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

NEVADA
Austin . . .
"Yesterday afternoon a train of camels—
single and double humped—arrived in town
from Virginia City, loaded with merchandise
for the house of Albert Mau. Although
not heavily laden they were 13 days making
the trip from Virginia. The whole weight of
their cargo was 5,500 pounds—the greatest
load carried by any one animal being 700
pounds. There were 12 camels in the train,
half of the number being mere youngsters
who were packed with light loads of 50 to
60 pounds. Most of the animals had their
feet, made tender by the snow, bound in
leather to protect them from the stony
ground." This item was printed in the Reese
River Reveille in March 1941, originally appeared
in the same paper in 1866.
Reno . . .
For emergency military and naval purposes,
3,697,646 acres of public domain land
in Nevada have been withdrawn by the government.
This is almost three times more
than has been taken from any other western
state, according to Harold L. Ickes, secretary
of the interior.
Battle Mountain . . .
Nearly 10,000 acres of land in Elko county
have been set aside as a new reservation for
the Temoak bands of western Shoshone Indians.
Reno . . .
To conserve vital food supply, protect soil
resources of the Piute Indians of Pyramid
lake reservation and restore a sportsman's
paradise threatened with extinction are some
of the purposes of a dam and fish ladders being
buiit on the Truckee river, which empties
into the lake. In the past 70 years water surface
of Pyramid lake has been lowered 65
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feet. Fish population of the lake has declined
dangerously, Indians felt keenly this
loss of revenue and subsistence.
Jarbidge ...
Trapped under an avalanche of snow, Karl
J. Wilkinson, 28, forest ranger, was killed
near here in March. Wilkinson was working
on a snow survey when he was caught in the
path of a slide.
Elko . . .
An army bombing plane is given credk
for saving the life of a 5-year-old boy, critically
ill m Rio Tinto, copper mining camp
of northern Nevada. When Dr. T. R. Seager
of Rio Tinto telephoned to Salt Lake, the prescription
said to have meant life or death to
the little patient was flown to Elko in a
bomber ordered to make the mercy flight from
the Ninth bombardment squadron. When the
army pilots landed at Elko, the physician was
waiting at the airfield with his automobile.
Ninety minutes later, the doctor was at the
child's bedside. Later the boy was reported
"much improved."
UTAH
Salt Lake City . . .
Ten-year permits for grazing on federal
lands, instead of annual licenses as heretofore,
will be issued to 400 applicants in two
Utah districts, according to Chesley P. Seeley,
regional grazier.
Ogden . . .
If the United States government fails to
reimburse immediately 51 Utah beekeepers
for losses they claim through spreading or
insect poison issued by the department of
agriculture, the state honey and fruit industries
will suffer severe additional losses this
year. Otto S. Grow, leading the fight to re-
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cover $100,000 damages for Utah bees said
to have been destroyed by the insecticides,
gives this warning. Utah's 4,000,000 pound
honey crop will be cut 25 to 50 percent unless
the beekeepers' claims are paid, Grow
said. Most of the beekeepers haven't money
to replace their honeymakers, but their losses
will not be so great as damage to fruit growers.
Bees, Grow asserts, are worth 50 times
more to fruit growers as pollenizing workers,
than to the honey producers who own them.
Morgan . . .
Carl Francis swung a .22 rifle to aim at a
target, the rifle went off and the bullet killed
Carl's father in a nearby chicken coop. Carl
didn't know he had shot his father, reloaded
the weapon and leaned over to set the gun
butt down on the ground. Again the rifle
discharged accidentally, this time killing
Carl. Carl's brother was a witness, testified
before a coroner's jury to the facts in this
strange tragedy.
Salt Lake City . . .
Travel bureau figures show nearly 2,000,-
000 tourists spent $37,406,802 in Utah during
1940. In the same year tourist expenditures
in California approximated $245,000,-
000 says a report to the Salt Lake chamber
of commerce.
Salt Lake City . ..
Festivities of the 1941 celebration of Utah
Covered Wagon days, scheduled for Salt
Lake City July 22 to 26, inclusive, are under
the direction of J. Parley White, general
manager. Opening events will include a
rodeo, with parades featuring the pioneer
phase of the program set for July 24. First
fiesta poster was displayed late in March, as
Manager White launched publicity campaign
for the event.
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