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Enchantini00 Oases Filled
With Only Native .Palms
By PAUL WILHELM
The only native palm in the United°States---the Washing-
tonia (Washi.ngtonia filifera)--has its major habitat in the
Salton Basin and on bordering mountains. North of Indio,
along the San Andreas fault, are the oases of Curtis, Biskra,
McComber, Pushawalla, Thousand and Willis.
Although most of these lordly
groves growing around water-
holes have been burnt by van-
dals, their beauty is unimpaired;
for the palm can withstand fire.
Their dry, golden - yellow
sheaths might expose a graceful,
long trunk, but fire seldom kills
them; soon, green fronds again
offer coverlets of shade for those
willing to leave paved highways
for sandy roads.
Desert NaUves
Actually, the distribution of
these desert natives is wide.
They are found from the Cole-
ratio River north of Barker,
Ariz., east to the Kofa Mountains
of western Arizona, southwest to
the Borrego Valley and as far
west as the canyons near Snow
Creek w 35 principal groves.
Many of these groves lie hidden
in deeper canyons in the Santa
Rosa Mountains and, fortunately
undiscovered by the public, are
unburned.
No botant ventures the age
of these palms, though their
genus dates beyond the Giant
Redwoods. Geologists have found
palm wood in limestone deposits
dating from the saber.tooth tiger
era--or 250,000 years old.
The oases of Coachella Valley
are remnants of a once great for-
est of palms, existing today be.
cause of water seepages from
the San Andrea fault, this wa-
ter held in undergroun d lakes
formed by mineralized clay
strata and rimrocks.
Father Garees
Little history of these natives
is found other than the journals
of Father Garces, that intrepid
missionary of the great heart,
who wandered for three years
alone throughout the Southwest
about 250 years ago. Again, in
1846, Maj. W. H. Emery, under
General Kearney's conquest of
Southern California, listed in his
dairy, "canyons filled with cab-
bage trees."
To the nomadic Indian the
palm oases were E! Dorado. In
cool shade, where water was cer-
tain to be pure, lie made his
camp during the ripening of the
palm berry, a small, black, cof-
fee seed-like fruit, and again at
the harvest of the mesquite
beans. Indian traces are tlll to
be found in old campsites and
graven near oases.
Mot Beautiful
$. Smeaton Chase, in his "Cali-
foraJa Desert Trails," writes that
"Though the palm is certainly
not the most beautiful, it is per-
haps the most poetic of trees."
Many desert dwellers disagree
with him, for what could be
more beautiful than the native
palm on a starlit, moonlight
night. AS for poetry, there can,
indeed, be no question, for mys-
tery and romance are ever pres-
ent among the whispering palms.
Three palm-lined canyons
WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO:
Joe Louis will quit the box-
ing ring before he loses his
waning popularity altogether
• . . General Eisenhower will
speak bluntly to the Amer-
ican people about the general
world conditions, and will mince
no terms ...
What You Will Like:
Charles 13oyer, the French
heart-throb, gives up his Gallic
glamour to play an aged doctor,
Linda Darnell hobbles around as
a crippled love starved girl, Jud-
ith Evelyn is remarkable as a
nurse, but it is Francine Rosay
who gives the entire film the
true French-Canadian flavor in
"The Thirteenth Letter," and
this will be one of the best pic-
tures of 1951... Van Heflin and
Yvonne de Carlo make "Toma-
hawk" worth the admission
price, with Susan Cabot and Pres-
ton Foster in this tale of intrigue
stand out foremost in the Coa-
chella VaUey, that of Palm Can-
yon with its palm dusters and
palm-lined watercourse; the liter-
at "monkey heaven" in Thou-
sand Palms Canyon, and the
beauty of remote Pushawalla
Canyon, sheltered in russet foot-
hills, enclosed by sienna day
walls--a pristine temple in the
desert.
But whatever oases you visit,
you will find that the palms
seem almost like people, each
with a personality; and as the
wind rustles through their
fronds, they seem to be talking
and nodding.
where the white man ruthlessly
seizes the Indian territories.
Trend of the Times:
Mrs, Mary D. of Osage, Wiscon-
sin, writes of her interesting and
profitable bobby, that of making
miniature hot houses, complete
with dwarf plants, for the win-
dow or mantle decoration. Mrs.
D. buys the frames, installs her
own glass, has her trays fixed
so they can be tilted, and packs
moss to fill the display. She
raises her own dwarf plants, and
makes her own selection for the
customers, shipping as far as
Paris and even Japan o..
For Women Only:
A new rug cleaning service
that will only cost you four dol-
lars for any 9x12 will soon be
offered in your town! This is
safe, and revives the faded col-
ors of your rlg, making it fresh
and new as the day you bought
it! . . . You will soon be able to
buy "Jeweler's Rough" in liqul
form, and it will give your jex-
elry the professional sparkle that
it receives wh.en you pay to have
it cleaned!
About Hollyw:
The picture of 1951 wiU be
"The Disappearance" from the
best selling novel by Phillip Wy-
lie. This is a story about the
world with only one sex at a
time, first the men, and the men
alone, and then the women. The
women manage to run things
much better and create order
where-men left the world in
havoc! Women get along without
men very well, but the men
wreck the world without the love
and guidance of women.
Romance of California Wines
ahnost everythh else in Cal-
ifornia, the wine tlldustry
was pt'ofoulldly affected by
the gold rumh, Tlkeee new
Californians Increased t h e
market for wine and at the
same time many of those
who were disappointed in
their search for gold turned
to agriculture and to t h e
priewtion of wine as a surer
path to fincial slwcea
]rly Days
But the year 1849 would have
been a major one in the history
of the wine jndustry'even if
there had been no gold rush,
for that was the year of the ar-
rival of Colonel Agoston Har.
aszthy who has been called "the
father of the modern California
wine industry." Haraszthy, a
member of a noble Hungarian
family, came without any
thought of seeking gold. He
wated to grow fine wines. In
a little over a decade he ex-
perimented with grapes and
wines in San Diego, San Mateo
County, San Francisco and fin-
ally at Sonoma.
His Sonoma property was
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called Buena Vta Vineyard
and it bordered the ranch of
General Mariano Vallejo who
was also a leading California
wine grower of the early days.
Haraszthy was a man capable
of great and infectious enthusi-
asm, and his conviction that
California was destined-to lead
the world in the production of
wine influenced many of t h e
leaders in California life of
that day to become engaged in
wine growing.
Superior, o Eut)pe
In one of his books on viti-
culture, written following a
journey through the European
wlne districts in 1861, Harasz-
thy wrote:
"California can produce as
noble and generous a wine as
any in Europe; more in quan-
tity to the acre, and without re-
peated failures through frosts,
summer rains, hailstorms or
other causes.
"[ was gcatifled to find that
f all tim eintriea through
which I passed, not one pos.
sensed the same advantages
that are: to be fonnd in Call-
fotia; and I am satisfied
that eves if the separate ad-
vantalieS e these countries
eothi be combined into one,
it would still be surpassed by
this State when Its now dot'-
meat suree shall be de-
veloped.
"California is superior in all
conditions of soil, climate, and
other natural advantages to
the most favored wine districts
of Europe."
His trip had been undertaken
for the purpose of obtaining
grape cuttings for the Califor-
nia vineyards. Like Vignes, 30
years before, he believed that
the future of California wines
hung on the widespread plant-
ing of the finest grape varieties.
The journey was made as a
state commissioner appointed
by the Governor of California.
Haraszthy, never one to do
things half way, brought back
100,000 cuttings representing
hundreds of varieties which he
planted at his Sonoma vine-
yard. Cuttings were later dis-
tributed go growers through-
out California.
The history of California
wine has kept step with the
history of the State itself. Many
of those who figured prominent-
ly in the development of the
new western empire, were also
active in wine growing. At first
there were John Sutter, Peter
Lessen, General Vailed a n d
John Marshall. The wine grow-
ers of a later era included Sen-
ator George Hearst, Leland
Stanford, Williams B o w e r s
Bourne and Elias "Lucky"
Baldwin to name only a few.
Over Half Million Acres
Today, 181 years after t h e
first grape vine was planted at
San Diego and a century after
the arrival of Haraszthy, t he
wine industry has fulfilled its
early promise. More than half
a million acres of California
farm land are now planted to
grapes in world-famous wine
districts which stretch through
the State for hundreds of miles
from near the Mexican border
to the foothills of the Trinity
Alps.
There are sven principal
wine districts of the State--
I'resno-Southern Jan Joaqnin
Valley, Lodi-Sacramento-Stan-
islaus, Sononta - Mendocino,
]Sapa Valley and S o I a n o
County, Alanleda-Contra Cos-
ta Counties, Santa Clara Val-
}ey, a! Southern California.
San Joaqutn eads
Leading all districts in vine-
yard acreage, grape and wine
production, and investment in
the grape industry, is the Fres-
no-Southern San Joaquin Val-
ley. This is a vast and fertile
area where well over 300,000
bearing acres of vineyard flour-
ish in Fresno, Kern, Kings,
Madera and Tulare Counties.
From this section come over
two-thirds of all the grapes
and wines that make Califor-
nia the Wine Land of America.
This great wine region produces
all types of wine of excellence
but is particularly distinguished
for dessert wines.
The vineyards of the Valley
and the other grape districts
of the state are a major factor
in California agriculture. In
most years grapes are the State's
most valuable fruit crop, and
the importance of the industry
is underlined by the fact t h a t
California grows 94 per cent of
all grapes, 90 per cent of all
wine and 100 per cent of all
raisins that are produced and
consumed in America.
There are many who feel
that the history of grapes and
wine is like the history of Cali-
fornia in another respectit is
a story that is far from com-
pleted. New and brilliant chap-
ters, they say, will be added to
both in the years that lie ahead.
Criswell
]Der Crlweli: What sex will my
child bet Mrs. Arthur A.
My deal- Mrt. A.: A little girl.
Dear Criswell: How will this
turn out? Ado W.
My dear Ads: The man Is married
he will not divorce for you.
Dear Crlswell: What happened
little dog Taffy Aleck T.
My dear Aleck: He wan
you Will locate his body next
Dear Crlewell: When wlll my
return home aa he is In the
In Japan. Mrs. R.L.K.
Dear Mrs. K.: Yes
yOU Will make a trp
Dear Criswell: Will 1 regain
Should I return to my home
my husband still love me after
ratiou of several years? Mettle
Dear Mettle: YOU will feel
when the spring comes, and the
settles. Yott will go for a visit
not to live. Yes, and he would
you If yOU asked him, which
you will do.
Dear Criswell: Will my husband
tO ea'n sufficieot Income from
art and Illuetratios to paint
Mrs. DorOthy R.
My deal" Mrs. R.: Yes. but
augment hta Income by doing
very commercial• Your famil
very good year.
Dear Crlswell: Where Is my
Where IS my blouse? Should I
ration Who was the
• Roe F. 218.
My dear Mrs. R.: In that suit
the verF back of your clothes
will seek other medical
bor who haa now
lar Criswell: Will we
from my husband•s uncle to
erle of tripe we haye planned
483.
My dear Mrs. R.: Yes,
I for some time. You
trip Ufls eaing sntamer that
planned on for ammse time.
]Dear Crlswell : Shall I sell
to a healthier climate: $. E.
My dmtr O'N.: Yes. and
take a tttlng trip
this new community :
than YOU will later II and
bay midsummer. De nt listen to
it l fgl.
Dear Criswetl: Ia my the
his wife's child? Mrs. Norms
My dear Mrs. T.: Yes, your
in-law Is very loyal nnd faithful.
Dear CriswelI: Will I be
a country home? Mrs.
My dear Mrs• :B.: Yes, by . ,.
yOt/ Will have found one to
%'
you will be very Dieaed with
chase. I)o not let any One
you into making a foolish buy.¢
to me? WIll I ever get any sttla.
my ex-hulbik? Was I follal
him? ,.
dlue ]rtma: 1, but I
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