| Show W water atar in thle desert hubar L on Z 14 to or A en I 1 HE 11 E most net valuable amble thing I 1 in my any given region Is apt to be that which 1 Is hardest be adest to obtain there them in ha deserts desert without dinv inv d doubt abt it Is water and next mat to I 1 the h a abre garal fluid it old itsuo it tile the desert I 1 arx I 1 tem tra ler eler milnes tur tall say any in 1 di ts ot of where here lie he will be able his to tied find it its direct direction on its distance its me character ir im hie ex istance or ram nan existence exi of if such each in dictation di cation a often means life or a death to t 0 it him 1 A little see over a year ago congress corium tem the work of if supplementing 1 tile the I few fear signs aime that nature bolto 1 affords afford by mark ing the desert regions gleam of the south west with printed sign boards telling of tho the nearest writer water moreover it Is P plus the int waterlog cring P places and ml improving mehm clemat there them an A appropriation of 10 was made as a starter start and within a few ew weeks k after fr it had be be come available lable the united it S states te geo logical so survey y had four on outfits to I 1 each in charge of 0 f a geologist to it at twe work I 1 k in st allai till the hottest bottest driest title sandiest san diest I 1 and ad least explored part par t of the desert region within a few months more Is than mo square miles of the region had ad been mapped examined and ad sign posted the reel mado on that has hall been b covered alea it in southern california ind and south oath western ter arl arlan arizona an in california it in anim the colorado desert the mo have desert the southern part pact of death valley and adjacent regions region in 1 artim arizona art im it includes the little known find ad sparsely rally settled allied region at west wast of tull tucson I 1 and d pho phoenix 1 and ad south smith of wickenburg and park parker it was sea se a lecter 1 ted not at only bemuse because ot of its aridity but bar also because inc use of the strategic tm 1 par re of obtaining information on the water inter long along tile the JA 30 miles its of our oar national fr frontier outler which aich it in clodeal guide go idea III for the traveler travel the seeing geologists ats who ulm did this work athe are a no now in W hall gion preparing maps that will wn I 1 show w practically to c imily 1 no ei erv er watering place film to in 1 the region and the roads mad leading to otholo these watering ans places these them maps will be published in a series of gadd guides a wit which tell will ron coo tain role de descriptions of the routes to detailed information e then regarding each water place pace intorn of distances betm bean pen watering places and analysis of it the in water ter these guides wilt aill cover or vol not merely the roads made but ince are apa 1 I ally designed de lenad to give gj informs tion lion regarding regard idee the water places in the less ipsa frequented regime rear remote retract act fr from alif nall main route the work w was placed in charge of at no BO that not aide should i existing water wate places be located and me marked but bat M an let intelligent ingold understand pa ing a of the am water ter supplies below he rf be able obtained the thus after the th guinea guide are a completed water supply fiancee will be published which will disease in a comprehensive man nor ner the water sources source of ill the real region molly many In I 1 episodes in con com lection attl the bel field d work might be related at various stal cout times time there were breakdowns in remote or sections cilam I 1 le ing amm or dinar exertion and it bamo bomo A rath rather romantic hom ertil wal the planting 1 Jg of sign ign poma in ba alio llio fl of ginaj ali atlak along the median mp no border b lel in arizona share hi rf beleen bet yifen SW and person mon com va 7 A OUT V k y 41 V A e 0 perished lit bv thirst it me mav he be somewhat a lh surprising a to people in the east and possibly to some same in the west to learn that death valley whose un on savory name and reputation she ghe it a met certain or notoriety through out the country U large ari which aal afforded tied tore excellent to the survey maxey party part th thit ua in I 1 in the vaclev av last winter the entire tire region that Is so and as a to require guides to watering places phlem and sign posts post directing to these ft olits PI places comprises a fan shaped area Is covering approximately 70 WO square mile miles or nearly one fifth of the country the handle of the fan I 1 Is in south southern california 1 one I bide aide is ato formed sit by be the gocr sierra N nevada anil and cascade code mountains the other side extends miles along the lif lell hadr while the outer inter edge Is traced by a line extending from eastern costern ore eon through salt lake city ands and sanan ant kl EC to tile the mouth of the aereal river the hiie highly highl developed col coastal tal see section on of southern them california Is sit situated hated so to pipih at the handle of I 1 the fin hf seat nd the railroads railroad and automobile high sn uns that extend cast ea stuard rd and ad north pa stward from till his section bm may be regarded reg aided no na the title of it till huge hug fan fail be benefits edite of the work this region T a I 1 Is by no on meana d devoid 0 of natural resource a or human o lie III it contains prosperous cities it fer tile agriculture agricultural districts forest tied clad mountains B large murt ite number of places rich mines and an unknown wenith of mineral deposit depo sirs vet set to be dis c d and exploited but bar the localities that have water supplies comprise widely separated m cases in bi S a vast expanse P a of them changeless olms unproductive desert will whom most impressive 1 feature tur ii 1 11 its grat real alm him and ad ch chief let el dencen ts ble of b gunina occupation pat are am the I 1 long mg long lone roads do that lead from one as water ing place to another to him 11 who Is hals become IIII 1111 the be real region I 1 it he has a perot or ar and ad I 1 nn ic at ner loiis dangers to but for far the stronger atho penetrates se H Q without indu aref buile lat information mattion it forever cont alfill th ahe stern ter of a to pi bishing hv he thir t in ran M lott f drw gears in lie JM region man he hai been greatly increased through the use ue of automobiles and ad this has accordingly I 1 increased ad the old need for maps and gold guides int to entering am this places the large laire amount of work that has haa been accomplished in the last yen year was made do possible by using a con idd erable bum from the regular ap s for the of water venter resources resource in addition to the appropriation of ilo for desert wittering watering p places sees this was vias justified by the tact fact tt that tile the reconnaissance has a large amount of valuable data on an ground water maid lion on the beat basis of the work 6 already done it 1 is cluffie estimated that the rest at of the region of 5 square mule miles the an be covered after the manner of the first vear mara a work for far which la is only about lot 8 per worship township 0 obviously the results will mill 1 be ery cry him large for the eup d ture lure M hed und mi it Is highly desirable us me soon man to as possible to v carry y th the project to corn aft after er tile the n glon has to been covered by the he survey nurvey and the setting of if tile the sien posts it Is in belie believed sed that tile the government should undertake the s development of new moo water anter I 1 ing g places |
