Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-31
Deserts of Lower California.

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| Friday, November 22-"Through the
! Deserts of Lower California Mexico -
Mr.. E. w. Nelson OF the biological sur
vey- Mr.. Nelson VIII describe a recent
| trip through this UNEMPLOYED section of
America for the United States biological
| survey. The most remarkable d ,sert veg
citation in the world. seen In Lower Cali
fOrnia. Will be shown on slides
Friday. November 29-'The Native Peo-
pies OF the kongo. DR.. Frederick Starr
of the University of Chicago. Illus
trated.
Friday, December 2O-"The Second
Canal" Illustrated with NOV ng pictures
of the work. Mr. C. L. Chester.
Friday, December 13-"The Land of the
meas Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams
Illustrated
Friday. December 3O-"The Second
Peace Conference at The Hague" John
w Foster. formerly Secretary Of State
Friday. January 3-"'The Geography of
Mars Percival Lowell. LID. di: rector
OF the Lowell observatory of Flagstaff,
Ariz Illustrated.
Through Andean Wonderland.
Friday, January 1O-"Two Thousand
Miles on Muleback Through the Andean
Wonderland" John Barrett. director of
the international bureau of American re-
publics. Illustrated
Friday. January IA Camel Trip in
the Salt and Sand of Chinese Turkestan."
Mr. Ellsworth Huntington OF Yale Uni
versity, author of The Pulse of Asia"
MI Huntington was a member of the re-
cent expedition of the Carnegie Institu-
ton to Central Asia and Turkestan. and
had unusual opportunities to study this
interesting region. Illustrated.
Friday, January 2+"The Pelicans of
America: An Account of Field Studies
a Tn, tha
States and in Northwest Canada. and of
the Brown Pelican in Florida" Mr.
Frank M Chapman of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History. Illustrated
Friday, January al-"The Conservation
of Our Natural Resources" Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot. chief of the United s ates forest
service.
In South Africa.
Friday, February South Africa The
Natives and the Mines" Mr. Gardiner
F. Williams. author of THE Diamond
Mines of South Africa and for many
years general manager of the De Beers
diamond mines. kimberley. Illustrated.
Friday. February 1.-THE Deep water
Route from Chicago to the Gulf and It's
Connections" Joseph f. Ransdell repre-
sentative in Congress from Louisiana and
president of the rivers and harbors con-
gress.
Friday February 21-George Shiras. Sd
of Pittsburg. has accepted the invitation
of the National Geographic Society to
ADDRESS the society on some of his expe
riences in hunting wild game with the
camera. Illustrated
Friday February 2S-'Holland's War
With the Sea" Prof J. Howard Gore
Illustrated
Friday, March 6-"The Missions of Cali
fornia." Joseph r. Nolan, representative
in Congress from California.
Egypt of New World.
Friday, March 13-''Arizona-The Egypt
of the New World" Mr. Frederick Mon
sen. who will describe not only the an
Gent ruins. but the country as it Is to-
day. with its Indian tribes, Spanish
Mexican settlements and American
towns. The wonderful snake dance of the
Hops will be shown.
Friday, March 20-"Persia-Past and
Present" DR.. A V. Villa ms jackson
OF Columbia University. Illustrated with
unusual pictures taken by Prof Jackson
on extensive Journeys through the ancient
kingdom.
Friday. March 27-"The Geography Of
the Sea" Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Ches
ter. U.SN.
Friday April 3-"Cathedra!s. Mosques
and Temples of the World" O. p Aus
tin. chief United States bureau of stats
tics Illustrated.
Several technical meetings to consider
inland waterways. and particularly the
sippi and its tributaries, are being
arranged, to be held in Hubbard Memorial
Hall