The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-29
Continued from Last Week.


car and went out to San Redro. From
there we went to Santa Catalina Is
land in a boat named Cabrilla. AS
we crossed the channel there could
be seen many sea gulls flying around,
darting every now and then down az
ter fish. The Leaping Tuna w6ul
dash into the air and other fish cou1
be seen as they would come up 4
the surface. There were about n
dozen little row boats that came up
to the side of out boat, each consist
ing of one or two divers. The pas
sengers of our boat would thr wv
money down in the water to see the i
dive after it and bring it up in th .ir
mouths.
Catalina Island is an island TWEEN, =
five miles off the coast of Los Anee-
les county. 1t is twenty-five miles
long and from one-half to eight mil IS
wide. We were three hours getting
there. While there we went out in a
glass-bottom boat to see the subma-
rine gardens. This boat had a rect
angular shape box, made of thick mag
nifying glass, which was placed down
in the bottom of the boat with bench
es all the way around it for passen-
gers to sit on and look down at the
bottom of the ocean. There cou14I
seen shell-encrusted rocks, fish
green, gold. zigzagging leisu
among the waving foliage. There VI
real trees with long branches waj :
as on land by tempest; great sh
of all shapes, and luxuriant foliage.
The foliage consisted mostly of kelp,
which has great clusters of fruit en- it
resembling the olive, but which is hol-
low and feels like a soft shell egg.
This kelp is very valuable and the fol-
lowing substances are made from it.:
iodine, potash, geletine and rubber.
There were numerous shells of various
sizes to be seen, ranging from a
quarter of an inch to seven inches
long. There was an expert diver on
board who would dive down for the
larger ones, looking at us whish> he
was under the water, inauirias VsTS.
one we would prefer. These Shells
were sold as souvenirs at twenty five
cents each.
Further out from the Submarine
Gardens was the Seal Rocks, the home
of quite a number of seals.
We left Los Angeles at 9:30 for
San Diago, which is 1864 miles from
Los Angeles. After getting dinner
and reserving rooms at the u. s..
Grant Hotel, we went out to the San
Diago Exposition grounds. Archi-
tectually the exposition was as unique
as it was in other features. The
conventional idea of worlds fair
buildings was Abandoned and there
was revived the Spanish type of build
ings. This idea was gotten because
of the first white settlers of that
country which went direct there from
Spain. 1t is said that Froy Sierra,
a Spaniard, planted the first palm on
the west coast. A padro stretches
with lawn and trees and flowers, at
each side a row of Spanish buildings,
some of the mission type, some Of
the palace type, but all harmoniously
Spanish. A portal opens through the
arcade which stretches from one end
Of the grounds to the other on each
side of the Padro. Here can be seen
a luxurious growth of southern Cali
fornia flora. Out on the plaza of
one of the buildings there were a
troupe of Spanish dancing girls,
dancing to the music of gui-
tars and the click of castonets.
We went through what could be
termed model intensive farm, where
there were the peach, apricot, apple,
loquat and cherry tree growing, and
beneath these trees a thousand rows
of vegetables, some northern, some
semi-tropical, but all growing side by
side and in a profusion which is not
known to farms operated under old
style methods. The Japs are the
scientists of intensive agriculture, and
were there to teach the white man
how small tracts Of land could be op-
Grated to greatest advantage. We on
ly had short time to spend on these
grounds so we hurriedly ran through
the buildings of Foreign Arts, Com
merce and Industries, Agriculture
and Horticulture, Home Economy,
Arts and Crafts, Science and Edu-
cation, and others. was particularly
impressed with the displays in the
Home Economy buildings. Upon en-
tering the first thing we saw was
large glass refrigerator box which
contained cow, life size, that was
made out of butter. There were