The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-20

whose duty Ii Is to inspect every yes
sci csming into these waters with
cargoes of goods to see that yellow
fever or other contagious diseases
are not brought in by boats from
| foreign countries. Away back in the
fifties before quarantine stations
were established yellow fever broke
out in Corpus Christi and killed sew
eral prominent citizens. There are
| two or three nice little cottages on
an island near the Arkansas channel,
and in these the doctor and his as
sistants are on duty day and night
Further down the channel the gov
ernment keeps lighthouse. A high
tower has been erected on pretty
| island. and on the top of this at night
lights direct the mariner on his way.
Tarpon is on a point OF the Mus
tang island. with the gulf on three
sides. Tarpon Is headquarters for
tarpon fishing and men and women
are here from all parts of the north.
A splendid hotel is kept here by Mr..
| J. f. Cotter and his mother The
rates for board are Sf4 per week, and
the hotel is full most of the sum-
mer, A few stay here during the
winter TO fish and shoot ducks. AS
there are no eating or sleeping faCili-
ties on a sail boat all our party took
lunch with them When we reach
ed Tarpon at sundown we went TO
the hotel where a splendid meal was
served. All kinds of fish were pre-
pared in every style known to a
cook. The sleeping here is simply
delightful. / was up early next morn
ing and walked across TO the gulf
and although I was alone | coulu
not resist the temptation OF taking
a plunge. The waves roll much
higher here than they do en- the bay,
and as the sun peeped UP over the
rolling white billows / was ducking
under and over them. | was the
only member of our party 10 take
a dip In the gulf After breakfast
Mr.. Cotter invited several of us to
take a ride with him in his gasoline
boat. He took us out to the jetties
where Arkansas bay empties into the
gulf The ietties are long piles OF
rocks placed there by the govern
ment to protect the channel deepen
ed through the pass A small gaso-
line engine in a skiff sends il along
at a rate of eight or ten miles an
hour, and there are a great number
of them along the coast Mr Cotter
towed six fishing boats and their oc-
cupants our 10 the ietties. We turn
ed the boats loose and the fisher
men began rowing to the rock piles
In about thirty minutes we saw them
land five big tarpons. When the
fisherman S hook strikes a tarpon
he jumps four or five feet out of
the water and then maEes off like
q wild mustang when first lassoed
II is great sport to watch this. the
prettiest fish in the water. as he
plunges and tries 10 free himself
There were several ladies in this
crowd Several persons in the crowd
We saw fishing that morning were
from Philadelphia, Denver and many
points in Texas. One Philadelphia
man caught one that measured six
feet and four inches. We towed him
back 10 Tarpon. The meat Of the
tarpOn is not very good and great
many of them are turned loose af-
ter being caught The founder,
which is a flat fish. the red fish.
sheep head and Spanish macherel
are the most sought after for eating
purposes The people here will not
| eat catfish. and will laugh at a land
| Iubber like me for saying that they
/ are good to eat up the country where
| / came from.
INNOCENCE ABROAD