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Desert Magazine 1956 March would not be focused by a lens in the way that visible light is, and so would not give an image, but would fog the entire film. "It is not possible to prospect for Limns uranium with an ordinary camera. Nell Murbarger Honors . Ordinary wrapped film might be Whittier, California used if held for a very long time Desert: right up against a very radioactive I was very pleased to see that West- ore. This is the way radio-activity ern author Nell Murbarger has been was first discovered. But this meth- honored by The American Association od is obviously not sensitive enough for State and Local History (Desert, and that is why we have geiger Jan., '56, page 28) for her distin- counters, etc. guished service in the cause of making "Daylight film does not have the Americans better aware of their local same sensitivity to the various colors history. that the eye does, so it is conceivable She is the Southwest's top travel that there might be differences in the writer and that her tireless enthusiasm appearance of a landscape by eye and brilliant abilities are being recog- and by camera." nized is gratifying. PAUL LINSLEY Mansions of Mysteries . Prospector Is a Dude . Glendale, California Desert: Palisade, Nevada Desert: Those who know the desert under- Your magazine has no place for stand much about creation. anything as contrived and artificial as The white streak running up the They alone have seen that the tomb- the January cover picture of the pros- middle of this photograph was in- like silence of the surrounding dunes, pector leading his burro. visible to the naked eye when Henry where weird cacti stand sentinel, are a Miller took this picture. Can an In the future, please make the sub- place of life. They have found that the ordinary box camera assist the pros- dead-looking, soundless spaces stocked jects real. The title of the January pector to find radio-active veins? cover should be "Dude" instead of by shrub and sage, shelter the lizard "Prospector." and snake. They know that the bird egg and the mouse are there, blended JOE RAND Prospecting by Camera . into the delicate grays, greens, browns, • • • Milwaukee, Wisconsin yellows and pinks characteristic of this Loves a Little Town . Desert: land of color. Opal, Wyoming I am sending you a photograph of Those who dwell in this realm know Desert: what appears to be a radio-active ore there is no place on earth where you "1 like to live in a little town where vein 1 discovered accidentally in cen- come closer to grasping a star in your the trees meet across the street, where tral Wisconsin last summer. The white own hand than out on those vast sands you wave your hand and say "hello" streak running up the middle of the on any given night. to everyone you meet. photograph was not visible to the naked eye but was recorded by the camera. The people who know the desert "I like to stand for a moment out- have unlocked the doors to mansions side the grocery store, and listen to the HENRY F. MILLER of many mysteries and found there a friendly gossip of the folks that live large portion of happiness: release and next door. freedom rare to experience. Editor's Note: Interested in the "For life is interwoven with the J. H. ERHARDT friends we learn to know, and we hear possibilities of prospecting for radio- their joys and sorrows as we daily come active ores with a box camera, and go. Desert sought expert advice on this "So, I like to live in a little town, 1 problem from Robert. A. Satten, as- Half-breed Wildcats . care no more to roam, for every house sistant professor of physics of the Twin Falls, Idaho in a little town is more than a house, University of California at Los An- Desert: it's home." geles. Prof. Satten's reply follows: I was very much interested in Ed- I found this poem at the Mt. Whit- "Radiation from nuclear disinte- mund Jaeger's wildcat story in the No- ney Cafe in Lone Pine, California, and gration does affect photo film in the vember, 1955, Desert. He points out thought it worth passing on to your daytime or in the dark as long as that wildcats will kill domestic cats, readers. these rays can strike the film in but he failed to mention that some- H. H. DeMILNER sufficient amount or intensity. How- times male wildcats mate with female ever, even if the white vein in the house cats. photograph were radioactive, its nu- We know of two offspring from such clear radiation would, not affect the a union. These kittens are tame enough r «iaa« H AGE-OLD photograph at all, for the following to lay around on the porch in the sun, CJBM<»Y INDIAN RITUALS U reasjns: 5.8 ,»«• | 10,000 Indians, All Tribes but when a human appears they run "The film is too far away. for cover. '| AUGUST 9-12 They are larger than domestic kittens ,iv ,iv Q . i Write for information "Even if such radiation could imnSHimcA Ceremonial Association penetrate such large distances (and and have an interesting appearance. i mim^tmm \ Box 1029, Gallup, New Mexico it cannot) in sufficient intensity, it MRS. C. H. MITCHELL DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CflLEIlDflR Feb. 15-March 5—John Hilton Art Exhibition in the Desert Magazine Pueblo, Palm Desert, California. March 1—Museum of Northern Ari- zona opens for season, Flagstaff, Arizona. March 1-18 — Southern California Artists Exhibition in new Twenty- nine Palms, California, Artists Guild Gallery. March 3-4 — World's Championship Tennis Matches, Palm Springs, Cali- fornia. March 3-4—Sierra Club Hike to Cot- Volume 19 MARCH, 1966 Number 3 tonwood Mountains from Cotton- wood Springs in Joshua Tree Na- Puma—Western Ways Photo by TOMMY LARK tional Monument, California. COVER March 4—Dons Club trek to Super- LETTERS Comment from Desert's readers 2 stition Mountain, from Phoenix, CALENDAR March events on the desert 3 Arizona. March 4—Out Wickenburg Way Style LOST MINE The Ledge of Gold John Nummel Lost Show, Wickenburg, Arizona. By HAROLD O. WEIGHT 4 March 6—Dog Show, Phoenix Area Specialty Show, State Fairgrounds, WILDFLOWERS Flowering predictions for March 9 Phoenix, Arizona. EXPERIENCE Bill Williams on the Rampage March 7-8 — Dog Show, All Breed Show, State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, By REV. NORMAN M. SORENSEN .... 10 Arizona. NATURE Rogue of the Rim Country March 10—Palm Springs, California, By GASTON BURRIDGE 11 Desert Museum field trip to Mag- INDIANS nesia Canyon near Rancho Mirage. Land of the Goshutes March 10 — All State High School By NELL MURBARGER 13 TRUE OR FALSE Band, Orchestra and Chorus Fes- A test of your desert knowledge . 18 tival, Tempe, Arizona. PERSONALITY March 10-11—Junior Ski Races, Ari- Saga of Frying Pan Ebbens zona Snow Bowl, Flagstaff, Ariz. PERSONALITY By EDMUND C. JAEGER 19 March 11—Maricopa County Sheriff's FORECAST Says Harry Oliver 21 Posse Rodeo, Phoenix, Arizona. Southwest river runoff predictions 22 March 14-28—Agnes Pelton Art Ex- CLOSE-UPS About those who write for Desert 22 hibition in the Desert Magazine GARDENING Pueblo, Palm Desert, California. Olive Trees for Shade and Beauty March 15-18 — Phoenix World's By RUTH REYNOLDS 23 Championship Rodeo, State Fair- CONTEST Picture-of-the-month Contest announcement . 24 grounds, Phoenix, Arizona. PHOTOGRAPHY March 16-18—Dons Club travelcade Pictures of the Month 25 to Hopi Villages, from Phoenix, INDIAN POLICY The Indian Bureau Is Wrong Arizona. By HENRY F. DOBYNS 26 March 17—Palm Springs, California, INDIAN POLICY Desert Museum field trip to Fan The Indian Bureau Is Right Hill Canyon in the Little San Ber- APPAREL By RANDALL HENDERSON 28 nardinos. Desert Original: The Squaw Dress March 17-18—Desert Arabian Horse Show, Polo Grounds, Palm Springs, NEWS By PHYLLIS W. HEALD • . 29 California. From here and there on the Desert 30 March 17-18—Sierra Club Hike to FICTION Split Mountain and Fish Creek MINING Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 30 Wash from Ocotillo Wells, Calif. Current news of desert mines 36 March 17-18 — Jeep Cavalcade, URANIUM Hemet, California. HOBBY Progress of the mining boom 37 March 19 — Ceremonial Dance, La- LAPIDARY Gems and Minerals 40 guna Pueblo, New Mexico. Amateur Gem Cutter 45 March 21-25—Maricopa County Fair, COMMENT Mesa, Arizona. Miniature Parade BOOKS Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 46 on 21st; Rawhide Parade on 22nd. POETRY Reviews of Southwestern Literature 47 March 23-25 — Eagle Convention, Out of the Dust, by Lois Elder Roy . back cover Yuma, Arizona. The Desert Magazine is published monthly by the Desert Press, Inc., Palm Desert, March 24—Palm Springs, California, California. Re-entered as second class matter July 17, 1948, at the postoffice at Palm Desert, Desert Museum field trip to Falls California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 358865 in U. S. Patent Office, Creek Canyon. and contents copyrighted 1956 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproduce contents March 24-25 — Dons Club trek to must be secured from the editor in writing. Grand Canyon, from Phoenix, Ariz. RANDALL HENDERSON, Editor EUGENE L. CONROTTO, Associate Editor March 24-30—Sierra Club Easter Va- BESS STACY, Business Manager EVONNE RIDDELL, Circulation Manager cation Trip to Organ Pipe Cactus Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs submitted cannot be returned or acknowledged National Monument, Arizona and unless full return postage is enclosed. Desert Magazine assumes no responsibility for Cholly Bay, Punta Penasco, Mexico.
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