Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-09
AVALON rHE Mas RsoRT.
Peace Declared Between Property
Owners and Bannings.

Avalon. Santa Catalina Island
Especial THE Ban
nings and the others who own property
about Avalon have arrived at an agree
ment with reference to attractions
about the town The Bannings are to
retain the monopoly of transportation
and landing privileges, and are to con-
tinue to make Avalon the center of
attraction on the island. The property
owners are to do nothing to Interfere
with the monopoly and the Bannings
are to keep a band of fifteen musicians
at Avalon from the commencement OF
the season until October l. The Ban
nings further agree to continue L
give free camping privileges at Avalon
and furnish free water for campers
Nothing further to be done in the way
of removing the resort, or the chief at
fractions of it, to the iSthmus. The
camera obscura. which cuts off thu
view from the property holders places
is to be removed when the present
lease expires. which will be at the
end of the coming season. The agree
ment was reached chiefly through the
efforts of George E Weaver.
The isthmus is not to be abandoned
as a resort. 1t is said that that place
will be built up as the overflow from
Avalon increases.
YelIowtaiI fishing is now fairly on
and it is no longer novelty TO sec
the big. gamy fish Ornamenting the
racks in front of the bOatmen's stand
for every day larger number are
hung up. Barracuda are also becoming
plentiful. and W. II. Pettbone cap
tured a bonita yesterday, the pioneer
of its kind for the season. Mr.. Petit
bone also brought in four yellowtail
All the anglers out yesterday in the
vicinity of Seal rocks had strikes il
plenty. Not ali caught fish, but i
was not the fault of the fish.
Thousands of the pretty white sc;
gulls fiocked into the bay yesterday
forming one of the most beautiful pic
lures Imaginable At times the ali
was literally filled with the fiutterin:
of their wings, and then as they
settled down in the water the entir'
bay was covered with white dots lik'
snowballs- Vicente, the oracle witt
reference to the fauna of the sea, say
that the gullS are congregating prepa
tory to taking their departure for thei
nesting places on the desert islands
far away from all human habitations
MeSSrS- r. w. anu L. ACOAdi
visited San Nicolas island on a curio
hunting expedition. They charteret
the Avalon to take them over and
returned for them at the expiration o
two weeks San Nicholas is one of tn
richest of the channel islands in relic
of the prehistoric people who inhabit
ed all these islands and who are Onl.
known to us through the antiquate'
relics of stone and bone which the,
left behind On most of the island
there are frequently pueblos or site
of the Indian villages marked by tn
evidences of camp fires and shell heap
but at San Nicholas the entire islam
seems to have been one immense cam
or city. enormous mounds and win
dows of shells being found all owe
the island
F. 7. Widney. city passenger agen
of the Terminal railway, came owe
Saturday with a party of twenty-five
tourists. They were R. Warner an
tourists. Mr. Widney is going to max
a special feature of these personall
conducted excursions this summer
The club house on the golf link
has become very popular and many o
the visitors to Avalon spend much 0
their time there when not engaged i
playing. A piano was yesterday adde
to its furnishings.