M A G A Z •: - Desert Magazine of the Southwest

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ButtbeM In Aetu Metrical
Who can identify this picture?
Nearly every southwestern traveler will
know the rock shown in the above picture.
It is one of the most widely publicised
landmarks in New Mexico. A book
might be written about it.
This is the Desert Magazine's prize
Landmark contest picture for May. The
person who submits the most accurate and
informative descriptive story of not over
500 words about this rock will be awarded
a $5.00 cash prize.
TAKE U. S. HIGHWAY 91 TO . . . .
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE
Scenic Wonderlands
of
Southern Utah
a n d t h e p l a c e t o s t a y i s . . .
LEIGH HOTEL
• Beauty Rest Mattresses.
• Cafe in same building.
• Touring information.
• Reasonable prices.
We invite you to enjoy yourself
LEIGH HOTEL
C E D A R C I T Y . U T A H
Manuscripts should identify the Landmark
by name, and give all the information,
both current and historical, that can
be condensed into the word limit. Location
and access by highway are details
that should be included.
Entries must reach the Landmark department
of Desert Magazine by May 20,
and the winning story will be published in
the July number of this magazine.
DESERT QUIZ ANSWERS
Questions on page 26.
1—Bisnaga or Barrel cactus.
2—Capt. Cooke.
3—Little Colorado.
4—Encelia.
5—Death Valley.
6—Zufii.
7—Navajo.
8—Mesquite tree.
9—Cremation.
10—Santa Fe.
11—Roosevelt dam.
12—Nevada.
13—Dellenbaugh.
14—Quartz.
15—Ed. Schieffelin.
16—Creamy white.
17—Hassayampa.
18—Lizard.
19—Navajo.
20—New Mexico.
by JOHN CLINTON
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From now on
you can call
me S hock-
Proof John.
I've seen
everything!
Because the
other morning
when I was driving past the
Union Oil station on the corner
I almost fell out of my Hispano-
Plymouth at what I saw.
* * *
There, drawn grandly up to the
pumps was a horse and wagonl
"This, I gotta see!" says I, and
turned back. And when I returned
I got the 2nd shock, for
what do you think the hayburner
was doing?
* * *
Well sir, the
driver had put
four old auto
wheels on his
wagon, and he
was having
the tires filled
with air! While
he was doing it, one of the boys
had put a bucket of water down
for Dobbin to drinld It was the
most unusual sight I've seen for
years!
* * *
And while the situation was, to
say the least, amusing, the boys
at the station were doing their
stuff with perfectly straight
faces. I'm not sure just what the
entire significance of this little
drama was, but it certainly
proves that the Union Oil boys
are gentlemen from way back!
* * *
So, in addition
to inviting you
to drive your
car into a
Union Oil station
for service,
I'm now
in a position
to invite all horse-and-wagon
operators to do likewise. It's
really too bad that Union can't
think up some way for horses to
use 76, or Triton Motor Oil, because
somehow I think life
would be more picturesque (if
less convenient) if we had more
horses galloping by. Don't you?
UNION OIL COMPANY
MAY, 1 941 35