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THE
MAGAZINE
OCTOBER, 194625 CENTS
 
Sitting
San Andreas canyon, nearPalm Springs, CaliforniaBy WESLEY L. KROENUNGFirst prize winner in Desert Maga-zine's August contest, Desert RockClimbing, is this print taken in SanAndreas canyon, San Jacinto moun-tains, in August, 1940. PhotographerWesley L. Kroenung, South Pasa-dena, California, used a Leica cam-era, Summar lens, 5cm; exposure f:9at 1/100 sec. with G filter, Supremefilm; developed in DK 20.Superstition Mountains, ArizonaBy EDMOND READSecond prize winning photo showssome of the group who made the tra-ditional Don's Club trip into Supersti-tion Mountains, east of Phoenix, inMarch, 1946, in mock search for LostDutchman mine. Photographer Ed-mond Read, Glendale, California,
says,
"A lot of the eastern dudes real-ly got a kick out of this place becauseeven though it actually wasn't steeptheir slippery leather soles failed togrip the slick rock and many a thrilledgasp could be heard as the partywound its way down to base camp."Taken with Speed Graphic, 1/200
sec.
atf:20.
 
DESERT
• When Catherine
and
Dick Freemansent
in
their article
on
camping, which
is
published this month, Dick said
the edi-
tors probably would hear from "so-calledtough guys
of the
desert wondering
why
you publish yarns
by a
couple
of
tender-feet. Personally
we
think we're able
to
stand about
as
much rough stuff
of the
desert
as
these so-called tough guys
if we
have
to, but we
don't figure
we
have
to."
Those
who
know Catherine
and
Dickwill testify they're
no
tenderfeet.• Alfred
R.
Hipkoe, author
of
thismonth's field trip, lives
in
Winslow,
Ari-
zona,
is a
civil engineer, surveyor
and
draftsman.
He was
born
in
Kansas
56
years
ago,
lived
in
British Columbia,served
in
World
War I,
arrived
in Ari-
zona
in
1920—and stayed.
He's a con-
firmed rocknut
and
amateur
gem
cutter,whose worst offense
is his
packrat
ten-
dencies
to
fill every nook
in
yard
and
garage, thereby bringing down
on his
head
the
wrath
of his
wife.• Joyce Rockwood Muench, whose latestcontribution
to
DESERT
was the
story
of
Sunset crater, Arizona (February, 1946),is editor
of
West Coast Portrait,
sched-uled
for
fall publication
by
HastingsHouse.
It is a
collection
of
pictorial high-lights
of the
West
by
America's outstand-ing artists
and
photographers. Illustra-tions include color plates, photos, woodengravings
and
lithographs.
DESERT CALENDAR
Sep. 29-Oct. 6—New Mexico state fair,Albuquerque.Oct. 3-5—Grand County fair, Moab,Utah.Oct. 4—Annual fiesta, Ranchos
de
Taos,New Mexico.Oct.
4-6
—Navajo County fair,
and
Northern Arizona Cattlemen's
ro-
deo, Holbrook.Oct. 9-12—Eastern
New
Mexico statefair, Roswell.Oct. 23-25—Arizona state aviation
con-
ference, Phoenix.Oct. 28-30—American Institute
of Min-
ing
and
Engineers, Tucson.Oct. 31—Nevada state admission
day
celebration, Carson City.'•
• •
HUNTING SEASONSArizona—Deer, Kaibab north natl.
for-
est,
Oct.
10-25.
500
permits, applyState fish
and
game commission,Phoenix.California—Doves, except Imperial
co.,
Sep.
1-Oct.
30.
Imperial
co., Sep. 28-
Oct.
30.
Nevada—Deer, some counties,
Oct. 6-
20.Information, State fish
and
gamecommission, Reno.
CREED OF THE DESERT
By
JUNE LEMERT PAXTON
Yucca Valley, CaliforniaThe SculptoPtarved
the
distant rocksAnd
the
Painter, with magic flare;-'
"•
Dipped
His
brush
in
brilliant huesAnd splashed
the
colors there.
Volume 9OCTOBER. 1946Number 12COVERPHOTOGRAPHYCLOSE-UPSCALENDARPOETRYPREHISTORYMORMONSBOOKSFIELD TRIPDESERT QUIZINDIANSLETTERSART OF LIVINGCAMPINGNEWSHOBBYMININGCONTESTLAPIDARYINDEXCOMMENT
COWBOY AND GIRL, southern Arizona. Photo byChuck Abbott, Tucson, Arizona.Prize winners in August contest 2Notes on Desert features and contributors ... 3October events on the desert 3Ghost of a Dead Fir Tree, and other poems ... 4Atomic Man in the Haunts of the AncientCave Man—By J. W. HENDRON 5"This is the Place"By ELIZABETH CANNON PORTER . . . .10Arizona's National Monuments, other reviews . . 12We Found Crystals in the Hopi ButtesBy ALFRED R. HIPKOE 13A test of your desert knowledge -. 16We Found the Grave of the Utah ChiefBy CHARLES KELLY 17Comment from Desert readers 20Desert Refuge, by MARSHAL SOUTH . . . .21
So!
You'd Like to Camp Out?By CATHERINE and DICK FREEMAN ... 23Here and There on the Desert 27Gems and Minerals 33Current news briefs 40Rules for October photographic contest .... 40Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK ... 41Ninth Volume index 42Just Between You and MeBy the Editor 46
The Desert Magazine
is
published monthly
by the
Desert Press,
Inc., 636
StateStreet,
El
Centro, California. Entered
as
second class matter October
11, 1937, at the
post office
at El
Centro, California, under
the Act of
March
3, 1879.
Title registered
No.
358865
in U. S.
Patent Office,
and
contents copyrighted
1946 by the
Desert Publishing
Com-
pany. Permission
to
reproduce contents must
be
secured from
the
editor
in
writing.RANDALL HENDERSON, Editor. LUCILE HARRIS, Associate Editor.BESS STACY, Business Manager.Unsolicited manuscripts
and
photographs submitted cannot
be
returned
or
acknowledgedunless full return postage
is
enclosed. Desert Magazine assumes
no
responsibility
for
damageor loss
of
manuscripts
or
photographs although
due
care will
be
exercised. Subscribers shouldsend notice
of
change
of
address
by the
first
of the
month preceding issue.
If
address
is un-
certain
by
that date, notify circulation department
to
hold copies.SUBSCRIPTION RATESOne year
. . .
$3.00
Two
years
. . .
$5.00Canadian subscriptions
25c
extra, foreign
50c
extra.Subscriptions
to
Army personnel outside U.S.A. must
be
mailed
in
conformity withP.O.D. Order
No.
19687.Address correspondence
to
Desert Magazine,
636
State
St., El
Centro, California.
OCTOBER,
1946
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