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is
a
192-page book
9"xl2"
in
size. There
are at
least
60
pages
of
instructive articles
by
authorsof national fame. There are new articlesby Emil Kronquist
and
Louis Wieneron jewelry making.
The
15-page articleon jewelry casting
by the
LOST WAXMETHOD using
the NEW
KERRHOBBYCRAFT CASTING UNIT
is
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Two
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After years
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TITANIA GEMS are priced at —$12.50 for small sizes
oi
V*
carat
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oi
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of
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ol
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THE DESERT MAGAZINE
 
DESERT CALENDAR
Sept. 18-Oct. 15—First state-wideCrafts show, State Art museum,Santa Fe, New Mexico.Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2—Pioneer Days cele-bration, Banning, California.Oct.
1-2—New
Mexico State fair,Albuquerque.Oct. 2—State chambers of commercetrek to Bill Williams mountain,starting at Williams, Arizona.Oct. 4—Day of San Francisco. An-nual trek of the Papago Indiansfrom Arizona into Magdalena,Sonora, Mexico.Oct. 4—Annual fiesta and dance,Nambe pueblo, New Mexico.Oct. 4—Ranchos de Taos Fiesta, SanFrancisco Day processional, Taos,New Mexico.Oct. 4-5—Nevada State Pharmacistsconvention, Las Vegas.Oct. 5-8—Eastern New Mexico Statefair, Roswell.Oct. 6-8—Navajo Indian fair, Nava-jo exhibits and rodeo, Indian danceseach evening, Shiprock, New Mex-ico.Oct. 7-10—Salton Sea Regatta powerboat races, at Desert Beach, Cali-fornia.Oct. 8-9—Centennial '49er celebra-tion, frontier parade, Chandlerranch, Desert Mot Springs, Cali-fornia.Oct. 9-15—Las Cruces Centennialfete,Las Cruces, New Mexico.Oct. 14—Greenlee County fair, Dun-can, Arizona.Oct. 14-15—National Highway 66convention, Albuquerque, N. M.Oct. 14-16—Mojave Gold Rush days,rodeo, free barbecue, Mojave, Cali-fornia.Oct. 20-22—New Mexico School ofMines '49er Centennial celebration,Lordsburg.Oct. 20-23—Graham County fair,Safford, Arizona.Oct. 21-23—Tombstone Helldorado,in "the town too tough to die."Tombstone, Arizona.Oct. 21-23—Dig 'n Dogie Days; ro-deo,mining events and county fair,Kingman, Arizona.Oct. 21-23—Papago Indian rodeo,Sells, Arizona.Oct. 22-23—Twelfth annual PioneerDays celebration; parade October22 at 1:00 p.m. Twentynine Palms,California.Oct. 26—Annual Rose Garden show,Valley Garden center, Phoenix,Arizona.Oct. 26-30—Pima County fair, Tuc-son, Arizona.Oct. 31—Mardi Gras, Barstow, Cali-fornia.
Volume 12OCTOBER. 1949Number 12COVERCALENDARPHOTOGRAPHYEXPLORATIONHUMORMUSICTRUE OR FALSEINDUSTRYBOTANYMININGPOETRYFIELD TRIPADVENTURELETTERSCLOSE-UPSNEWSHOBBYLAPIDARYANNUAL INDEXCOMMENTBOOKS
WHITE HOUSE Cliff Dwelling in Canyon deChelly, Arizona. Photo by Hubert A. Lowman.October events on the desert 3Contest winners in August 419 Days on Utah TrailsBy RANDALL HENDERSON 5Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 10The Chants of My PeopleBy MANUEL ARCHULETA, as told toILON BARTH 13Test of your desert knowledge 14'Yucca Gun' May Create an IndustryBy DOROTHY L. PILLSBURY 15Sacred Mushroom of the AztecsBy CLAIRE MEYER PROCTOR 18Current news of desert mines 19Silhouettes, and other poems 20Fossil Shells From a Vanished SeaBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 21Rock Climbers Reach the Bottom of theCave of the Winding Stairs 26Comment of Desert Readers 27About those who write for Desert 28From here and there on the desert 29Gams and Minerals 37Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 41Contents of Desert for the past year 42Just 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 AL HAWORTH, Associate EditorBESS STACY, Business Manager MARTIN MORAN, Circulation ManagerUnsolicited manuscripts and photographs submitted cannot be returned or acknowledgedunless full return postage is enclosed. Desert Magazine assumes no responsibility fordamage 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 IssueSUBSCRIPTION RATESOne Year S3.50 Two Years $6.00Canadian Subscriptions 2.">c
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OCTOBER, 1949
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