194103-DesertMagazin.. - Desert Magazine of the Southwest

Each month the Desert Magazine
offers two cash prizes for the best
camera pictures submitted by amateur
photographers. The first award is
$5.00 and the second $3.00.
Pictures are limited to desert subjects,
but there is no restriction as to
the residence of the photographer. Entries
may include Indian pictures, rock
formations, flowers and wild animals,
canyons, trees, waterholes — in fact
everything that belongs to the desert
country.
Following are the rules governing
the photographic contest:
1—Pictures submitted in the March contest
must be received at the Desert Magazine
office by March 20.
RIDE AND RELAX AT
SAHUARO LAKE RAIICH
Mild desert climate . . . spectacular
scenery . . . congenial atmosphere
. . . near Phoenix.
Weekly rates from $45.
Write Phil K. Lewis, Mesa, Arizona for
Free Pictorial Folder No. 12
B R A W L E Y
Your Winter Playground . . . Warm Sunshine
. . . Balmy AIR . . . Outdoor
FREEDOM
In the heart of luxuriant Imperial Valley
. . . vacation in this mild winter climate
. . . Modern hotels and auto courts
offer moderate rates, and there are so
many interesting things to do and see.
For complete illustrated information
about interesting trips around Brawley,
write to the Secretary,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
B R A W L E y
CALIFORNIA
2—Not more than four prints may be
submitted by one person in one month.
3—Winners will be required to furnish
either good glossy enlargements or the
original negatives if requested.
4—Prints must be in black and white,
3l4x5V2 or ' ar g er > an d must be on glossy
paper.
Pictures will be returned only when
stamped envelopes or photo-mailers are
enclosed.
For non-prize-winning pictures accepted
for publication $1.00 will be paid for each
print.
Winners of the March contest will
be announced and the pictures published
in the May number of the magazine.
Address all entries to:
Contest Editor, Desert Magazine,
El Centro, California.
YUMANS WOULD PROTECT
HERD OF WILD BURROS
More than 300 citizens of Yuma, Arizona,
have signed petitions protesting against the
proposed sale or slaughter of wild burros
which range over the Kofa mountain area in
Yuma county.
The threat to the burros comes from the Arizona
livestock sanitary commission which has
scheduled a hearing to determine the fate of
100 or more burros in the area. Cattlemen say
the wild "canaries" are eating their feed.
H. J. Albert, who is heading the crusade to
save the animals, stated that the legislature will
be asked to pass legislation protecting them
from future wholesale killing in all parts of
the state.
Fate of wild burros, found on many desert
ranges, is a controversial question in a number
of western states. Wildlife conservationists in
some areas have complained that the burros
compete with bighorn sheep for feed and water,
and on that basis have recommended control
measures.
ANSWERS TO QUIZ
Questions on page 29.
1—Mined from the ground.
2—Mortar.
3—Father Escalante.
4—Creamy white.
5—Houserock valley.
6—Blue.
7—Nevada.
8—Pahute.
9—Nogales.
10—Beaver.
11—Tree rings in the roof timbers.
12—Calcite.
13—Flagstaff.
14—Lummis.
15—Gallup.
16—San Gorgonio pass.
17—Phoenix.
18—Rubber-soled shoes.
19—Volcanic areas.
20—Salt Lake City.
GIVE FRESH DATES
EASTER - MOTHER'S DAY
(Date-Fed Sun-Kissed Babies)
RARE VARIETIES—FANCY GIFT PACKS
From the famous date gardens of Coachella
Valley—Palm Ripened and cured
in desert sunshine.
3 lbs. Walnut-stuffed Sugar- (PI OC
coated dates .... «J>1»O«J
3 lb. Tin Six Rare Varieties,
soft, large
$2.60
3 lbs. Choice Deglet Noor or (PI CA
Khadrawi «Pl.DU
—Write for Price List and Recipe Book—
San Antonio Date Shop
Mrs. Frances M. George, Owner
Indio, California P. O. Box 278
Hiway 111 between Indio - Palm Springs
On With EVERETT RUESS
The story and letters of Everett Ruess,
young artist-vagabond who disappeared on
one of his beloved desert exploration trips
IN BOOK FORM
Includes his desert letters, reprints from
his diary and illustrations of Everett's own
block prints.
MAILED POSTPAID FOR $1.50
(Add 5c tax in California)
THE
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA
HILTON'S
and Cj em
JOHN W. HILTON, Owner
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On U. S. Highway 99. Ten
Miles South o. Indio
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ACROSS FROM VALERIE JEAN DATE
SHOP. P. O. ADDRESS, THERMAL, CALIF.
MARCH, 1941 41