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BOOMING NEVADA ISEQUALED BYONLY AFEW PUCES INTHEWORLD. Population hassurged Wes

in ever increasing numbers. Westward to Nevada, where the air is fresh andclear, taxes are low o

existent andopportunity isopen to all.Yes, Nevada is booming and real estate investors areprospIt is a proven fact that many purchasers of Nevada acreage have realized fabulous profits from

investments. Now,a NEWNevada Real Estate Opportunity exists for you.This Ground Floor Opportun

MEADOW VALLEY RANCHOS , located only Vh miles from the thr iving city of Elko, Nevada.

T H E V E R Y B ES T F E A T U R E S OF TWO W O R L D S

... THE WORLD OF THEWEST Located inprosperous Elko County, the ranchos

have the backdrop of themajestic Ruby Mountains. Thesparkling Humboldt

River is a short Vi mile away. Every Rancho fronts on a graded road thatleads into coast to coast U.S.Highway 40.Amidst these spectacular sur-

roundings MEADOW VALLEY RANCHO owners can relax and enjoy the won-

derful life of the Golden West.

...T H E WORLD OFCITY CONVENIENCES Thebustling city of Elko with its

modern schools, shops, theaters, hospital andairport isonly IV2miles away.

The Experienced, Successful Developers of MEADOW VALLEY RANCHOS arenot offering remote land where purchasers have to hope for progress and

expansion. They offer you the opportunity of a l i fe t ime, a chance to par-

t ic ipate in Nevada's continuing boom . . . Minutes from the conveniencesof hospitable Elko, in the midst of current growth andprogress, MEADOW

VALLEY RANCHOS has all the necessary ingredients to skyrocket in value!

R E CR E AT I O N U N L I M I T E D :

FISHING: Injewel like lakes,and mountain fed bottomstreams you'll catch trophysize German Browns, Rainbowand Brook Trout . . . largemouth figh ting Bass. RANCHOowners cancatch their din-ner within easy driving dis-

tance of the property lines.

HUNTING: Hunters from all corners of the globe come to Elko County to

hunt the biggame species Mule Deer . . . Quail, Chukar, andPartridge are

found inabundance.

GOLF: A mere onemile fromDOW VALLEY RANCHOS is the

View Golf Course. Norush for

ing times on this city owned

maintained golf course, butgI as it should beenjoyed. Play a

urely 9-18 or 36 holes surrou

by breathtaking scenery, mifrom your rancho.

FOR ALL THEFAMILY: MEADOW VALLEY RANCHO owners enjoy theFREE

of Nevada's many state recreation areas. Swimming, Camping, Boating,nicking, Rock Hunting, Horseback Riding andmany many more recreaopportunities areavailable.

PROVEN OPPORTUNITY: Yes, individuals are taking advantage of Ne

opportunity. But hecountries financial experts, our leading corporationalso investing in their Nevada futures. Industrial giants build plants wIncreasing Land Values andPopulation demand them. Anaconda Coppe

completed a $32,000,000 plant. North American Aviation, Kaiser SteeCurtis-Wright arebuilding plants orhave secured large acreage.

LOW ORNON-EXIST ENT TAXES: As a result of Nevada's low realisticstructure, Profits And Wages AreKept; not paid out to the state. NE

HAS NOSTATE INCOME, INHERITANCE, CORPORATION ORGIFT TAX. Th

real property tax is definitely limited by thestate constitution. YES, N

IS ONE OF OURLAST FRONTIERS OF TAXFREEDOM!

TOTAL COSTS: Thefull price of the t i t le to your Vh acre Rancho is

$595.00. Complete payment schedule is$10.00 down and$10.00 permNo interest, no carrying charges. Live, Vacation or Retire on your lan

simply hold for investment security. Wise men like Andrew Carnegie"More money has been made inReal Estate than in all industrial investmcombined." M ake M EADOW VALLEY RANCHO S' PROSPEROUS FUTURE —YFUTURE. DO N'T M ISS THEGOLDEN OP PO RTUNITY!

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- T H E D E S E R T IN F E B R U A R Y

FAIR TIME. We who live in Riverside Coun-ty are proud of our county fair, otherwiseknown as the "National Date Festival." Thething that makes it "different" is the nightlyArabian Nights pageant (photo at right),which visitors enjoy free under the desertstars, performed before an authentic Ara-bian setting designed some years ago by theold mirage salesman, Harry Oliver. Dates

for this year's Festival at the Indio fair-grou nds a re Feb ruary 15 thru the 24th. The

MAGAZINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 26TH YEAR

Volume 26 Number 2

CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1963

M A R Y F RA N C E S B E RK H O L Z

H O R A C E P A R K E R

This Month's Cover—Photographer Carlos Elmer pointed his camera at the snow-cladSan Francisco Peaks, Arizona's highest point; view is from U. S.H ighway 66 west of Flagstaff. For a timely report on U. S. 66farther west, see page 8.

Let's Take A Trip—18 To D arwin — for M inerals27 To Coyote Canyon — for Fun

Two Special Reports—8 H ighway 66 — the M ojave's Restless Lifeline L. BURR BELDEN

23 T est-Driving the New Jeep CJ-5 V. LEE OERTLE

Nature's World—16 Burrowing O wl P rotects Her Nest19 An Eastern Artist's D esert Bouquet HENRY M OC KEL22 C alifornia Desert Spring Wildflower Guide30 H ints for February Gardeners

Observations, Discoveries—3 The D esert in February5 Desert D etours

6 New Ideas for Desert Living38 New and Interesting S outhwest Books

Yesterday's Desert—12 O ld Bottles fro-n the M ining Camps36 When Railroads Ruled the S ageland

O R E N A R N O L D

D A N L EEC H A R L E S E . S H E L T O N

ADELE REED

Part of the 150-member cast of the Arabian Nights Pag

nightly pageant begins at 6:45—and. recommend you come early—and withblanket or two to ward off the usually chnight air. One other recommendation to fgoers: please stop by Desert Magazinpueblo in nearby Palm Desert . . . you''.l joy the paintings in the gallery, and w

enjoy meeting you.

WATER RECORD. The Metropolitan V/aDistrict reports that record delivery of mthan one million acre feet of Colorado RiWater was made to member cities and agcies in Southern California during 1962. Pting it another way, the Colorado River ctributed enough water during the past yto cover a square mile of Southern Califorland to a height of 1600 feet.

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THE REAL VERMIN. Suppose your moenemy could not resist a certain soundlike the ringing of a d inner go ng. So night this enemy sneaks into your backyan d rings the dinner gon g. Instinct contryour actions. You rush out the door and greeted—not by a home-cooked meal—by a sh otgun blast in the face. Simple ling is bad enough—but doesn't this sortmurder border on the hideous, horrible siAnd yet, a variation of it is growing ione of the desertland's most popular "sporThey call it "Varmint Calling"— the callbeing armed men; the varmint victims, cotes, bob cats an d foxes. Instead of a din

gong, the callers use a device which pduces the sound of a rabbit in distresshigh-pitched scream). Predatory anim

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THE DESERT IN FEBRUARY (continuGd from preceding page)

seem unable to resist this sound—instinct tells them that an injrabbit is usually an easy dinner. And so they charge the sousually at any hour of theday ornight. Thepayoff isdeath. VarCallers have formed state-wide "associations" in California andzona. Recently these twogroups met in competition, with Califowinning by 127points. According to therules, an association rece20 points when one of its members killed a bobcat, 15points ffox, and 7 points for a coyote. To thewinning California team the first "World Championship" trophy, to which we would lik

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ANOTHER VICTORY FOR"ANNIE." In June '59, DESERT repoon theworthy efforts of Velma B. Johnston of Reno, whohadlauna one-woman war against those whowere killing Nevada's horses for pet food. Mrs. Johnston testified in behalf of the musat so many county and state hearings that she wasdubbed "WHorse Annie" inderision. But, ridicule didn't stop her. Shetoocase toWashington, andenlisted thehelp of theNevada congressidele gatio n. First fruits of herhard work was a lawwhich proh

the rounding-up of wild horses or their destruction from the air.cently, Annie bagged another prize for heranimal friends: a 435wild horse sanctuary inthe rugged northeast corner of Nellis AirFBase in southern Nevada—the nation's first. In 1959,when Atestified inWashington, sheoutlined a plan forestablishment of sturaries throughout the West for rehabilitation and control ofhorses, with a view to their becoming national tourist attractions.initial action of theFederal Government in establishing the soutNevada range could be thefirst step toward complete realizatioAnnie's dream.

FEBRUARY CALENDAR. These are the month's outstanding D

Southwest events: Feb.1-3—Parada del Sol,Scottsdale, Ariz. F1-4—American Quarterhorse Show, Las Vegas. Feb. 2-3—Sixth anRough Riders Jeep Cruise; rendezvous at Truckhaven on the sshore of Salton Sea at 8 a.m. of thefirst day. Feb. 12-14—Fifth AnInternational Forum, University of Arizona, Tuscon. Feb.15-24—Rside County Fair and National Date Festival, Indio. Feb. 21-24—Fde losVaqueros, Tucson.

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"Come ye yourselves apart into a desertplace, and rest a while." Mark 6:31

George Washington and Abe Lincoln never saw the desert;travel to it simply wasn't readily available in their time, andthey had their hands full in the Capitol anyway. But travelto it is easy now, Mr. Kennedy, and we sunkissed citizensinvite—urge—you to come on out for a quiet let-down.

Don't bring your briefcase. Don't bring three secretaries,bring three pairs of hiking shoes. In just a week, sir. the

desert can wash your mind and soul clean, in a way that allof us need frequently. You'll go back refreshed and ready torun the country better than ever. We have found this bountyhere; we are anxious to share it with you.

• • •

Seems that the motorist had been following the big truckfor miles across Arizona. Whenever he'd try to pass, thegrinning truck driver would swing to the middle of the road.Finally both had to stop at the border inspection station. Theman in the little car pulled up beside the big truck cab andpeered up at the driver.

"All right," growled the grim trucker, "go ahead. Let'shear what you think I am."

"Oh," said the little motorist, "I know what you are. I wasjust curious to see what one looks like."

• • •

Driving in town or in highly scenic areas, my A dele and Italk constantly. But rolling through the desert we scarcely

speak. Don't need to; somehow there's rapport without words,

a quiet, peaceful awareness of each other that transcends talk.Is this what is meant by "the spell of the desert'.'"

• • •

Passed a big coyote sitting at roadside, tongue hanging out.He didn't move. I braked down, backed 200 yards slowly.Nothing happened; we just stared at each other until hestared me down and I slunk on away. After all, it was histerritory.

• • •Caught up with a frowsy gent pushing a wooden cart down

the long lonely highway out of Indio. Had all his earthlypossessions there. As I was about to leave him I asked, "Isthere anything I can do for you? You want anything?" Helooked surprised, then replied, "Why, no thanks. I've got

everything any person could possibly need." I drove off feelinga little wistful, a little envious.

• • •Overheard out of Las Vegas: "They have a ranch

house, but you never find her cooking on the range."

• • •

Knot-head motto for 1963: // you can't understand it,

oppose it.

• • •I have, of course, the most brilliant grandchildren in Ameri-

ca. Baby Erin O'Reilly, age 4, calls windshield wipers "Swish-er swipers." Now 1 ask you—that's not only cute, it's de-scriptive, even onomatopoetic! And don't go boring metelling me what your grandkids say and do.

• • •Significant sign on a Barstow corset shop: "Let Us

Take You In So the Boys Will Take You Out."

• • *Went on a business trip to Reno and saw a lot of desert

Yonder comes that dark cloud on the horizon again. always breaks into an inescapable storm. It will tolerate

fiduciary finagling. As with most black hurricanes, it ha name. It will strike in April, and is named Form 10Start now preparing for it, realizing that your only sheltera filled-in check.

• • •Note to all people Back East: One of the great boat ra

of all time was held last November, and where was it? In desert region of Southern California! In our Salton Sea. Truours is a country of surprises, of the improbable, the unpected. Each week, the year round, more boats pass undthe bridge at Thousand Palms, Calif., than under the Gold

Gate Bridge. Come on out and enjoy.• • •

Sometimes desert living can relax us too much. Seems ta local welfare recipient over in Inyo County sent this coplaint to her local welfare commissioner: "My check waslate my husband has had to go to work."

• • *Actually, it's mighty easy to make money nowada

What's tough is to make a living.

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Out there in the wi-i-i-i-ide Open Spaces east of Mojathis Beautiful Young Thing was standing beside her stalcar. "I'm out of gas." she told the two Handsome YouMen who happened by. Dutifully they pushed, and pushand pushed, sweating copiously in the searing sun. Finathey came to a filling station—but the girl steered right by. "Why didn't you turn in?" they demanded.

"No, not there," she explained, logically enough. "Thdon't give trading stamps."

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The newest industry in Arizona, reports Ken Palmer, producing and selling bottled smoke signals for Indians w

can't spell.• • *

Then there's the enterprising guy near Hollywood who

invested $100,000 in raising Shetland ponies. He figures about time the Westerns turned to compact horses.

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The doctor told old Uncle Ike Manners to be sure to ta bath just before he retired, even if he did have to hwater to his desert hut. Uncle Ike said he'd try to remembalthough he didn't figure on retiring for at least another years.

• • •A famous dweller in another semi-desert region,

Good Guy named Socrates, asked all men of all tithis searching question: "Fellow citizens, why do turn and scrape every stone to gather weal th, and taso li ttle care of your children, to whom one day ymust relinquish it al l?" /



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NEW IDEAS for DESERT LIVINGBy DAN LEE

Portable Refrigerator—For those who want cold storage and

cool drinks away from home on outdoorexpeditions, the new Bernz-O-Matic refrig-erator is a convertible unit that operates oneither 110-volt electricity, or on propane gasbottled in disposable cylinders. Capacity is1.1 cubic feet. Could be a hand y accesso ryaround the camp, desert cabin, boat ortrailer. Write for price and details of thisnew item. Bernz-O-Matic Corporation,Rochester, New York.

Weather-Proof Patio Table—Outdoor furniture that resists sun and

sand, and deterioration through rust orsplitting, is equipment every desert homeowner can use. The new two-section Per-ma-Table is cast of concrete, with a 46-inch circular top, a 24-inch base. Heavyhollow steel pipe in concrete base supportsthe table top, with insert-fitting to acceptaluminum awning pole in center of table.The 165-pound total weight will insurerigidity in any wind, and the concrete sur-face, as an added feature, is coated withPerm a-Glaze for a fade-proof finish. Manycolors available. Priced at only $19.95 com-

plete. Because of the weight of this item,only pick-up orders accepted, FOB Yucaipa.

Transistorized Detector—As light as a fat banana, the new

M-Scope metal detector tips the scajust iV i pounds. The new portabilitbe appreciated by those who handle

tors for hours at a time. Batteries areto last up to 200 hours on continuousation. Locates buried metal objects, old guns, and ghost-town relics dodepth of 24 inches. I've used the T-several expeditions, and found itsweight a real asset when pawing thold ruins. It's a compa ct unit made perienced people. $128.50; from Fishsearch Laboratory, Dept. 2C, Palo California.

Water Storage Tanks—Without water storage facilities, n

ert or weekend cabin is fully equVeteran desert dwellers recommend amum supply for weekend cabins of 800 gallons. Valley Welding in PalCalifornia, handles galvanized steel that have all seams riveted and so(Welded interiors eventually rust tburned galvanized steel, thus, sojoints are recomm ended.) Weight

800-gallon-capacity steel water storagis about 280 pounds, and it comes with a two-inch outlet. In this sizeis $126, FOB Valley Welding, 6330blossom W ay, Palmdale, California. B & H Tank Company, 1919 So. Sanando Road, Los Angeles 65. Yowrite for catalog.

Overdrive Unit—Operators of four-wheel-drive v

face special problems on long ovjourneys. To prevent damage to gear reduced highway speeds are often necFuel economy suffers because 4wd ri

engineered for rough country at low sNow the situation may be changed



known firm in the field, the unit is calledthe Warn All-Range Overdrive. Themakerclaims up to 30% reduction in engine rpmwith this unit, which translates into betterfuel economy on the highway. The over-drive fits both Willys Jeep and Interna-tional Scout, and can be shifted while thevehicle is in motion, either forward or re-verse. Installation is in the p.t.o. accessopening on thetransfer case. Both low andhigh gear ratios available. Entire unitweighs only 27 pounds. Using thenew All-Range Overdrive, a 4wd vehicle then has12 forward and four reverse speeds. Price

not announced. From Warn Sales Co., Inc.,Riverton Box 6064-DM, Seattle 88 ,Wash.

New Style Mailbox Signal—Outlying ranch owners with mailboxes

so far away they're barely in eye-range willappreciate the newMail Sentry. This de-vice consists of a spring-loaded disc whichlocks to themailbox lid. When thedoor isopened, the red disc pops up automaticallyand the owner knows mail has been de-livered. When mail is retrieved, the ownermerely presses disc down into flat positionagain, ready for next delivery. All partsare made of steel, andfasteners are includ-ed. Priced at $1.25 from the manufac-turer, Bellevue Specialties, Inc., Bellevue,Ohio.

Emergency Water Pump—Homes far from fire protection may find

the newFirechaser manual water pump ahandy asset, if water storage tank is nearby.

to 30 feet high, out 40 feet horizontally.Pump goes anywhere hose can go, anddrafts water through hose in matter ofseconds. For price and information: FireEquipment and Development Co., P. O.Bo x 555, Industrial Park, Santa RosaCalifornia. / / /

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The routing of Interstate Hig hw ay 40, to be 66 right-of-way; Twentyn ine P alms - Morongocom pleted in the early 1 970s as part of the Va lley partisans are organizing to push thenation's superh ighwa y system, is the cau se proposed new routing through their commun-of de ep concern — and high hope— in San Bern- ity. The San Bernardino County Board of Su-ardino County. Needles-Bastow-Victorville in- pervisors are caught in the crossfire,terests favor Interstate 40 following the H ighw ay

STRETCHING across the dese r t

vastness of San B e r n a r d i n oCounty is a string of small towns

whose individual fortunes havewaxed and waned according to whatthe current alignment of Highway

66 migh t be at a given t ime. T heState Highway Department recentlyannounced a proposed new rout ingof a portion of the famed transcon-tinental road—and thus we are aboutto see still another replaying of thedra ma which retard s life in somedesert towns, spurs it on in others.

The most recent major realignmenttook the highway on a straight coursefrom Victorville to Barstow—leavingbehind both the Mojave River andthe railroad. Victims of this develop-ment were Oro Grande, Helendale ,

and Hicks.

The chief players in this newestrendition are Ludlow, Bagdad, Am-boy, Cadiz, Essex, Fenner and Goffs—familiar names to three generationsof Mojave Desert motorists. The newroad will l ink Ludlow with Fenner,by-passing Siberia, Bagdad, Amboyand Essex. Cadiz and Goffs will stillbe a long way from the main streamof traffic. T h e map above tells therealignment story.

During the past few weeks the

Highway 66 realignment story hasbeen uppermost in local desert news.

The old Barstow Garagsince dismantled, was aMojave Desert landmarin Model T days. It waa welcome sight to thedaring motorists whobraved the dusty roadswhich converged at Barstow. Sketch courtesy CaInterstate Telephone Co

TRANSC ONT INENTAL SIGNPO ST ING CREW OF SO UTHERN CAL IFORNIA AUTO CLUB ERECSIGNS ALO NG NATIO NAL OLD T RAIL (NOW U.S. 66) IN 1914. TH IS WAS NAT ION'S FIRST EFFORTSIGN CROSS -COUNTRY RO ADS, AND WAS DO NE TO ENCO URAGE TOURIST TRAVEL TO CAL IFOR

ner to Ludlow came the report thatthe U. S. Bureau of Public Roads

wants a much more drastic realign-me nt: a com plete re-routing of a

Twentynine Palms, Morongo Val land San Gorgonio Pass (see ma

If the state 's proposed realignmwas a bombshell , the Federal Gove



A STRETCH OF U. S. 66 NEAR NEWBERRY IN 1923 WH EN GR AD ING WAS STARTED BY THE STATE

THE SAME U.S. 66 STRETCH IN 1924-AFTER O NLY O NE SEASON OF GRAD ING WITH DRAGS

community and county groups issued the call to arms! Everyonelives or works on the Mojave Dappreciates the economic imporof Highway 66.

The original highway from Bernardino to Needles—247 millength—followed the somewhat ing route of the Sante Fe RaiThe existing highway—the resucountless minor and a couplmajor realignments—has cut theBernardino to Needles distance tomiles. Tomorrow's highway, thto the Lud low-to-F enne r link, shave the distance to 205 miles.

In the first decade of this centhe enthusiastic but small corp



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"good" roads, but "through" roads.T w o great transcontinental routes

were envisioned by these early motor-ists. One was designated to link theEast with San Francisco via the Over-land Trail which the '49ers had trav-eled to the Golden Gate. This be-came, in time, the Lincoln Highway.But prior to the advent of paving, thestretches of this road through Utahand Nevada were often impassable,and sections farther east were closedin winter.

What was needed was an "all-sea-son" road—a continuation westward

of the Sante Fe Trail from St. JosephMissouri, to Santa Fe — and thence

and the promised land of Los An-geles. Thu s was born U.S. 66—knownin its infant days as the Na tiona lOld Trails.

To the Automobile Club of Sou-thern California goes chief credit forthe creation of the pioneer highway.In 1914, the Auto Club erected morethan 4000 signs along the route — theproject taking a full year. The sign-ing cars were delayed as long as 10days in some places when theytwisted off drive shafts or plungedthrough flimsy bridge floors. Theproject paid big dividends, however.Automobile traffic into Southern

NOTHING NEW IN ADESERT HIGHWAY FIGHT

Highway improvements sedom come easily. Often thare fraught with emotion sincere par tisan s. So statEdwin Q. Sullivan, who for years was in charge of DistriVIII (San Bernardino Countof the California Division Highways.

Sullivan, who retired in 195could afford to sit back achuckle over incipient proteswhich mounted from the Amboy area when the proposshortening of U. S. 66, from Lulow to Needles, was recentproposed. "The heat over thlatest shortening is nothing that engendered over tState's routing of U. S. 60-direct from Blythe to IndioSullivan recalled. "Why evthe county supervisors join

in demanding the transconnental route stay in its rounabout path through Mecca anThermal. The present routinI say, had God's assistance. cloudburst wiped-out much the old Mecca Road and buriboth cars and trucks. It tothe cloudburst to convinmany the change was needed

Through, paved roads conecting Southern California athe East were evolved aftmuch experiment under Sulvan's direction. A wind tunnmodel opened the way for U.80 paving from El Centra to tColorado replacing the oplank road. When critics sapaving desert routes woubankrupt the state, the higway engineer first transformsandy and rocky trails ingraded routes, then evolved toil-earth mixture that has bcom e so familiar. In the 1920however, the idea was so reolutionary that far off Austral

Chile and French Africa seengineers to study and lea



C o d a F o p B i t t e r s I n

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B C D E

B y A D E L E R E 3 D— Bishop, Calif.—

"HUM PHR EY'S V ETER INAR Y Specif ic"Wait's Kidney and Liver Bitters" . . . Sykes Sure Cure For Catarrh" . . . "Arom

Schnapps" . . . "Dr. Rosa's Balsam" . . . "ing's Citrate of Magnesia" . . . "Homer's fornia Ginger Brandy" . . .

THESE ARE JUST a few of the hundredlabels Western bottle collectors are famwith . The list grows as an increasing num bhobbyists uncover new finds in old mcamp dumps and second-hand stores. Theguage of the collectors is heard more and in the lonely places that have seen better "I'll trade you a 'Dr. G. S. Wait's Flavoring

a good 'California Fig Bitters'."



H a i r L i n -B e e r i m e n t W h i s k e y E x t r a c t

p H I J

the many new books on the bottle hobby as wellas old almanacs and newspapers—searching forclues that will identify the varied bottles com-

ing into their collections. An other good sourceof information is the trade or advertising card(collecting these is a hobby in itself), samples ofwhich are reproduced on the next page.

THIS YEARNING TO LEARN the history ofeach bottle is very much a part of this hobby.But, the best source of background informationremains the bottles themselves, many of whichare imprinted with the name of the productand its ingredients, what they were supposed tod o , and directions for their use.

W H EN TH IS INFOR M AT ION is printed on

A - B

C - D

SODA POP. The soft-drink bottlewas standardized — with minorvariatio ns. The "New York" bottle

(A) is sk y- bl ue and opalized. The "ElDora do" (B) is a sea-gree n color. Collectorscall these pop bottles, "blob tops."

BITTERS. Lash's Bitters (C) was bot-tled in New York, Chicago and SanFrancisco—and drained in the des-

ertland 's roaring mining cam ps. Bottle Dcarried a foil around its collar imprintedwith the wo rds: "Lu-Lu Bitters." Th ese"spirituous liquors" were flavored withmacerated bitter herbs—a mild tonic thatat best stimulated the appetite and improveddigestion. It is likely that no other c atego ryof bottles and no other class of antiquariahas so much background in folkways and



(continued)

bottles. The Lash's bottle has 14 pa ne ls onits sloping shou lder s. Lu-Lu is fancier, witha total of 26 panels around the shoulderand 30 around the base.

EINK. This ink bottle is colored a paleam ethyst. The inscription read s: "S. S.Stafford's Inks / Made In U.S.A." The

mining camp newspaper editors emptied agreat many of these and other ink bottles(as well as bottles I and J) in their effort tobring the isolated, news-starved citizenrythe latest gossip.

FHAIR RESTORER. While Mrs. S. A. Al-len sat in New York brewing her"World's Hair Restorer," her busy sales

force was beating the Western bushes forthe handful of bald and balding men whoneeded the magic ingredients that came in

these bottles to make life at the Fireman'sBall or the Masonic Picnic a mite more en-joyable.

GBEER. Shape of the beer bottle has re-mained rather standard to this day.Bottle G carries the Eagle label — a

local brew. The Goldfield brewery is inruins, but a few years ago a local residentuncovered several full bottles of the stuffwhile digging fence posts. A mining town

became a city when it had a high school,railroad depot—and local brewery.

HLINIMENT. The tiny bottle (H) is aqua-colored. Eng raved lengthw ise on itsround sides are the words: "Johnson's

Am erican Anod yne Liniment." The diction-ary says that anodyne is "any medicinethat allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic."The opium that was a part of every China-town in the West came in very small bottles,t o o , but with somewhat longer necks thanhas Bottle H.

WHISKEY. The rolled-lip flask (I),either plain or with label, is one ofthe most common relics of the Old

W est. This fact spe ak s volume s for wh atwent on in the mining towns where "Everynight was Saturday night, and Saturdaynight w as th e Fourth of July!" Bottle I is

a beautiful olive-am ber color. The Tea Ket-tle bottle (J) is not unlike today's whiskeybottles.

KEXTRACT. Just what every boom-campcook needed to give that extra some-thing to his pot of side-meat and beans:

roses an d ros em ary extract. Bottle K iscobalt blue—undoubtedly the same colorone's face would turn after sampling theafore-mentioned bean dinner.

I - J

H E G R E A T H E A L T H / S T R E N G T H

- •S U F F E R E R S F R O M -INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA TRY

CURES COUGHS,C0NSUMPT4QN,

A S T H M A ,BY REJUVENATING

THE BLOOD;

AYE*'S SARSAPARILLA IS A COM POUND CONCENTRATED EXTRACT-

T R A D E C A R D SPrior to the advent of nationally-circulatedperiodicals, m anufacturers — especially ofpatent medicines — relied on the tradecard to carry their advertising messages tothe buying public. These cards were com-monplace on the counters of America's

stores. Aside from their historical valuetoday, the trade card provides the modern



A BOTTLEHUNTER GETSLUCKY IN THE

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BOTTLE HUNTING (continued from page 13)

label will quickly curl on contact with the at-

mosphere. What I do in this case is give the

label a fast cleaning with a fine brush, and thenapply a plastic spray.

ONE OF MY MOST interesting label finds was

on a bottle that proved to be "Bird Bitters"—

specially concocted for caged birds to "improve

song through the moulting season." Life in the

West's old mining camps may not have been as

austere as we have been led to believe.

TWO OTHER LABEL finds made during this

past year: "Vinol—made from fresh cod livers."

It cured "all diseases of the throat and lungs,

weakness and torpor, lack of animation and im-poverished blood." The second label was "Pure

Castor Oil—prepared by a new and approved

process, safe for adults and children, ready for

instant use." There also was a slogan on the label:

"As sweet as . . . " The last word was obliterated.

Exasperating! But, that's all part of the bottle

hobby.

THE WEST'S MINING CAMP dumps have

been pretty well worked over by the relic collec-

tors. I would suggest that the new hobbyists

turn their attention to such areas as old farmdumps, saw mill camps, hunting camps, and de-

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATIONon bottle collecting, you can order AdeleReed's book, "Old Bottles and Ghost Towns,"from Desert Magazine Book Store, PalmDesert, Calif. Illustrations by May Jones; 55pages; papercover; $2. Also available by mailar e two papercover books by May Jones, "The

Bottle Trail—Vol. I" and "The Bottle Trail-Vol. II." The Jones books sell for $1.50 each.



F I E L D T R I P

M INERALMECCA atD A R W I N

B y M a r y F r a n c e s B e r h h o lz

DARWIN'S f lamboyant career be-

gan in 1874 with discovery ofrich silver-lead and zinc ores.The wild rush was soon underway.As the news spread, men desertedtheir claims in other camps and head-ed for the Darwin Hills. Here, per-haps, they would make the big strike!

Darwin 's populed to 5000, millsdaily newspaperbiggest strike yetrough and rowdy-officer could say"of 124 graves on

the result of a g"tough-one" they

ation quickly jump-were erected, and abegan touting "the," Night-life was so

that a local peacewith accuracy thatBoot Hill, 122 were

un or a knife." A

twice i ts undaunted population re-built. As the successor to the hopesof doomed Panamint, this was thecamp that would endure! This wasthe town that would grow to perma-nence.

By 1888, jus t 14 years late r, D ar-win's mines were shut-down, its hous-es and stores em pty. T he rich easily-mined surface ores were exhausted.During the later years, the mines wereintermittently operated by variouslessees. In 1945, the Anaco nda Com-pany purchased the main groupknown as the Darwin Mines, which

have been in various stages of pro-duction to the present.

The total production from the Dar-win Distr ict has amounted to morethan .837,000,000. Large ore depositsremain, as yet , untouched.

The Darwin District is the ama-teur mineral collector 's happy hunt-ing ground . Over 60 minerals havebeen identified from these lead-silver-zinc depo sits. Some of the show ierspecimens you may collect are galena,cerussite, barite, pyrite, fluorite,

anglesite, spalerite, malachite, hemi-

pects dot the hills. Deep mine aboun d. Old mine and camp bings are numerous and in vastages of decay. While not in ation, al l the m ines, are un der cIt has been my experience that mine owners do not object to teous rockhounds collecting on mine dumps. In fact, these oare generally quite willing to dtheir mine and give you some idwhat you may find. Th ey do oto any commercial collecting, vaism and litter.

Weeks, months and even years

be spent collecting specimens iDarwin Distr ict . Th ere are four areas, however, from which thelector can gather a represensample of the district 's minThese are the Anaconda dump,cite Hole, Northwest Darwin and Zinc Hill .

Anaconda's big dump is just awest of town, and offers a large ty of min erals. Permission to con this dump must be obtained the Min e Sup erinten dent. He residence at the large mining

the company has erected nead u m p .



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IN DESERT'S June '61 issue wepresented some pen-and-ink sketch-es by Henr y M ockel, an artist then

fresh from the East. M o c k e 1' s"Mojave Discovery" portfolio con-sisted of those common desert sceneswhich an Eastern artist might find alittle un com m on: the maze of signsat the junction of a jackrabbit home-stead road ; cam pers sleeping by theroadside; photographers with expen-sive camera equipment pointed to

distant beauty — while the beauty ofa delicate flower goes unnoticed attheir feet.

In DESERT for September, 1961,Mockel told—in words and pictures-how he decided to settle down on theMojave—at Twentynine Palms. Therehe opened the Pioneer Art Gallery,and there he has been busy thesemany months creating a series of dis-t inctive note cards featuring moretha n 30 desert blossoms. (Packagedin dozen lots, with envelopes, thesecards sell for §1.50. Orders should be

sent to Mockel at Box 726, Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.)

And now—once again with wordsand pictures—our once-Eastern friendgives us his interpretation of the des-ert 's real treasure. Color plates ap-pear on the next page; Mockels'swords follow:

Although I cannot resist paintingdesert landscapes, and cover consid-erable distances to do so, the majorpart of my production concerns it-self with picturing the flora of the

desert. It is not my inte ntio n to

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ordinary viability of seeds or theadaptation of different species. Itis rather to convey my pleasurablefeeling at coming upon one of theselittle creations that seem to live theirshort existence cheering the passingstranger with joyful visage. If I werean insect, my urge would be of a

different nature, but then I wouldn'tbe making pictures of flowers.

The first desert flower that I eversaw was the Yellow Cup growing insolitary insignificance in Mule Can-yon in the Calico Moun tains. Hav-ing a fondness for the wildflowers ofthe East, I mad e a picture of it. Andthat was the beginning.

Then I discovered the Dune Prim-rose right next to a well - traveledhighway. I remember that c o l dMarch morning when I spent hour

after hour sketching.The little Five-spot chose to grow

under a wobbly wooden trestle in aghost town in the Providence Moun-tains, as did also the CampanulatePhacelia. To do this one, I had tolie flat under some creosote bushes.

The Sand Verbena lends the mcolorful patterns to desert views probably is the best known and liof our wildflowers.

I have had lengthy discussions wbotanists regarding the Desert GPoppy. While drawing these,

similarity to other poppies becobvious to me. I was told tha tpresent scientists were classifythem into 50 sub-species. It is involved for me, as all I wish tois to make a presentable picture.

The-Hole- In-The-Sand (Nicolloccidentalis) we discovered wproceeding on tip-toe on a shortfrom Pioneer Town to Big Bear. road was recommended to us as bescenic. We had to build only bridge, while the rest of the timeoccasion demanded, a short ha

prayer sufficed.The sight of a Smoke Tree in blo

is rewarding even from a distabut is mo re so close-up. T he reusually a swarm of bees enjoyinfeast during this time, so some ction should be exercised.

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A D ESER T MA G A ZI N E t e s t -drive of Jeep's new CJ-5 in-trigued me. How well would

this giant of the four-wheel-drive in-dustry stack-up against the formid-able newcomers?

Jeep's long domination of the fieldis being challenged by four strongcompetitors: the International Scout,Toyota Land Cruiser, British LandRover, and the new Datsun Patrol,all previously tested by DESERT.Was Jeep now coasting, merely rid-ing the crest of an almost legendaryreputation? These were some of thequestions running through my mindwhile making arrangements for theloan of a new CJ-5. Hu ndre ds ofthousands of words have been writ-ten around Jeep—and now there wasa ne w model to consider.

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older models — four-wheel-drive sta-tion wagons and surplus militaryJeeps (salvaged from South Pacificjungle islands) .

My first clue to the CJ-5's impactcame from the response I got fromthe factory when I requested a ve-hicle for this special DESERT report.The waiting list was five weeks long!So I scouted around until I found a

dealer, Bob Fuerhelm, manager ofPasadena's Milne Brothers Jeep agen-

I picked it up, Bob proudly shome fresh battle-scars on the macreceived in the recent Georget(Calif.) rough-country run. front bumper was curled up in a sneer. One ta illight was smashedyond hope, and the door on the senger's side was impact-seized way open. I waved his apolaside. Hav ing gotten this close, Inot about to wait a week for the

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It handles easily in traffic, with ashade more physical effort involvedthan with most of the competing ve-hicles. The 81-inch wheelbase, soagile andsure-footed off thehighway,does cause a somewhat bumpy rideover city streets. It's the shortestwheelbase currently offered in a 4wdcar. Some of the competitors looklike buses when parked beside theC J - 5 .

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We coasted along in high range,front drive, then shifted to com-pound low—which delivers an overallgear - reduction of about 37:1. Th ehill ahead loomed darkly upward —so steep you had to bend forward tosee the crest. Loose surface graveldotted the path, and I mentally madea note of our surroundings in casewe started to slide backward when

we were half way up!Multiplied many times by gearing,

the 75-horsepower engine literallyclawed up the slope, climbing to sucha steep angle in such a short timethat I was willing to swear it hadoutside help. Once or twice onefront wheel would spin furiously,then it would catch and prod us onand over the ridge, away from theterrifying backward glance that warn-ed me not to slack off on the gaspedal! I paused at the top and snif-

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his color, and I waited a minuhim to release his hold on theof the seat. All he had to say"When you write this test reposure to mention the CJ-5 needs agrab-handle on the dash."

Several more runs were mavarying angles up to about 45-deor better, with the same resuheaded the CJ-5 over sharp loose soil, then slid it down apery hillside covered with dry The brakes work smoothly andthe machine steadily while looking for a way out of troubwas about this time that I begrealize the situation was growlittle ridiculous. Th e tru th waJeep was testing me—instead oversa.

There was no grade it woultake, except those I had no stoto try. After an hour of brutcents and descents, I offeredwheel to my companion and poat a particularly mean-looking but got only a wild-eyed, stare turn. No soap. It was my job and puncture the Jeep's reputand I wasn't racking up many p

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turous four - and - one - wheel drivers(four-wheel-drive vehicles and scoot-

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welcome in Anza/Borrego—providedthey observe the park rules and usethe designated routes of travel. Theseinclude the paved and dirt roads andthe dry washes. With fewexceptions(which a chat with a ranger willclear up) any dry wash is considereda route of travel. But even in thesewashes there is an unwritten rulethat drivers follow the existing wheeltracks to keep wheel scars to a mini-mum. The reason why allowing ve-hicles in the dry washes does notconflict with good conservation prac-tices is that seasonal flash floods scourthese washes from time to time, ob-literating all traces of man's invasion.

Cross-country exploration by mo-tor vehicles is another story. Cross-country travel is strictly prohibited.You need not look far to find a good

reason for this rule. Just outside thepark boundary in the badlands areaare mudhills which areused by driv-ers whoengage in the sport of "hill-climbing." The scars left by wheeltracks on these hills will remain forat least 50 years — perhaps forever.

A fewyears agoenforcing thedriv-ing regulations within the park wasno t so important. In those days theannual visitor totals were in the hun-dreds of people. Last year, nearly750,000 persons made use of Anza/Borrego.

KALEIDOSCOPIC, well - wateredCoyote Canyon in the northwestcorner of the park is one of the

most historic and scenic desert can-yons in the Southwest. Its 16-milelength is traversed yearly by hun-dreds of four -wheel -drive vehicles,

trail machines, motorcycles andbuggies.

Coyote Canyon served the eardians as a year-round home anmain route of travel in and othe Salton Sink. The Spanish

pioneer American travelers alsoCoyote Canyon as a "main high

Anza, in 1775 on his seconddition, came through Coyote Cwith the first white colonistsverse the land route from SonAlta California. From the diaFathers Font andGarces, whoapanied Anza expeditions, wehavaluable records of this countrits inhabitants as it was in th18th Century.

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A JEEP PASSES THROUGH A WILLOW THICKET IN THE WELL-WATERED C ANYO N

by springs at its upper reaches and ati ts mouth. The water—no less prec-ious today than it was in years past—eventually disappears into the sandyfloor of Borrego Valley. The Springof Santa Caterina, named by the An-za diarists, is said to flow nearly 200

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Coyote Canyon is r immed wi thsteep boulder-strewn mountains andrugged hills, while on its floor thewaters of Coyote Creek support densestands of true willows, desert willows,the exotic flowering tamarisk, smoketrees, cottonwods and an occasionalpaloverde. In the higher elevationsthe pinyons grow; while the tr ibutarycanyons draining the San YsidroMounta ins to the west contain scores

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reptiles, rodents, insects and b i r d s -are found in this ruggedly beautifulcanyon as it climbs from the Lowerto the Upper Sonoran Life Zones.

The entire tr ip through CoyoteCartyon—from the highway near An/ato the communi ty of Borrego Springs

—is approximately 35 miles in length.It can be made in four-wheel or one-wheel drive in a leisurely four to sixhours. The lower 10 miles of CoyoteCanyon is within the park bound-aries; the trail in the canyon's upperreaches passes through both publicand private lands.

Four miles from the canyon'smouth is sprawling Collins Valley.T h e r e is a campground and rangeroutpost in Sheep Canyon, a tr ibutaryof Collins. Days can be spent explor-ing Collins Valley, named for an

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HIGHWAY 66(continued from page 11)

ENNER'S ONE REM AINING BUSINESS BUILDING IS THE POSTOFFICE. THERE ARE 28 MAILOM ERS, MO STLY FROM CATTLE RANCHES . WH EN FENNER WAS ON THE M A I N H I GHW A Y ,

IT HAD STORES, CORRALS, AND WAS TERMINAL OF TWO MAIL AND EXPRESS STAGE LINES .

job was partly completed,the state through

The 1915figure zoomed to1367 cars; by 1917, despite some war-ime restrictions on travel, more than

the desert.

The link from San Bernardino towas largely a joining of

anch roads along the Mojave River.Barstow was two days by car from

an Bernardino over a road that wasor sandy — almost

ever smooth. From Barstow, the oldoad crossed the lava flow from Mt.isgah much as does U.S. 66 today,nd dropped into Ludlow, then theusy terminus of theTonopah S c Tide-ater aswell as theLudlow & South-

rn railways.

In Ludlow, the old road turned aalf-mile south to continue through

the town's principal business streets,and then left paralleling the railroadto Klondike, Siberia, Bagdad andAm-oy. From the latter town, the roadontinued on to Cadiz, Siam (now

on-existent) , Danby, Essex, Fennerand Goffs—always sticking close tothe railroad.

At Goffs, the pioneer motorist hadthree choices. He could: 1) followthe railroad to Needles by way of

annock and Klinefelter (the routereferred after 1914) ; 2) make anrc to the south in the Piute Moun-

tains to avoid sharp canyon curvesalongside the railroad; or 3) sell orabandon his car and take the next

estbound train back to San Bernar-ino.

The Santa Feassisted materially in

ferry crossing of the Colorado Riverby planking itsTopock bridge. Autotravel was not seen as competitive,but rather as a means of boost-ing patronage at the many HarveyHouses along the iron rail.

Costs of signing the road wereshared by Los Angeles and San Ber-nardino counties. Outside California,however, the Southern CaliforniaAuto Club shouldered the entire ex-pense. There was a cooperative agree-

ment under which the National OldTrails Association signed, or helpedpay for signing, thehighway betweenKansas City and NewYork.

Over the years, the straighteningof theroad has haddire consequencesfor some Mojave Desert towns. Chiefvictim of an early Cajon Pass realign-ment wasHesperia.

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Goffs was left seven miles from thehighway. Some traffic still used theold route, which became a countyroad, but one by one the businessplaces were forced to close. Finally,the Goffs school closed and the chil-dren who remained were taken toEssex by bus.

Few people remain on the Mojavewho remember the days when Goffswas a "tourist resort." It all soundsa bit fantastic today, but in the daysbefore mechanical air conditioning,Goffs was indeed a summertime

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In those days it was a commonlyaccepted axiom that few white wom-en could survive the desert sum-mers. Goffs, at the top of the hill,was 15 degrees cooler than Needles—a fact that brought a sizable sum-mer population. Mother and thechildren enjoyed the luxury of a cot-tage at Goffs while papa either com-muted by rail or kept bachelorquarters in Needles.

Restaurants, tourist camps, small

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Apparently the new state ment of Highway 66 will not the course of history in Goffsit will deal a kinder hand to F—that is, if the state and not theeral Government prevails inchoosing of the future course o66 lifeline. No one knows whahappen. What is known is that ever happens will reshape the fthe Mojave.

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some time at the Iceland Spar de-posit, known to collectors as the"Calcite Hole." Here, the showyrombehedrons, up to four inchesacross, are eagerly sought prizes.

The mines in the northwest sec-tion of the Darwin Hills are reachedby a dirt road that branches north

from the main road at a point 2.1miles west of Darwin. The BelleUnion is an old mine and appears tohave been inactive for quite sometime. The dump yields a few goodcrystal specimens of cerussite andhemimorphite, also excellent galenaspecimens.

Continuing on, the road climbsover a summit then begins to winddown a canyon; .5 mile from theBelle Union, a large dump will ap-pear on the right. This is the Christ-mas Gift extension. Here the diligentcollector will find showy specimensof cerussite deposited on limonite,calcite cleavages, malachite and jas-per.

Skirting some decaying buildings,the road continues down to theChristmas Gift Mine. On the dump,near the main shaft, are pyrite, cal-cite, pyrrhotite, hemimorphite, lim-onite, jasper and some chalcedonywith mosslike inclusions. Excellentthumbnail specimens of mimetitecan also be picked-up here.

Leaving the mine, the road con-tinues down the narrow canyon andends at a huge mine dump. Stophere! You will see what appears tobe the road continuing down thewash. But, loose shale now coversthe wash, making the road impas-sable. The Lucky Jim Mine is atroad's end. Its dumps are worthy ofseveral days' collecting. Anglesite,calcite, fluorite, diopside, quartz, cer-

ussite, jarosite, pyrite, galena and jas-per are among the many mineralsfound here.

The Zinc Hill area lies seven mileseast of Darwin in the Argus Range.It is reached via a spectacular drivedown Darwin Wash. Beyond theturn-off to China Garden Spring,the road becomes steep and extreme-ly narrow. Actually it is one-way,and should be so posted. At Zinc Hillyou are hundreds of feet above Dar-win Wash, which appears as a beigeribbon meandering below. This is

definitely not a route for trailers or

people who dislike heights or rough

roads. It is an exciting drive, how-ever, and one the adventurous willthoroughly enjoy.

The Zinc Hill mine dumps lie ap-proximately one mile by trail fromthe road. Four-wheel drive vehiclesprobably could negotiate the old

trail even though it has deterioratconsiderably in recent years. It rather a steep hike to the dumps bthere is one consolation—you caryour minerals downhill to your waing car. The beautiful hemimophite crystals—stained pink, red, degreen as well as blue and white, mathis a worthwhile hike. Other mierals to look for are caledonite, linaite, malachite and azurite. Some w

fenite crystals have been found, well as a few nice specimens of smitsonite.

A visit to the Darwin District not complete without a stop at beatiful Darwin Falls. Here, from sharp cleft in the barren hills, a rbon of life-giving water dances dowthe fluted walls into the fern groand pool below. A quiet, peacefoasis hidden in the heart of one the Mojave Desert's most arid gions. /

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SPARE PARTS APLENTY. Achilles' heel of the Car-son & Colorado R ailroad w as the long, desolateclimb of approximately 40 miles to and over thesummit of Montgomery Pass between Belleville and

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BOOM TOWN. The Goldfield Rail-road merged with the Tonopah Rail-road on November 1, 1905, and thecombined Tonopah & Goldfieldbuilt an extension to a new depotin the Columbia section of Goldfield.The photo at the right was taken atthis station. The men on the plat-form are loading machinery andparts for a 10-stamp mill into thewagons in the foreground.

CELEBRATION Railroad Days forTonopah, July 25-26-27, 1904, was agala event to celebrate completionof the narrow gauge Tonopah Rail-road. Decorative floats boosted theproposed extension of the railroadto Goldfield and propounded thewealth of the Ridge and CurryLease — "30 Tons of Ore $45,000!"

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E. I. Edwards, who has spent aquarter-century or more loving litera-ture of the Southwest (he autho redDESERT VOICES, among others) re-cently was asked to name some of hisfavorite desert-theme books — 25 ofthem, to be exact. From h is largepersonal library Edwards selected 25titles, was bold enough to announcethem in print under the title of DES-ERT HARVEST, and now faces thetask of life-long defense of his favor-ite few. He devotes two- to five-pagesof text to each of his selections, tell-ing why it would be one of the Quart-er-Hundred that would travel withhim to his imaginary "desert" isle.His arguments are informal and per-sonal and telling. He aims at a thou-sand unseen opponents who fancythat they, too, know Southwestern-iana. The battle is all in fun, ofcourse, and the best fun is reservedfor the reader who will be allowedlimitless ammunition to take pot-shots at Edw ards' elite selection. On

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7 HE DESERT WORLD, wherein hediscusses the climatic conditions thatcause deserts, the weather on variousdeserts of the world, the people,plants and animals. He explored theGobi Desert, and tells about his ex-periences; he knew the Arabs andtheir deserts. He discusses thirst, andreports on several people who knewthirst in the desert, some fatally.

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"Spii't Council" by Jim Redcorn (Osage Indian). This paintingshows eagle and buffalo gens (spirits) counciling the Tzi-shu chief.The Indian has gone into the wilderness to fast and pray andseekspiritual help.

"A PROMISE OF GLORY AND PEACE..."

An Indian who read 'Warriors of the Rainbow" said: "It

makes me feel strange. It makes me proud of my people,

but ashamed of my own life and wanting to improve it."

A white man who read "Warriors of the Rainbow" said:I never knew the Indians had such feeling; I never knewthey had such strange and wonderful visions. That theytie all together into a meaningful pattern makes me thinkthere is something behind them."

Whether you are white, Indian or of any other race, you

will find in this book a new and exciting way to look at

life, and a promise of glory and peace for all mankind.

This book contains color plates; 100 pages; $2.

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R A I N B O WStrange and Prophe

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The Eskimo, William Willoya, w

and educated in Alaska, but has

in Europe and over much of North

ca, searching for the fulfillment of

drous dream. How he found it is

the story.

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America, and over much of wester

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