The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-19
THE LARGEST FISH EYER
TAKEN
with "a Wod-spost at Santa C"ta-
iisR.


The most remarkable of these towns is
located on Santa Catalina Island, which
lies off the coast not far from the city
OF Los Angeles. The ocean in the vi
entity of the island is noted as ing
the home uf the tuna, O"e Of the gam
lest fishes which are taken with Tn"
rod While the water Is so Gear that the
wonderful marine growth on tn" Dot
tom can be distinctly So at a depth OF
fl III fOity to sixty feet, Tdr island
also contains one of the finest tHl"S
beaches i'll the world. while the water
is of such a temperature lhat II can
be enjoyed While people in the Eastern
States are wrapped in fuES~ IN Mlu"lh-
ter. !
\ few years ago the northern END u
HE island was bought by a company
which finally decided 10 establish Il luIl |
ihtgtd town, although "Nl one OF t"o
buildings stOed upon the SITE NltHll t
onc year the valley selected Ter "" .
community was built up along IN
beach front with a score Of notes ana
pavilions, while back OF them were
erected hundreds of tents, giving lhe ,
place the appearance of military EN- +
As already stated, the town site IS
owned by one company ana inns COR
p0ratiOn has absolute control OF tha
community, en2cting its own laws pfo-
Viding the necessary ;orce, anu as II
Owns TIL" principal structures IL Is diSo
theatrical manager an" genera
amusement pcOyider. The president ot
the company has as absolute DOMINION
over the people as the Car mas III 1EuS~
STA, but thus far the system OF govern
= lnrnt has besn satisfactory and the
place is teadily increasing in popular
,ity.
! The tents are used principally III the
summer time, The town is nearly de-
serted in the spring except for the flsfl-
ntmen. About May the company SENDS
"a sang of men to tho island ana N
! few days they have erected the long
rows of tents, changing the appearance
of the place as if by magic. rms part
/ Of the town is slowed away during the
spring in a large circus tent, which
contains not only the canvas, but turni-
turc carpets oil stoves, dishes and
other household articles which are
rented by the company with each tent.
. IiCN dIP cNIultll'C'A anu tA'N N"N'"| ~"
hired by the day or TIE season so that
the visitor can go to Catalina with
merely the clothes on his back ana
what he can carry III E'bfE.'n "'
trunk Everything else is provided for
him There is & general store WheF"
rrOviSi0rS dry goods and other n"CrS-
stiles arc sold at the ordinary prices; Il
posIoflice and telps,Apn "tlic" Whhe
the town supports q newspaper during
the principal season. In addltoh 10
summer opera. band concerts arc given
daily at the expense of the company.
The tuna are caught both from salt
boats and rnwhoats immediat"lH on
shore, and soma wonderful specimens
of this fish, as we'll as others OF the
hnny tribe, have been taken Funa
actually Weighing over 4o0 n'uh"S
have been caught with the hook ana
line, although in some cases the nSh-
crmen were obliged to play them
three or four hours before the ish ne
came suhclehtIS tA"a""'en
drawn up to the boat and GATED. FIRE.
uurntly specimens are caught Whlch
are twice the weight OF ana aclu"llE
longer than their captors. Ihey are 10
the PaClllC what lue 4S1It'H0 '"' t'>'' -
to the Gulf If Mexico, ana resemble
the latter greatly in their 2amihe7S'
although no so attractive in appear
ance.
Natura lists say the tuna Is the lars-
est fish in the world that is played
with the rod. For this reason great
rivalry exists as to VINO can take the
, largest fish. Some of the women OF
Southern California are experts IN the
, sport, and not a few OF them nave TAX
en- prizes for catching the largest dur
, ing the season. A Brooklyn woman
! however, is the record breaker She Is
Mrs. A. w. Barrett who in s9ol actuai-
" hooked and brought to the boat q
, monster weighing 416 pounds although
f it took her nearly half day TO TIRE
the tuna so that it could be reached by
the boatman with his gaff. Other sue
, cessful fishers among the women are
, Mrs. T.. N. Dickinson, OF FaS"de''a' any
! Avalon.