The herald., 1897-08-09
AVALON

AVALON, Aug. S.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.( ]. d. Daley, one of the old
time fishermen of the isthmus, was in town
today. The isthmus is famous one Of
the best fishing points on Catalina. The
only trouble is there is not sufficient mar
ket for the fish caught. Among other
things of special attraction is the large
number of eagles who make this point of
the island their especial home. They are
of two varieties, the bald-headed and gray
eagle. There is also fish hawk that will
dive after live fish. The eagle will only take
what he can catch on the surface of the
water, and Mr.. Daley says it is one of the
amusements of the fishermens' somewhat
lonely existence at the isthmus to watch
the eagle circling around a dead fish float
ing on the water, finally swooping down on
him and carrying him off TO their nest to
feed on him at their leisure. The birds are
fine specimens of the American eagle, the
average size being from fourteen to six
teen feet from tip to tip.
Some 500 visitors arrived in Avalon on the
three boats which contributed to the rap
idly increasing population of this famous
resort yesterday.
The concert given by the members of the
N. S. G. W. was great success, and al
though many of the business men of Ava
Ion were unable to be present on account of
pressure of business at this season of the
year, the pavilion was well filled. The fol-
lowing is the program which was excel
lently carried out: Overture, the Catalina
orchestra, Harry West, conductor; BARI
tone solo, Eugene Roth: guitar selections,
Prof. NJ. S. Arevalo; dialect speciality, H.
G. Eckles; contralto solo, Miss Lillian
Scanlon sleigh bells, Master Claude Dea-
gan; club swinging, Louis Nordlinger;
vocal solo, Miss Bertha Roth: darkey Sc
lections, M. H. Lehman: violin solo. Will
lam Won der Mehden; accompanist, d. J.
Brownstein. A very enjoyable dance fifty
closed the proceedings. The entire pro-
ceeds of the entertainment will be used in
the purchase of fireworks. etc, for the
illumination of Avalon on September 9th,
when the Native Sons will be here in full
force. The parlors of Santa Barbara, San
Diego, Ventura and Redlands will partici-
pate in the jollities of Admission day here.
They will be in full uniform and will be
accompanied by their respective bands. 1t
Is intended by the committee in charge to
expend at least 500 in the purchase OF
fireworks alone on that date.
The Fleetwing made a pleasant excur-
sion on Friday to the isthmus. j. A. Kings
ley, w. A Hartt and wife, J. r. Asbury,
Bessie Gillespie of Houston, Tex. Charles
Allen of Chicago, A. G. Gavin, Mrs. A. B.
Beck, G. T. Frost and wife of Riverside and
l.. H. Comes and wife of Needles composed
the party.
Inc pOStOf1ce is DONG large business
at this season. Postmaster Stanton is kept
busy with his two assistants. Miss Elena
Baca of Pomona and Mrs. Keyser The
money order business, in charge of Miss
Baca, is Especially heavy. over 800 letters
were received yesterday and about the
same number dispatched, not to speak of
the large amount of newspapers handled.
]. w. Raymond and wife, foreman, of the
General Electric company of San Fran
cisco, spent Sunday in Avalon.
Mrs. Franklin Booth and Miss Hyde of
Boston, accompanied by Miss Sanders, took
a trip to the summit yesterday. The re-
turned to Los Angeles on today's boat
T. H Dugan. agent for the Burlington
route, and his wife and son registered to-
day at the Metropole for days holiday.
Mr.. Kerckhoff of the Kerckhoff- Gunner
Lumber company of San Pedro arrived last
night.
DIR. Bogart of Los Angeles came over on
Sundays boat.
DR.. Ainsworth arrived on the Hermosa
On Saturday.
c. H. Brown, the architect of Los Ange-
les was passenger to Avalon on the Her
mosa today.
Mr.. Bumller of Marsh & Bumiller is one
Of the arrivals on the Hermosa today.
The streets of Avalon are crowded with
participators in the various amusements
who especially appreciated the music of
the band.