Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19

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in the Rubio Canyon from where a
great cable incline, 5000 feet in
length, ascends almost perpendicular
ly to the summit of Echo mountain,
and there one gets wide inspiring
view of the surrounding fertile valley.
Here is situated the Lowe Observa-
| tory.
From Echo Mountain mountain
railway goes up to the Alpine Tavern,
rustic inn nesting costly in the
mountain crags. The route skirts the
wonderful Grand Canyon and the
view down it's length to the wide ex-
panse Of valley and cities beyond for
many miles is a never to be forgotten
one. Nowhere have we seen such
! broad expanse of beautiful valley.
From Alpin Tavern climbed to In
spiration Point where another fine
view is obtained of this beautiful coun-
| try and wooded hills. Mt. Lowe is
named after it's one time owner, Prof.
Lowe, who is said to have sunk an i'm
mense fortune in the building of this
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Ocean Bathing.
We had delightful day at Long
Beach, pretty resort on the ocean,
connected with Los Angeles by cleo
trio car line. Here l had my first dip
in the Pacific Ocean. An immense
stretch Of fine beach makes this place
a favorite resort for swimmers and
bathers who have great sport among
the heavy breakers of the ocean.
At Catalina.
Friday, we visited the far famed
Santa Catalina, a beautiful mountain
GUS island with fine rocky coast, now
much frequented resort From Los
Angeles we went to San Pedro, dis
lance Of twenty-five miles by electric
railway. This is the chief seaport of
Los Angeles and may also be reach
ed by the Souther Pacific railway or
the Salt Lake railway. From San Pc
dro the good steamer Cabrillo took us
across the Catalina Island and our
passage was unusually rough. the
high swells producing all the effects
of an ocean voyage. 1t was only a two
hours ride to Avalon, the only resort
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Catalina Bay, an arm of the
Pacific, and before lunch we
strolled out on trail leading around
the coast where every turn, narrowly
hugging it's steep rocky sides, gave
another and finer view Of the far
reaching waters. The beach here is
entirely covered with small pebbles
Several miles beyond is the famed
beach where moonstones are often
found.
Marine Gardens.
But the feature of Catalina that draws
the tourist to its shores is its marine
gardens. No place else on earth, it is
said, can the beauties Of ocean life be
as well seen as through the crystal
blue waters of it's bay. Glass-bottomed
boats furnish splendid method of
viewing the wonders Of the deep This
cannot be exaggerated. 1t was far
beyond our expectations. Our boat
man, bronzed young Mexican who
had spent his life in this part of the
world, was well informed on every
phase of the gardens. 1t was novel
sensation to sit in row boat rocked
by the waves and look far beneath,
: through the waters we were riding,
and see submarine trees and forests
and shrubs with wondrous deep rocky
canyons where beautiful fish dart in
and out world all undreamed Of
i Immense trees of iodine kelp stand up
right under the waves and a great va
riety of sea moss is clearly defined in
it's limpid depths The beautiful blue
sea heather, flower that grows far
down in the ocean and which when
taken from its native clement changes
Immediately to a heavy dull brown,
withered color, caused constant excla-
nations of delight Exquisite elec-
| trio fish that reflected all the colors
of display incandescents, flashed in
and out among these watery forests
gold fish glistening brightly, great
rock bass, beautiful blue perch, all
sporting in their own world-it was
like some imaginary picture Oc-
casionally we caught glimpses of aba
lone shells far down, rejecting all the
irridescent shades The waters here
are SO clear that one may gaze down
often to depth of over forty feet as
clearly as if through air Occasional
ly we passed through schools
OF perch or a grand march, y
of fian as the boatmen would call them
ind then again the boat would seem to