outing, it was decided to make
faction guaranteed. GASKILL, 400 North
Goodell, 291 Canyon Road, Salt Lake City 3, the July picnic an annual event.
Muscatel, San Gabriel, Calif.
Utah. • • •
ATTENTION ROCK CUTTERS: Citrine Minerals, Gems, Coins, Bills, Old Glass, Books, Forty-one members and guests were present
Quartz $2.00 per ounce. Assortment of 12 Stamps, Fossils, Buttons, Dolls, Weapons, at the July meeting of Sequoia Mineral society
cabochon blanks Si.50. Blanks of green Wy- Miniatures, Indian Silver Rings and Brace- held in Parlier Park. During the study period
oming jade 50 cents. Black Wyoming jade 35 lets. Also Mexican. Catalogue 5c. Cowboy Bill McRae spoke on tungsten. Elmer Geese
cents. Sterling silver earring backs §300 per Lemley, Las Cruces, New Mexico. gave his impressions of the Los Angeles lapidary
doz. Cut and polished Star Sapphires $2.50 show. Dinuba delegation invited the club to
per carat (stones are 2 to 7 carats). Cut and Mineral Sets—24 Colorful Minerals (identi- meet August 7 in Dinuba.
polished black Wyoming jade 12x16 mm size fied) in l x l compartments — Postage paid, • • •
$1.00. Please include luxurv tax on earring $3.50. Prospector's Set of 50 Minerals (iden- "Real Story of Staurolites" was subject chosen
b a cks and cut stones, de Marrionne and tified) in l x l compartments in cloth rein- by Dr. C. H. Moore, of the National Lead com-
Charles, 420 No. La Cienega Blvd., Los An- forced sturdy cartons, Postage paid $5.75. pany, for his talk before New Jersey Mineralog-
geles 36, Calif. Elliott's Gem Shop, 26 Jergins Arcade, Long ical society, Plainfield, August 7. A special all-
Beach 2, Calif. day meeting was held August 19, combining
PURPLE "X" 250 watt $1.37 each, includes all picnic in Cedar Brook Park and a field trip to
tax, shipped postpaid. Fluoresces some min- the Carnelian locality or to the Scotch Plains
Good cutting material, Petrified Wood, Agate,
erals and gems. Humphreys Laboratories, 240 quarry.
Jasper, $1.00 per 11). Special mixed lots $4.00
Claiborne, Long Beach 7, Calif. for 5 lbs. Variscitc specimen material $1.00 • • •
per lb. and up. Geodes and Ribbon Rock, 5 Norman E. Dawson, of San Marcos, spoke
FLUORITE CLEAVAGE OCTAHEDRONS. to San Diego Mineralogical society August 12
lbs. for $2.00. Please include postage. John
Very attractive and most of them fluoresce on the occurrence of gem minerals in pegmatites.
L. James, Tonopah, Nevada.
under Wonderlite bulb. 6 specimens Vi i n - to Meetings are in the YMCA auditorium, 8th
1 in. tip to tip in various colors yellow, green, Avenue and C Street.
blue, purple, colorless, etc., $1.60 postpaid. EXPERIENCED TURQUOISE cutters wanted.
12 extra selected specimens Y2 in. to l1/^ in. Rate 2 cents per carat for 40 hours work, 3
tip to tip $4.25 postpaid. A very few larger cents per carat for cutting after 40 hours in FINE KENTUCKY FOSSILS. Rhynchotremas,
specimens up to 2I/2 in. at special prices. H. one week. Can cut up to 53 hours per week. snails, Chocolate Bryozoas, Stony Bryozoas,
STILLWELL & SON, Rockville Centre, N.Y. List references and experience in first reply. Crinoid stems, Platystrophias, Delicate Bra-
Maisel's Indian Trading Post, P. O. Box 1333, chiopods. Starfish, Etc. Nine 3x4 Specimens,
WANTED: TO BUY, sell and exchange speci- Albuquerque, N . M. $4.00. Unbroken Geodes, $4.75 for 10 pounds.
mens outstandingly rare and beautiful. Sam Postpaid. George Bryant, R. 2, Lawrenceburg,
Parker, 2160 East Van Buren, Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado plume agat:, sawed slabs, $1 to $30. Ky.
All on approval. This is a new find, none
SORRY FOLKS, No gold or silver work in Oc- better. Priced according to size and beauty. JUST RECEIVED: Shipment of Nevada Tur-
tober. It's hunting season. I will be back in The Colorado Gem Co., Bayfield, Colo. quoise, have also purchased entire mineral
November to get your Xmas work out. stock at Brea of Ed Matteson. Some good
Thanks for waiting. K. K. Brown, Star Route, cutting material and very rare mineral speci-
Castle Rock, Washington. AGATES: A new find, not nodules. You have mens. Daniels Trading Post, 401 W. Foot-
seen nothing like these, I am sure. Very high hill Blvd., Fontana, Calif.
SORRY, but the many attractive Colorado Des- grade, bright colored Plume, Flower and
ert mineral specimens and cutting material we Moss in shades of red, yellow, green, black,
advertised in the September issue of Desert etc. Pieces will make striking, charming jewel- ARIZONA GEMS .& SPECIMENS
have all been sold and we are out of stock ry. Will sell slices excellent for gem cutting. Agates, Jaspers, Petrified wood, with
temporarily. We hope the many collectors Plume $5.00 to $25.00, Flower and Moss, ferns, moss, birdseye, picture, trees, and
who bought these items were well pleased $1.50 to $10.00 plus tax, postpaid. Send or flower. These are beautiful and of many
with their material. We will have more fine come for your order now. Money back if not colors. Choice slices $5.00, $10.00. $15.00,
items to announce l^ter. Desert Blossom entirely satisfied. Mae Duquette, 407 No. $20.00 and $25.00 each. 8 slices of fine gem
Rocks, Winterhaven, California. Muscatel, San Gabriel, Calif. material all different $25.00. 30 lbs. of
Agates, Jaspers, and Petrified Wood, in
mixed lots $12.50. Gem geodes, Agates,
N E W WONDERLITE U. V. BULB. Fits any MEXICAN FIRE OPAL and fine specimen
Jaspers, Petrified wood, with one sawed
standard electric socket, 50 hour, 300 watt, opal, all colors, Tiger's Eye, Brazil Carnelian,
surface, 5 for $6.50, 12 for $10.00.
105-120 volts, A.C. or D.C. Can be used con- slab Chrysocolla, Ceylon Sapphire, Mexican
tinuously if desired. An excellent bulb giving gem amethyst, Baddeleyite pebbles, Zircon- Satisfaction Guaranteed. Send Deposit.
beautiful results. Price $2 60 tax and insured ian. Money back if not satisfied. The Desert Postage Extra.
post included. H. STILLWELL & SON, Rat's Nest, 2667 B. Colorado St., E. Pasa- Chas. E. Hill, 2205 N. 8th St., Phoenix,
Rockville Centre, N. Y. dena 8, California. Arizona.
OCTOBER, 1945 33
Bob Deidrick, president East Bay Mineral
society, will resume his classes in mineral identi-
fication at Tech High, 43rd & Broadway, Oak-
land, September 17, Monday and Friday eve-
nings. "Cost is nominal and returns are inval-
uable."
HUB BELL'S
1 1 INDIAN **[
• • •
Ethel Dyer, secretary of Old Baldy lapidary TRADING POST 1
society, Glendora, California, writes that the NAVAJO INDIAN RUGS & JEWELRY
Tom S. Hubbell, 2331 Pico Blvd.
membership limit of 25 is rapidly being reached Santa Monica, California
now that service men are returning. Members
all have excellent collections and in turn display
five specimens at regular meetings. Summer
picnic was held in San Dimas park August 5-
• • •
Thanks are due to secretaries and other cor-
respondents of mineral groups for information
sent promptly to Desert. A suggestion: Please LAPIDARY SUPPLIES
remember to include in reports—Who, What,
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side anil diamond tooth con- covered dish dinner at August meeting. A speci- equipment put into production. Watch for
struction which provides 00- announcements. In the meantime, let us
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V Greater Diamond Wheel Econ- 8-inch _ 5.50 14-inch 11.00
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omy per Dollar Invested 200-inch telescope at August 8 meeting of Long 10-inch 6.80 16-inch 13.75
Beach Mineralogical society. Mrs. Shuster was Be sure to specify arbor hole size required. Postpaid.
Due to Rimlock's remarkable cutting ability, to speak on Sardonyx, mineral of the month.
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Write for literature, specifications and Mineralogical society, calls attention to an error 6" 100 & 180 220 Grit
in labeling minerals on page 15, August 1945
quotations. issue. Aragonite is incorrectly labeled Nail-head 6 x 3/4-inch $ 2.10 $ 2.25
Spar, and vice versa. Desert Magazine apologizes 6 x 1 -inch 2.40 2.60
FELKER MANUFACTURING CO. 8 x 1 -inch _ 3.60 3.90
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DIAMOND ABRASIVE WHEELS AND CUTTING MACHINES Tin and Tungsten Tests 12 x 1 -inch .. 6.90 7.50
Sequoia bulletin reports tests by Bob Deidrick 12 x li/2-inch 9.60 10.40
for tin and tungsten. Tin test: Grind sample ore 12 x 2 -inch 12.30 13.30
fine and dissolve in dilute hydrochloric acid, add Be sure to specify arbor hole size. Postage extra.
OCTOBER, 1945 35
Hetween l/ou and Mi
— ' . •••• • ^ ••• • • • • • • L/fAr*\-,i
By RANDALL HENDERSON If we would keep faith with the men who died in Europe and
Asia and Africa and the Pacific; if we would end wars; these
HERE seems to be some difference of opinion as to who are the problems we must solve.
/ brought the war to an early end—whether it was the * # #
army, the air corps, the navy and marines, the atomic Some one in the Indian service should be credited with a very
bomb, or the Russians—but as far as I am concerned the credit potent idea. I refer to the recent news item announcing that 16
goes to all of them, plus the courage and industry and loyalty of Hopi families from their reservation in northeastern Arizona,
the folks at home. are to be colonized at Poston, Arizona, on the site now being
But it is over. And we are grateful. And we are determined vacated by Japanese evacuees.
that our world shall not again be allowed to drift into such If this move is being made with the full consent of the Hopi
cataclysmic folly. For that was our failure—we drifted. We were Indians—and is followed by further migration of these tribes-
smug and self-confident. We were sure the storm clouds on the men—I can foresee a revolution in the economy of the Hopi.
horizon were not of our making—and therefore would not loose For they are leaving one of the most barren areas in the desert
their fury on us. Southwest, to occupy some of the most fertile land in the world
But we were wrong. They WERE of our making. Hitler and —the Colorado river valley. If the Hopi are as intelligent and
Mussolini and Hirohito were not the causes of the war. They industrious as I have always credited them with being, and are
merely were the product of an age when too many civilized men given the opportunity to make the most of their new environ-
had come to regard science as more important than religion, ment, they will acquire complete independence, and even wealth,
money more important than art, justice more important than in their new home.
love, brains more important than morals. The lands they will occupy are on the Colorado River Indian
We can see more clearly, now that the first atomic bomb has reservation. However, the Mojave, Yuma and Chemehuevi In-
been exploded. For in releasing the power within the atom, dians for whom the reservation was set aside, have never utilized
science has attained one of its ultimate goals. It has created an more than 15,000 out of the 75,000 acres of rich bottomland in
instrument of colossal power. And yet we know this power can their reservation. The remainder, until the Japanese were located
be used for the destruction as well as for the benefit of mankind. there, was covered by mesquite and arrowweed.
Science is an impersonal thing. Whether it shall be used for Anyone who has seen the Hopi Indians nursing and cultivat-
good or evil, depends on what is in the hearts—not the minds— ing the dwarfed little stalks of corn that grow in their tiny gar-
of men. For science is intellectual, and faith is a matter of the dens at the foot of the Hopi mesas will know how meager is
emotional life. It is what we feel, not what we think, that the livelihood of these tribesmen. There is no hope for more
ultimately determines the course of life. As John MacMurray* than a starvation economy in their present homeland. With the
so well expressed it: rich lands of the Colorado valley at their disposal, they truly
"In the modem world, that is to say since the break-up of the will have migrated to a land overflowing with milk and honey.
mediaeval world, there has been an immense development of I hope they like their new homes, and I am pulling for their
knowledge. There has, however, been no corresponding emo- success. For if the program works out, the time will come before
tional development. As a result we are intellectually civilized many years when the Hopi can thumb their noses at the guardian-
and emotionally primitive; and we have reached the point at ship of Uncle Sam—and discard the reservation boundaries and
which development of knowledge threatens to destroy us. Know- emerge as free and independent American citizens. And don't
ledge is power, but emotion is the master of our values and of the think they won't be able to hold their own in the white man's
uses, therefore, to which we put our power. Emotionally we are world. They are smart traders—as many of their present Navajo
primitive, childish, undeveloped. Therefore, we have the tastes, neighbors will testify.
the appetites, the interests and the apprehensions of children. But I am wondering what will become of the snake dances—
But we have in our hands a vast set of powers, which are the the annual prayer for rain—when the Hopi can get all the water
products of our intellectual development. We have used these he wants by opening a gate in the irrigation ditch.
powers to construct an intricate machinery of life, all in the * * *
service of our childish desires. And now we are waking up to On the mesas of northeastern Arizona the Hopi Indians held
the fact that we cannot control it . . . That is the modern their snake dances—their annual prayers for rain—August 22
dilemma." and 26. The rain gods were good this year—they brought
And that is why I say the war was of our own making. We showers to Hopi cornfields even before the dances were held.
have defeated Hitler and Hirohito and Mussolini—but that has Elsewhere in the desert country the story was much the same
not removed the causes of war. The things that make war are —record August rainfall. It almost seemed as if the God of
found in our emotional immaturity—in greed that takes the Nature—now that the war was ended—wanted to help man-
form of excessive tariffs and exploitation of labor and a thous- kind forget; wanted to refresh and revitalize.the earth; to cover
and forms of chiseling and racketeering—in intolerance that the scars left by armies on training maneuvers, to wash the
takes the form of racial and religious hatreds—in fear which is canyons clean, to change the drab brown landscape to living
faith in reverse—in dishonesty, the most insidious form of green, dotted with the brilliant reds and yellows and whites of
which is dishonest thinking. wildflowers in blossom.
*Freedom in the Modern World. D. Appleton-Century Co. 1934
36 THE DESERT MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER, 1944
DESERT MAGAZINE
EL CENTRO, CALIF. EIGHTH VOLUME INDEX TO OCTOBER, 1945
try, Jul 45 p2; Summers, Where Cattle Roam. Colorado River bridge, Topock May 45 p29
May 45 p39; Sykes, A Westerly Trend, May Colorado River park, proposed May 45 p29
Abbott, Carroll. Untamed Lily Apr 45 pl5 45 p39; Thorp and Woodson, Black Widow, Colton, Dick Nov 44 p l 4
Adair, Virgil May 45 pl3 Apr 45 p39; Von Hagen, Aztec and Maya Colville, Clyde May 45 p29
Adams, Aries Apr 45 p7, Jul 45 pl7 Papermakers, Feb 45 p39; Wagner, ]uan Cooke, Frank and Marjorie Sep 45 pl7
Adams, Frank and Dick. Rodriguez Cabrillo, Feb 45 p39; Wheel- Cooke, Col. Phillip St. George Jun 45 p4
Desert Philosopher .... Dec 44 p8, Feb 45 p22 wright, Navajo Creation Myth, Dec 44 p39; Cookery, cactus Oct 45 ppl3,23
Aleson, Harry L. Apr 45 p22, Sep 45 p29 Wolf, California Wild Tree Crops, Jun 45 Cookery, dutch oven and pit Oct 45 p26
Alf, Ray Jan 45 pl9 p39; Brent, The Bird Cage, Oct 45 p25; Corn Spring, Calif Jan 45 p l 3 , Jul 45 p28
Allen, Captain James Jun 45 p4 Leighton, The Governing of Men, Oct 45 Coyote Canyon, California Jul 45 pl7
Amateur Gem Cutter department Each issue p25; Storm, Thunder Gods Gold, Oct 45 p25. Coyote Mountain, California Feb 45 p28
American Gem society Feb 45 p36 Borrego Badlands, California Apr 45 p7 Coyotes Aug 45 p4
Amethyst Spectacles Sep 45 p2 Aug 45 p9 Crawford, Robert Mar 45 p.7
Antelope Chipmunk - Nov 44 pl8 Botany— Creswell, Lena. Close-ups May 45 p3
Anza Desert state park Dec 44 ppl8,28 Cactus, Pincushion Nov 44 pl3 Creswell, Lena. Old Man of the
Jan 45 p37, Feb 45 p37, Jul 45 pl7, Aug 45 p9 Cactus, primitive species May 45 p7 Mountains May 45 p23
Apache Lake, Arizona Jul 45 p25 Camote (Hoffmanseggia) Feb 45 pl6 Crickmer, Ruth and Noel Feb 45 pl2
Arizona Star Oct 45 p25 Chinch-weed (Pectis) Oct 45 p2 Crystals, formation Jul 45 p l 3
Arroyo Salado (Borrego Badlands)....Apr 45 p7 Dalea Jun 45 p9
Art of Gem Cutting Jul 45 p37 Desert Lily Apr 45 pl5 D
Auerbach, Herbert S May 45 p31 Desert Mistletoe Dec 44 pl4
Austin, Mary Hunter Sep 45 p2 Desert Sunflowers June 45 p25 Daniels, Rose Aug 45 p23
Aztecs Jul 45 pl3 Palo Verde Mar 45 p24 Dante's Point, Death Valley (photo)..Oct 45 p4
Pilostyles ("Desert Midget") Jun 45 p9 Date crop, Coachella Valley Nov 44 p27
B Rafflesia ("Jungle Giant') Jun 45 p9 Date Palm Beach, California Mar 45 p4
Welwitschia (Tumbo) Apr 45 pl3 Daugherty, Lyman H Jan 45 pl9
Babbitt, James E Jan 45 p29 Yucca Aug 45 pl8 Davis, Jefferson Mar 45 plO
Baboquivari mountains, Arizona Jul 45 p8 Boyd. Keith „ - Mar 45 pl8 Davis, Mrs. Nellie Sep 45 p29
Bailey, Alfred M. and Patricia Sep 45 pl7 Bradford, Roy Jul 45 p25 De Anza, Juan Bautista Jul 45 pl7
Baker, Sherman. Trek of the Bradshaw stage road Oct 45 pl9 Dellenbaugh, Frederick S May 45 p27
Mormon Battalion Jun 45 p4 Democracy Under Pressure Mar 45 p38
Bradt, George McClellan. Author of—
Bandelier nat'l. monument, N. M Oct 45 p28 Desert fences Sep 45 p36
Solo Flight . . .of a Woodpecker. ...Jan 45 p l 6
Barnacles. Salton Sea Mar 45 pi Desert lily Apr 45 pl5
Birds of the Desert Spring May 45 pl9
Bartlett, John R Oct 45 p5 Desert Philosopher, Frank and
Brandenberg, Fred G - Sep 45 pl7 Dick Adams Dec 44 p8, Feb 45 p22
Beal, Mary. Author of— Bridger, Jim - - Sep 45 pl4
Cream Flowered Cactus with Desert quiz Each issue
Brophy, William A Apr 45 p38, Jul 45 p l l "Desert Rats" Jan 45 p25, Jul 45 p28
Rose-red Wreath Nov 44 pl3 Brown, Dr. J. G Aug 45 p4
Mistletoe's for Christmas Dec 44 pl4 Desert sparrow Aug 45 p27
Bull, Frank and Anna Sep 45 pl2 Desert tortoise Dec 44 p25
Camote—the Black Sheep Feb 45 pl6 Burbank Among the Indians - Sep 45 p2
Desert's Shower of Gold - Mar 45 p24 Desert travel Apr 45 p7, May 45 p38
Burnand, A. A Jul 45 pl7 Jul 45 p38, Sep 45 p9
Sunflower Pageantry Jun 45 p25 Butterfield stage route Mar 45 p7
Fall's Golden Carpet Oct 45 p2 Dinosaurs Jan 45 pl9
Beale, Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Mnr 45 plO Dodge, Henry Chee May 45 p9
Beatty, A. A. (Doc) Feb 45 pl2, Apr 45 p7 c Dodge, Natt N. Close-ups
Dodge, Natt N. Nature Sets New
Aug 45 p3
Jul 45 pl7, Aug 45 p9
Beckwith, Frank Feb 45 pl9 Cactus (see also Botany) Jul 45 p39 Booby Traps Aug 45 p4
Benavides Memorial on Cactus, origin May 45 p7, Sep 45 p9 Donner Party Dec 44 p9, Apr 45 p28
New Mexico Aug 45 p2 Cactus, Prickly Pear Oct 45 ppl3,23 "Doodlebug" ore locator Jul 45 p5
Big Bead mesa, New Mexico Feb 45 p4 Cactus, Saguaro - Aug 45 p4 Dos Palmas, California May 45 p38
Bighorn sheep Dec 44 p25 Cactus recipes Oct 45 ppl3,23 Douglass, Earl May 45 p7
Bird Cage theater Jan 45 p29 Calcite, mining Aug 45 p9 Dunn. William H Apr 45 p4, May 45 p27
Bird Island, Utah Sep 45 pl4 Calcium - Aug 45 pl3 Duval, Edward Feb 45 pl2
Birds, desert spring May 45 pl9 California Desert Trails ! Apr 45 p7 Dye, Robert R Aug 45 p9
Birds, Great Salt Lake Sep 45 p l 4 Camels, on American desert Mar 45 plO Dye plants Mar 45 p20
Birds, woodpeckers Jan 45 p l 6 May 45 p27
Bond, Frank Aug 45 p31 Canyon Country - Apr 45 p4 E
Bondurant, Don Sep 45 pl7 Carrick, Margaret. Close-ups Dec 44 p3
Book Reviews—• Carrick, Margaret. Desert Bouquets— Earp, Mrs. Josephine Marcus Feb 45 p29
Altrocchi, Old California Trail, Jun 45 p39; for your Holiday Table Dec 44 pl9 Eastwood, Miss Alice Oct 45 p25
Bodley, Wind in the Sahara, Jan 45 p39; Carrol, John Jul 45 p25 Eaton, Arthur L. Editor of—
Chaffee, Western Wild Life, Jan 45 p39; Carry-All, for rockhounds Apr 45 p36 Gems and Minerals Each issue
Coblentz, Blue and Silver Necklace, Nov 44 Jun 45 p33 Eaton, Louise. Cogitations Each issue
p37; Dake and Pearl, Art of Gem Cutting, Carson, Kit Jun 45 p4, Sep 45 pl4 Egermayer, Don Aug 45 p4
Jul 45 p2; Elmore, Ethnobotany of the Na- Oct 45 pp5,10 Eilers, Gus Mar 45 p4
vajo, Apr 45 p39; Fansett, Field Tests for the Carson, William (Uncle Kit) Jun 45 pl7 Electronic metal locators : Jul 45 p5
Common Metals, Sep 45 p2; Fenton, The Catalina mountains, Arizona Aug 45 p4 Elephant trees Mar 45 p7
Rock Book, Jul 45 p2; Hewett, Man and the Chaney, A. B. - Jan 45 pl3 Emory, Lt. Wm. H Mar 45 p7
State, Jan 45 p39; James, Indians' Secrets of Chaney, Dr. Ralph May 45 p7 Ethnologic Dictionary of the
Health, Mar 45 p2; Keech, Children Sing in Children of the Covenant Oct 45 p25 Navaho Language May 45 p9
New Mexico, May 45 p39; Kornitzer, The Chinlee Navajo rugs - Aug 45 p2 Evans, Willis Feb 45 p9
jeweled Trail, Feb 45 p39; Kraus and Slaw- Chiricahua nat'l. monument, Ariz. -..Dec 44 p2
son, Gems and Gem Materials, Apr 45 p39; City of Trembling Leaves Oct 45 p25 F
Kupper, The Golden Hoof, Aug 45 p2; Clark, Charles M Jul 45 p25
Leighton, The Navaho Door, Jun 45 p39; Clark. Fred May 45 p30 Farquhar, Francis and Marjorie Sep 45 pl7
Macmullen, Paddle-Wheel Days in Califor- Clark, Mr. and Mrs. J. E Feb 45 pl2 Faulks, Cecelia Mar 45 p4
nia, Feb 45 p39; McDonald, Jewels and Cliff dwellings (see Indian Ruins) Favier, Mrs. Gertrude Oct 45 pl6
Gems, Mar 45 p2; Mera and Stubbs, Indian Clubb, M. D Oct 45 p27 Fish, Salton Sea Mar 45 p4
Silverwork—Bridles, Jun 45 p39; Morris, Coachella Valley, Calif Oct 45 pl6 "Fish Traps" Jul 45 p2, Aug 45 pl7
Digging in the Southwest, Dec 44 p39; Nye, Cochineal insect Mar 45 p20 Five-acre homesteads (see Homesteads)
Cartridge-Case Law, Wild Horse Shorty, Cockerell, Prof, and Mrs. T. D. A Dec 44 p30 Fleming, John R Feb 45 pl2
Nov 44 p37; Paden, Wake of the Prairie Cole, James E Jun 45 pl4 Floradora on a Pony - Aug 45 p2
Schooner, Nov 44 p37; Porter, Cortex the Collins Valley, California Tul 45 pl7 Flower arrangements Dec 44 pl9
Conqueror, Jun 45 p39; Stone, Canyon Coun- Colorado River Apr 45 p4, Sep 45 pl7 Font, Fr. Pedro Jul 45 p!7
OCTOBER, 1 945 37
Ford, Walter. Author of— Henderson, Randall. Author of— I
We Found the Arch- Oasis in the Chuchawallas Jan 45 p i 3 Jackrabbit homesteads (see Homesteads)
but not the Nuggets Nov 44 pl4 Oasis in Hellhole Canyon Feb 45 pl2 Jackson Hole nat'l. mon., Wyo
Doodlebug Prospector Jul 45 p5 Feb 45 p37
Oasis of the "Cabbage Trees" Mar 45 p7 Mar 45 pl6, Aug 45 pl7
Fort Defiance, Arizona Oct 45 plO Up Arroyo Salado to Jacobs, German prospector Apr 45 plO
Fort Lowell, Arizona Feb 45 p29 17 Palms Oasis Apr 45 p7 Jeeps, for desert travel Nov 44, p24
Fort Robidoux, Colorado Oct 45 p5 Hidden Palms Oasis May 45 pl3
Jewelry, Gem Cutting and
Fort Tejon, California Mar 45 plO Lone Survivors of a Deluge Jun 45 pl4
Metalcraft May 45 p37
Fort Yuma, Arizona - Oct 45 p5 Wild Palms of the San Ysidros .... Jul 45 pl7
Johnson, Mrs. Bernice Dec 44 p9
Fox, Maude A. Cabin in the Rocks....Sep 45 pl2 Vanishing Oasis of Palm Wash .... Aug 45 p9
Jones, Onie Sep 45 pl2
Frazer, Jack Jan 45 p23 River Trail to Rainbow Bridge Sep 45 pl7
Jones, Tommy Jan 45 pl3
Frazier, Dr. Russell G Apr 45 p4 New Trail to Hidden Springs Oct 45 pl9
Joshua Tree nat'l. mon., Calif. Feb 45 p2
Freedom in the Modern World Oct 45 p36 Hermit mining claim, Jun 45 pl4
Fremont, John Charles Sep 45 p l 4 Santa Rosa mountains May 45 p l 3 Journey of the Flame - Jul 45 p5
Frost, Jack and Alice Aug 45 p9 Heyser, D. L Oct 45 pl9
Hickman, Dez Jun 45 p l l K
Hidden Palms, Santa Rosa Mts May 45 p i 3
Hidden Springs, Orocopia Mts Jun 45 p27 Kaibab plateau, Arizona Aug 45 p4
Jul 45 p4, Oct 45 pl9 Kanab, Utah Jan 45 pl9
Gap trading post, Arizona Aug 45 p37 Higgins, Theodore A Dec 44 pl5 Keagle, Cora L. He Prospects
Garces, Fr. Francisco Jul 45 pl7 Hi Jolly Mar 45 plO With a Camera Nov 44 pl8
Gemological Institute of America .... Feb 45 p36 Hilton, John Nov 44 pl4, Aug 45 pp3.9 Kearny, General Mar 45 p7, Jun 45 p4
Gem polishing Nov 44 p4, Dec 44 p36
Jan 45 p36 Oct 45 pl9 Kegley, Howard.
We Collect Morteros Apr 45 pl9
Gem polishing (cat's eye shells) Mar 45 p37 Hilton, John. Author of— Kelly, Charles. Close-ups Dec 44 p3
Gem polishing (jade) Mar 45 p37 Photographer of the Dunes Jan 45 p5 Kelly, Charles. Author of—
Jun 45 p37 Where Barnacles Grow on Donner Tragedy Relic Found Dec 44 p9
Gem polishing (opal) Mar 45 p37 the Sage Mar 45 p4 Utah's Rumbling Mountains Feb 45 pl9
Gem polishing, dopping methods....Aug 45 p32 Art—the Hard Way ... Sep 45 plO The Three Who Lost Apr 45 p4
Oct 45 p35 She Sells Sea Shells Crystal Jewel Box in
Gem polishing, lubricants Aug 45 p32 —on the Desert Oct 45 pl6 the Utah Desert - Jun 45 p l l
Gems, artificial coloring of Nov 44 p30 Hinch, Gus L May 45 pl3 Bird Island in Great Salt Lake .... Sep 45 pl4
Dec 44 p36, Jan 45 p36 Hinton, Sam Mar 45 p4 Desert Fences Sep 45 p36
Gems, importation of May 45 p37 History of New Mexico and Antoine Leroux—Pathfinder Oct 45 p5
Gems, synthetic and simulated Apr 45 p36 Arizona Feb 45 p4 Kenny, Jack Feb 45 p30
Gem and mineral department Each issue Home in the West - Sep 45 p2 Kern, R. H Oct 45 p5
Gems and minerals— Homesteads Dec 44 p37. Mar 45 p38 Ketcham, W. E - Sep 45 p38
Alexandrite Apr 45 p37 Apr 45 ppl6,38, Sep 45 pl2 Keur, Dr. lohn Yak Feb 45 p4
Bassanite Oct 45 p31 Homesteads, proposed in Krehm, William P Sep 45 plO
Brochantite Dec 44 p33 Palo Verde valley May 45 p6
Cadmium Apr 45 p36, Jun 45 p33 Hopi snake dance Sep 45 p5
Calcite Aug 45 p9 Horned lizards Mar 45 pl8, May 45 p28
Calcium Aug 45 pl3 House Range, Utah Feb 45 pl9 LakeCahuilla, Calif. (Prehistoric)...Jun 45 p28
Howland, Seneca and O. C Apr 45 p4 Oct 45 pl6
Caledonite Apr 45 p36
"Cat's Eye" Nov 44 p30 May 45 p27 Lambert, Ed - Jun 45 p20
Chalcedony Dec 44 p35 Hutton, Tames Jul 45 pl3 Langley, Dama. Author of—
Hyde, Glen R Apr 45 p4 Indian Givers Apr 45 p23
Diamonds Oct 45 p31 Meet the New Commissioner! Jul 45 p l l
"Diamonds," Hot Springs Jun 45 p33 Burbank of the Utes Aug 45 p23
Dioptase Mar 45 p33 I "I Was a Snake Priest" Sep 45 p5
Fluorspar Nov 44 p31 Lapidary courses Jul 45 p37
Halite Feb 45 p33 Immel, Mort Nov 44 pl4 Lapidary department Each issue
Jade Mar 45 p37, Jul 45 p33 Indian ceremonials— Laudermilk, Jerry. Close-ups Aug 45 p3
Lead Oct 45 p31 Night Chant (Navajo) Dec 44 p4 Laudermilk, Jerry. Author of—
Mackayite May 45 p32 Snake Dance (Hcpi) Sep 45 p5 Mystery of the Magical Surface .... Nov 44 p4
Obsidian Jul 45 pi 3 Squaw Dance (Navajo) Nov 44 p9 The Giants of Kanab Jan 45 pl9
Opal, Common Mar 45 p33 Indian commissioner Apr 45 p38 Indians Made Their Own Dyes ....Mar 45 p20
Selenite Jun 45 p l l Jul 45 p l l The Natives Call it 'Tumbo' Apr 45 pi 3
Tiger-Eye Nov 44 p30 Indian cookery (Hewa) Jan 45 p8 Dawn Cactus of Green River May 45 p7
Tin Oct 45 p34 Indian craftsmen Sep 45 p38, Oct 45 p26 Desert Midget and Jungle Giant ....Jun 45 p9
Tungsten Oct 45 p34 Indian dve making Mar 45 p20 Glittering Stone of the Aztecs Jul 45 p i 3
Uranium Oct 45 p30 Indian legends (Navajo) Oct 45 plO When Yucca Flowers Aug 45 pl8
Geronimo, Apache Chief Jun 45 ppl7,2O Indian legends (Pima) Jul 45 p8 Mexicans Call it Tuna Oct 45 p l 3
Gila Monsters Aug 45 p31 Indian pottery, prehistoric Feb 45 p4 Lederer, Gus Jan 45 p l 3 , Mar 45 pl5
Gila Valley project, Arizona Aug 45 p29 Indian relics Apr 45 pl9, Jun 45 p23 Lee's Ferry, Arizona Sep 45 pl7
Gonzales, Ramon Peralta y Jul 45 p25 Sep 45 pl2 Leroux, Antoine Jun 45 p4, Oct 45 p5
Grand Canyon I Apr 45 p4 Indian rock circles Jun 45 p28, Jul 45 p2 Liebler. Fr. Harold Baxter Sep 45 pl7
Grant, Heber Jedediah Jul 45 p31 Aug 45 pl7 Little Morongo canyon, Calif Jun 45 pl4
Great Salt Lake, Utah Sep 45 pl4 Indian rugs (Navajo) Aug 45 p2 Little San Bernardino Mts.,
Greenwood, Caleb Dec 44 p9 Indian ruins— Calif Jun 45 pl4, Sep 45 pl2
Ghost Mountain, California Jul 45 p23 Lockwood, Frank C. Close-ups Jul 45 p3
Mesa Verde nat'l. park, Colo May 45 p4 "Lost City," Nevada Feb 45 pp3,9
H White House cliff ruin, Ariz Dec 44 p4 Lost mines—
Hall, Sir James Jul 45 p l 3 Indians— Lost Arch gold mine, Calif Nov 44 p l 4
Hall, June ._ Mar 45 p4 Apache Jun 45 ppl9,20 Jan 45 p25
Hamblin, Jacob Apr 45 p4 Cosnino Oct 45 p5 Lost Dutchman mine, Ariz May 45 p l 6
Hopi Sep 45 p5, Oct 45 pp27,36 Lost Pegleg mine, Calif Aug 45 p9
Hardrock Shorty — Mar 45-Aug 45 ; Oct 45 p20 Mojave Oct 45 p5 Organ Mountain gold, N. M Dec 44 p27
Harrington, M. R. Nevada's Salt Navajo Nov 44 p9, Dec 44 p4 Peralta mines, Arizona Mar 45 p25
Cave Mystery Feb 45 p9 Feb 45 p4, Aug 45 p23, Oct 45 plO Apr 45 plO, Jul 45 p25
Hart, John Dec 44 pl5 Papago Jul 45 p8 Silver Antelope treasure, Ariz Jun 45 p20
Hawkins, David Jun 45 p20 Pima Jun 45 p4, Jul 45 p8 Soldiers' Lost vein, Ariz Jan 45 p23
Hazen, Guy Aug 45 p9 Ute Apr 45 p23, Aug 45 p23 Vallecito gold, California Dec 44 pl5
Heald, Major Weldon F Jan 45 p3 Yampai Oct 45 p5 Wagoner's Lost ledge, Arizona .... Feb 45 p23
Sep 45 pl7 Zuni Jan 45 p8, Oct 45 p5 Lost mines, locating Apr 45 p27, Jul 45 p5
Hellhole canyon, California Feb 45 pl2 Indians, prehistoric - Feb 45 pp4,9 "Lost Ship of the Desert" Jul 45 p5
Apr 45 p27 Inglesby, Dr. A. L Jun 45 p l l Ludi, Dutch prospector Apr 45 plO
Henderson, Randall. Editorial Each issue Izac Five-Acre law (see Homesteads) Luhan, Mabel Dodge Sep 45 p29
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