194112-DesertMagazin.. - Desert Magazine of the Southwest

Landmark of the Old West
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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Here in the above picture is the last
resting place of rugged men who lived and
died during that period when gold and
silver were the main lures that brought
human beings to the uncivilized desert
region.
There were good men and bad in those
days, the same as now, and some of both
kinds died with their boots on and were
buried here.
Many desert travelers will recognize
this old cemetery—and others will want
to know where it was located, why it has
been abandoned, and perhaps some of the
history of the town or camp that made a
graveyard necessary in this location.
For the most informative story of not
over 500 words Desert Magazine will pay
a cash award of $5.00. The manuscript
should identify the place and give something
of its history and its present status.
Entries in this contest must reach Desert
Magazine office not later than December
20, 1941. The winning story will be published
in the February number of this
magazine. Address letters to Landmark
Contest, Desert Magazine, El Centra,
California.
SECRETARY ICKES PUTS
BAN ON BILLBOARDS
In a sweeping new regulation issued
during October Secretary Ickes of the in
terior department prohibited the unauthorized
use of public lands for advertising
billboards. Exceptions will be made
within rigid limitations to municipalities
and certain other specified agencies. Permits
must be secured, however, before
any signs are erected.
DESERT JIM'S MINE
40 miles across the desert from, what
is now Baker, California, Desert Jim
spent 20 years driving a tunnel 700
feet through solid rock, following a tiny
vein hoping that it would widen and
bring the riches of which he dreamed.
The crude home-made wheelbarrow,
tiny dump cart and remaining tools have
just been moved to Knott's Ghost Town
Village, two miles from Buena Park on
highway number 39. An old-fashioned
arasta has been built and visitors may
see a replica of this desert mine along
with scores of other ghost town exhibits.
No admission charge!
Knott's Berry Place, famous the country
over for the chicken dinners and
boysenberry pies which 40,000 people
enjoy monthly, published the "Ghost
Town News" a 32 page illustrated magazine,
mailed for ten cents, upon request
to Knott's Berry Place, Buena Park,
California.
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by JOHN CLINTON
sue eel Do you remember
the
first auto your
folks had?
Maybe it was
a sedate old
Rambler or a
spunky Flanders,
with brass radiator, carbide
lights and a bulb-squeeze horn
like a duck with a sore throat.
Those were the days of tall
autos. On a clear day you could
see Catalina from the driver's
seat.
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Those were the days, too, when
you bought "any old oil." Sure,
it left carbon in your motor, but
clearances in those halcyon days
were never critical, and neither
was your be-goggled dad.
* * *
But auto engines
have
changed.
Today the bugaboo
of highcompression
engines is the
carbon that
cooks out of unstable motor oil
and actually changes the compression
ratio of your motor —
wastes gas, power and raises the
dickens generally.
* * *
That's why you should ask for
Triton Motor Oil. For Triton,
thanks to Union Oil Company's
patented Propane Solvent Process,
forms very little carbon. Besides
it's 100% pure paraffin
base — the finest type of lubricant
you can buy with money.
* * *
So if you have any desire to
make your present family car
outlast this war-born scarcity of
new autos, then I suggest you
put your bus on a diet of Triton.
It's been largely responsible for
the spry performance of my famous
Hispano-Ply mouth, and so
I'm telling you what I know.
for yourself.
* * *
Get Triton from
the Union Minute
Men wherever
you see
the sign of the
big orange and
blue 76. Try it
and just see
DECEMBER, 1941 23