The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-08

as do the chuckwalla, scorpion and
%tarantula. One sees nc anthils. He
is not tortured with flies, the pest OF
the valleys environment. AS a "des-
ert rat' remarked to the wri.er:
1.-The flies SINCE their wings here in
SUMMER
At nightfall Death valley temper
allure is b~earable, even during The
summer months. The mercury rare.y
registers over los oegrees at nightfal
and the effects are rather ". akeuins
.han lazzI.ng, as Is the caase wuen
The sun shines, Tor the pody is batheu
In peisplration, which evaporates 50
rapidly mat the wayfarer 8 tempera-
ture is considerably below that of the
air.
Right here let it be interpolated
that the pedestrians sole safeguard
Is water IN copIous supply. AS the
water is warm, there are no evil eff
t,cts from drinking it to the extent
OF ave gailons a day. The only
trouoie IS 20 secure and transport Lha.
mucn. Even with a daily consump
tion of five gallons, the perspiratory
organs are able to handle the enlife
supply, very little being secreIed by
tn. kidneys.
Lack OF water is, next to heat, the
chief terror OF Death valley. Be-
tween khyoiite n the valley IN the
wagon road there are two springs, one
known as Daylight, which con .ains
Lou a quart OF water at this season,
and the other is Hole in the Rock,
now perfectly dry.
Crossing tne funeral range, as we
did, with the compass for our sole
guide, we encountered one watering
place, keane spring, where the supply
IS abundant and The quality exceilen.
throughout the year Beyond this
there is nothing till he base of The
Panamints is reached, with the excep
zion OF otovepipe wells, unless a de-
tour IS made to the south, wher.
water is ootainable at the Keane
wonder mill.
1t is a game of chance, with Death
holding the top cards, for one to at
tempt to walk across the valley in tne
summer with on4y sufficient WAFER to
r.ach the opposite side, tor the watei
noles are extremely hard to lind. Some
are dry and others contain water III
lenlsely saIine or poisonous. A Cum
OF green VIII beckon, but the wate.
win he Iould unit TOR use except Ivr
Dathlng the wrists and saturating Ine
nair.
at the point we selected for cross
x ne ssl4cy rr~p~r Lnat pofti0n ue
.vw Lne levi u D.e S-a, IL 10 AeSs tndA
Avur uilies wldc, aud Con be traveroeu
In Two NOUS iaborlous walking IL
sit, aes ps dust, Aoi here a promln1ory
funs out lrvm The uAeral range, ter
n4naJIng Ill a long sana spit al the
leIm4uaL4on " tne four wedry mI.es
. d unILe nln ovc.srown Win lnes
4u4... IAele 10 a plcn.iAui supp-y "a
naLer a suUrI distance to The south
ouJ IL IS noie Saline THAN Tie STD.
our supply OF water Tor tue Gay
was nmIleu 10 q two-galion canteen
.he Reserve being d cdntten of equa4
capacity niled with strong tea. Inn
sta,ement VIII caii Ior,h a sni1Ie from
me eAp~rlen,ed desert navigator, III
Cause Ior which Will appear a iittit
later on in The narrative. There was
Apparently iit.4e need to husband tnt
ur.nAaD.es, as We could see our camp
.Ag place TOR The nignt, tho kean,
" onuer mil, IN inc iootnlils OF tns
valley.
Inc water being exhausted peIor,
noon, we tackled The olher caDteen
with prompt Dut unsatisfactory re
SUITS. zen s,cvnas after imbiblnf
ms leverage u io.ary movement ne
gan in our sLomachs and the drlnka
bic was eJeeted. This operation was
repeated several times, with the result
that the perspiraLory g,ands went GU
OF business because or lack OF raw
material and our skins grew dry ane
our scalps as not as the desert SANDS
The experience was far from de
iighttul. Nausea was succeeded BY
taintness, heart failure and a nump,i
of other symptoms related in the pat
ent medicine book.
SO much Tor the effects of the tan
mic chlorine developed by the inoc
uous tea and the tatuous lining OF
the canteen. 1t nearly added the
names OF a couple of %greenhorn pros
pectors to the mortality roll OF Deatf
valley.
water! Away with the foamy con
c~oction! Our whole conversation was
about water! Give a back seat to the
cocktail components! Direct the
limelight upon good, honest old aqua
pural IL ad us to a purling riil where
me moss grows ana the Terms wave
Turn a hose on us! Throw us in the
lakel
One by one we dropped cur impedi-
monta as we hurried on. Finally the
scribe, after d brilliant but futile at
tempt to throw up his socks, sought
repose in the shade of the blue ban
dana, while Hunter staggered on to
camp Hughey may deny this allega.
ton, but two carpenters who were
framing timters for the mill, say that
an apparition in khaki rushed past
them to a mud puddle, rolled in it
once or twice and tainted, like the
heroine when her che-ild is rescued.
Upon recovering consciousness Hun
ter pointed to the desert, whispered,
''Man down trail" and went to sleep
again, hugging a portly canteen, the