Show DEATH VALLEY DIANA YOUNG AND RICH PREFERS DESERT TO SOCIETY OF v r MEN Nevadan Tells o of la a Picturesque Picturesque is ures ur- ur es esque ue Young Woman Who Lives Ives Near ear Rim 1 of the A Awful Pit Over on the other side of or Death val val- valley Ie Icy ley just where tho the dread rim of this awful pit merges Into the comparative paradise c of or the Nevada desert lies the little stage station of or Manse said City Nov NC James Jumes Thomas of or Carson ho who was in the elt city yesterday It Is 13 the terminus of the mile eighty stage Hue line the Santa Fe Feline Feline Feline from Mun Manvel over o on line In Nevada Manse boasts wo or of Jut but Jut ope house arid and only one family or of whites whiles lives JIves there th though uSh a few brush on the hill b back ck of the ranch house hold all that now remains of or a n once powerful tribe of or Cahu Cahuilla ill at or Flute Plute ns as thc they are aro erroneously called by th the j occasional occasional occa occa- white i This I In tie Inmost most Jonel lonely and ana dangerous part rt Of the great American n desert 50 miles from the thc famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa Rand finnel mining district Big Boiling g Springs A UA stones stone's throw from the house two grE great great- t spring bubble and boll from some somo Jong long forgotten volcanic fl fissure Their water Is warm and anel there goes coes out cv every everyday ry Ida day over o Inches of or warm water rater at r. r This Is the only water for fOl half halfa a Q hundred miles or more more In any direction direction tion and anel all nil the tho roads of this section of or the great American desert run to toward toward toward to- to ward Mause A few miles hack back of the ranch loom the bleak break Charleston mountains moun- moun moon moun while about a mile below lies the er c cerl ever dry l bed of 1 lake some ome sixty miles long b by ten or fifteen wide Naught but Jack Rabbits Babbits I In all this expanse of country there Is no living thing but Jack rabbits and the these e aro aio so poor that their ribs grow with the concave conca side out Instead of or ofin ofin in in as with man In fact this Is a n. pe- pe culla lt ity with all nil desert esert rabbits which until one has lived In Death valley for fora a lime seems totally unexplainable Here Herc In these awful n solitudes with her horse and rifle alone for companions companions companions companions' compan compan- ions ions' a n. woman young oun fair fall accomplished ac ne- ac- ac hed who ho has been heen educated In Inthe Inthe inthe the best seminaries of or the East Her Hel father 0 owns the ranch at Manse nse and he herself and her mother comprise the there re resident whites of this valley valle- Thc They are arc rich to live out In the world but strange e as it ma may seem em every one of the three prefers to stay rl right h there thero on the big blK ranch eighty eight miles from the sound of the railway train and many mane hundreds from even en the outposts of or civilization Work of Making a 0 Home o Lone Lon years n ago more ago more o-more more than half hatt a a. hundred of or them them her her father came to camp one night at these twin springs he and his wife and his wife's father Like Abraham of or old the they traveled driving all nil their cattle before them from their old home In the far wilds of or what Is now eastern Oregon n With the Indians the they made friends or fou fought foucht t as as' as occasion demanded and when at last last they saw law these two mag mag- m magnificent l springs they determined to cast their let lot there Under the skillful management manu o of the two sturdy ly frontiersmen front front- the land lan which the they were able to Irrigate from the two springs more than supported them Yount was th the name of or the father and White that of the In Fon Coming of tho Dianas Diana As s the years wore ore on a daughter was born to the Whites finites a a. daughter who has since become famous throughout through through- out the Mojave desert as the Diana of Death Valley ThC They named her Della Delia and ns as the ranch improved cd and they sold alfalfa and fruit to neighboring mines mineR she was waR sent awa away to school and to spend whole seasons with friends In Inthe Inthe inthe the social centers center of or California cities as aswell aswell well wen as those of the East But always she returned to her desert home her pony pan her guns z-uns of which she has a 0 good goodly I collection and her dogs Lately Lately Lately Late Late- ly she has added a fine camera to her outfit A AFine Fine Horsewoman She has a coal-black coal saddle pon pony who rejoices In the name of Minks Jinks she rhe 53 stays says l he would be High Jinks' Jinks were I he a sized full horse As it Is 13 she rides superbly shoots better than 9 out of every 1000 men In California and has haq a winning wa way with her which not only masters the admiration but the sincere respect of ot the rough miners and mountaineers with whom she comes In contact The Th Indians some of or whom were old oM men when she was wag born fairly fairly fair fair- ly worship her while white The collection of or trinkets baskets arrowheads etc which they have ha given riven her her- herIs Is practically cally Never Nevel Misses a 0 Shot She frequently kills a a. fine bag of quail quail quail-of of which many have been In Introduced Introduced In- In near the ranch ranch ranch-bY by shooting their heads off ot with her 22 special She also handles the big and Savage Sn rifle with as much ease as her father who Is an ex expert rt rifle shot She has cone deer and bear hunting with her father Cather back In the Charleston mountains and has killed four of the though former she laughingly asserts that she lost an any bears beam She has no brothers or sisters and her mother is getting gettin too old to ride much now yet et It Is no uncommon thing thine to meet her twenty or twenty- twenty five miles out on the dreary drear trail silting sitting sitting sit sit- I ting motionless as If carved car from stone on her pony pon watching some sudden desert sunset For there IH Iv no twilight In this quiet pilot somber somber- r world of or hers But to Della Delia White the these e terrors of or the dc desert rt eem seem as nothing I Miss 1 5 White I Is one of or those thoRe women who can cnn be on excellent terms with one In an hour and yet ct never permit the stranger to forget his or her dignity This Is whit what she told when asked If Jr she had ever evor been In love Oh no she Fhe answered that is not what brought me to to the desert I never met a man mun for whom I cared carell ns as much as I do o for Jinks out there In Inthe Inthe inthe the corral and of or course e that Isn't nearly so o much as I care for and r SO aqua so you ou see ace I would much rather lIv live here herc with them then than nn anywhere anywhere any any- where else In the world without theta them to n |