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THE DESERT^i.MAGAZINE

Sept.

3

dia

ESERT CALENDAR

O-Oct. 2—Annual Navajo

In-

fair, Shiprock Navajo agency,Sept.

3

PrOct.

2

so

jui

Sh prock,

New

Mexico.-Oct. 3—Yavapai county fair,scott, Arizona.—Lake Mead regatta, spon-ed

by

Boulder City, Nevada,ior chamber

of

commerce.Oct.

3- -Eve of St.

Francis

day pro-

sional from

the

Cathedral

of

StMOct.

3-

DFrancis, Santa

Fe, New

tico.

-Horse show, rodeo grounds,uglas, Arizona.Oct.

4-

-Feast

day of St.

Francis

of

Ai sissi, patron saint

of

Santa

Fe,

Saita

Fe, New

Mexico.Oct.

4-

-Annual fiesta, Ranchos

de

T;

os, New

Mexico.Oct.

4

—Annual fiesta

and

dance,

N;

mbe

Pueblo,

New

Mexico.Oct. 9-10—Sierra club, Desert Peaksse< tion, climb

of the two

highestpe

iks in the Ord

mountains.C; mpfire Saturday night

at

Aztecsp ings,

10.5

miles south

of Dag-

ge

t,

California.Oct.

13

—Seventh annual

New

Mexicora

ich day

conference, sponsoredby

the New

Mexico College

of

Aj riculture

and

SouthwesternFc rest

and

Range experiment

sta-

tic

l, Las

Cruces,

New

Mexico.Oct. 1 5-17—Luna county fair

and

Sh :riffs Posse rodeo, Deming,N<

w

Mexico.Oct. 15-17—Greenlee county fair

and

ro

leo,

Duncan, Arizona.Oct.

1'-18—Salton

Sea

internationalpo

ver

boat regatta, Desert Beach,California.Oct.

1(

17—Formal opening

of Des-

ert Magazine's

new

home

at

PalmD( sert. Open house

—

everybodywe come. Palm Desert, Cali-fornia.Oct.

16

17—Eleventh annual Pioneerda

s and

California Centennialeel ;bration, square dance, parade.Twentynine Palms, California.Oct.

1 i-17 —

Sixth annual MojaveGc

Id

Rush days, rodeo, drillingtest, grand ball, Mojave, Cali-Oct.

16

coifoi

lia.

17—Gem

and

mineral show.PitOct.

16

secmoHo lywood Lapidary society,

Oct.

23

mmer Park, Hollywood,

Calif.

17—Sierra club, Desert Peaksion, climb

of

Lost Horsejntain, Joshua Tree nationalmo lument.Oct.

16

17—Gem

and

mineral show,Sai Diego Mineral

and Gem so-

y,

Federal Building, BalboaPaik,

San

Diego, California.Oct.

22

23—Fourth annual

air

meet,Presc

rtt,

Arizona.Ocl. 22-24—Tombstone Helldorado,tern show, barbecue, streetda: cing, Tombstone, Arizona.24—Gem

and

mineral show,Searles Lake

Gem and

Mineralsoc

ety,

Trona, California.Oct.

28-

30—Graham county fair,

Saf-

for

1,

Arizona.Oct.

30

31—Papago rodeo, arts

and

era

'ts

show, Sells, Arizona.October

—

Desert

Rat

Circus

—

muieum

of

desert

rat

oddities,mu.ic

of the '90s —

staged

by

Ha

ry

Oliver

and

Vernon Peck,Jr., Fort Oliver, Thousand Palms,Cai fornia.

O C T OIER, 1948

Volume 11OCTOBER, 1948Number 12COVERCALENDARPHOTOGRAPHYTRAVELOPEN HOUSELOST MINEARCHEOLOGYFIELD TRIPHUMORTRUE OR FALSELETTERSPOETRYNEWSCLOSE-UPSCONTESTMININGHOBBYLAPIDARYINDEXCOMMENTBOOKS

DOUBLE ARCH, Arches national monument,Utah. Photograph by Hubert A. Lowman,South Gate, California.October events on the desert 3Contest winners for August 5When Tombstone Came to Monument ValleyTold by HARRY GOULDINGto JOYCE R. MUENCH 6Desert Magazine's New Home Is Open ... 10New Clues to the Pegleg GoldBy H. E. W. WILSON 11Winning a Degree—the Pick and Shovel WayBy OREN ARNOLD 13Shining Rocks of SidewinderBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 19Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 24A test of your desert knowledge 24Comment from Desert readers 25Moontide and other poems 26Fram here and there on the desert 27About Desert Magazine writers 32Prize announcement for photographers ... 32Current news of desert mines 34Gems and Minerals 35Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 40Annual Index, Volume 11, Desert Magazine . . 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46Reviews of Southwest Literature 47

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