. Campfires on desert and lava . lrom a photogniph by the Authcjr Stone Mill and Forge of Judge Quiroz The garlands hanging upon the forge-roof are flaming red peppers. From a photograph by J. M. Phillips The Leading Citizen of Sonoyta, Judge Traino Quiroz, and His Family THE SONOYTA OASIS 91 iiitely. Sonoyta is nearly, though not entirely, an auto-matic settlement. The nearest place at which anythingcan be purchased outside is the little store at the Ajomines, fifty miles away; and after that, Gila Bend, ninetymiles distant, with only one well-watered camping-placeen route. It is useless for
. Campfires on desert and lava . lrom a photogniph by the Authcjr Stone Mill and Forge of Judge Quiroz The garlands hanging upon the forge-roof are flaming red peppers. From a photograph by J. M. Phillips The Leading Citizen of Sonoyta, Judge Traino Quiroz, and His Family THE SONOYTA OASIS 91 iiitely. Sonoyta is nearly, though not entirely, an auto-matic settlement. The nearest place at which anythingcan be purchased outside is the little store at the Ajomines, fifty miles away; and after that, Gila Bend, ninetymiles distant, with only one well-watered camping-placeen route. It is useless for the people of Sonoyta to raise muchmore of grain and fruit and vegetables than they consume,because there is no market available to them nearer thana long four days haul across the desert; and even thenthey find only a tiny village, wanting very little. There-fore do they study to produce from the soil only the pro-ducts which they themselves can consume betweenharvests, and the alfalfa which their own horses re-quire. I heard of one man of Enterprise who thought to meeta demand, and met only disappointment. Thinking thathe detected a desire for an extra supply
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