Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-23
MANCHESTER PEOPLE ENJOYING
THEMSELVES ON PACIFIC .

The Democrat is in receipt of the
following interesting letter from Mrs
Clara Haeberle, who, with her daugh'
ter. Miss Fannie Haeberle, spent the
past winter in sunny California: s
Los Angeles, California
Editors Democrat: i5s.s, ~. y
We are back again in Caltorlnlla, rllr
after spending nearly three months 1tl'' az
Long Beach. Fishing on the coast, IS
a great pastime, some; fish from tne
long piers, while others go outln larse
fishing boats. 1t was my pieasure
one day to go out twenty miles on
the ocean for deep sea fishing. where
the water was three or four huhdreu
feet deep. On the way we saw four
large whales frolicking in the sea
and spouting water to a great height. :.
We were glad to know they were nol
very. near the boat. There were
twenty-five people on the boat, among
whom were Mr.. H. w. Sabin, Miss
Gladys Sabin, and Mr.. G. w. Mlller.
One of the most interesting trips we
have taken was the ride on the wa
ter twenty-five miles to Santa Cata-
lima island. 1t takes three hours 70
20. There were three hundred and
twelve passengers on board. Catalina
island is twenty-five miles long and
from eight miles to half a mile vide.
There are fifty-five thousand acres Of
parks and mountains, vast. pleasure
ground AS we. approach the 1sianc
the pretty little town Of Avalon Is
seen with its, hotels. cottages anu t1
tents. The trip along the shore in a
glass bottom boat is very interesting,
The submarine gardens which arg
most wonderful have been described
as follows: Floating along over
the green and blue waters one sees
the goings and comings of aquatic
life. Here are shell encrusted rocks.
red. green and gold fish ziszigglng
among the waving foliage. Here are
real trees with long branches waving
as on land in a tempest, great fish OF
all shapes, Fluxuriant foliage with
branches bearing clusters Of fruit-re-
sembling olives In places one can
see ninety feet down in the water.
The kelp, or ocean trees, will grow
to the height of one hundred and fit-,
ty feet. They are of commercial yal-
Ne. as they contain large quantities
Of iodine and other properties.
Another trip of interest that We
recently took was the one up Mount
Lowe, which is six thousand one hun
dred feet high. The length OF the in
cline is three thousand feet and made
on cable car Then we went up
the winding track on an electric car
until we reached Alpine Tavern. The
remaining part of the trip, two and
half miles around the mountain, is
made on horse back or on foot. We
walked the distance and had fine
view OF the surrounding country;
S We are enjoying great variety OF
flowers at the present time. Roses
OF all colors are everywhere in pro-
fusion. White, pink or lavender wis
terra is seen almost covering the
houses. Gala lilies are abundant.
and the fields @of Califronia poppies
are gorgeous. We recently spent a
very pleasant day with Mrs. Addie
Mckee and her sister, Mrs. Hattie
Bennett, both sisters Of j. Mrs. KENYON
OF Manchester. Most of orr Man IN
chester tourists are. on their way
home by this time. We surely have
had a delightful winter with so manT
friends and such arg ,resting coun-
try, with fruit, floweSs, warm sweath-
er, mountains and sea. We expect
to leave here this week, stopping to
visit number Of interesting places
on our way home.
Mrs. Clara Haeberle.