Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28
A DELIGHTFUL TRIP
OF NeVadanS From ElkO County
To Catalina Island
EDITOR INDEPENEDEHT:


February 10, 1908, will bc long re-
mcmhered Ly some ElKo 20 .nty people
with pleasure. On thai r!ny eighteen Of
| us, all Eiko county rroaic bmt two,
made delightful trip 10 Catalina
leland, leaving Los Angeles at 9:I5 a.
IN. and returning at G:ij p. IL. The
island is three hours pdc from Los
Angelee, a real park i'll the Pacific, and
is twenty-five miles long and contains
10, GOO acres.
The merry rariy consisted OF Myron
Pixley and wife, George Schocr and
wife, Roher: anderson, wife and sou,
Miss Doliie Russell, Miss Agnes FernaId
Ben Armstrong and wife, Miss Nettic
Armstrong, Mr.. Couovcr aud daughters
Alrs. Frank ShRw.und Miss Neitie) Miss
AbrIz and Mr.. Hays OF Long Beach, and
your correspondent.
This was certainly bunah o: old
Navndaus to he gathered together tor -
nice days outmg in dcl.gh ful Cail
fcrnia. Wen, after getting them al
together III the electric building, 9Th
| and Main street.. We made the start al
9:lJ a. ~
We had been told thai it was very
rough between the man land and
Catalina, and that we would all be sea-
| sick, sure. Some recommended
lemon so Mrs. P.x!ey laii it, II supply.
| "Old Pix shifted at the lemon PROPOSE
| o., L. L
thing and some another. Finally an old
salt standing near, taking it all III, said:
"Wby don't some of you icllcrs take
flask along, that's the stuff for scasick-
ness Bob Anderson at once took the
old salts hint and procured n supply o.
| ilaske.
After scramble, we finally got
seated on the electric car and pulled ont
Tor San Pedro, twenty-five miles, where
we boarded the elegant steamer that was
tot carry us to Catalina, tweuty-sevcu
miles ont. In II few moments the start
NILS made and we were ont on the briny
deep, and everybody waiting 10 be sicI'.
After waiting some time for some Que to-
commence "Eiviur up "OId Pix Cv-
mcmbcrmg what the old salt had said,
turned to Bob Anderson, who carried
the flask and said: "Bub l'm feeling 30:
OF queer and turning to me, he suiu:
saint you feeling kinder tina; way
Char lic?' | answered in tile affirmative.
and wo all excused ourselves to the
ladies and retired below deck, " here all
the sick people went. Well, we didn't
dc a thing to that flask; and after il waE
finished, we found out that :ie re was It
&.:c bar auCnrd our bont, and we all 90,
sick several times during the trip. The
Indies, poor souls, consuled themselves
with the lemons.
Inc sea beng as smooth us a mill
ponC, wo arrived ip two AMI halt hours
at Avalon Bay, mCst delightful SPOT
filed with nll manner OF craft, lishing
skiifs, glass bOttomrd bonis, and, III fact,
all kinds Of boats Imaginable.
The first thing wo did on land ing was
70 get something to eat. Wei, that
meal wns really peach, and the kindly
remarks made about il. within the hcar-
my of the proprietor drove him nearly
crrzy. | think the poor man was cut
ont Tor wood chopper, instead Of
restaurautcnr. Your CORE. pOnden,
with his experience in thnt line really
pitied hun. After getting through with
this mcR', .hf ladies all adjourned and
got somc Ice cream to I'LL up on.
80, AL,
bottom hOgt for II ehort cruise around
the bay to view the flora and the fishes
OF The toccap. Here we;sBprht II most
dclightful hour, viewing, Though the
bottom of the boat, the beauties Of the
growth found IN the depth OF tho eca.
Wc could see great forcsis, ns il wore,
Of kelp or scawccd, which are kept in !
,hcir uprigh, position by innumerablc |
little glObrF, filled with Nir, aud among
THESE iUTCst4 0f ke!p innulncrnbic hshcs |
Oi all colors and kiHdp and Ri2c GLrted
back md forth ap il rcvcrug IN their
dClighiful ehadC Soon we came to SCul
Rock, where the sea lion delights to
Gun himself fcf time and then plunge
hlhin ihto hls. bfmS hOme.
Before returning to Avalon bay, our
skipper ghyc us M exhibition NJ bia
diving, which seemed very iutcfcalng
to us oil. llc would dive under our
boat and gather nbnlOuc shells Tor TIE
right before our oyce, rs we could sec
all his movements through the glass
bottom Of Onr bont. lie received 20
ceDte each for the shclls, and no GER