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THE DESERT MAGAZINE

DESEkTCALENDAR

Nov. 28-30—Desert Peaks section of Si-erra club to climb Picacho peak inSouthern California and CastleDome in Arizona. Niles Werner,leader.

Dec.

1-6—National

Indian Celebration,show and all-Indian rodeo, Mesa,Arizona.

Dec.

4-6

—National Congress of Ameri-can Indians, fourth annual conven-tion, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dec.

6—Imperial Highway associationmonthly meeting in El Centro, Cali-fornia. Dinner at Barbara Worthhotel at 7 p. m.

Dec.

6-7—Sierra club hike, HiddenSprings from Box canyon, beyondMecca, California. Desert SteveRagsdale, leader.

Dec.

7—Lecture and color pictures:"Cliff-dwellers of the Mesa Verde,Colorado," by Paul Coze, SouthwestMuseum, Los Angeles, California,3 p. m.

Dec.

15—Approximate date annualSnow Cup race (Giant Slalom)sponsored by Salt Lake Jr. Chamberof Commerce, Utah.

Dec.

21—Golf tournament open to allBoy Scouts, Imperial-Yuma council.Country club, Brawley, California.

Dec.

24—La Posada, Christmas EveMexican ceremonies, Tucson, Ari-zona.

Dec.

24—Midnight Mass, missionchurches at San Felipe, Laguna, Is-leta and other pueblos, New Mex-

ico.Dec.

25—Christmas day dances and cele-brations, Jemez, Santo Domingo,Tesuque, Santa Clara and otherpueblos, New Mexico.

Dec.

28—Annual rendition of "The Mes-siah," with full symphony orchestra,oratorio chorus of 400 voices andguest soloists. Tabernacle, Salt LakeCity, Utah.Dec.—Exhibition, Paintings of theSouthwest by the late Edgar AlwinPayne. Southwest Museum, Los An-geles, California.Dec.—Shalako, house dedication andvisit of the Gods. Date indefinite,usually early December. Ceremoniesat night, photography prohibited.Zuni pueblo, New Mexico.Dec.—Papago Christmas ceremonial (ex-act date not available), Tucson, Ari-

HOPE

By

TANYA SOUTH

Again,

oh

Soul

of

mine, look

up!

Again behold

the

stars!Once more cling fast

to

love

and

hope!For nothing marsThe inner Light that shines

so

clear,When

we

dispense with hate

and

fear.

Volume

11

DECEMBER,

1947

Number

2

COVERCALENDARINDIANSHUMORADVENTURECONTESTMINERALSPERSONALITYART

OF

LIVINGPHOTOGRAPHYARTISTRYPROGRESSTRUE

OR

FALSEMININGLETTERSNATURENEWSLAPIDARYHOBBYBOOKSCOMMENTPOETRY

JOSHUAS

AT

SUNSET. Photo taken

in New

Yorkmountains near Needles, California,

by J. K.

Yoakum, Parker, Arizona.December events

on the

desert

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Geronimo, Apache RaiderBy ROSELLA MATTMUELLER

4

Hard Rock Shorty

of

Death Valley

..... 6

Grand Canyon VoyageBy RANDALL HENDERSON

7

Prize announcement

for

photographers

... 12

Nature's Onyx FactoryBy LEWIS

W.

WALKER

13

Lady

of the Hot

SpringsBy HAROLD

O.

WEIGHT

16

Desert Trails,

by

MARSHAL SOUTH

. . . . 19

November prize winners

21

For

the

Desert Home

at

ChristmasBy MARGARET CARRICK

22

For Desert Magazine—a

new

Home

24

A test

of

your desert knowledge

25

Current news

of

desert mines

26

Comment from Desert's readers

27

A Burro's Back

is

ToughBy BACIL

B.

WARREN

28

From here

and

there

on the

desert

29

Amateur

Gem

Cutter,

by

LELANDE QUICK

. . 36

Gems

and

minerals

37

Reviews

of

current Southwest literature

... 44

Just Between

You and Me, by the

Editor

... 46

Ghost Town,

and

other poems

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 1947 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 withP.O.D. Order No. 19687.Address correspondence to Desert Magazine, 636 State Street, El Centro, California.

DECEMBER,

1947