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THE DESERT MAGAZINE
 
DESERT CALENDAR
Nov.
1—Nevada
day, the
state's 85thanniversary
of
statehood, CarsonCity, Nevada.Nov.
1—Eve
of All
Soul's
Day,
cele-brated
as
Spanish Halloween,
in
Santa
Fe, New
Mexico,
and
other Spanish-American villages.Nov. 2—All Soul's
Day.
SpanishMemorial
day, in
Spanish-Amer-ican villages,
New
Mexico.Nov. 5-14—Arizona state fair, fair-grounds, Phoenix, Arizona.Nov. 6-7—Annual
Old
Tucson Days,Indian dances, cowboy events,fiesta, parade, Tucson, Arizona.Nov. 7—And following Sundays,
lec-
tures
on
Southwestern subjects,Southwest Museum, HighlandPark,
Los
Angeles, California.November museum exhibit,watercolors
by the
Navajo artistBeatien Yazz (Little No-Shirt)who illustrated "Spin
a
SilverDollar."Nov. 11—Armistice
day
rodeo
and
barbecue, Alamogordo,
New
Mexico.Nov. 12—Feast
day of San
Diego,annual fiesta
and
Harvest Corndance, Tesuque pueblo,
New
Mexico.Nov. 12—Annual fiesta
and
HarvestCorn dance, Jemez pueblo,
New
Mexico.Nov. 13-17—Ogden Livestock show,Ogden, Utah.Nov. 18-20-—Nevada state farm
bur-
eau convention, Reno, Nevada.Nov. 19-20—International Rodeo
con-
vention, Reno, Nevada.
Pinon Incense...
Bring the delightful fragranceof the Pinon Forest into yourhome or office. The burner is aminiature model of the outdoorbaking ovens used by prehis-toric Indians, and still in use inNew Mexico pueblos. Whenthe little cones of genuine pinonpine are burned in this tinyoven the aroma is a breath ofthe outdoor Southwest.
Kills kitchen and bathroomodors and removes the smell ofstale tobacco. Pueblo Indiansburn pinon for nasal and bron-chial ailments.Burner and 15 cones post-paid to you
$1.50
DESERT CRAFTS SHOP
Palm Desert, California
*"*
Volume
12
NOVEMBER,
1948
Number
1
COVERCALENDARPERSONALITYDESERT QUIZFIELD TRIPPOETRYJOURNALISMEDITORIALBOTANYNATUREPHOTOGRAPHYLETTERSCRAFTSMININGNEWSHUMORCONTESTCLOSE-UPSLAPIDARYHOBBYCOMMENTBOOKS
COACHELLA DATE GARDEN. Photograph by
B.
Freeman, Los Angeles, California.November events on the desertLa Patrona of the Date GardensBy LOIS ELDER ROY • . .
59
test
of
your desert knowledgeBlue Agate
at
Eagle CragsBy HAROLD
O.
WEIGHT
10
The Sand Painters,
by
NINA PAUL SHUMWAY
16
Desert's First
11
Years
17
There
Are Two
Deserts
21
Healing Berries,
by
MARY BEAL
22
Freak Tree
of the
PeninsulaBy LEWIS
W.
WALKER
23
Contest winners
for
September
25
Comment from Desert readers
26
She Sells
the
Incense
of the
Pinyon ForestBy DOROTHY
L.
PILLSBURY
27
Current news
of
desert mines
30
From here
and
there
on the
desert
31
Hard Rock Shorty
of
Death Valley
34
Prize announcement
for
photographers
... 36
About Desert Magazine writers
39
Amateur
Gem
Cutter
by
LELANDE QUICK
. . 40
Gems
and
Minerals
41
Just Between
You and Me, by the
Editor
... 46
Reviews
of
Southwest Literature
47
The Desert Magazine
is
published monthly
by the
Desert Press,
Inc.,
Palm Desert,California. Re-entered
as
second class matter July
17,
1948
at the
post office
at
Palm Desert,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
reproduce contentsmust
be
secured from
the
editor
in
writing.RANDALL HENDERSON, Editor BESS STACY, Business ManagerHAROLD
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
damage
or
loss
of
manuscripts
or
photographs although
due
care will
be
exercised.
Sub-
scribers should send notice
of
change
of
address
by the
first
of the
month preceding issue.SUBSCRIPTION RATESOne Year
. . .
$3.00
Two
Years
. . .
$5.00Canadian subscriptions
25c
extra, foreign
50c
extra.Subscription
to
Army personnel outside U.8.A. must
be
mailed
in
conformity withP.O.D. Order
No.
19687.Address correspondence
to
Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California.
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