By HAROLD O. WEIGHT for 194905 Desert Magazine 1949 May

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Plan Your Home

in

Palm Desert

Here is a desert community in a sheltered cove of the Santa Rosamountains with fine water, excellent drainage, surfaced streets,electricity, natural gas, telephones, new school under construc-tion—an ideal location where you can enjoy all today's con-veniences in the clean atmosphere of a well-planneddesert community.

Residential Lots:

Range

in

size from 60x110 feet

for the

smallerbungalows

or

weekend cottages,

up to one and

two acre exclusive estates.Prices range from $950

for the

smallest

to ap-

proximately $6,500

an

acre

for

Estate sites.

Residential Income:

This includes choice hotel sites,

as

well

as

lotszoned

for 2, 4, 6 and 8

rental units, dependingupon size

and

location with prices starting

at

$2,550.

Commercial

or

Business:

Includes lots facing

on the

Palm Springs-IndioHighway

and on El

Paseo,

the

divided businessstreet which branches

off the

Highway

and

continues through Palm Desert

for

approxi-mately

two

miles before again joining

the

Highway.These lots average 50x112 feet, with

an

addi-tional

100

feet

for

parking

in the

rear

of

each

lot.

Each business block

is

being built around

a

parking court with building facing either

the

Palm Springs-Indio Highway

or El

Paseo

—

each building having

an

entrance from

the

street

and

from

the

parking area. These lotsstart

at

$7,500.

Building Requirements:

Sensible

and

cooperative architectural controlof

all

structures protects

the

charm

of the com-

plete community plan

and,

therefore, protectsthe value

for the

property owners.All plans must

be

approved

by the

Palm DesertArchitectural Committee.

A

minimum

of 800

sq.

ft.

will

be

allowed

on the

small weekendcottage sites;

1000 sq. ft. on

small homesites;1200

sq. ft. on the

Shadow Mountain Estates;1500

sq. ft. on the

Palm Desert Ranchos.

Ownership Requirements:

Prospective property purchasers must qualifyfor membership

in

either

the

Palm Desert

Com-

munity Association

or the

Shadow Mountain

Club,

depending upon

the

type

of

property

be-

ing purchased.

NEARLY $250,000

IN NEW

HOMES

ARE NOW

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

IN THE

PALM DESERTCOMMUNITY

PALM DESERT CORPORATION

PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIACLIFFORD

W.

HENDERSON, Founder, PresidentEDITH EDDY WARD, Exclusive Sales AgentPhone: Palm Desert 7-6111 —Through Indio Exchange

Tract Office

on

Palms-to-Pines

Highway lust

Off

Highway

111—

Or

See

Your

Own

Broker

DESERT CALENDAR

April

29 —

Biology Series: Evolutionand

the

Geologic Periods. PalmSprings Desert Museum

8 p.m.

May

1—Fishing

season will open

for

Desert areas.May

1—Boat

race

of the

ColoradoRiver Racing association

at

Yuma,Arizona.May

1—Annual

speed boat regatta

on

Lake Moovalya, Parker, Arizona.May

1—Annual

horse show, Sonoita,Arizona.May

1—Annual

fiesta

and

spring corndance,

San

Felipe pueblo,

New

Mexico.May

1,

7-8—Ramona Pageant,

Ra-

mona Bowl, Hemet, California.May 3—Cross

day,

dance

and

cere-monial races, Taos pueblo,

New

Mexico.May 7—Annual Southern Californiareunion picnic

of

former residentsof

New

Mexico, Arizona, Utahand Nevada

at

Sycamore Park,Los Angeles.May 7-29—Annual wildflower show,Julian, California. CommunityHall, daily except Fridays.

Mrs.

Myrtle Botts, chairman.May 7-8—Sierra club hike. Two-daytrip

to

climb Owens Peak

at

south-ern

end of the

Sierras overlookingInyokern. Over-night camp.May

7-8 —

Fourth annual IndianWells valley stampede, stampedegrounds near Ridgecrest, Cali-fornia.May 8—"Fiestas

de

Mayo,"

com-

memorating Mexican Independ-ence

Day.

Parade, street dances,festivals. Celebrated

in

Nogales,Arizona,

and

Sonora.May 12-15

—

Annual HelldoradoDays. Pageant-rodeo, parades,whisker derby, kangaroo court,horse racing, dances.

Las

Vegas,Nevada.May 13-14—Third annual Lions clubfestival

and

barbeque. Swimmingevents, kiddies parade. ValleyWells, California, four milesnortheast

of

Trona.May 20-22

—

Calico Days Celebra-tion. Parade, horse show, carnivaland dancing, rodeo. Yermo, Cali-fornia.May 22—Horse show, State fairgrounds, Albuquerque,

New Mex-

ico.

May 28-30—Sierra club hike. ClimbGlass mountain situated betweenthe High Sierra

and the

Whitemountains. Elevation 11,127 feet.May 29—Annual Fiesta

of San

Felipede Neri. Parades, dancing, carni-val. Albuquerque,

New

Mexico.May—Special exhibit, Fred

K.

Hinch-man Memorial Collection

— ex-

amples

of

pottery, basketry, silverjewelry, Plains Indian beadwOrk,

etc.

Southwest Museum, HighlandPark,

Los

Angeles, California.

Volume 12MAY. 1949Number 7COVERCALENDAREXPLORATIONPHOTOGRAPHYINDIANSHUMORFIELD TRIPDESERT QUIZPERSONALITYCONTESTCRAFTSPOETRYLETTERSWILDFLOWERSARTCLOSE-UPSNEWSMININGHOBBYLAPIDARYCOMMENTBOOKS

SEXTETTE IN YELLOW. Photographed in CajonPass, California by Nicholas N.

Kozloff,

SanBernardino, California.April events on the desert 3Salt Water Trail on the DesertBy DAVID E. MILLER 4Contest winners in March 9Black Magic of the CahuillaBy JOHN HILTON 10Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley ..... 12Magic Rocks of the SaucedasBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 14A test of your desert knowledge 18He Brings the Desert to Your GardenBy GEORGE M. ROY 20Prizes to Photographers 23Skilled Hands at the LoomBy JIMMIE BREWER 24Queen of the Night, and other poems . . . . 26Comment from Desert's Readers 27Monthly forecast for May 28Director, Palm Desert Art Gallery 29About those who write for Desert 30From here and there on the desert 31Current news of desert mines 40Gems and minerals 41Amateur Gem Cutter, by Lelande Quick ... 45Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46Reviews of Southwestern Literature 47

he 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 ManagerMARION HEWES, Associate Editor MARTIN MORAN, Circulation ManagerUnsolicited manuscripts

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or

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