Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — Guide Posts in the Desert. [ARTICLE]

Guide Posts in the Desert.

Prospecting and traveling In the great southwestern deserts always haVe been and probably always will be attended with danger. It was about a year ago that an appropriation of $6,000 was made by the California State Legislature for the erection of guide boards in the California deserts to guide travelers to water holes. * A more extensive movement has been launched by the introduction of a bill into the United States senate by Senator Works of California providing for an appropriation of SIO,OOO for the purpose of enabling the secretary of the interior to discover, develop, Improve and protect streams, springs and water holes In the desert and arid lands of the public domain and to construct and maintain suitable monuments and signs near lines of travel so as to inform travelers whero they can slake their thirst.—Mining and Engineering World.