Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20

place of ramona" the ha1f-breed In
dian girl who is the central figure in
the romantic novel of that name, writ
ten by Helen Hunt Jackson, half
century ago, largely to draw attention
to the wrongs being perpetrated by
white settlers upon the Indians OF this
section. after the manner of Harriet
Beecher Stoves famous story, Uncle
Toms Cabin" in the interests of the
emancipation of the negroes before the
civil war "RamOna'S Marriage Place"
is treated very seriously by many Wis
Itors who think they can see in the
many queer and ancient relics of by
gone ages, that have been collected
there. things which once were revered
by the innocent and pure-minded In
dian maiden, whose sad experiences
have been wept over by many ten
der hearted readers of the story. A
profitable business is carried on there
i'm the sale of curios and postcards,
calculated to strike the fancy of visit
ors.
A Trip to the Clouds.
One can scarcely enumerate the
many features that engage the atten-
ton and offer attraction to the sight
seer at and hear San Diego and in
most of these there enters some beau
tiful views of the ocean. Immediately
facing the city on the harbor front is
what is termed North Island, although
&c iclo of q
the northern extremity of the long and
narrow peninsula of Coronado. On
North Island the federal government
maintains an aviation station and
school of instruction and experimental
flying. Aeroplanes can be seen sail
ing over the bay and city nearly every
morning and the soldier aViators have
established a number of new records
in flying. An enthusiastic aviator has
built a late model hydro-aeroplane-a
combination boat and flying machine
i'm which he takes passengers for a
ten or twelve mile flight out over the
ocean, Coronado beach and the harbor,
for only $500 trip. This is an
experience have long felt desire to
partake of, and one day this week Mrs.
Lowrey and myself each made the
trip with him-one at time. We as
cended to a height of about 1900 to
l 500 feet, and had a view of the har-
Dor, ocean, city and the surrounding
country that we will never forget. 1t
was about the best five dollars worth
of entertainment we have bought on
the. coast The aviator who is Ger
man, at one time connected with the
imperial German army, informed me
that he had carried over 1000 pas
sengers, one at time, on these flights
here, since last January, and has new
er yet had an accident. He says he
don't want to risk his life and limbs
riding on automobiles and jitney buss-
es 50 long as he can use this safe
and sane" method of locomotion.
Pleasant Ocean Journeys.
One pleasant, and to me very ap-
pealing trip, is the one l have twice
made, from here to the Coronado Is
lands, located off the Mexican coast,
about % miles away. The trip is made
in a-small passenger boat which COM
dDOQI lily
people Passing out through San Die
go harbor the boat rounds the point
at North Island, then circles to the
southwark, past the wireless station,
the second strongest in the United
States, past the Bennington monu
ment erected to the memory of the
sixty-five American sailors who were
killed when the gunboat Bennington
blew up in the harbOr few years ago;
past the government quarantine sta
ton; past Fort Rosecrans, with its
battery of disappearing coast de-
Tense guns; past the light house stu
ated on the southern extremity Of
Point Iona, and thence southwark
over the intensely blue waters of the
Pacific ocean.
Catching Deep Sea Fish.
The captain and mate of this boat,
1.-THE Golden West" are very accom-
modating chaps, and provided myself
and Rev. Joseph B. Hummert, rector
emeritus of st. Josephs sanitarium,
located only a few blocks from where
we are living, and who was also a
passenger, the morning 1 first went
over, with the strong lines and other
equipment for deep sea fishing, with
which we were permitted to trawl
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