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JANUARY, 194935 CENTS
 
Why Make Your Home inPalmDesert
Travelers and home-seekers from all over the United States are coming tothe desert country each year in increasing numbers—and if you ask whythe semi-arid land of the Southwest has become such a powerful lure forAmericans, one of the answers is
SUNSHINE
Here in a sheltered cove at the base of California'sSanta Rosa mountains where the new community ofPalm Desert is being built the sun shines clear andwarm nearly every day in the year.There is no fog—none of the gas-laden smog whichhas became a plague to dwellers in the industrial com-munities. Seldom are the days even overcast withclouds. Two or three times a year there are a few hoursof rain—just enough to freshen the landscape and startthe desert flowers sprouting. But for the most part thisis a land blessed with sunshine — warm, relaxing,health-giving sunshine. Humans thrive in this cheerfulatmosphere.It is here on a sun-favored bajada overlooking thedate gardens of Coqchella valley that a fine watersupply has been developed, paved streets installed, theconstruction of a school started and electric and gas andtelephone service made available for those who wouldbuild new homes and income properties in Palm Desert.For those who liko recreation the luxurious
ShadowMountain Club
is now open and offers the opportunityfor swimming, miniature boating, riding, tennis, pitch-and-putt
golf,
badminton and other facilities for enjoy-ment and health in the sunny Palm Desert cove rimmedby sheltering mountains.But whatever form of recreation you prefer, there isalways sunshine—the invigorating life-giving sunshineof the desert.
Palm DesertCorporation
PALM DESERT. CALIFORNIA
CLIFFORD W. HENDERSONFounder, President
Los Angeles Office:8622 Sunset BoulevardTelephone
CRestview
55269
Tract Office on Propertyor See Your BrokerEdith Ward, Tract Agent
 
DESERT CALENDAR
Dec.
31-Jan.
1—First
annual Liar'scontest
and
second annual PeglegTrek, Coyote mountain, BorregoValley, California.Jan.
1-2—Sierra
club trip
to
Deepcanyon
in the
Santa Rosa moun-
tains.
Follow arrows from PalmDesert, just east
of
Palms-to-Pines highway junction,
to
camp
site.
Jan. 2—Annual rendition
of the "Mes-
siah," Salt Lake Tabernacle,Temple Square, Salt Lake City.Utah.Jan. 6—"Old Christmas," Feast
of the
Three Kings. Performances
of
Los Tres Magos
in
Spanish-American villages,
New
Mexico.Jan. 6—Buffalo Dance, Taos pueblo,New Mexico.Jan. 6—Eagle Dance,
San
Ildefonsopueblo,
New
Mexico.Jan. 6—Installation
of
newly electedgovernors
in
Indian pueblos
of
New Mexico, usually followed
by
dances.Jan. 8—All-day hike
to
HiddenSprings
and
Grotto canyon nearMecca. Meet
in
front
of
PalmSprings Desert museum,
9 a. m.
Bring lunch. Eight miles roundtrip walking.Jan. 12—Desert Rock club field tripto Kaiser iron mines
in the
Eaglemountains near Desert Center.Meet
in
front
of
Palm SpringsDesert museum,
9 a. m.
Bringlunch
and
water.Jan. 15—Lecture,
"An
Artist
in the
Southwest,"
by
Alvin
C.
Greiner,Palm Springs Desert museum,
8
p.
m.
Jan. 15—All-day field trip
to
Stubbysprings
in
Joshua Tree nationalmonument. Meet
in
front
of
PalmSprings Desert museum,
9 a. m.
Jan. 15-16—Sierra club, Desert Peakssection, scouting trip
to El
Pasomountains, northeast
of Red
Rockcanyon, Mojave desert.Jan. 19—Desert Photography group,field trip
to
Indian Cove, JoshuaTree national monument
to
photo-graph rock formations. Meet
in
front
of
Palm Springs Desertmuseum,
9 a. m.
Bring lunch.Jan. 22—All-day auto- caravan
to
Travertine Point,
the
Cahuilla"Fish Traps,"
and
Salton
Sea.
Meet
at
Palm Springs Desertmuseum,
9 a. m.
Bring lunch
and
bathing suit
(if
warm).
No
hiking.Jan. 22—Lecture, "Ancient RockDrawings
in the
Southwest,"
by
Dr. Arthur Woodward, historianof
the Los
Angeles county
mu-
seum. Palm Springs Desert
mu-
seum,
8 p. m.
Jan. 22-23—-Sierra club trip
to Hid-
den gold mine
and
Keys View,starting from Garnet, with campup
Fan
Hill canyon.Jan. 24—Desert Photography grouplecture, "Problems
of
DesertPhotography,"
by Al
Taylor.Palm Springs Desert Museum,
8
p.
m.
Jan. 27-30—Phoenix Open Golf tour-nament, Phoenix, Arizona.Last Week
in
January—ThunderbirdSki meet, Arizona Sno-Bowl, Flag-
staff,
Arizona.
Volume
12
JANUARY.
1949
Number
3
COVERCALENDARRECREATIONPUZZLEINDIANSCONTESTLOST MINEPHOTOGRAPHYHISTORYCLOSE-UPSHUMORDESERT TRAILSFIELD TRIPBOTANYNEWSMININGLETTERSLAPIDARYHOBBYCOMMENTBOOKS
ARIZONA WILD GOAT, photographed in WhiteTank mountains west of Litchfield Park, Ari-zona, by Martin Litton, Inglewood, CaliforniaJanuary events on the desert 3Desert Dude Wrangler, by BRUCE CLINTON . 5Desert Quiz, monthly school of the desert ... 10They Follow Ancient Ways at Old JemezBy DAMA LANGLEY 11Prizes for photographers 15The Lost Squaw Hollow Gold LedgeBy JOHN D. MITCHELL 17Contest winners in November . 18Waterhole at the CrossroadsBy THERON MARCOS TRUMBO . . . .'
19
Of Desert Magazine's Contributors 22Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 22There's Another Kind of TreasureBy JOHN L. BLACKFORD 23Green Rock in the Last Chance RangeBy DON INGALLS 28Dazzling Tulips of the Desert RangesBy MARY BEAL 30Here and There on the Desert 31Current news of desert mines 34Comment of Desert's readers 39Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 40Gems and Minerals 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46Reviews 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
1949 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 teh
month preceding issue.
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