THE MAGAZINE OF THE WEST APRIL 1965 NEW CLUE PEGLEG'S GOLD READER BONUS: DESERT MYSTERY by ERLE STANLEY 1 GARDNER t, >\ APRIL PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS CHRISTIAN SYMBOL Mel Lewis Second Prize Salt Lake City, Utah No one knows who or why this cross was placed in the hills north of the Escalante River in WINTER IN FISH SLOUGH Southern Utah. DATA: Rollieflex, Kodak Super Adele Reed XX, light green filter, 1/100 at £22. Bishop, California Author Adele Reed while searching for bottles in Inyo County, Califor- nia, caught this unusual scene show- ing yet another aspect of the desert. DATA: Rolliemagic No. 2, Agfapan. First Prize PHOTO CONTEST RULES 1—Prints for monthly contests must be black and white. 5x7 or larger, printed on glossy paper. 2—Each photograph submitted should be fully labeled as to subject, time and place. Also technical data: camera, shut- ter speed, hour of day, etc. 3—PRINTS WILL BE RETURNED ONLY WHEN RETURN POSTAGE IS ENCLOSED. 4—All entries must be in the Desert Magazine office by the 20th of the contest month. 5—Contests are open to both amateur and professional photographers. 6—FIRST PRIZE will be $15; SECOND PRIZE, 8. For non-winning pictures accep- ted for publication S3 each will be paid. Although not part of the contest. Desert is also interest in viewing 4x5 color trans- parencies for possible front cover use. We pay $25 per transparency. Vet&tl LATE MARCH. Palomar Gem and Mineral Annual Show, Escondido, Calif., March 27-28. Baldwin Park Mineral ai.d Lapidary Club's 5th Annual Show, March 27-28, Baldwin Park, Calif. Swiss Schwingfest, March 28, Holtville, Calif. Southwest Indian Pow Wow, March 27-28, CONTENTS Winterhaven, Calif. APRIL. Salton Sea Corvina Derby, April through August, Salton Sea, Volume 28 Number 4 Calif. Ute Indian Tribal Bear Dance, Early April, check with Roosevelt, Utah Chamber of Commerce for exact four-day dates. Santa Monica, April, 1965 Calif. Gemological Society Annual Show, April 3-4, Santa Monica Boys Club Bldg. Scottsdale, Ariz. Arts and Crafts Festival, April 12-16. This Month's Cover Southern California Jumping Frog Contest, April 17-18, Del Mar Fair- Boy with Poppies grounds. 33rd Annual Spring Wildflower Festival, April 24-25, Hi By DON VALENTINE Vista-Lancaster, Calif. Annual Riverside Community Flower Show, 4 Books for Desert Readers April 24-25, Riverside, Calif. Armory. 5 Dichos By RICARDO CASTILLO JACK PEPPER, Publisher CHORAL PEPPER, Editor 6 Ruins of Providence Elta Shively Al Merryman Rose Holly Marvel Barrett Executive Secretary Staff Artist Circulation Manager Business Manager By BARBARA PETERSON Desert Magazine, Palm Desert. 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Since 10 CHAPTERS 1913 he has worked cattle ranches in found their purpose for being a part 160 TITLES ON $395 New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, of It," this book, edited after his EVERY PHASE OF POSTPAID GEM CUTTING IS4.11 IN CALIF.) Montana, and, since 1921, hired out death by his wife and two daughters, This book has been a sensational seller... over 16,500 copies sold in the to the "Wagon Rods" on the San is one of the truly fine autobio- first three months after publication. Now in third printing. Contains com- graphies to come out of the desert. plete gem cutting instruction for everyone from the beginner to the more Pedro River in southern Arizona. advanced ... ten chapters on GEM CUTTING INSTRUCTION FOR THE BEGIN- Here he tells about the great work- NER; SAWING; GRINDING: SANDING; POLISHING; DIAMOND TOOLS- DRILLING- Driven by financial mis-adventures LAPPING; CABOCHON CUTTING; MAKING NOVELTIES; TREATMENT OF INDI- ing ranches of the Southwest, what into a state of depression bordering VIDUAL GEMSTONES and GEMOLOGY FOR THE AMATEUR. HUNDREDS OF ILLUS- has become of them, and where the TRATIONS AND DRAWINGS ... HOW-TO-MAKE YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT. on suicide, Jack Mitchell's wife, Ida, people are now who worked on them. ribbed him back to reality by point- FREE: 48-PAGE BOOK LIST He writes about cattle brands, In- The LAPIDARY JOURNAL BOOK DEPARTMENT carries ing out that he couldn't very well in stock over 170 gem and mineral, fossil, silvercraft dians, hard times and good times, and trail guide books for all ages. Send for our BOOK "blow out" what wasn't there to be- LIST ... It's FREE! range wars, water holes, and trails of gin with. With humor, love, and for 12 ISSUES the past. He lived in log cabins, hard work, they moved to a tent on VIhv not subscribe now "•" tents, bunk houses, wagons, and un- nrny nvt mt/jiiii/K nvw ... in u s ond POSSESSIONS the desert and launched a new life. INCLUDING BIG APRIL ROCKHOUND BUYERS GUIDE der the stars. His language is vivid The famous caverns on their pro- WORLD'S when he tells of bronc stompers, big LARGEST perty provided a source of income, grullos, waddies—words that have once Jack explored them, cleared GEM meaning for cowboys. CUTTING trails to them, and himself construct- ed a road from Essex. Ida helped with MAGAZINE Here is a smooth, easy-reading book for the house they built of rock, with the ZIP CODE t. O. BOX 2369D full of excitement and color. If you 92112 SAN DIEGO, CALIF. AMATEURS additional guest cottages that came <~are about Western Americana and later, and cooked the meals that at- want a book that's different and fresh, Give an interesting gift tracted a steady stream of tourists to this is it. 217 pages, illustrated with their isolated holdings. drawings, hardcover. $6.00. Here they pioneered for 20 years through cloudbursts, sandstorms, only |4.50 a year Books reviewed may be ordered World War II, and poverty that from the DESERT Magazine Book makes you want to cry with admira- Order Department, Palm Desert, tion for their ingenuity and indepen- Just Published . California 92260. Please include dence. The story relates Mitchell's Golden Checkerboard 25c for handling. California resi- excitement in discovering and ex- dents must add 4% sales tax. ploring his famous caverns, one con- by Ed Ainsworth Enclose payment with order. sidered the deepest in the world. Amazing but true story of how the In- A book to be enjoyed by all adven- dians of Palm Springs, once the nation's poorest tribe, recently became America's turers, cavers and desert dwellers, richest Indians after almost a century GEM CUTTING SHOP HELPS Jack Mitchell tells his story with of struggle to cut through the red tape Selected from the best of Lapidary simplicity and sincerity. Paperback, of bureaucracy and the mountain of in- 164 pages, illustrated with photo- difference that denied them their heri- Journal tage. Though many persons tried and graphs. $2.50. failed over the years, one man's stubborn Here is the finest collection of ma- efforts finally made it possible for Palm terial ever assembled relative to gem Springs' Cahuilla Indians to put their cutting.