Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-30
CAMERA MAN TELLS OF
EXPERIENCE ON DESERT
KEMPS OF oRPHEUM oVERTAkEN
BY STORMS
Moving Picture Machine Protected
From Sand by Heavy Banket-All
Other Lenses Runed-Beauties of
Ancient Indian Village Explained

The magnificent views of the can
yons and deserts of Arizona which Mr..
and Mrs. Kemp are showing at the
Orpheum this week were not obtained
without a great deal of trouble, and
Mr.. Kemp tells the following story of
their trip:
"The summer of 1904 was the wet
test that Arizona has known for 20
years and in leaving Winslow for the
Moki villages, parting shot from one
Of the oldest inhabitants was Better
take a boat. This advice we found
later had more truth than humor in 1t.
The first night out we made our camp
at Shutdown and had just about got
our fire started when down came the
rain in torrents. We all climbed into
the wagon, and for dinner that night
had the pleasure of eating a piece OF
cold bacon and a cold boiled potato
each.
"Then the darkness came and we en-
deavored to make ourselves comfort-
able for the night, but all we could do
was sit up straight on the seats of
the wagon. Imagine sitting up all
night in the darkness, protected only
by a wagon cover from the torrent of
rain, and almost blinded and deafened
by the vivid lightning and tremendous
| crashes of thunder.
Next day, while endeavoring to cross
the Jedditoh wash, an insignificant
stream which is dry 1854 days out of the
year, our horses baked at the oppo-
site bank The swift current imme-
diately undermined the wheels of our
wagon and before we could realize
what was happening nearly all of our
belongings We're under water, including
our Photographic apparatus and motion
| picture camera. The current was so
swift that it was with difficulty that
anything was rescued. We spent the
whole of one day gluing, mailing and
patching up our cameras in order that
our whole expedition might not be a
failure.
Being now at the Indian village
where the snake dance was to take
place we thought surely our troubles
We're over, but ten minutes before the
| dance was to take place q WhirlWind
sprang up and brought with it one of
the heaviest sand storms L have ever
encountered. The sand penetrated
everything, and out of twenty or thir-
" cameras brought by visitors l do
not think any of them was fit for use
after the storm was over Fortunately
showing at the Orpheum this week, |
had provided for just such an elnergan-
cy and we covered the machine with n
heavy blanket four of us holding it
down and protecting our faces as best
we could. one cannot be fussy about
little personal Inconvenience when out
for pictures I'm the desert. Like all
storms in this region, however, 1t sub
sided as quickly as it came, and we
were fortunate in securing the best
moving pictures of this weird cere-
mony which have ever been made 50
far as ] have been able to learn.
1--WE have spent number of con-
secutive summers in the northern part
of Arizona, and with this one excep-
tion they have always proved delight
full. No other camping trip can com
pare with an outing on the desert, for
its sense of freedom and the exhilar-
ating effect of the altitude and pure
dry air cannot be equaled anywhere on
earth. 1t has always been surprising
to me that the trip to the Hopi pueblos
has not become more popular with the
tourists, and especially with students
of antiquities, for there we have tho
oldest stone built cities ON the Ameri-
can continent.