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PICTURES OFTHE MONTH
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Mother...
A proud Indian mother held
her
chubbypapoose aloft
for
Photographer AndrewCrofut
of
Reno, Nevada, whose charmingfamily portrait
won
first prize
in
DesertMagazine's June
Picture-of-the-Month
con-
test.
The
photo
was
made with
a 4x5
Speed
Graphic camera, Super
XX
filmwith flash fill,
1 100
second
at f.
11-f.
16.
,::5.:'
J
-'
*
Yuccas.
..
Blossoming flower stalkssaluting the sky, this fieldof Yuccas near Sunland,California, was photo-graphed by AlexanderWiederseder of Altadena,California, second prizewinner in the June photocontest. He used an 8x10
Eastman
View camera,panchromatic film, V2 sec-ond at f. 16.
DESERT MAGAZINE
 
DESERT CALENDAR
August 6-8—Annual Reunion, TeddyRoosevelt's Rough Riders,
Las
Vegas,
New
Mexico.August 7—Annual Smoki Ceremon-
ials,
authentic recreation
of
Indianrites
and
tribal ceremonials
by the
Smoki people, citizens
of
Prescott,Arizona.
In
Prescott.August 7-8—Billy
the Kid
Pageant,Lincoln,
New
Mexico.August
7-29 —
20th Annual JuniorIndian
Art
Show, best paintings
and
art craft from reservation schools.Museum
of
Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff.
August 12-14—Wasatch County Fairand Rodeo, Heber, Utah.August 12-14—Sanpete County Fair,Manti, Utah.August
12-15 —
Inter-tribal IndianCeremonials, daily parades, exhib-its
of
Indian
art and
craft work,sandpainting demonstrations,
eve-
ning programs
of
tribal dances
and
ceremonials.
In
Gallup,
New Mex-
ico.
August
13-14 —
Northern ArizonaSquare Dance Festival,
Flagstaff.
August 18-20—CacheLogan, Utah.County Fair,August 24-31—Hopi Snake Dances,Walpi Indian Village. Caravanfrom Winslow, Arizona.August 25-27—Junior Livestock Show,Richfield, Utah.August 27-28—Kane County Fair
and
Horse Show, Orderville, Utah.August 28-29—Tooele County Fair,Tooele, Utah.August 29—Posse Parade
and Bar-
becue, Sedona, Arizona.
Volume
17
COVERAUGUST,
1954
Number
8
PHOTOGRAPHYCALENDARINDIANSDESERT QUIZGHOST TOWNCONTESTFIELD TRIPCLOSE-UPSNATURELETTERSSURVIVALHISTORYPOETRYPERSONALITYNEWSFICTIONMININGHOBBYLAPIDARYCOMMENTBOOKS
Navajo Sandpainting. An Indian medicine manpaints in colored sands on the hogan floor.The elaborate design, here showing cornstalks, is part of a sacred Navajo healingritual and must be erased before sundown.Photograph by JOSEF MUENCH of SantaBarbara, California.Pictures of the Month 2August events on the desert 3Revolt Against Ancient GodsBy DAMA LANGLEY 4A test of your desert knowledge 8The Ghost that Refuses to DieBy EDMUND JAEGER 9Prizes for Photographers 11Crystal Roses of EldoradoBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 12About those who write for Desert 16Birds Are Welcome at Gold Rock Ranch, prize-winning story by CAP and OLGA SMITH . 17Comment from Desert's readers 19Increased Comfort and Efficiency in Desert HeatBy ALONZO W. POND 20Why Utah Loves the Sea GullBy CHARLES B. LOCKWOOD 23Epitaph for a Cowboy, and other poems ... 24Josie Pearl, Prospector on Nevada's Black RockDesert, by NELL MURBARGER 25From Here and There on the Desert 29Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 29Current news of desert mines 34Gems and Minerals 35Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 42Reviews of Southwestern literature 43
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 postoffice at Palm Desert,California, under the Act o: March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 338865 in U. S. Patent Office,and contents copyrighted 1954 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproduce contentsmust be secured from the editor in writing.RANDALL HENDERSON, EditorBESS STACY, Business, ManagerMARGARET GERKE, Associate EditorEVONNE RIDDELL, 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 issue.
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Years $6.00Canadian Subscriptions
25c
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50c
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19687Address Correspondence
to
Desert Magazine, Palm
Desert,
California
AUGUST,
1954
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