Show making the deseret safer to those who have never been on a deseret theford the word des deseret cret conveys the impression of a barren waste incapable of supporting life a perilous stretch of waterless lifeless land land that separates areas of fertile land and on either sido side of it the word deseret however may have hava diverse meal meanings lings 4 for some desprets des erets are much more inhospitable ti alian 0 n others travel through any wide area of deseret is is nevertheless il fraught a with dan ger for in such areas springs wells and wati wate are few and far between and our american desert shave byear year after year taken their toll toll of human life the recent work wark of the united states geological survey in mapping certain deseret areas in the southwest aej and in erecting at suitable places signposts giving directions and distances Wi distances stances to spring and wate olei is therefore of special inhere interest st in 1917 the geological of survey under authority contained in an all act of congress making a small special ampro ria tion erected signposts in ill t the e most ost dangerous parts of our so southern t ern deserts giving ji re egions and distances from watering wit ering place to watering place dhe fahe results of this liec lif c saving world of tile the geological Geologic il survey are arc being beig published in a series of 0 guidea guidebooks 0 k s one of chesi thesel guidebooks the third of the belies series by C P ross has just been published it describes desert vit viterina ering places in the lower loave r gila region n ariz including approximately approximately the triangular area I 1 between phoenix yuma and porker it contains three large mas mais of tile region shaded to ind indicate i ate the relief aud ani showing the location of the roads the wells springs fins and other watering places ud and the si signposts erected by survey the maps most complete and accurate yet published of hib re region ion the relief shading brings out strongly the larger features of the topography liy and ad makes the map readily understandable even by those who shave no toch technical training j the paper contains detailed 10 logs S of the roa roads s in the region including not ord only those of the principal automobile routes but those of branch that lead to remote parts of odthe 11 athe desert which are seldom visited and little known these logs show in heavy beavy type the points at which water can call be obtain obtained id there is also a list of watering places with brief information as to their location and ava availability i il a alt i it th the c int introductory tory part of the guidebook contains detailed information re regarding girding difficulties encountered in traveling through the desert andl and suggestions aorl for surmounting them anyone who I 1 intends to travel iu in this region sh should oud concill con consult sill ne ine of these guidel books bo k copies this publication which is nurol auml red waters water supply S UPP y paper C ai I 1 entitled routes to desert wat ditc ing places pla ces an in the lower gila rea re on n arizona have I 1 been een sent to ie e post offices the chambers of co neree and the principal h aels a nd garages in the region a and ran an be consulted at many many ot of chest tile pa places a es |