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MAGAZINE of the SOUTHWEST

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Ghost Island on SaJfon Sea

Joseph Wood Krutch: "Man's Marh on the Desert'


Mining Camps' Glorious Fourth
Franh Lloyd Wright's Design for the Desert
"Failure," declared Doc Clarence Salsbury, who has
never experienced it, "conies to him who follows the
line of least persistence."

Don't bother making a flowery speech this July 4 unless
you are also willing to shoulder a rifle, serve on a draft board,
or at least donate a pint of blood. Patriotism, American style,
is not synonymous with oratory. It is limited to one magnifi-
cent word—Service.

"Civilian service," Governor George Hunt of Arizona once
told me, "is no less important than military. Hang out a flag,
yes. But don't sit down then, thinking you have done your
duty. Freedom is a sacred trust. And it is not free."

// America ever starts getting as much government as it's
paying for, we're sunk.

Seems the mayor of Nipton on the Mojave Desert was
trying to hire a preacher for their new church. "Rev'rend,"
said he, "are you by any chance a Baptist?"
"No sir, I'm not," the good man answered. "Why?"
"Well, I was just going to explain that we have to haul all
M0RDB6U&- our water about 30 miles."

What you are about to read is a true story; nothing has
"Man oh man! It's hotter than . . . than . . ."
been changed except the wording and the facts:
It's not really very hot on the desert in summer. The im-
pression of warmth is largely in the imagination. The dryness
keeps the air from being oppressive. In fact you won't notice
the heat at all if you just work hard in the bright cheerful
sunshine.

All right, all right, so it's hot. What'd you expect in
July, sleet?

Back in January I gave you a recipe for a palliative guar-
anteed to alleviate the heat. Naturally you weren't interested
then, but you will be now: Mix Vi cup of lemon juice with
l!/2 cups of sugar and chill. Into this slowly pour one quart
of whole milk, stirring rapidly. Freeze at once in a hand-turn
freezer. Have a small baseball bat handy to keep neighbors
away from this matchless Sun Country Sherbet, or quadruple
the amount frozen.

As I survey the world from my favorite Point of Rocks, it
appears that shiftless people very rarely manage to get into
high gear.
"Come ye yourselves apart into a desert •
place, and rest a while." Mark 6:31
I feel a little sorry for a certain college professor in Arizona.
The kindly gent, poking around on the desert, found what
seemed sure to be the burial place of a gargantuan prehistoric
Truly our desert is a many-splendored place. At times it monster. He and his students were diligently sweating to dig
challenges man's ability to recognize its bounty. One of those out the bones, when Tyson Carter, who owned the land, hap-
times is now. Truth is, our desert heat is more endurable pened along. Ty watched them a while, chewing his tooth-
than the stifling humidity most of the nation suffers. We sons pick and grinning, then said, "Gents, some of those rib bones
of the sun have learned to refrigerate, or estivate. We have are 12 feet long, all right, and the tail is at least 70 feet. But
also learned to appreciate; summer colds are rare, congested they were hauled in here a few years ago by a show man who
lungs clear up, arthritis fades, spirits soar and hope returns. wanted to make money exhibiting them. He lost his shirt,
Colors are intensified, landscapes glow, stars acquire new and I let him bury them out here. Them's just whale bones."
brilliance, life in general revs down so that we have time to •
enjoy it. Thank you, Lord. Statistics reveal that 108.9 percent of the desert dwellers
• who say they'd rather stick it out in the hill heat in July and
Two of the things I love most were born in July—me, and August instead of going to the cool California beaches, are
the United States. But when 1 straight-faced as much to my lying. Truth is, we just ain't got the money.
teenage daughter, she shot right back—"Mother, let's have •
a big party on July 4, hey?" My day's the 20th. Be assured, good friends, that life will knock you to
• your knees. But that's the ideal position in which to
Only reason Independence Hall wasn't in Phoenix was pray.
because the transcontinental railway hadn't been built; the •
Liberty Bell was too heavy to haul out here in a wagon. This may well be the desert citizens' basic philosophy of
• life: Freedom from want, if interpreted as freedom from
I worry some about that Liberty Bell anyway. Here lately necessity to struggle, would be a calamity if ever realized.
the bureaucrats and treasury raiders have been putting too •
many new cracks in it. Not meaning to be wise-cracky about it, but hoping to help
• weld the unique strength of our close-to-God desert-country
When I get knotted up like that, worrying about national citizens, I leave you with this thought in this, the month of
affairs, I usually throw a canteen of water and a little snack our nation's birth:
of grub into the car and head for the wild free hills. Up back
of Four Peaks last Spring 1 asked a 70-year-old prospector If we aren't careful when we go to the polls, government
if he knew what to do about inflation. "'Ain't heered of it," of the feeble, by the feeble and for the feeble will not perish
said he. See what I mean? from the earth. ///

2 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


- T H E DESERT IN JULY:

1776. Time for a history lesson with South-


west overtones, purpose of which is to show
that the "Spirit of 76" was not confined to
the Atlantic seaboard. Here, month by
month, are the major occurrences in the
Southwest (SW) and East Coast (EC) in 1776.
January: EC—Colonial attack on Quebec
fails; Washington strengthens Boston Army
with siege guns. SW — Father Garces at
Yuma attempts to establish a lasting peace
among the Indian tribes whose representa-

Three months after Independence Day, Father Escalante


entered Utah Valley. Painting by Keith Eddington.

tives he meets there. February: EC—Small


Colonial fleet sails to Bahamas; Washing-
ton continues siege of Boston. SW—After
14 days of travel, Garces reaches the Mo-
javes (near Needles). March: EC—Colonial
fleet captures munitions at Nassau; British
evacuate Boston. SW—Garces makes his
way westward, discovering and traversing
Volume 25 Number 7 the whole of the Mojave River, and arrives
at the mission of San Gabriel (Los Angeles)
CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1962 on March 24. April: EC — Washington
reaches New York with 1800 men. SW—
This Month's Cover— Garces reaches a point on Kern River north
Mullet Island was a popular resort, but then in the late 1940s the
of present-day Bakersfield. May: EC—Wash-
waters of Salton Sea rose and flooded the connecting mainland road, ington confers with Continental Congress in
and the island's facilities were abandoned to vandals and the elements. Philadelphia on the question of indepen-
Thus, uniquely, another desert ghost town came into being. (See story dence. SW—Garces returns to the Mojave
on page 7.) Photo by Greenfield Lawrel. country, confirms the peace among the five
Personality of the Month—
tribes whose representatives assemble there.
But on May 31, in order to prevent the kill-
26 Riverrunner Art Greene FRANK JENSEN
ing of the Hualapai delegates by the Mo-
Exploring the Desert— javes, he accompanies them to their lands
(Kingman, Ariz.). June: EC!—Howe, heavily
7 Salton Sea's Ghost Island
DICK SNYDER
reinforced from Great Britain, virtually iso-
14 First Visit to Anza-Borrego
28 Last Call for Glen Canyon Float Trips
lates New England. SW—Garces proceeds
northward to the Havasupai, then, seeking
Observations. Discoveries— a route to Santa Fe, travels along the south-
2 Desert Detours OREN ARNOLD ern rim of Grand Canyon. July: EC—Col-
3 The Desert in July onies declare their independence. SW—The
10 The Desert's Architectural Design FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Hopis refuse to admit Garces to their pueblos,
22 Is "Progress" Destroying the Southwest? JOSEPH WOOD KRUTC-H and he returns to the Mojaves. August: EC
38 Poem of the Month ADELAIDE COKER
—Washington forced to evacuate Brooklyn.
Nature's Wonders— SW •— Garces continues southward to the
EDMUND C. JAEGER
Yumas. Escalante and Dominguez leave
18 The Smoke Tree's Beautiful Ways
Santa Fe seeking a route to Monterey. Sep-
The Good Old Days— tember: EC—Howe drives the Americans
PEGGY TREGO
out of Manhattan. SW—Garces visits the
20 Fourth of July—As It Was
Cocomaricopas and Pimas, censuring the
Other Features— now uneasy peace, then returns to his mis-
sion of San Xaxier del Bac near Tucson;
5 Letters from our Readers
6 New Ideas for Desert Living DAN LEE
Escalante and Dominguez cross the Green
34 Garden Hints for July
35 New and Interesting Southwest Books CHARLES E. SHELTON continued on next page

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July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 3


THE DESERT IN JULY (continued from preceding page)

River. October: EC—Washington retreats from White Plains. SW—


Escalante and Dominguez reach Utah Lake (near Provo) and turn
south; plagued by cold and scanty provisions, they turn back toward
Santa Fe. November: EC—Howe captures Fort Washington, British
push down through New Jersey threatening Philadelphia. SW—
Escalante and Dominguez ford the Colorado River, visit the inhospita-
ble Hopi, and return, on Nov. 24, to Escalante's old mission at Zuni.
December: EC—Washington, still retreating southward with his ragged
army, suddenly turns upon Trenton on Christmas night and captures
nearly 1000 Hessians. SW—Escalante and Dominguez return to Santa
Fe. Failure and retreat marked the days of 1776, but the dauntless
spirit of the year is its bequest to the centuries.
# # *
Oppose New Road. To those who wonder where the white man's
progress" will eventually end, the public utterances of Hopi tribal
leaders comes as sweet music. The state wants to build a new
highway across Hopiland, providing paved access to U.S. 66. But,
Andrew Heremequaftewa, spokesman for a group opposing the road!
said the pavement would "seriously damage many farm areas!
shrines and other religious grounds" held sacred by the three villages

w on the Second Mesa. So much for progress.


# # *
River Conquered. A nine-man team became the first in history to

luntingffor
navigate boats up the Colorado River. The expedition, led by Otis
Marston, used special boats designed in New Zealand which carry
no exposed propeller or rudder. The jet propulsion unit is housed
within the hull. Water is sucked in through an opening in the hull-
spewed out behind. The river conquerors covered the 350 miles from
Lake Mead through Grand Canyon to Lee's Ferry.
* * #
Big Government. "Visitors traveling to the Pacific Northwest will find
many reasons for lingering beyond their visit to the Seattle World
Fair in a special informational pamphlet being readied by the Depart-
ment of the Interior," reports a government news release sent free
through the mails to the country's other publishers. "Continued sale
(20c) of the booklet is planned for post-Fair years," the news item
discloses^ "and similar booklets on other sections of the nation are

new ideas?
you'll find you ore in for tempting big re-
planned." Fine. We are selfish in hoping that the government
decides to concentrate on the publishing of paper money and postage
stamps before it is the Desert Southwest's turn for a booklet detailing
"points of interest such as national parks and monuments, dams and
recreation areas, etc." After all, we would like to be able to continue
ports on all the worthwhile new mobile homes paying taxes.
and travel trailers—colorful "camera tours" * * *
through America's most exciting parks—ex-
pert articles for your more enjoyable and
July Calendar. Two Mojave Desert communities "take to the air" this
month. Soaring contests ("Stellarbration") are scheduled at Victor-
profitable mobile home living. For new sub- ville on July 4, and on July 24-August 2, neighboring Adelanto will be
scribers, mail the coupon below. host to the National Soaring Championships.
THE NEXT 10 ISSUES Fourth of July festivities are planned at these Arizona towns: Eager,
Parker (Drag Races), Sedona (Carnival), Show Low, Ajo Winslow
for only $2.69 Chandler, Globe, Safford, Bisbee (Hard Rock Drilling Contest), and
Holbrook (Hashknife Stampede). See page 33 for a listing of Nevada
July Fourth events.
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Indian ceremonials in July: 14: Feast Day and Corn Dance, Cochiti
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(please print) Santa Ana and Laguna pueblos; Rooster Pull, Acoma; Corn Dance,
Address Cochiti. 26: Feast Day, Santa Ana Pueblo; Corn Dance, Taos and
Acoma.
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Outside USA and Canada, odd $1 a year The rockhounds head for Del Mar for the big California Federation
M 795 show ("Gold Rush of Gems") on July 20-22. ///
4 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962
The New

Reese Hybrid Mesqtiite LETTERS


FROM OUR READERS
MONARCH OF THE DESERT
The greatest tree of all time for early, effective,
economical shade and windbreak. Most beautiful,
symmetrical, artistic, evergreen leaves—common to Who Owns the Outdoors? . . .
no other. Loves hot sun and drouth; controls the To the Editor: Erie Stanley Gardner's arti-
wind; stops blowing sand. cle in the May DESERT is one of the very
Deepest tap-root system ever known. Flowers and best that I have read. The desert is our
lawns love it! No insects nor diseases; no droppage whole life—we live on the edge of the
of leaves or sap. Ideal for yard and patio, shading Mojave and spend most of our spare time
of pool; never molests fence, sidewalk, septic tank, camping in the back-country.
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attractive. Effective shade in one year; windbreak along the main highways than we ever
in two! see along "jeep trails."
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Six-month-old hybrid
Height: 9 ft.; spread: 8V2 ft.; Members California Nurserymen's Association had to say about trail scooters. So the only
trunk diameter: 1 % in. Honesty, Integrity, Fair-Dealing objection to wheeled vehicles running over
the country is the tracks we have to look
at, is it? I'll tell you, Mr. Gardner, tires
are darned hard on grass and weeds.
WORTH SAVING. 81% of our readers In our dry country the results of one
wheeled trip show for months, and when
save their DESERTS for future refer- there is a hard pull and wheels spin, the
ence and reading pleasure. damage is permanent. A lawn is watered
and pampered, but try running over it
The best way to keep with a scooter or jeep and see if it ever
your back issues is in looks the same.
our attractive specially- Cars damage more range grass than do
cows, horses and wildlife combined. I'll
made loose-leaf BINDERS. admit some ranchers run over their own
grass in cars; they should spend more time
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$3 each Binder Dept., Desert Magazine


Palm Desert, Calif.
Scooter Association is certainly on the right
track as evidenced by their "be courteous
on the trail" booklet.
California residents please add 4% sales tax The California Association of Jeep Clubs
is also pursuing this policy of "education
for the outdoors." We are currently mail-
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wheel-drive vehicles in California a bro-
chure which stresses proper vehicle use in
forest lands.
There is a great demand for motorized
recreation, and the faster we can reach the
newcomer with this information in regard
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July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 5


ALL YOU NEED . . .
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By DAN LEE

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6 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


NORTHERN ARIZONA
Vacation in the beautiful scenic wonders,
in the cool pines, of Oak Creek Canyon.
SALTON SEA's
Year 'round trout fishing at your door.
Photographer's Paradise fiost blind
Don Hoel's Cabins see this month's cover
"In the heart of Oak Creek Canyon"
24 completely furnished housekeeping cabins.
Write DON HOEL, Owner
Oak Creek Route, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phone AT2-3560
20 miles south of Flagstaff, on 89A

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Into the famous Utah Needles Area, his-
T ONELY AND abandoned, Mullet Island once knew a wealth
torical Mormon Trail of 1880, and all
other scenic points of interest in south-
*-J of human life. In the late 1940s it was the base for a com-
eastern Utah. mercial silver mullet fishery; several duck clubs were located
$25.00 daily per person. Including sleep-
ing bags, transportation, guide service, nearby in lush green
meals. reeds; a hot springs
Special hiking backpack trips into remote,
almost inaccessible areas can be arranged. bath-house and rental
Write Kent Frost, Monticello, Utah cabins were available;
Phone JU 7-2787 there was a dance hall,
with a veranda on
stilts over the water
(this month's cover
pick up and go was photographed
from w i t h i n the
VagaBondia! dance hall); and a
colorful character
named Charles E.
"Cap" Davis, owner
of the Mullet resort, SOUTH-SIDE OF ISLAND MAKES BEST BOAT LANDING
painted portraits of BUT WATER IS SHALLOW, WITH M A N Y
HAZARDS. OLD DANCE HALL, IN
SUNKEN
BACKGROUND.
geese, swans, quail,
C et away from il all and carry the comforts of gulls and mullet on seemingly every large flat surface he could
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E India'
• Sleeps 4 to 6! • Beautiful interior! • By the fall of 1948, it became apparent that the rising
< Fits any pickup! • Completely outfitted!
• 6 ' 1 " headroom! • 25% more quality! waters of Salton Sea would cut through the low-lying arm of
• VagaBondio Explorers Club—orainized trips,
group activities! the peninsula and surround the point of high ground known
• Cab-over models from $1199.50 today as Mullet Island. A concerted effort was made to build-up
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TORRANCE, CALIF. with the rising sea, and the newborn island and its facilities

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 7


were abandoned. The land,
APACHE LAND however, remains private
property, and vandals and
BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY
other undesirable trespas-
FISHING sers are subject to prosecu-
HUNTING
FREE tion. • It is these van-
CAMP GROUNDS dals—more than the wind,
sun and rain of the past
a Vacation hand decade—who have left the
island in its present sorry
to Remember state. They tore down the

FORT mm buildings, paintings and


all, and burned them for
firewood; duck hunters

Effl used standing walls for


target practice. Whole
cabins were burned to the
ground, and oil-drum stoves pitched into the sea. • A line
of power poles still stands along the submerged road which once
connected the high ground of the point with the mainland. One
The White Mountain Apache Indians welcome you. by one they too will rot and crumble, or be blown down by the
Come and enjoy the wonderful mountain climate, fierce winds that sometimes rake this area. • Raw sewage
the beautiful primitive scenery, clear, cold streams
and the best trout fishing in the Southwest.
dumped into Salton Sea via the New and Alamo rivers has
caused a ring of pollution stretching for several miles outward
FOR INFORMATION AND MAPS, WRITE from Mullet Island. Water skiing, swimming and wading are
WHITE MOUNTAIN definitely not recommended here; and because of the shallow
RECREATION ENTERPRISE water, boaters should restrict speed when approaching the island.
P.O. BOX 218 • Vandalism and polluted water do not add up to a very
WHITERIVER, ARIZONA
pretty picture, but Mullet Island does have its appeal. It is the
same appeal of all lonely and forsaken places on the desert that
in APACHE LAND stay at
once knew the sounds of honest labor and of music and laughter.
LAKE of the WOODS • The island lies atop a fault, and sometimes the ground
Housekeeping Cabins rumbles underfoot. Gas bubbles pop in the water offshore (the
Private Trout Lake for Guests famed Salton Sea Mud Pots, now inundated, are a mile south of
Boats for Rent — Reservations Advised
Box 508 Lakeside, Ariz. the island). At night the sound of geese and ducks is heard,
the unbelievably huge moon reflects off the water, and the sweet
smell of alfalfa blows in from the fields of mainland farms.
A FREE SERVICE
TO VACATION-PLANNING
SUBSCRIBERS. . .

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Desert Magazine
Palm Desert, Calif.
Southwest tourism entrepreneurs (motelmen,
guides, camp operators, etc.), not already
contacted by DESERT, who would like their
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A "CAP" DAVIS PAINTING WHICH THE MULLET ISLAND VANDALS MISSED

8 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


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ine Is the line for the desert; not the hard line nor the knife edge.1
lulv. 1962 / Desert Maaazine / 11
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (continued)

"The ever advancing human threat to the design and so nearer to the significance of point,
integral beauty of Arizona might be avoided line, and plane that we call architecture."
if the architect would only go to school to the • • • • •
desert in this sense and humbly learn harmoni-
ous contrasts or sympathetic treatments that "The desert, with its rim of arid mountains
would, thus, quietly belong. The climate of this spotted like the leopard's skin or tattooed with
region abhors the 'box'." amazing patterns of creation, is a grand garden
the like of which in sheer beauty of reach, space,
and pattern does not exist, I think, in the world."
"Life in the desert is especially a revelation
of sun-life . . . here the sun is seen at its creative "The desert is no place for the hard box-walls
best. One might say it is more primitive in its of the houses of the Midwest and East. Here all

VIEW FROM THE TOWER

12 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


is sculptured by wind and water, patterned in
color and texture."

"I, for one, dread to see this incomparable


nature garden marred, eventually spoiled by
fancy period-house builders, as well as the Hopi
Irdian imitators, or imitation Mexican 'hut'
builders."

"The Indian Hopi-house is not a desert house


in any true sense. The Hopi imitation . . . is
too loud. The projecting poles soften it with
shadows a very little; the native Indian got that
for with it."
• • • • •
"Plain white house walls defy the sun and
ju mp to your eyes from the desert 40 miles or
more away. They are not true desert buildings
ir any cultivated sense."

"Anyone may see that the desert abhors sun-


d< fiance as nature abhors a vacuum. This uni-
versal sun-acceptance by way of pattern is a
condition of survival and is everywhere evident.
That means integral-ornament in everything.
LEARN BY DOING. HERE FUTURE ARCHITECTS DO
Sun-acceptance in building means that dotted- HEAVY CONSTRUCTION WORK ON TALIESEN WEST.
line in outline and wall-surfaces that eagerly
take the light and play with it and break it up
and render it harmless or drink it in until sun-
light blends the building into place with the
creation around it."
• • • • - •
"Nature never sticks ornament onto any-
thing. She gets it all out from the inside of the
thing the way it grows. It is always of the thing
--integral. We are just now trying to think
ornament useless or continue to go wrong with
it by trying to emphasize with it when Nature
intended it to soften, conceal, and harmonize."
• • • • •
"Is this organic abstraction, as expression, too
d'fficult for us? All right then: cover up your
w alls, plant trees and vines and water them
v> ell. But plant trees and vines native to the
condition here. Be quiet—at any cost. Blot out
your clumsy intrusions as you best can. It is
the only apology you can make to the desert."
• • • • •
"All cities are increasingly slums. Thus, the
conservation of desert creation grows even more
important." WRIGHT (DARK SUIT) AT COURTYARD ENTRANCE ///

lulv. 1962 / Desert Mcraazine / 13


One Day in the Desert

"/ wonder what we will find',' said Chrystal. "It looks like the surface
of the moon." "Maybe there's nothing there at
all," said Dixie. "It looks kind of bare and scary."

14 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


The photographs on these four pages were taken
by Dick Snyder of San Diego, whose book for
children, One Day at the Zoo, was recently pub-
lished by Charles Scribners Sons. Snyder is cur-
rently developing a series of books on the South-
west as a prelude to a series of educational mo-
tion pictures on this subject. Of the "desert
day" he writes: "Having just moved from the
Midwest, one of the greatest thrills came to my
three daughters when we took our first trip to
the Anza-Borrego country. Everything was for-
eign and fascinating." Further reactions to the
strange land appear in the photo captions.

Chrystal made the first


discovery. There are
no leaves on the
smoke tree.

'Ouch," said Linda.


"I think the cactus
spines stung me!"

"The sand is all curled up real funny," said Linda.


"Oh, look, a little animal came to drink," said Dixie,
"before the sun dried up all the water .. ." ".. . and
turned it into hard-pan," Chrystal added.

Continued on next page /

July. 1962 / Desert Maaazine / 15


One
Day
in
the
Desert

(continued)

They found an
ocotillo and sat in
its shade.

There were hundreds


of palm trees, all with
long dry skirts.
"Peek—over here,"
cried a little face.

16 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


m
W*

"Oh, we're thirsty," they said. "How do we drink?"


"Cup your hand," said Mother, "and scoop the
water into your mouth." Where palms groiv, there
is always water.

The hike back to the car was even hotter, and little feet
were getting tired. It was time to rest. ///

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 17


HE BEAUTIFUL Smoke Tree by fire. Some of the trees never re- readily, provided they first have had
T (Dalea spinosa), which we living
in Southern California and
Southern Arizona deserts often con-
cover, although many sprout new
branches when new rains and warmer
days appear.
their hard coats etched thin by blow-
ing sand or gravel, or better yet, by
sand and gravel carried by fast flow-
sider to be a plant well-known and As long as their penetrative roots ing storm waters.
quite plentiful, is really a tree of can take water from the desert's deep Next they need to lie awhile in
rarity being confined wholly to the moist sands, these trees care little sand with plenty of moisture in the
southern part of our warmest Cali- how hot the air temperatures are, nor depth below so that the young tap
fornia and Arizona deserts, to north- how intensely the sun's rays strike root will quickly anchor itself and
western Sonora, and a long eastern them. In fact, they seem to actually penetrate deeply. Also there must
strip along the Gulf of Baja Califor- rejoice in torrid heat and the bright be warm sunshine. These require-
nia at altitudes from 5 to 1500 feet. glare reflecting from the whitish ments are best provided in summer.
In searching the accounts of the sands.
On the young plants first appear
early botanically-bent travelers, I find Other than the actual sight of the two broad and elongate gland-clotted
that almost all were impressed by this living tree in its desert setting, only gray green leathery yet velvety leaves.
charming tree of the wastelands. It a colored illustration is really ade- These are often the only leaves the
was first described in botanical liter- quate to give one an idea of this tree ever has. From then on, as a
ature in 1855 by the great American tree's magnificence of form and color. rule, only the main stems and num-
botanist, Asa Gray, from specimens The younger symmetrical trees, with erous short thorn-tipped branches are
included in those intriguing bundles their adornment of intricately ar- produced. These juvenile trees grow
of plants collected and sent in from ranged hoary green leafless thorn- rapidly and, full of vigor and new
the "Arroyas of the Gila (River in tipped short branches, are the most growth, develop beautiful hoary-green
Arizona) ; and on the desert west of beautiful, but some of the very old, crowns, amazing to behold, especially
the Colorado" by such early explorers rather ragged appearing trees have by moonlight when they appear as
of the new Far West as John C. Fre- trunks of appealing color and gro- feathery ghosts on the white sands
mont and George Thurber. tesque form. The old veterans, of their wash homes.
To a Smoke Tree, sand is almost gnarled, gray-barked and rough sur-
faced, are symbols of patience. Long It is only after the trees mature
as essential as water and bright sun- that they ornament themselves with
shine; not just sand found anywhere, have they been buffeted by wind and
sand-laden flood waters; but yet they bloom. Let deep penetrating rains
but the deep sand that occurs in the fall and the trees are certain to break
desert wadis or washes where from doggedly hang on to life. However,
even these "old" trees are not really into flower. The usual flowering
time to time the water of summer's period is early summer, but I have
drenching cloudbursts and big win- old, perhaps but 30 to 40 years at
most. Quick to grow, they are also seen individual trees blooming even
ter rains flow and soak deeply below in late summer.
the sand and gravel surface. This is quick to die, compared to most trees
why we never see this charming tree of the desert wilderness. The largest The peal ike flowers are deep purple
(often a shrub) on the rocky hill- one in diameter that I have ever seen or blue, generally produced in such
sides, on the open creosote bush measured 12Vi inches at base. It was abundance that the whole tree is a
desert, or the barren flats; not even nearly 20 feet high. Most trees have solid mass of rich color; and from
on dunes, despite their deep sand in trunk diameters nearer 5 to 7 inches. the flowers comes a fine sweet per-
abundance. The Smoke Tree is intolerant of fume that fills all the air. Especially
salt and alkali, hence never found is it noticeable in the still air of
Moreover, the places where the early morning, at evening time, or in
Smoke Tree grows must be largely on the flat-surfaced dry lakes or in the still of night.
free from frost. In Smoke Tree areas washes just as they enter them. In
it is easy to see where the heavy many of the washes of the chines Each flower rests within a deep
frosts strike from time to time, for entering into the Gulf of California cup, silky-surfaced and bell shaped,
there one notices soon after frost all are found beautiful Smoke Tree col- and with large ovate teeth about the
the trees appearing quite, if not onies, but they approach only to the edge. Both this cup (the calyx) and
wholly, dead, with all the thorns sand above salt water penetration. the short fat tailed pod that holds
turning brownish as though wilted The seeds of the Smoke Tree sprout the seeds are beset with conspicuous

Jvt 0
By EDMUND C. JAEGER
author of "DESERT WILDFLOWERS," "THE CALIFORNIA DESERTS,"
W \1 "OUR DESERT NEIGHBORS," "THE NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS"

18 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


jewellike amber-colored glands. The of Smoke Trees for nesting sites. Oc- The ordinarily inconspicuous side-
glands are filled with a waxy exudate casionally a Gambel Quail will hide winder also seeks hot noon shelter
which when crushed yields a rich her nest on the ground underneath there. Since its body is so very near
spicy odor. the cover of thorns, but I have never the color of both sand and Smoke
seen them alighting or roosting in Tree, it is very difficult to see. Often
The Smoke Tree's wood is brittle, this fragile desert tree. The stronger,
whether green or dry, and light in the only announcement of its pres-
more generously limbed mesquites ence is the sound of its rather faint
weight. It never yields a long lasting and desert willows are among their
flame, although it is plenty hot to rattle.
most preferable places for spending The Smoke Tree's great enemies
make a good fire for the camp. The the night. On the sands beneath
coals soon cool, seldom lasting are wind, flood waters and drouth.
Smoke Trees there is always daytime Of insect or other animal enemies
through the night to serve as a starter shade where these intelligent gentle
for the breakfast fire as do those of there are few. The young trees are
birds find shelter from the heat. often washed out by summer floods;
the harder woods such as larrea, iron-
wood, mesquite and catsclaw. Jackrabbits may nibble away some equally often they perish because of
long rainless seasons. The older trees
Other than Cactus Wrens, which of the lower thorny Smoke Tree less often suffer from floods and
always like thorns, and the peppery- branchlets with which to make a drouth. It is the strong winds that
tempered Verdins, few birds choose "form" or daytime hideaway and
the dense mass of thorny branchlets place to avoid the sun's glare. continued on page 37

THE INDIGO SPLENDOR OF A SMOKE TREE IN BLOOM. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEF MUENCH.


& •
j Bridge i ver the little Colorado River at
' Cameron, Arizona. Photo by Hulbert Burroughs

". . . the tragedy is that the Southwestern


environment is being increasingly
used and exploited in ways peculiarly unsuited
to . . . its unique character."

MAN'S
To suppose that our deserts can remain every-
where as open and as spacious as they once were
is impossible. To some extent it is inevitable
that they will be used for something besides the
study, the contemplation and the admiration of
their unique beauties.

MARK But there are suitable and unsuitable ways of


"using" and even of "exploiting" a given en-
vironment; and the tragedy is that the South-
western environment is being increasingly used
and exploited in ways peculiarly unsuited to,
ON THE and sometimes completely destructive of, its
unique character. People with no sense of its
special opportunities and attractions, with no

DESERT appreciation of them and no desire that they


should be preserved, come among us to build
factories and even to raise unwanted cotton.
Thus they create problems as well as destroy
beauties in a region where industry and some
kinds of agriculture are impossible without the
By JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH permanent depletion of underground water.
The published works of Josef Wood Krutch In our most selfish moments some of us wish
are familiar to all observers of the Southwest that no more people would come here or, per-
scene: The Desert Year, The Voice of the
Desert, The Great Chain of Life, Grand Can- haps, less drastically, that no one would come
yon, and The Forgotten Peninsula.
except those who would like, and are able, to
make their living in ways which do not destroy
the special advantages and pleasure of desert
living. If even that is too much to hope for

L IKE MANY another I came to the desert


primarily to live in it rather than to make
a living out of it. Like most of us I was,
nevertheless, obliged to do both but I was for-
(or even wish) then could we not try to per-
suade communities not actively to promote "de-
velopment" and "progress" of the most unsuita-
tunate in that I was a writer who did the desert ble kinds?
no harm even when it was the subject of my Tucson is no longer recognizable as the town
writing. Physically, I have left it no less beauti- I came to live in some dozen years ago. Large
f u I than it was. areas of what was then open deserts have been
Not everyone who wants, or for some reason stripped of their natural growth, covered with
is compelled, to live here can make his living hastily built houses crowded one upon another
without to some extent changing the environ- and, at best, now surrounded by struggling grass
ment in which he lives. The more our popula- plots which not only require the expenditure
tion increases the more obviously this is true. of precious water but are aesthetically unsatis-
July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 23
books had not encouraged in a small way the
influx of population which I deplore. But at
least, so I think, if it brought anyone here it
would be the kind of person who would appre-
ciate what I tried to describe rather than the
kind which would destroy it.
Recently the climax of absurdity was reached
when the Mayor and the Chamber of Commerce
bestirred themselves as they never have in the
interests of preserving any desirable feature of
the region as a place to live. And for what? To
make sure that the Armed Forces would ring
the city with Titan missile bases, thus making
Tucson (so we are told by responsible authori-
ties) one of the most dangerous places in the
United States to live should war break out.
Why? Because it is a patriotic duty? Not at
all. Because it will bring more people and more
money to our town.
When it was definitely announced that the
boon would be conferred upon us, the city
fathers rejoiced publicly—though I suspect that
by now they are beginning to doubt whether,
Joseph Wood Krutch even from the promoter's standpoint, the bases
are an advantage.
Some people at least do not chose the slopes
fying because they simply do not fit the land- of a volcano as an ideal place to live. And
scape. Twelve years ago the Catalina Mountains, unfortunately those who are attracted only by
10 miles from my front porch, stood out in the commercial opportunities provided by a
clear bold outline made changingly beautiful multimillion dollar enterprise are precisely the
with each shift of the shadows from sunrise to kind most likely to be completely indifferent to
sunset. Today it is rare to see them not blurred what the Southwest alone has to offer.
by haze, and from the summit one looks down
upon a pall of smoke and dust which lies like A few years ago I was put in a position where
an ugly lake over the town. Newcomers are it was difficult to refuse an invitation from the
quite right to ask me where are the clean pure Rctary Club to speak briefly at one of its lunch-
air and the sparkling night skies which I de- eons on the subject, "Tucson as a Place for
scribed so enthusiastically in my first book about Writers." I decided that, instead of being politic
the desert. "Progress" has taken away from me and polite, I would let myself go. It was still,
both my invigorating air and my brilliant stars. I said, a fairly good place. But it was a much
less good one than it had been when I had come
No doubt some of all this is an inevitable not long before. And it was becoming decreas-
result of the exploding population of the United ingly so with every passing day. "Whenever I
States. But the major effort of the community see one of those posters which reads 'Help Tuc-
has been not to mitigate but increase it. Many son Grow,' I say to myself 'God forbid.' I sug-
of those who first came here because Tucson gest that the Rotary Club adopt a new motto:
was what it then was, have most illogically done 'Keep Tucson Small'!"
all they could to turn it into something else.
"We mustn't," they say, "stagnate" . . . But Next day the brief item in the local news-
why was it necessary to "promote" the com- paper said "Most of the audience assumed that
munity by making it their chief effort to de- Dr. Krutch had a tongue in his cheek." But
stroy its uniqueness and to "bring industry" to why should they have supposed anything of the
a region which should never be industrialized? sort? Only because they found it impossible to
Why could they not have invited especially imagine that anyone would put a healthy, pleas-
those people and encouraged especially those ant, and beautiful environment before such
activities for which this region is suited? I have things as the possibility of making a good profit
sometimes been asked ironically if my own in a real estate deal. Still, such people do exist
24 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962
and they are the kind who first chose to live the recognition of "wilderness areas" (includ-
in Tucson. ing desert wildernesses) as having a value for
An "inquiring reporter" on the same news- and in themselves is a step forward.
paper told me that he stopped a number of Even that is being strenuously opposed.
people on the street, asked the following ques- Against it two arguments are raised. One is
tions and got, almost invariably, the following that we simply cannot afford to withdraw from
answers: possible "use" any more of our country. The
"Do you like to see more industry brought to other argument is that comparatively few will
Tucson?" visit genuine wilderness areas as distinguished
from "developed" National Parks, and that it is
"Yes." therefore "undemocratic" to set them aside.
"Do you think that would make our city a But to these two arguments there are two
pli:asanter place to live?" good answers. One is that the minority which
"No." would visit the wildernesses is not an insignificant
"Then why do you want industry brought one, and that respect for minority rights is the
here?" reverse of "undemocratic." The other is that
the mere knowledge that areas of unspoiled na-
"Well, you can't oppose Progress can you?" ture do exist can mean something even to those
Nothing could illustrate more simply what who never visit them. The old frontier has
is perhaps the most fundamental and dangerous affected the imagination of millions of Ameri-
error of our civilization: the tendency to make cans who never saw it. They knew that it was
sk'e, wealth and power as the highest goods to there and that they could reach it if they wished.
which both the spiritual and the physical health So too, the wilderness, whether of forest or
of human beings must be sacrificed. We no desert, is still a home of the imagination. It is
longer ask "What is a Good Life?"; but only something to be dreamed about and read about,
what is a "prosperous" one." something still there, not something lost forever.
Not even the most simple and obvious steps Should I ever be compelled to live elsewhere,
are taken to preserve the special amenities of and know that I should never see the desert
d( sert living. Even the zoning laws which were again, it would still be some consolation to
supposed to do just that have become a farce. realize that it still existed to comfort and delight
\C hen I acquired my few acres, the regulations others.
forbade more than one house per two acres. We have reached another crisis similar to that
Now I am within the city limits and four houses successfully passed in the days of Theodore
per acre is the permissible number. When an Roosevelt when the cry "conservation" was first
area is zoned as for residence only, that means raised. The problem is more difficult now than
merely that you can't put a commercial build- it was then for the simple reason that available
ing there—until someone wants to. Then the areas have shrunk at the same time that more
zoning will be changed. Who wants such of them are being claimed as indispensable to
changes? Not usually the people who hoped to the practical needs of a fast growing nation.
continue to live under the conditions which led We shall certainly not reach a solution unless
them to build a house there in the first place, we want to, unless a sufficient number of us
but rather those who want to move out and are convinced that nature has something to say
make a profit. to man's mind, to his spirit, and to his aesthetic
Does all this mean that the desert, with all it sense which technology with all its wonders and
h is meant to many of us and might mean to all its benefits cannot supply the lack of.
generations still to come, is doomed to disappear Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall has
in the not too distant future—unless indeed a recently suggested that two percent of the area
fundamental change of heart should take place of our country be reserved in the form of areas
in the majority of the citizens who direct our where nature holds sway and creates the beau-
di;stinies? Perhaps. Perhaps, on the other hand, ties which only she can create. Some—many I
there is a partial solution—namely the preser- fear—see no good reason why we should do
v ition of some sections of it as public land anything of the sort. But can anyone sincerely
explicitly reserved in Parks, Monuments and maintain that we "cannot afford" two percent
Wilderness Areas. It is far more rewarding to of this great continent for any purpose regarded
be able to live in the desert than merely to visit even by a minority as useful? We are not that
it. But that is at least better than nothing and poor in either land or resources. ///

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 25


Frank J ensen

RIVERMAN
dry to a trickle in drouth years. For 40
years Art has rubbed shoulders with
most of the old-time rivermen—Nate
Galloway, Norman N e v i 11 s , Frank
Dodge, Burt Loper . . .
The venerable Loper, who died in
the rapids of Marble Canyon at the age
For nearly half a century, Art wasn't just luck, although luck had of 80, was a close friend of Greene's.
Greene has plied the Colorado River something to do with it. "The day before he made his last trip,
with his Canyon Tours, living a life for Fifteen years ago, when Bureau of he came to me with two letters," Art
which some men would trade fame and Reclamation surveys for a possible dam- recalls. "He said to tear them up if he
fortune. Greene, one of the oldest living site were started in Glen Canyon, Greene made it; to mail them if he didn't."
rivermen on the Colorado, is a rare knew he would be left in the back-water Norman Nevills was the first man to
combination of adventurer and success- unless he did something about it. He prove the river could be exploited com-
ful businessman. organized his own surveys, flying in air- mercially. Greene recalls the day when
Art began his western career as a planes, and bouncing across the coun- he came across Nevills standing on his
rancher and cow-puncher in Colorado. try in trucks, horses and mules. When head on a log, in the middle of the
"I got out of the business when the he couldn't drive any further, he went stream, waving his feet in the air. "You
government started knowing more about on foot, surveying with altimeter every got a show when you was with Norm,"
raising cows than I did," he snorted. possible site above the 3700-foot eleva- Greene recalled. Nevills and wife Doris
The love of life fills this garrulous 66- tion, high-water mark of the future lake. died in an airplane crash in 1949 near
year-old man who would rather have In 1946, Greene leased six sections of their home in Mexican Hat.
a "million friends than a million dollars." school land from the State of Arizona,
and people commented: "Look at that Nate Galloway was the first riverman
The youthful Greene first started run- crazy Art Greene spending good money after Major John Wesley Powell, to take
ning dudes in flimsy wooden boats down on worthless land." scientific expeditions through the can-
the San Juan River in the 1920s. The yons of the Colorado. He also perfected
fare in those days was five dollars a "Nowadays," Greene chuckles, "they the famed Cataract boat used for run-
head, and passengers were hauled back say: 'I wonder where Greene got his ning Whitewater. Galloway's original
upriver in team and wagon. Standard political drag.'" design with a few modifications is still
gear for a Greene tour of the river today The Glen Canyon Reservoir—Lake used today. Its rocker-shaped bottom
includes modern inboard and outboard Powell—will inundate great parts of this enables the boat to ride, or rock, over
powerboats, and an airplane flies his fascinating red-rock c a n y o n country. the crest and through the trough of
passengers to the rendezvous point. "But, for every mile of canyon buried waves caused by submerged boulders.
under the lake, you open 100 miles of
Not only have times changed, but the shoreline," says Greene. He is thinking "When they build those dams and
river is undergoing a $421 million face- in terms of a yacht or ferry capable of clear up the river so we can see those
lifting with the construction of the Glen carrying 90 passengers to Rainbow rocks, I doubt if any of us will have
Canyon Dam. "In a way I hate to see Bridge, now reached by a three-day the nerve to run it," quips Greene.
it come," says the veteran riverman, trip. The National Park Service esti- Art Greene probably knows the whims
commenting dryly that the coming of mates that the Glen Canyon Dam and and fancies of the Colorado as well as
the dam has caused him to feel some- Lake Powell National Recreation Area any living man, and today is regarded
thing like a "bob-tail cow in fly season, will have a million visitors annually by as something of an institution on the
not knowing which way to turn." Three 1964. The number could rise to three river. Greene was the first to prove that
years ago Greene signed a long-term million once the lake is filled. canyon tours could be run upriver with
lease with the National Park Service as Changing with the times is part of power. Several years ago he caused
sole concessionaire on the Wahweap Art Greene's nature. "If you can't lick something of a sensation by introducing
arm of the 186-mile-long reservoir. 'em, jine 'em," he laughs. He has trav- a flat-bottomed boat driven by an air-
Situated on a sandy point six miles from eled the 3000-mile length of the river plane engine, patterned after the swamp
the dam, and with the lake soon to be from its headwaters to the Gulf of Cali- buggy of the Florida Everglades.
lapping at his doorsteps, Art Greene's fornia, and can look back to the time
newly founded enterprise couldn't be Greene has reduced his Canyon Tours
when there were no big dams—only an to something of a fine science since start-
more happily situated. The fact that Art untamed wa'ercourse that could send its ing his commercial river business in the
has the best spot on the Colorado River flood waters surging into the Gulf, or mid-1940s. For the 100-mile trip from
26 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962
w y

; • •

ART GREENE EXAMINES A PIECE OF RIVER DRIFTWOOD

Hite he sends his unloaded boats upriver ers" (half-submerged logs), likes to re- "So I said I'd go down and kinda
arid the baggage by truck, then flies his call the case of a New York Circuit pacify the old feller. 'Judge,' I ask,
pEssengers to the rendezvous point— Court Judge who lost his glasses in the 'what's the matter?' He tells me how
all of which causes the bewildered green- mighty river. he dropped his glasses in the river.
hern to wonder if it will all come out In his own whimsical story telling 'Well,' I says, 'where'd you drop them,
together. style, Greene describes the Judge "who judge?' Judge says, 'Right there.' So I
"People," says Greene, "have the no- wore thick specs" as sitting dejectedly reach down and pick up the glasses
tion that the Colorado is a raging river by the river one morning. and hand them to him. He thought
oj wild rapids and mysterious canyons." that wicked Colorado River had got
"I said, 'Molley, what's the matter them specs for good. Why, it wasn't
The trick for getting people to relax with the judge?' 'Oh, he really feels
during those first few tense minutes lies over a couple inches deep." ///
sorry for himself,' she answers. 'He lost
in making everything seem so easy." his glasses, and without those dern specs
Art, who has had his passengers fall he can't go to Rainbow Bridge, and FOR MORE ON THE RIVER A
overboard, and has lost boats on "float- that's what he made the trip to Utah for.' TURN THE PAGE V

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 27


XimeforCeave - Taking..
The Glen Canyon Dam diversion
tunnels will be closed in June, 1963,
and initial storage of water
will begin
. . . and then Glen Canyon will become a lake
nearly 200 miles in length. The float trips down "the
only stretch of calm water on the Colorado" will be
a thing of the past. But, there is still time.
On the page opposite is the last scheduling of
Glen Canyon trips by the professional boaters.

Glen Canyon Dam now


contains three million out of
an eventual five million
cubic yards of concrete.
It is 437 feet high—when
finished it wul be 710 feet
high. Concrete is now being
placed in the dam at the
rate of 800 cubic yards a day.

28 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


" I t is a sublime panorama. The heart of the inner
Plateau Country is spread out before us in a bird's eye
view. It is a maze of cliffs and terraces lined off with
stratification, of crumbling buttes, red and white domes,
rock platforms gashed with profound canyons, burning
plains barren even of sage—all glowing with bright
color and flooded with blazing sunlight."
- C . E. Dutton, 1877.

SCHEDULE
farewell Voyages
Professional Boatmen
Glen Canyon Boating (Gay Staveley)
White Canyon, Utah
Jetboat leaves Hite Ferry every Monday morning in July. Return to Hite
on Thursday afternoons. Seven-day float trips scheduled in August and
September (leave Hite on Aug. J, 15 and Sept. 1, 15; end at Kane Creek).
Rates: 4-day jetboat: $140; 7-day float: $230.
* * *
Laurence Cooper and Sons
365 S. 300 West, Cedar City, Utah
"Paddle through Glen Canyon" in special 18-foot closed-deck fiberglass
boats. Six-day trips from Hite to Kane Creek depart on July 2, 9, 16, 23
and 30, and August 6. Rate: $169.50.
* * *
Georgie White
435 West Laconia Blvd., Los Angeles 61, Calif.
All of Georgie's summer boating trips are closed except the July 16-21
Glen Canyon float trip, from Hite to Page, Arizona. Rate: $101.
* * *
Canyon Tours (Art Greene)
Box 1356, Page, Arizona
Only the 4-day Glen Canyon trips remain open. Start from Wahweap
Lodge near Page on July 21, August 16, September 11, Rate: $132.
* * *
San Juan and Colorado Rivers Expeditions (Ken Ross)
Box 110, Bluff City, Utah
Hite Ferry to Kane Creek, July 5-11, 14-20 and 25-31, August 8-14, 21-27.
Rate: $125. On September 2-11, Ross plans a "Glen Canyon Special"—rate:
$100.
* * *
Wonderland Expeditions (Ken Sleight)
6575 South Main, Bountiful, Utah
All Glen Canyon trips begin at Hite at noon of: July 11, 22, August 1,
12, 22, September 2, 12, 23. Rate: $100. Trips limited to 12 persons.
* * *
Lake Powell Ferry Service (J. Frank Wright)
Blanding, Utah
Hite to Kane Creek trips planned for July 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 and 23-27.
Rate: $125.
* * *
Western River Tours (Harry Aleson)
Richfield, Utah
Aleson plans a 14-day motorless run in October—"a farewell to Glen
Canyon." ///

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 29


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tion of Independence and, usually, held a few ceremonious firings of its
a lengthy original home-grown poem "iron bulldog" to add to the day's
with a patriotic theme. There was lack of quiet. The Esmeralda Star of
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fireworks, and a Grand Ball. This, the Esmeralda Rifles awakened the
with only slight variation, was the town of Aurora by firing a "national
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30 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


hoins and one drum.) First position benefitted Reno to the extent of 500 heavily for hours. Pride, politics and
of lionor went to the veterans of va- more feet of steam-pumped water. prayer had their place here. Prog-
rious wars, who often carried the ress was always lauded. In Aurora
Fraternal and social groups as well
offih ial flag. Next came thefirede-as commercial interests enthusiastic- in 1862 toasts were offered to every-
pal tment, and glory to the town that ally took part in the Fourth of July thing from the Army to the ladies,
had uniforms for its firemen or a parades. Those who didn't decorate not excluding the Overland Mail
hose cart or steamer to be pulled in a wagon and ride thereon marched Route and the Pacific & Atlantic
the procession! along on foot or rode horseback. Telegraph Line. In Reno in 1868,
the principal speaker was the Central
The firemen were always in the Then, as now, the floats featured the
Pacific's agent, D. H. Haskell, who
forefront on the Fourth. Not only town's prettiest girls. Tops in looks had auctioned oft the town's first lots
we: e they an invaluable and some- and popularity was the "Queen,"
not quite two months before and
times heroic necessity in those early dressed to represent Liberty, while who extolled the "iron horse" in
wo >den towns, but fire department other belles were costumed to repre-
whose steam, said he, Reno was bap-
members represented an elite of the sent the States, or such sterling char- tized.
community's most responsible citi- acters as Hope, Faith, Charity, Re-
zens. They were the town's army ligious Freedom and Tolerance. Crystal Peak crowned its 1865
against the omnipresent enemy of Fourth of July program with a poem
Reno's 1876 parade is typical: First by Lawrence Kords, leading doctor,
fire, and as such took precedence over came
am regular militia (veterans except- can War the band, followed by 11 Mexi- poet and eccentric character of Ga-
edj that might be available to march. Co. No. veterans afoot; then Engine lena, sortie 35 miles away, whose of-
Thus in Aurora of 1862 the firemen pulling a steam fire enginemembers
l*s 40 uniformed fering required IVi galleys of 6-point
and their hose cart "neatly adorned with flags andflowers,anddecked type to reproduce.
with flowers and evergreens" and of Hose Cart No. 1 pulling athe men
graced with a small girl dressed in rated hand pump. Then camedeco- After the program came the feast-
reel, white and blue, led the Esmer- engineer and firemen of No. 48, the ing, the games and the contests. The
fol- picnic was inherent in every Fourth
alda Rifles. And thus in Carson City lowed by a fully uniformed Knights
in 1895 the men of Warren Engine of Pythias group on 12 matched black celebration. That same Podunk
Co and Curry Engine No. 1 got the horses. A "Car of State" carrying 38 which fired its anvils at midnight
lar jest amount of descriptive prose decorously traveled up into a canyon
from no less a reporter than Alf Do- pretty girls dressed as Liberty and on Mt. Peavine later the same day
len despite marchers from the Carson the States was loudly cheered, as was for a town-sized picnic.
Guard, National Guard and Com-girls sixthe horse wagonload of pretty
entered by the town's Library The average town, however, had
stoik Artillery. Dolen reported that Association. Then came the com- its grand free feed within the town
the Curry engine bore a "fire queen" floats. Blacksmith McFarlin limits after the program, and the
and that Warren engine carried "a mercial
placed a forge on his wagon and good ladies usually worked long and
sin.ill tribe of Washoe Indians" sur- pounded away the full line of march. hard to provide food and drink for
rounded by a herd of stuff animals. W. J. Luke shoed a horse atop his all comers. Sometimes local merch-
float! A thirsty crew followed the ants and ranchers would combine for
In the same vein, early Reno al- Washoe Brewery wagon and Jose's a bigger spread; one Nevada town's
ways decorated its first (and for some Soda Works cart, enjoying the free Independence Day visitors demolish-
years, only) fire engine—Central Pa- drinks dispensed along the way. ed two bullocks, eight sheep, two hogs,
cific Railroad's yard locomotive No. barrels of pork and beans, and 200
48- -when the Fourth rolled around. Dignitaries of the day always had pounds of bread during the afternoon
(Many engines were used as pump- a conspicuous place in the line of barbecue. Beverages ranged from
ers ) No. 48 was all but obscured march — but in carriages so their lemonade to firewater.
under its flags and bunting for the breath would be saved for their
holiday; in 1877 the little engine was speeches. The procession ended at Contests were popular entertain-
itsrlf honored by the Fourth of July the platform or pavilion set up for ment. Stalwart miners wielded single-
Benefit Ball which earned 500 feet the program, where the crowd list- jacks to see who could drive the
of hose. The Ball, of course, also ened and applauded and perspired deepest hole into solid rock. Foot-

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popularity of the "wheel" and organ- above the town on 9000-foot Sun
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ized sport increased. After the turn
& GRANTS PASS Fourth, Comstockers marvelled as
M50 Down of the century a town often sought
• Tall Timber ' 3 5 Monthly to hold a nationally-noticed prizefighteight camels borrowed from the salt-
• Mountain Streams - on the Fourth. In still later years it carrying trade hauled fuel for the
• Green Pastures became almost traditional to stage a ceremonial blaze. Each camel carried
rodeo. a third of a cord of wood to the
FRIII mountaintop, and the resulting bon-
FARM S RANCH The small town of Farrel in 1907 fire was a huge success.
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and "refreshments tent," with the tion, the completion of a railroad,
orator of the day doing double serv- for instance. At Tonopah in 1904
ice as referee. According to Gus Kel- the Railroad Celebration on July 25
CANADIAN ler, who was there, Farrel's party was both a delayed Fourth and a
ended a touchy rivalry between the roaring welcome to the first regular
BERYLLIUM two towns; thereafter, with the mem- train of the Tonopah Railroad Co.
ory of their joint Fourth of July up-
roar in mind, the men or Farrel and A dance of some sort was nearly
The wonder metal of today's Space A g e .
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Edited by veteran geologist—prospector Fourth. The towns themselves were stayed open all night July 3 so that
situated in America's Last Great Frontier. draped, wrapped, swathed and flap- Carson's gentlemen could appear at
Write BERYL PROSPECTOR, Swift River, ping with red, white and blue. Eure- their best. The neighboring towns
Mile 722, Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada. ka spent "nearly $900" on a flagpole of Unionville and Star City held a
in 1876; that same year Reno's stores joint celebration in 1863 which began
ran out of flags by July 2. Anyone, at Unionville the night of July 3
homeowner or storekeeper, who did with a Grand Military and Civic Ball
not have flag brackets permanently at $8 per ticket. Although the dance
Glen Canyon Voyage mounted on his building was con- lasted most of the night, Unionville's
sidered lacking in patriotism. Wag- citizens were able to make the 12-
Rainbow Bridge ons, carts and bicycles were gay with mile trek to Star City the next morn-
decorations. Even early automobiles ing for a full day of patriotic exer-
Adventure on the Colorado River were flag-bedecked; Mazuma didn't cises and feasting which ended with
RIVER TRIPS SCHEDULED have many gas buggies in 1911, but another all-night ball.
JULY - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER everyone bristled with flags on the Despite the general pattern of cele-
Fourth. bration and the all-out pride on all
KEN SLEIGHT
The evening's fireworks were a sides, some of the oldtime Fourths
Wonderland Expeditions final flash of color and noise on the weren't exactly noted for decorum.
6575 SO. MAIN BOUNTIFUL. UTAH Great Day. Rockets and pinwheels, There were occasions when the rowdy
Write for river literature & schedules Roman candles, and set pieces of element got out of hand. In 1863,
complicated lighting were standard during the grand ball at Ophir City,

32 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


Chariey Ylum kissed his dancing deos in the past which have the pe-
partner "in a sportive manner" and culiar charm of being local and in-
was immediately dispatched to a bet- formal. MOTORIZED
tei world by the girl's knife-wielding Austin has one of the best celebra-
brother. In true spirit of the times, tions in the state—when the town feels FUN
the killer seems not to have received like putting it on. There is a parade
mi ich reprimand. down the main street (it matter not In the Great: Outdoors
In towns with few feminine resi- that the main street is U.S. 50;
dents, celebrations were often rowdy, through traffic is re-routed along Hunting, Fishing, Exploring,
SU' h as during the 48-hour Fourth Austin's cliffhanger side streets). The Gem Hunting
festivities shared by Treasure City night of July 3 there is a Buckaroo
and Hamilton in 1869. Wrote eye- Dance which is quite likely to last
wiiness John McQuig: "As expected most of the night. The July 4 rodeo,
th're are quite a number of fights held in the area at the foot of town
and more drunk men I never saw." on the west, is one of the last really
McQuig, who marched with Treas- great amateur riding shows—if you
ure City's Hook 8c Ladder Co. July can call riders who make a living on
5 at Hamilton, noted then that most horseback "amateurs." Everyone for
of the day's program took place in miles around joins in the celebration,
the basement of the Philadelphia which is unique. (Since Austin's mo-
Brewery. tel and hotel facilities are limited, The ruggedly-built Pak-Jak
it is wise to make reservations in ad-
lleno disgraced itself merrily in vance or prepare to camp near town. Power to spare with a large rear wheel
geared at a 40-to-l ratio; tractor-type
18/2, possibly because the proprietor There is a state park seven miles east tires. Speed to 20 m.p.h.
of the Old Corner Saloon had been of town, and Kingston Canyon in the
named President of the Day. Too Toiyabes offers beautiful places for Pak-Jak is the practical trail vehicle
m;iny of the Old Corner's regular camping.) —many in use by ranchers, mineralo-
gists, peace officers, foresters, as
customers crowded into Dyer's Hall well as sportsmen.
fo) the program, and patriotic fervor Tonopah's big party is a two-day
got: out of hand. "It was arranged affair, with a full-fledged rodeo which For more information phone or write—
that every man who stood the drinks draws expert performers from all over
folL the crowd should be Orator of the state. Both days have a big pa-
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posed of," said the local editor, add- Queen, military marchers, floats (and P.O. BOX 1015
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efflorescent vocabulary." The shout- there is also a special parade for
ing went on all night. After Carson children with prizes for all entries.
City's big party of 1895, Alf Doten
remarked that "Sheriff Kinney had Eureka's celebration starts with a
hi hands full and the jail full." children's parade and kids' games—
everything from sack races to nickle
\s the years progressed, the mining scrambles for age groups 2 to 14. For
camp's Glorious Fourths tended to adults there are contests—egg tossing,
be more decorous, although the noise, sack races, nail driving, even beer
the parade, the color, the feasting drinking. It is all happily informal,
ard games and even the oratory were with free ice cream for the youngsters.
downright mandatory in most towns Lovelock schedules its annual trap- MACDONALD'S
up to 30 years ago. The oldtimers shoot for the Fourth, plus a baseball DO-IT-YOURSELF
who remember "back when" may say game, parade, games for youngsters
today's festivities are pretty tame, but at the municipal park and municipal
pool, and a grand public barbecue in YOU CAN EASILY turn our kit into a
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anthemums can be pinched back until the • FOR SPORTSMEN •
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middle of the month for October blooming. Camping, Picnics, Boating, Pack-
Cut back perennials that bloomed early. ing Trips — Because of its long
Watering is the most important garden lasting freshness—will keep with-
chore this month, preferably by slow-run- out refrigeration.
ning water. Roses can be set out in same Guarantee of Satisfaction
containers they were grown in, without Two good natives for your consideration: and Safe Delivery
harm. Southern Fremontia, an evergreen from No Charge for Mailing
San Diego County and Baja California, 100% Pure Beef
must not be watered in summer—the kind
of plant you want if you leave the desert Hickory Farms of Ohio
in the summer! Western Redbud, native Western Division
of Sierra Nevada foothills, Kern and San P. O. Box 3306, Van Nuys, Cal.
Diego counties, is an interesting deciduous, Approx. 4 Ib, beef sticks are $5.98 ea. includ-
ing all packing and mailing. Send check or
bushy-spreading tree which blooms in spring money order.
and has reddish-brown seed pods in the Please ship me Beef Sticks at $5.98 ea.
winter months. This tree must have fast New Customer Old Customer
July is hot and trees and shrubs planted draining soil and should be planted on a
in the spring—especially evergreen shrubs dry bank and watered infrequently. To:
—will need thorough deep watering this The main thing to remember about plant-
month. Flowering shrubs should be fer- ing natives is that you must duplicate as
tilized now. Slow growth and yellowish closely as possible soil and moisture condi- Send a gift that is "Deliciously Different"
leaves usually indicate lack of nitrogen. tions of the plant's natural habitat. ///

34 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


and
^INTERESTING intricate dance they went through
to negotiate hairpin turns on a moun-
ing some of the passages in the book
may be a challenging thing for the
.SOUTHWEST tain road while part of a 20 or 24-
head team. If you want to know
reader unless he has studied Spanish,
for Brenton too often uses Spanish
how the wheelers and leaders were phrases or words to cap his thoughts.
hitched, why the Army mules had All his chapter titles, for instance,
unorthodox eating habits, or how fast are in the idiom. Sometimes it takes
an ox team traveled (loaded or un- the author a full chapter to explain
loaded) it's all there, right in Eggen- the title, but perhaps that's only skil-
hofer's work of Americana. ful writing, after all. T h e book is as
a \ For those interested in the history frothy and fragant as the head on a
of Nevada, a reprint of the 1862 DI- stein of cerveza.
RECTORY OF NEVADA TERRI- —Charles E. Shelton
TORY, will provide a rich pasture
for much browsing. The Talisman
Press has republished this century- THE NEW BOOKS . . .
old directory, which is limited to RIVERMAN-DESERTMAN, by Cam-
750 copies. The hardcover book is iel Dekens. I l l pages. Papercover,
a faithful copy of the original, retain- $1.50.
ing the ads, the type faces, and the WAGONS, MULES AND MEN, by
Residents of the Palo Verde Val- listings of businesses and individuals. Nick Eggenhofer. 184 pages. Hard-
ley and old-timers who knew the Examples of listings of the residents cover, $8.50.
Colorado River country in the early of Nevada were: "H. Luther, mason, 1862 DIRECTORY OF NEVADA
days of this century will enjoy the What Cheer House" or "Richard TERRITORY. Limited edition, 290
pages. Hardcover, $10.
rambling, informal, and delightful James, printer, Territorial Enter-
reminiscences of Camiel Dekens, as prise" or "Henry Lux, Gem Saloon, BAHIA, ENSENADA AND ITS BAY,
gai hered together under a paper- Main near Gay." Descriptions of the by Thaddeus Brenton. 158 pages.
Hardcover, $5.50.
co'.er booklet titled RIVERMAN- mines of the Territory are included,
DISERTMAN. Tom P a 11 e r s o n, as are County Offices, Table of Dis- ALSO CURRENT . . .
newspaperman and author, has col- tances, County Boundaries, Prospect- CALIFORNIA DESERT WILDFLOW-
laborated with Dekens, who arrived ing Tunnels, Parry's Electric Rod, ERS, by Philip A. Munz. "By far the
in the thickets and swamps of the and an Abstract of Important Laws. best booklet devoted to the flowers
Palo Verde area in 1907. He was a Finally, there is a 24-page "Sketch" of the arid lands . . ." Papercover,
river freighter, a mule - skinner, a of the Washoe Silver Mines, written $2.95. Hardcover, $4.75.
ranch hand, trucker, and mechanic. by Henry Degroot. T h e original di- DEATH VALLEY AND THE CREEK
H< was the best type of desert pion- rectory was printed in San Francisco CALLED FURNACE, by Edwin
Corle and Ansel Adams. Two of
eei, building against odds, but enjoy- by the Commercial Steam Printing the Southwest's finest observers de-
ing the odds. RIV ERM AN-DESERT- House of Valentine & Co., which scribe Death Valley in words and
M. IN has nine photographs in its claimed in its full page ad that it pictures. $7.50.
111 pages. did ". . . every description of print- THE EARLY NOVEL OF THE
ing with the utmost neatness and SOUTHWEST, by Edwin W. Gaston,
Earlier freighting and wagon-his- dispatch." Jr. The newest round-up of the early-
toi y than that told by Dekens is pro- West novel (1819-1918). $5.
vided in a richly illustrated book by Almost as far removed — in some ON DESERT TRAILS—TODAY AND
tin fine artist, Nick Eggenhofer. His ways — as the Nevada of a hundred YESTERDA Y, by Randall Henderson.
h a r d cover v o l u m e , WAGONS, years ago is the subject of a pleasant A desert journalist's 50-year report. $5.
MULES AND MEN, tells in smooth new book, BAHIA, ENSENADA 30,000 MILES IN MEXICO, by Nell
prose and excellent drawings "How AND ITS RAY, for the sleepy Mexi- Murbarger. The grand tour of Mex-
ico in a pick-up truck and piggyback
thi Frontier Moved West." His can coastal village in Baja California camper. $6.
sketches range from pack saddles to seems to be distant in time and cus-
PHOTO ALBUM OF YESTERDAY'S
Rt d River Carts. Conestoga wagons tom from the busv north-of-the-bor- SOUTHWEST, by Charles Shelton.
and their trappings, and Western der cities in Alta California. Author The real face of the Old West in 197
s t a g e c o a c h e s and 20-mule team of BAHIA is Thaddeus Brenton, who outstanding photos. $15.
freighters are all included in Eggen- lived in Ensenada for several years.
hol'er's 184-page book. He explains His understanding and tolerance of HOW TO ORDER . . .
why the wagons that traveled the a place that seems to be determinedly The books listed above can be pur-
Santa Fe Trail were larger than different ends up as a sort of love chased by mail from Desert Magazine
Book Store, Palm Desert, Calif. Please
those that went on the Oregon Trail. affair. Yet, despite Brenton's affec- add 15c for postage and handling per
Hi- explains in detail how wagon tion for la senorita Ensenada, he has book. California residents also add
wheels are made. He judges the to admit (almost too often) that he 4% sales tax. Write for free South-
mi-rits of mules and explains the doesn't understand her. Understand- west book catalog.

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 35


CLASSIFIEDS
• Hew to Place an Ad:
• Mail your copy and first-insertion remit- NEVADA TREASURE Hunters Ghost Town Guide.
tance to: Trading Post, Desert Magazine, Large folded map. 800 place name glossary. • GEMS, DEALERS
Palm Desert, Calif. Railroads, towns, camps, camel trail. $1.50.
• Classified rates are 20c per word, $4 Theron Fox, 1296-C Yosemite, San Jose 26, DESERT ROCKS, woods, jewelry. Residence rear
minimum per insertion. California. of shop. Rockhounds welcome. Mile west on
U.S. 66. McShan's Gem Shop and Desert
• AUTO-TRUCK-CAMPER • EQUIPMENT-SUPPLIES Museum. P.O. Box 22, Needles, California.
LIGHTWEIGHT CAMPING and mountaineering RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA. We have everything
JEEP OWNERS. Four Wheeler Magazine. Road equipment. The World's finest; used on Ever- for the rock hound, pebble pups, interesting
tests, V-8 conversions, back country trips, est, Himalayas, Andes, etc. For free catalog, gifts for those who are not rock hounds.
technical articles. $4.50 year. Box 95D, Tar- write: Gerry, Dept. 107, Box 910. Boulder, Minerals, slabs, rough materials, lapidary sup-
zana, California. Colorado. plies, mountings, equipment, black lights. Why
CANVAS AWNINGS and enclosures for campers not stop and browse? Shamrock Rock Shop,
METAL DETECTORS bought, sold, traded. Com-
and housetrailers. Frame or rope and pole, 593 West La Cadena Drive, Riverside, Calif.
plete repair service. Free estimates appraisal.
best materials, guaranteed workmanship. OVerland 6-3956.
Bill's Service Center, 15502 South Paramount
Tailor made to fit your trailer. Prompt service. Blvd., Paramount, Calif. Dealer for Detectron, CHOICE MINERAL specimens, gems, cutting ma-
Write: Trailer Awnings, 9604 Valley Blvd., Fisher, Goldak. terial, machinery, lapidary and jeweler's sup-
Rosemead, California.
NEW-FLUORESCENT mineral detector that de- plies, mountings, fluorescent lamps, books.
tects boron, fluorine, lithium, molybdenum, Sumner's, 21108 Devonshire, Chatsworth, Cal.
• BOOKS-MAGAZINES strontium, tungsten, uranium, zinc, zirconium
EMERALD CRYSTAL specimens, Colombia, South
and other minerals. Cigarette pack size, day-
READ THE Prospector's Guide. Tells how and America, 1"—$1.50; ruby, in matrix, Tangan-
light operation, requires no batteries. Price
where to prospect for minerals, etc. Send yika, Africa, 1"—50c. Postage please. Free
$12.50. Free brochure. Essington Products &
for application to United Prospectors, Auberry, list minerals and gems. "A Golden Rule
Engineering, Box 4174, Coronado Station, Santa
California. Dealer." The Vellor Company, P.O. Box
Fe, New Mexico.
2344(D), St. Louis 14, Missouri.
BOOKS: "PANNING Gold for Beginners," 50c. FOR PEOPLE who care, sanitary protection,
"Gold in Placer," $3. Frank J. Harnagy, Box travelers and campers. 125 white paper toilet
105, Prather, California. seat covers in a 10 x 7Vz inch carrying pack,
• GEMS, MINERALS-FOSSILS
for only $1 plus 25c for postage and handling. FOSSILS. 12 different for $2. Other prices on
FREE BOOK Catalog of the Southwest—history, E. R. Jacobsen, 10521 San Gabriel Avenue,
people, legends, lost treasure, Indians, nature, request. Will buy, sell or trade. Museum of
South Gate, California. Fossils. Clifford H. Earl, P. O. Box 188,
gems, minerals. World's largest all-desert book
selection. Write for your catalog today: Desert PRIMUS STOVES-various model single burner, Sedona, Arizona.
Magazine Book Shop, Palm Desert, California. compact, dependable, collapsible stoves. Sold
since 1896. Send for free catalog. Therm'x, FOUR NATURAL staurolites, cross on both sides,
OUT-OF-print books at lowest prices! You name Dept. D5, World Trade Center, San Francisco. for $1 postpaid. "Animals" assembled from
it—we find it! Western Americana, desert and uncut quartz crystals — "Rockhound," $1.25
Indian books a specialty. Send us your wants. LIQUID QUARTZ, a casting resin for making each. Five assorted animals, $5.50 postpaid.
No obligation. International Bookfinders, Box usable stone from your unusable chips. The Reasoner Rock Originals, Crown King Highway,
3003-D, Beverly Hills, California. resin can be cut and polished to new and Bumble Bee, Arizona.
unusual stones. Only $1. Try some. David
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monthly. Field trips, "how" articles, pictures, City, California. Many intrinsic patterns, attractively displayed,
ads. $3 year. Sample 25c. Box 687J, Mentone, $2 postpaid, guaranteed. Lester Lea, Box
CAMPING EQUIPMENT: Personally selected scout,
California. 1125-D, Mount Shasta, California.
trail, family tents. Best quality United States
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazines, 1888-1961, manufacturers. European pack equipment. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Send 25c for catalog.
any issue, maps, bound volumes. Free litera-
Don Gleason's Campers' Supply, Northampton,
• GEMS, ROUGH MATERIAL
ture, "Geographic Hobby," price lists, circulars
on books about collecting geographies. Peri- Massachusetts. Good practical equipment at
odical Service, Box 465-DE, Wilmington, Del. sensible prices. MOJAVE DESERT gem materials: agate, birds-
eye opal, verd-antique and chapenite, five
LAMP-SCISSOR Extension, AC/DC, cocoa and kinds number one material $22.50 F.O.B.
THOUSANDS OF out-of-print books in stock,
brass finish, from manufacturer, for trailer, Barstow. Desert Tea, one pound $2.50, five
especially fiction. Murray's Bookflnding Serv-
boat, den, work bench, etc. $3 money-back pounds $10. Morton Minerals & Mining, Dept.
ice, 115 State Street, Springfield 3, Mass.
guarantee. E-Z Engineering, Box 582, Alham- D, 21423 (Old) Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow,
LEARN ABOUT gems from Handbook of Gems bra, California. California.
and Gemology. Written especially for ama-
teur, cutter, collector. Tells how to identify BEAUTIFUL CUT or rough Australian fire opals
• FOR WOMEN sent on approval. See before you buy, from
gems. $3 plus tax. Gemac Corporation, Box
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Your whole beauty treatment in one jar. list. Walker, 20345 Stanton Ave., Castro Val-
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really show where to find gemstone. Each dena 6, California.
book has 32 full-page maps with gem areas OPAL, DIRECT from the mine, per ounce $1.25.
spotted in color. Type of material, mileages TRIAL PAIR nylons free if not delighted after
wearing two weeks. Write for free details. Free price lists. Kendall, San Miguel d'Allende,
and all highways are shown. Many new fea- Gto., Mexico.
tures and locations have been added to these Send 10c for family catalog. Breeco, Box
later editions. Northwest $1. California-Ne- 1715, Manhattan Beach, California.
vada $1. Southwest $1. Postpaid. Scenic • HOME STUDY
Guides, Box 288, Susanville, California. • GEMS, CUT-POLISHED
NEW MEXICO books: Indians, mines, outlaws, AMETHYST, TUMBLE polished, sorted. Three ELEMENTARY EDUCATION for isolated children.
trails, history, Spaniards. Write for free list. pounds for $10. Smaller amounts are $4 per Calvert School-at-Home Courses can provide,
Jack Rittenhouse, Box 19281, Houston 24, pound. Postpaid. Rock Park, 5050 East Van by mail, a modern education for your child.
Texas. Buren, Phoenix, Arizona. Approved kindergarten - 8th grade courses.
Step-by-step teaching manual. Start any time,
BEFORE YOU take that trip to old mining camps, BRILLIANT FLORESCENT: Hi-Lite opal in jasper, transfer easily to other schools. Ideal for
read "Rocky Trails of the Past," either at specimen $1.25 postpaid. Dealer inquiries above-average child. 57th year. Non-profit.
your book store or the author, Charles Labbe, invited. Womble, 20200 Devonshire Street, Catalog. 830 West Tuscany Road, Baltimore
210 Baltimore, Las Vegas, Nevada. Chatsworth, California. 10, Maryland.

36 / Desert Magazine / July, 1962


SELLING 20,000 Indian relics. 100 nice ancient TRAILS TO Treasures locates and tells stories of
t INDIAN GOODS arrowheads $25. Indian skull $25. List free. lost mines and treasure spots of Southwest in
Lear's, Glenwood, Arkansas. gorgeous full color 23"x34" authentic guide,
6 ARROWHEADS, 10 warpoints, 4 birdpoints, 2 decor item, conversation piece. $2, tax in-
spearheads — $5. Have beads, beadwork, KACHINA DOLLS-Genuine Indian Art. These cluded. Treasurama, Dept. D, 3969 Goodland
misks, fetishes, prehistoric pottery. Paul ceremonial kachinas are hand carved and Avenue, North Hollywood, California. Money
Simmers, Canyon, Texas. hand painted by Hopi Indian craftsman. 6-8 back if not pleased.
inches tall, unusual colors. Fine quality col-
lectors items. Satisfaction guaranteed. $9.95 SEEKING ANYONE who has copies of old loca-
AUTHENTIC INDIAN jewelry, Nava|O rugs, Chi-
postpaid. Homer Hale, Box 97, Tuba City, tion maps on Spanish gold to compare and
m yo blankets, squaw boots. Collector's items.
Arizona. match mine, takes three to complete. Some
Closed Tuesdays. Pow-Wow Indian Trading
in writing. Walter Painter, 1208 Walnut Ave-
Pest, 19967 Ventura Blvd., East Woodland
• JEWELRY nue, Long Beach, Calif.
Hills, Calif. Open Sundays.

GENUINE TURQUOISE bob ties $1.50, 11 stone • MINING


FINE RESERVATION-MADE Navajo, Zuni, Hopi turquoise bracelet $2. Gem quality golden
jewelry. Old pawn. Many fine old baskets, tiger-eye $1.75 pound, beautiful mixed agate ASSAYS. COMPLETE, accurate, guaranteed. High-
moderately priced, in excellent condition. baroques $3 pound. Postage and tax extra. est quality spectrographic. Only $8 per sam-
Nivajo rugs, Yei blankets, Chimayo homespuns, Tubby's Rock Shop, 2420V2 Honolulu Ave., ple. Reed Engineering, 620-R So. Inglewood
p< ttery. A collector's paradise! Open daily Montrose, California. Ave., Inglewood, California.
10 to 5:30, closed Mondays. Buffalo Trading
P< st, Highway 18, Apple Valley, California. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, handmade, saguaro
$1 FOR gold areas, 25 California counties.
cactus rib, earrings and bracelet $2.50, concho
Geology, elevations. Pans $3, $2.50. Poke $1.
THRE FINE prehistoric Indian war arrowheads belt $2.50 postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Fred Mark, Box 801, Ojai, California.
$1. Flint scalping knife $1. Rare flint thunder- Orders filled same day received. Cash or
bird $3. All $4. Catalog free. Arrowhead, money order. No C.O.D.s please. Cactus
Products, Wikieup, Arizona. PLACER GOLD direct from our placer mine, 960
Glenwood, Arkansas. fine, $42 ounce. Cashier's check or money
DEALERS - WE'VE moved - and changed our order. Marcum Bielenberg, Avon, Montana.
INDIAN PHONOGRAPH records, authentic songs name! Get the same non-tarnishing aluminum
and dances, all speeds. Write for latest list: chain and quality findings from the same
Canyon Records, 834 No. 7th Avenue, Phoenix, people at a new location. Send $1 with • OLD COINS, STAMPS
I, Arizona. letterhead or tax number for generous sam-
ples. R. B. Berry Div., Eloxite Corporation, CARSON CITY mint dollars, uncirculated: 1878
Dept. B, 806 10th St., Wheatland, Wyoming. - $ 6 . 1882-83-84-$ 15 each. 1880-81-85-$20
LIFEUME COLLECTION of Indian artifacts from each. 1890-91 $10 each. Illustrated price
the Midwest and Southwest. Cataloged. Call list 100 pages 50c. Shultz, Box 746, Salt
oi write for appointment to inspect. Authori- • LODGES, MOTELS Lake City 10, Utah.
tative appraisal. $6500. 1869 W. 261 Street,
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TRAVELING HIGHWAY 395 this summer? Plan California. Brochure on request. USE OUR mail service for fine custom black and
now to visit The Three Flags Trading Post white and color film processing and printing.
lecated 4 miles South of Coleville, California, DRIVE TO Mexico! It's fun, inexpensive, and We sell, buy and trade cameras. Write for
in the growing community of Walker. You so downright easy when you "Go With San- our free bargain sheet. (Since 1932.) Morgan
aie welcome to browse and no one will high born's." Service offices at all leading gate-
Camera Shop. 6262 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
p essure you to buy. See our large assort- ways, including Nogales and El Centro. Mex-
28, California.
rrent of Navajo weaving including Yei Be Chi ican auto insurance specialists. Write main
and vegetable dye. Hundreds of Indian office for free Mexico Travel-Aid packet for
biskets from 26 tribes all priced to sell. motorists—very helpful in planning your trip. • PLANTS, SEEDS
Si nta Clara black pottery and Chimayo Write: Sanborn's, McAllen, Texas.
blankets. Squaw boots and Berruchi's from
K tibab buckskin. Other moccasions size 0 to 1962 WILDFLOWER and tree seed catalog, over
II. Desert Dave and the Duchess will sorta
• MAPS 700 species, valuable information. Send 50c
to Clyde Robin, P.O. Box 2091, Castro Valley,
b^ looking for you. Open May through Sep-
SECTIONIZED COUNTY maps - San Bernardino California.
U nber. Closed Sundays.
$3; Riverside $1; Imperial, small $1, large $2;
San Diego $1.25; Inyo $2.50; Kern $1.25; REMEMBER "HOT Cakes and Chia" (April '58
INDIAN RELICS, rocks, specimens, coins, tur- other California counties $1.25 each. Nevada issue of DESERT). Chia for sale $5.50 pound.
q noise, baroque jewelry. Arrowheads 25c, counties $1 each Include 4 percent sales tax. Box 147, French Camp, California.
b la ties $1.25. Crystals, fossils, scarce and Topographic maps of all mapped western
u usual Indian items. Venice Curios, 24711/2 areas. Westwide Maps Co., 114 West Third
Lincoln, Venice, California. Street, Los Angeles 13, California. MORE CLASSIFIEDS I
SMOKE TREE — continued from page 19
they must fear — the brittle stems used by rock fanciers, or momentarily few reach the stature of even large
break, the main branches snap. scalded or placed for a few hours in shrubs or trees; but almost all have
llesides its familiar common name weak sulphuric acid, will often grow this in common: they have gland-
(which it was given because from a in pots or in the open, provided they dotted leaves, which are fragrant
disiance its gray form can be mis- are not too often watered. Sunshine, when crushed, and the flowers are
taken for rising smoke) this tree has of course, is very essential. I have beautiful, singly or in masses. Dr. Ly-
be( n given numerous others, all ap- never seen young seedlings or older man Benson and Robert A. Darrow,
propriate—Corona del Cristo (Span- trees too successfully transplanted. in their Manual of Southwestern
ish crown of thorns), Indigo Tree, Above all, it is to be remembered that Desert Trees and Shrubs, list 13
Tn-e Pea, Thorn Tree, and Rama- a deep sandy soil is an absolute neces- United States species and subspecies.
ceniza (Spanish: branches of ashes). sity.
Dalea spinosa, its scientific name, Standley lists 80 species and subspe-
All of the Smoke Tree's nearest
honors the English botanist Samuel relations belonging to the genus cies for Mexico.
Dale, and also refers to the tree's Dalea are plants of the Southwestern A few of the daleas are used in the
numerous sharp thorns. United States, Mexico and South making of dyes, particularly yellow,
J^moke Trees are difficult to grow America. There are more than 100 and a few are used medicinally by
in gardens unless the same conditions different kinds, some with white, native peoples; otherwise they have
nature demands are met. Seeds some with yellow, but most with blue few uses to man other than as very
scoured in sand in a tumbler such as or indigo-colored flowers. Only a attractive ornamental plants. ///

July, 1962 / Desert Magazine / 37


Desert Ntyhihll
CLASSIFIEDS
Continued from preceding page Around our trailer the sand
Stretches far away
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT life "grown in the THREE LIATRIS spicata, new, $1.29; 12 Tigridius, To broken lilac hills
desert, for the desert." Featuring: Ocotillo $1. Christmas cactus (zygocactus) $1.25, five
in gallon cans $3.95 each. 71554 Samarkand varieties $5.75. African violets, five—$4. Leaf
Deepening to gray.
Drive, Twentynine Palms (by northwest corner list, stamped envelope. Free catalog. Cecil
of cemetery). K6QHG. Houdyshel, Dept. D, La Verne, California. There is no sound to claim
TWELVE STRANGE, rare cactus and succulents
This story-book hour,
from Mexico and South America, plus the • REAL ESTATE Only dusk softly falling
free Old Man of Mexico, only $3. Meyers, In a grape-blue shower.
Box 307, Homeland, California. FOR INFORMATION on desert acreage and par-
cels for sale in or near Twentynine Palms,
please write or visit: Silas S. Stanley, Realtor,
Until—a sudden breeze
73644 Twentynine Palms Highway, Twenty- Rustles through the sage,
Designed for Savage Vanguard nine Palms, California. Like an impatient hand,
Mountains and. POWER SCOOTER And turns the page.
Desert. BLEITZ WILDLIFE Foundation is interested in
acquiring for cash a small oasis, preferably at —Adelaide Coker
Write for elevation of from 2,500 to 3,500 ft., in path
Brochure of general bird migration. Prefer with a
mammalian and reptilian fauna as well. Would
SOUTHERN OREGON ranch and farm sites near
be operated as research station where inter-
Medford and Grants Pass, $1995 to $7995.
ested scientists may be invited to come, stay
Terms low as $100 down, $25 monthly. Free
and study the flora and fauna. Must have
catalog. Cal-Ore Ranches, 843-DX East Main
available water supply which can be devel-
Street, Medford, Oregon.
I oped so suitable living quarters could be built
for visiting scientists. Any information on
RI-CITY WELDING CC such an area where clear title can be obtained, FOR SALE: week end desert cabin, beautiful
11650 McBean Dr. would be appreciated. Write: Don Bleitz, and cozy, near Victorville, California. 450
El Monte, Calif. Gl 4-6381 1001 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles 38, square foot redwood cabin, 48 square foot
California. shed, firehood fireplace, plus one acre. Close
to stores, ideal retirement. Near many aban-
doned and operational mines, $4950. Terms.
POWERBOAT TRIPS ON THE FOR SALE: bare desert land, 60 acres located John Capper, 18400 Domino St., Reseda, Cali-
in Hinkley Valley, California. Write: Derditch, fornia. Dl 5-1983.
COLORFUL COLORADO 828 Hyde Park, Chicago 15, Illinois.
Specializing in Glen Canyon trips. Taking • WESTERN MERCHANDISE
reservations for May, June, July five-day FOR SALE: 120 acres, $21,000 cash or terms.
trips. Experienced, careful guides. Good Live in high cooler desert in a beautiful val- FREE "DO-lt-Yourself" leathercraft catalog. Tandy
food. Complete equipment for camping. Leather Company, Box 791-B45, Fort Worth,
Twin outboards for safety. Write for a ley surrounded by high snow covered moun-
free brochure. tains. Large modern house, television, irriga- Texas.
tion well, farm machinery, nearby school and
store. Five minutes to creek for fishing, lake GHOST TOWN items: Sun-colored glass, amethyst
I. FRANK WRIGHT swimming, IV2 hours drive to Mammoth to royal purple; ghost railroads materials,
Fourteen years on the western rivers Junction, Mono, Crowley lakes, boating, fish- tickets; limited odd items from camps of the
ing, skiing, camping, recreation areas. Between '60s. Write your interest—Box 64-D, Smith,
Lake Powell Ferry Service Bishop, California, and Tonopah, Nevada. Nevada.
BLANDING UTAH Write: Roy Griswald, Fishlake Valley, Tonopah, ARCHIE'S ACRES. Antiques, sun colored glass.
Nevada. No price list. Come and see! 11501 Daven-
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Date Field Trip Ghost Town Travel-Exploration Nature Features

Jul TAYLOR: "Jasper in Lime- JAEGER: "Clark Mountain HENDERSON: "We Build
54 stone Gulch" (Ariz.) Wonderland" for Summer Comfort"

Dec VARGAS: "Saddle Mountain MURBARGER: "Ichthyosaur SMITH: "Valiant is the HALLIDAY: "Exploring the
55 Chalcedony" (Ariz.) State Park" (Nev.) Ironwood" Winding Stair Cave" (Calif.)

Ocl DuSHANE: "Marine Treas- MURBARGER: "Manvel, HENDERSON: "Land of JAEGER: "Insects that Sing LeVINESS: "Taos Artist
57 ures from Punta Penasco" Vanderbilt" (Calif.) Standing Rocks" (Utah) in Summer Heat" Arthur Merrill"
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Feb CONROTTO: "Loop Trip HENDERSON: "Cataract JAEGER: "Life on a MURBARGER: "Open Pit
58 Through the El Pasos" (Cal.) Canyon" (Utah) Mojave Playa" Mines at Goldacres" (Nev.)

CONROTTO: "Gold Diggings HENDERSON: "Boom Days MURBARGER: "Sedona's JAEGER: "Water for BLACKFORD: "The
in Rattlesnake Canyon (Cal.) in La Paz" (Ariz.) Chapel of the Holy Cross" Wildlife" Apaches Today"
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Mai MORRIS: "Apache Tears" APPLEBY: "On the Road JAEGER: "The Miracle MURBARGER: "Tavaputs
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Apt RANSOM: "Chrysocolla at TREGO: "Rhyolite" JENKINS: "Dirty Sock Spa" JAEGER: "Pinyon Trees" HERBERT: "Yaqui
60 the Socorro" (Ariz.) (Nev. no map) (Calif, no map) Easter Rites"

Jul TREGO: "Ft. Churchill" WEIGHT: "Summer Visit to JAEGER: "Naturalist Looks Special issue on "Desert
60 (Nev.) the Panamints" (Calif.) at Summer Heat" Heat"—1961 Calif. State
Fair Gold Medal Winner
Aut HARRINGTON: "Silver City" TREGO: "People and Places CUTAK: Cactus Gardening ARNOLD: "Bogus Baron
60 (Idaho) Along the Humboldt" (Nev.) for the Beginner" of Arizona"

Ocl MURBARGER: "Bodie WEIGHT: "White Mountain JAEGER: "Cottonwood ARMER" "The
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No> VARGAS: "Wiley Well" TREGO: "The 40 Wilderness JAEGER: "Deer on the KELLEY: "Southwest
60 (Calif.) Miles to Gerlach" (Nev.) Desert" Indian Silverwork"

Dei JAEGER: "Juniper Trees" Special Pimeria Alta


60 Commemorative Issue

CONROTTO: "Power Scooters JAEGER: "The Unlovely KAUPER: "The Desert


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Western Arizona" (no map) —Mining Camp Journalist"

Ocl SORENSEN: "Sauceda Moun- MURBARGER: "Campers JAEGER: "Desert HINE: "Kern Brothers and
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61 Amazing Badlands" (Calif.) Squirrels" Pioneers Called Home"

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