father Kino Diorama ... At the Tumacacori National Monument Mu- seum in Southern Arizona is this striking diorama depicting Father Eusebio Francisco Kino and an Indian guide. The padre was a pioneer mission- ary explorer and cartographer whose wanderings took him over many miles of new lands around the turn of the 18th Century. Photographer of this first prize winner is Ann Seeling of Santa Barbara, California. She used a Rolleiflex camera with 3.5 Xenar lens; Plus X film; 1/100 seconds at f. 12.5 with flash. PICTURES OF THE MONTH The Jolly Turk ... W. G. Carroll of Hollywood, California, is second prize winner this month. His photo is of a balanced rock which bears a striking resem- blance to a smiling man wearing a turban on his head. The figure is in the valley below Cane Springs, about 20 miles southwest of Moab, Utah. When local inquiry produced no name for this stone, the photographer's wife dubbed it, "the Smiling Turk." DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CflLEIlDRR May 27-June 21—Exhibition of His- toric Maps, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. May 28-June 1—Annual Grand Can- yon Tour, sponsored by the Horse- less Carriage and Antique Automo- bile Club of Tucson. May 31-June 1, 2—2nd Annual Kids Rodeo, Alamogordo, New Mexico. June 1-2 — Annual Spanish Fiesta, Morongo Valley, California. June 1-2—Rodeo, Yerington, Nev. Volume 20 JUNE, 1957 Number 6 June 6-8 — Kearny Entrada, Rodeo and Historic Celebration, Raton, New Mexico. COVER Chipmunk, By W. W. RATCLIFF June 7-9—Pecos Valley Horse Show, PHOTOGRAPHY Pictures of the Month 2 Roswell, New Mexico. CALENDAR June events on the desert 3 June 7-9—Rodeo, Farmington, N.M. POETRY Sunsets, and other poems 4 June 8—Buffalo Dance, Santa Clara Where Scientists Work Above Timberline Pueblo, New Mexico. SCIENCE By NELL MURBARGER 5 June 8-9—Carson Valley Days, Gard- nerville-Minden, Nevada. Mountains Are For Everyone RECREATION June 9—Annual Tour to the Grave By LOUISE TOP WERNER 10 of Eugene Manlove Rhodes, from Judge Roy Bean's Courthouse Alamogordo, New Mexico. HISTORY By JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCH 11 June 10-17—Cattle Tagging at Boul- der, Utah. Several thousand cattle, EXPERIENCE Flash Flood! By DEE TRIPP 12 fresh from winter range, are EXPLORATION Vacation in Baja California branded, vaccinated and made ready for the summer range. By C. R. APPLEBY 13 FORECAST June 12 — La Loma Fiesta of St. Southwest river runoff predictions 16 Anthony, Taos, New Mexico. NATURE The Upside Down Mojave River June 13 — San Antonio de Padua By EDMUND C. JAEGER 18 Corn Dance, Taos, New Mexico. RECLAMATION Also celebrated in other northern Glen Canyon Dam Contract Awarded .... 20 rural villages. CLOSE-UPS About those who write for Desert 20 June 13-16 — Cherry Festival, Ban- FIELD TRIP ning-Beaumont, California. Garnets in the Inkopah Gorge June 14-16—10th Annual New Mex- CONTEST By WARNER G. TILSHER 21 ico State Championship High School Rodeo, Santa Rosa. LETTERS Picture-of-the-Month Contest announcement . 24 June 20-22—Amateur Rodeo, Vernal, TRUE OR FALSE Comment from Desert's readers 24 Utah. FICTION A test of your desert knowledge 25 June 21-23 — Junior Rodeo, Globe, Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 26 Arizona. PERSONALITY He Goes by Burromobile June 22-23 — Lions Indian Capital Championship Rodeo, Gallup, N.M. REPTILES By VERNE RANDALL 27 June 23 — Corpus Christi Sunday. King Snake Is Immune to Poison Outdoor religious processions from NEWS By GEORGE M. BRADT 28 St. Francis Cathedral and Cristo Rey Church, Santa Fe; Guadalupe MINING From here and there on the desert 29 Church, Taos; and Old Mission, URANIUM Current news of desert mines 33 Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. HOBBY Latest developments in the industry 34 June 23-24—Rodeo, J31y, Nevada. LAPIDARY Gems and Minerals 36 June 24—Annual Fiesta and Cere- monial Dances, San Juan Pueblo. COMMENT Amateur Gem Cutter, by DR. H. C. DAKE . 41 Corn Dances at Taos and Acoma BOOKS Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 42 pueblos, New Mexico. Reviews of Southwestern Literature .... 43 June 24-July 5 — Southwest Writers' The Desert Magazine is published monthly by the Desert Press, Inc., Palm Desert, Workshop, Arizona State College, California. Re-entered as second class matter July 17, 1948, at the postoffice at Palm Desert, Flagstaff. California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 358865 in U. S. Patent Office, and contents copyrighted 1957 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproduce contents June 27-29 — Rodeo, Lehi, Utah. must be secured from the editor in writing. Miniature Parade on 27th and 28th; RANDALL HENDERSON, Editor EUGENE L. CONROTTO, Associate Editor Stock Parade on 29th. BESS STACY, Business Manager EVONNE RIDDELL, Circulation Manager June 29—San Pedro's Day Dances Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs submitted cannot be returned or acknowledged at Laguna, Acoma, Santa Ana, San unless full return postage is enclosed. Desert Magazine assumes no responsibility for Felipe, Santo Domingo, Cochiti and damage or loss of manuscripts or photographs although due care will be exercised. Sub- Isleta pueblos, New Mexico. scribers should send notice of change of address by the first of the month preceding issue. June 29-30 —Silver State Stampede, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Elko, Nevada. One Year $4.00 Two Years $7.09 Canadian Subscriptions 25c Extra, Foreign 50c Extra June 30—Procession of La Conquis- Subscriptions to Army Personnel Outside U. S. A. Must Be Mailed in Conformity With tadora, Santa Fe. P. O. D. Order No. 19687 Address Correspondence to Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California JUNE, 1957 Sunsets By A. MARION DURRANCE Tucson, Arizona There are suns that set in coral seas Mid shimmering waves of gold, There are suns that set from mountain leas In splendor and beauty untold. There are suns that trail through a sky blue-green, Lonely as a desert flower, Their pathway ends in a silver sheen, Beauteous in an opal bower. But here's to the sun that shines when low Through clouds of desert dust. Whose crimson robes burn red and glow Then fade in the purple dusk. UPSIDE DOWN RIVERS By GRACE R. BALLARD Santa Barbara, California I came from a land where the rivers flow Bank full and deep beneath willow-trees; And even in summer their crystal clear Waters are ruffled; the passing breeze Sings joyously to the laughing stream That turns the ponderous mill-wheel's weight; Chattering to the abundant grain Like a happy wife to her sterner mate. But desert rivers run "upside down"; Hoarding their wealth like a miser's gold; Flash-floods end drouth; but the sand- locked tide Still clutches the earth in a deathless hold. But the miracle of the desert flowers Emerging from lands seeming parched and brown Emancipates those sun-drenched hours When desert rivers run "upside down." REPOSE By E. A. GLANTZ Palm Desert, California On the pathless sands of the desert The feet of time shall cease. Mutation's urge will not divert The spirit's quest for peace. Arizona Sunset. Photograph by Josef Muench It is not progress here we stress, OF AN ANCIENT REGIMEN SAND-BORN COLORS Nor the lure of pleasure's bait; Only a sense of timelessness By GRACE R. BALLARD By BLANCHE M. ASHBY To calm us while we wait. Santa Barbara, California Los Angeles, California I love the sand-born colors Serene, we fold our hands, and muse, This piece of broken pottery lies Of desert flowers, bright and gay. Until the storms are past, Beside the dusty way, Brilliant reds and dainty pinks, While others, made for sterner use Where thoughtless ones discarded it Gay yellows and deep purples, Stand up against the blast. Long since as useless waste; Blue and gold That which an ancient craftsman's hands And mauve and gray. This passive mood may not appeal Fashioned from desert clay. To them in troubled times; Upon its surface, carefully, They linger in the sunset But one whose wounds are yet to heal With patient skill he traced Then steal silently away, Must rest "behind the lines." Till morning sun awakens them Those sacred, ritualistic forms In desert flowers—another day. And symbols to convey THE TRAMP DOG Traditions, long-forgotten by This restless, alien race. By LUCY JANE BULLOCK Long Beach, California The sun for light; the falling rain; The serpent—to be wise; True Worth How did you make your way The sacred eye to watch men's ways; By TANYA SOUTH Across the burning sand? To make him realize I'd rather do my daily task We tried to understand— With courage, strength and will, As quivering with joy That there is nothing hid from Him With laughter in your eyes Whose Word makes thunders wake— Nor other privileges ask, Save God's design to fill, You sensed our deep surprise. The flash of lightning's sword, whose wrath Than have much splendid world What made us take you in? In fear makes mountains quake. renown, Your trust and faith in man, How quiet, now, this fragment lies; Or worldly power and pelf. Your need to join his clan? Of an ancient regimen; The one true spiritual crown Or did you fill a place Still dignity attends its form— Is goodness in oneself. Left empty 'til you came? Casket of vanished men. Was comradeship your aim? DESERT MAGAZINE Sheltered from ocean - bred storms by the nearby High Sierras, the 14,240 foot White Mountains on the California-Nevada border Where Scientists Work afford an excellent vantage point for scientists interested in high al- titude research.