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Show ROBBING DESERT OF TERRORS Water Holes and Sign Posts to Aid Prospectors In Desert Regions of Nevada and California. Loa Angeles, Cal. Ilecauso more than a score of skeletons scattered along his line of travel served as a grim signpost of danger and warning of the fate that might overtake him during a tour through the desert regions re-gions of California and Nevada, Ueorge W. I'arsons of this city for eight years has been agitating the need of .public protection for the" daring prosi and travelers who venture n I waste places. V Thla work has now taken coi form In an effort on the part i Loa Angeles Chamber of CommtA secure the aid of congress in tli of 110,000, to be expended undep direction of the secretary of tl terlor for the purpose of locating developing springs and water hol-5 for the erection of durable tnonu near accustomed lines of travel It is Intended to cover the A area of the desert and arid la J the United States, Informing I era as to the location and char these sources of water supply The state of California a in, I appropriated 15.000 for this wL more than 300 iron guldeost.J directing arms, have been i within ita borders. J The proposed national legit has been embodied In a bill whi ifornla cojjTessiuou will be as' Introducy I |