The chronicle=news., 1913-08-13

A graphic story. describing Death
Valley. appears in the latest issue OF
the Terra Bella tNevadab News. ed
tied by Earle X. Clemens. formerly
editor OF the paper at Rhyolite.
Clemens II familiar with Death Val
Icy and was inspired to write this
story by the tragic death In the val
Icy = short time ago. Of Peter Busch.
with whom the writer had long been
friendly. TAe article follows:
Death Valley has lost none OF Its
t&rrorx since 40. when the gold hunt
ers perished In their attempt to reach
the bonanza finds In California. The
relics OF that expedition yet remain
on Salt Creek to remind passers-by
OF = heroic struggle against great
odds.
Today Death Valley Is practically
unchanged. True. prOap-ctorx have
explored Its remot~si corner: miners
have dug for gold and silver and
copper In tho hills on every side:
camps have been made and aban-
tonsd here aud there: water holes
and stations established In times Of
eross-vall~y travel between the Pan1-
nints and the Funeral range: n
rancn has been developed on which
figS and melons and vegetables srow
In great abundance-thc mecca for
hundr~ds Of desert pilgrims and sight
seeing parties: = stamp mill and nm
aerial tramway have been built and
operated. with . telephone line
teaching to civilization: twenty -n,mic
tsans have invaded the depth and
hauled out borax: yet D-aih Valley.
1eep between the towering kray hills.
suaken. tr-schsrous. dssolair. Iso.
hisd. 10 una,t-red by the coming Of
osn. II Is siiii the valley OF death.
claiming ia victims one sud one. and
haPboriax many sn unmarked grave.
These iines are prompted by the
rSeeni news Of the acaih Of an ia-
tmsie friend. whose eight years Of
lssers exp~rienec were of no avail In
N sseount~r With ,h-s trrrors Of
Death Valley ia July. n We think
that sas Joaquin valley is torfid n
asn0er - eoapared with other
eliDes. . visit TO Death Valley will
dissipsis the ides. Death Valley IL
the hottest spo, on earth In s,smm~r.
and iis sear approach TO that other
warn region vas sptiy told on =
sissboasd which the writer once saw
- the valley. reading somewhat like
this:
Four miller TO keanc Wonder. eight
ailss 10 s'osepipe. forty feel to he'll.
Oar has no Idea Of the oppr-ssio,
Of hest In Death Valley un,-sa h- has
. psrsoaai experience Of IL. The sun
rises hot and s~is hot. with a nixht
sky full os ssrsuSe lights. iik the
fisshins Of fire flies. the pho.phoric
phssomsna Of weird spooky
waste. The aishs BRING. som- relief.
oat the new day da~as noiirr. =
ese1s. than the day before. The
vatts In your eaaisrn is nsnsca,inr
- II almost sissies under the glare
Of the merrii.ss sun. Tho air prs.
sure. hot from ahove and no, from
below. almost ssssers you. while
your thick tongue. swelling rapidly
s Sse0 thirst. 81, but stransi-. you.
The sand dunes. marked only by
aeeqniie. swallow you without af.
: sosd'nx refuge from the heat: the
wtSd blows a. II from out a fiery
fum@ae-: the sand shifts with tho
wiad aud tn. trail Is lost: the bur.
vua may stampede and the las, of your
Grub may he ho,'e,cssiy scattered.
May have suffered horrible deaths
In thar far.a~ay and Lonely place:
gone mad from ihirs, aud hunger.
thrown away can,een. grub aud
clothing. and wandered aimic.siy