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THE
DESERT MAGAZINE
 
Desert Calendar
April 25—All-day bird trip
to
Salton
sea
to observe water birds, conducted
by
Desert Museum from Palm Springs,California.May
1—All
day
trip
to
Painted Canyon,conducted
by
Desert Museum fromPalm Springs, California. Bringlunch
and
water.May
1 —
Lecture, "Common DesertSnakes,"
by
Lawrence
M.
Klauber,Desert Museum, Palm Springs,California.May
1—Annual
fiesta
and
green corndance,
San
Felipe pueblo,
New
Mexico.May
1-16—Annual
Wildflower show,Julian, California.
Mrs.
Myrtle
Botts,
chairman.May 2—Annual horse show, Sonoita,Arizona.May 2—Horse show. State fair grounds,Albuquerque,
New
Mexico.May 3—Third annual Grand NationalTurtle Race Sweepstakes. Eight
races.
Anyone
can
enter. Joshua
Tree,
California.May 3—Cross
day,
dance
and
ceremonial
races,
Taos pueblo,
New
Mexico.May 3-4—Ramona Pageant, RamonaBowl, Hemet, California.May 4-5—"Fiestas
de
Mayo,"
com-
memorating Mexican IndependenceDay. Giant parade
May 4-5 in No-
gales.
Street dances, festivals, inter-national polo matches,
May 5.
Cele-brated
in
Nogales, Arizona,
and So-
nora.May 5—Cinco
de
Mayo, Mexican cele-bration, Phoenix
and
Tucson,
Ari-
zona.May 5—Lecture
by
Harold Colton,
St.
Francis auditorium, Santa
Fe, New
Mexico.May
8—Half
day
trip over Skvline trailback
of
Palm Springs, California,conducted
by
Desert Museum. Threemile walk.May 8-9—Sierra club, Desert Peaks
sec-
tion, climb
of
Telescope peak, Pana-mint mountains. Camp Friday
on the
desert near cinder cone, north
of
Little Lake.May 8-9—Sierra club camp
and
hike,Pinon mountains, Colorado desertnear Julian, California.May 13-16—Annual Helldorado Days.Pageantry, rodeos, parades, whiskerderby, horse racing, oldtimers' cara-van.
Las
Vegas, Nevada.May 15—All
day
trip
to
Santa Rosa peak,conducted
by
Desert Museum fromPalm Springs, California. Bringlunch.May 16—Arizona state championshiphand
gun
match, Prescott, Arizona.May 21-23—Calico Days Celebration.Whisker contest, parade, dances,horse show,
May 22;
rodeo,
May
23.
Yermo, California.May 26—Annual Fiesta
of San
Felipe
de
Neri, held
May 26 or the
followingSunday,
for 150
years. Parades,dancing, carnival. Albuquerque,New Mexico.May 29-31—Sierra club, Desert Peakssection outing
at
Mono craters,Mono mills
and
Paoha island
in
Mono lake, California.May 30-31—Albuquerque Market Week,Albuquerque,
New
Mexico.May—Special exhibit, Manuel Regala-do's paintings
of
California before
1820.
Southwest Museum, High-land Park,
Los
Angeles, California.
Volume 11MAY, 1948Number 7COVERCALENDARPHOTOGRAPHYEXPLORATIONPERSONALITYNATUREINDIAN RUINSGEM MINERSART OF LIVINGPOETRYFOSSILSHISTORYWILDFLOWERSLETTERSNEWSTRUE OR FALSECONTESTHUMORMININGHOBBYLAPIDARYCOMMENTBOOKS
DESERT LIZARD. Photo taken in Wonderland ofRocks, Joshua Tree national monument, byDon Ollis, Santa Barbara, California.May events on the desert 3Contest winners 4Fishing Village on the GulfBy RANDALL HENDERSON 5Utah Mountain ManBy CHARLES KELLY 11He Fights with His TailBy RICHARD L. CASSELL 13Trail to Inscription HouseBy TONEY RICHARDSON 14Ghost Town MinersBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 17Desert Trails, by MARSHAL SOUTH .... 21Desert Shower, and other poems 23Fossil Hunters at CatarinaBy LEWIS W. WALKER 24When Zion Wanted a New AlphabetBy LESLIE L. SUDWEEKS 27Forecast for May 29Comment from Desert readers 30From here and there on the desert 31A test of your desert knowledge 31Prize announcement for photographers .... 36Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 37Current news of desert mines 38Gems and Minerals 39Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 45Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46Reviews of current Southwest literature ... 47
The Desert Magazine is published monthly by the Desert Press, Inc., 636 State Street,El Centro, California. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1937, at the post office atEl Centro, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 358865 in U. S.Patent Office, and contents copyrighted 1948 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproducecontents must be secured from the editor in writing. •RANDALL HENDERSON,
Editor.
BESS STACY, Business Manager.HAROLD and LUCILE WEIGHT, Associate Editors.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 with
P.O.D.
Order No. 19687.
Address correspondence
to
Desert Magazine,
636
State Street,
El
Centro, California.
MAY,
1948
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