The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-10

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1T ln't 70 very loneSonD here, We
have half q dozen fine dogs 10 play With;
We bring down a couple Of miloh COWS from
the ranch; va have the WSrships coming
In AndI make q bargain with some Of them,
II they will give me water Ill give them
milk. When you fellows are around l
get water without bringing II sixty mileA
It's q fair exchange .
MAN or MANI OFFICES,
And then you 60 on questioning Mr., Hensy
about the lie here and you learn that he is
guide, counsellor, physician, friend and
priest Of the community. Five years ago
q mission priest did come over for a few
days, but he soon went away. Heaven
knows there's q fertile field here for the
consultations Of religion, but 1t was Aban-
doned. And when they die nowadays
Mr.. Heney reads some Of the service and
tie all over but the tears. And when they
are born II is Heney who baptiLes the in-
FAINT and prepares lie soul for the uncer-
families Of life and the hope Of happiness
10 the other world, Sometimes when the
good women who know how 10 minister
In dire distress TO others Of their sex reach
a crisis that il too much for themit ls Heney
who IL called In, and after q time comes
the wall Of a new born babe.
It's one thing to be a business manager
Of a ranch consisting Of i,OOO,O 900 acres
and another to be father, coniessor, judge,
jury, physician and priest Of a community
Of six score. Now and then Heney has
sore need Of what little medical skill he
has acquired. Six years ago he had his
most terrible struggle with disease. Blu
! bonic plague arrived from San Francisco.
II probably came down with the little
steamer that comes to port once a month.
There were nearly a dozen cases. An
| embargo was put on the place by the Gov
eminent. II was cut of from the rest OF
the world for four months. Absolute de-
| struotion seemed to stare all in the face.
Heney had to grapple with pestllence'
He did il, He lost two cases. Perhaps II
is not written down ia medical practice
how he cured the others, but there are
merits. these simple folk here will allow,
in calomel. pure olive oil and coal oil. Never
mind how it is done; there is no county
medical society here 10 prosecute those
who practice medicine roughly without a
diploma. Yellow fever has been combated
here with the same zeal and different RENE
dies. but that was before Heney came,
eight years ago
SHIPMENTS FROM II PORT.
But why does Heney stay here and why
do the rest Of the peoplei Well, because
this is Magdalena Bay, the perfect harbor,
and the Chartered company owns the land
round about and can ship it's product
from here. You ask what those products
are. First and foremost at present is the
moss called orchilla. that sets dyes
and commands high prices all over the
world. The great property Of the Char
tered company is covered over with trees
upon which this moss grows. II takes
three years after picking to set a second
crop, but by picking over your land one
third at a time you have a constant supply
And there are thousands and tens Of thou
sands Of ~acres-yes, hundreds Of Thousands
Of this property which have never been
picked over.
DeeolAte AZ Msgdalens Bay is, within
fifty miles there are great plains Of rich
grasses and fine streams Of water. With
irrigation every kind Of fruit and vegetable
will grow there The temperature huctu'
ates between 81 and 30 degrees. Cattle
thrive. and the c~ompsny's ranch has 1000
or 4,OOO Of them roaming about this prop
prtv. besides horses. There Is a slaughter
house in Magdalena and the shipment OF
orchilla and cattle and meat constitute
the chief industries at present.
II you look closer into the material ad'+
vantages Of the Msgdalena Bay region
YOU find that where the Palo Nedan tree
Rrows-the tree on which the orchilla
foms-there also grows the Terate tree.
This bark ia most valuable for tanning.
Then the magley plant lourishes all about,
and il produces one Of the most valuable
Abers known. The candelea plant -four
ishes. II exudes a white sap from stalks
and roots that can be made into a product
which has the properties and uses Of rubber,
Then, right here on MagdAlena Island, il a
conner vein in plain sight, whose wealth
has not vet been fsthomed, but whose vein
reaches down 10 the deep water, There
are also gold tracings, and up the coast
placer mines are in operation. One Of the
largest natural deposits Of salt in the world
lies only a few miles away. II il formed
by the ocean washing over fat level land,
and it is i~neIhaustible.
The turtle industry Of the bay has never
been e~ncroached upon. II has been found
that this industry can supply 100 turtles
a month. Think Of that. all you who pay
prices for turtle steak and terrapin,
Gelatine and oil can be extracted from these
in abundance and the shells and
dried DIAL bring $40 gold a ton for fertilizer
in California. You can get from - to sl2
a pound for the tortoise shells found here
and the seals In the bay are worth from
10 $50 each. Sharks fins can he secured
in plenty for trade with the Chinese, The
glano beds are rich with wealth. The fish
cries are i~nexhaustible, as every man from
one Of the ships here who has gone ont for
a mornings catch can testify.
RICHES WAIT AT MO BAY.
oh, yes, Magdalena Bay and its adjacent
territory NAV he barren and cherries and
devoid Of water. but there's wealth here
n well as opportunities for seeking a rest
cvre and the exercise Of the comforts Of
medicine and religion. When you think
what II all means, this big bay Of deep
water. fifteen miles long and twelve miles
vide, in a general way, and the lower and
,haDower adjacent bay Of Almejas, cut OF
rom the ocean by the island OF Santa
dargadta, whose headlsnd with that Of
,iagdalena Island forms the gateway TO
i.roar hoy which has milaa and milsa