DESERT CALENDAR
Oct. 29—Annual Fall Roundup,
Hi
Vista, Lancaster, California.Oct.
31 —
Hallowe'en Mardi Gras,sponsored
by
Junior Chamber
of
Commerce, Tucson, Arizona.Nov. 1—Ceremonial dances, Taos
In-
dian pueblo.
New
Mexico.Nov. 2—All Souls
Day
fiesta, Taospueblo.
New
Mexico,
and
otherSpanish villages.Nov.
4-5 —
Sierra Club, SouthernCalifornia chapter, will hike
to
LastChance Canyon, near
Red
RockCanyon. Colorful scenery, alsogem collecting area.Nov. 4-5—Old Tucson Days, spon-sored
by
Junior Chamber
of Com-
merce,
in
Tucson Mountain park,Tucson, Arizona.Nov. 9-11—Arizona Bankers associa-tion convention, Phoenix, Arizona.Nov.
10-11 —
Copper Cities SquareDance festival, Globe, Arizona.Nov.
10-12 —
American Women'sMedical association convention,Tucson, Arizona.Nov. 11-12—Colorado River Round-
up,
Parker, Arizona.Nov.
11-15 —
32nd Annual OgdenLivestock show, Ogden, Utah.Nov. 12—St. James
day
fiesta
and
Harvest Corn dance, Tesuquepueblo.
New
Mexico,
and
Jemezpueblo.Nov. 15—Tucson symphony concert,Tucson, Arizona.Nov. 18-19—First annual
gem and
mineral show
of
Sequoia. Mineralsociety, Fresno district fairgrounds,Fresno, California.Nov. 23—Desert
Sun
Ranchers
Ro-
deo
at
Flying
E
ranch, Wickenburg,Arizona.Nov. 23-26—Desert trip
for
membersof Sierra Club, Southern Californiachapter. Base camp
at
CornSprings, outings
to
ChuckawallaMountains, Pallen Mountains,
Ea-
gle Mountains, Orocopia Moun-tains
and to
Colorado River points.Nov. 23-26
—
Sierra Club trip
to
Death Valley area, Avawatz peakand Ubehebe peak.November—Special exhibit
of
Peru-vian arts, both ancient
and mod-
ern, Southwest Museum, HighlandPark,
Los
Angeles.November—Following first frost
and
preceding
the
winter solstice,
Sha-
lako ceremonies
at
Zuni Indianpueblo,
New
Mexico.November
—
After first frost,
on
Navajo reservation
in
Arizona
and
New Mexico, Yei-be-chi (NightWay)
and
Mountain
Top Way
ceremonies. Fire dances.
Volume
14
NOVEMBER,
1950
Number
1
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ACOMA PUEBLO, New Mexico. Photo byJ. E. Byron, Boulder,. Colorado.November events on the desert 3Agate Hunters at Double Butte •By HAROLD WEIGHT 4High-Graders at GoldfieldBy ARTHUR WOODWARD 11Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 14Guardians of an Ancient FortBy JAY ELLIS RANSOM 15Sacred Mountain of the TribesmenBy A. LA VIELLE LAWBAUGH 18Desert Shack, and other poems 22Diary of a Jackrabbit HomesteaderBy CATHERINE VENN 23Lost Silver Mine of the JesuitsBy JOHN D. MITCHELL 25He Tells 'em How to Find UraniumBy JEAN McELRATH 27Comment by Desert's readers 29Test your desert knowledge 30Here and there on the desert 31Current news of desert mines 39Amateur Gem Cutter, By Lelande Quick ... 40Gems and Minerals 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46Reviews of Southwest literature 47
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