The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17
SANTA CRUZ MAY BE
OPENED UP AT LAST
Failure as Pay raves Gives Long
Sought Opportunity 10 Shhkc
OF Jdirr Family.
IS A LARGE PACIFIC ISLAND
Strnngr and beautiful SCENERY Used
for Movies Isle Abounds
In Wild Game,

SANTA BARBARA. cal, Aug l6.
/ n a suit recently filed In the Santa
| Barbara county superior court ls
| HuDursatuL one uf the wonder spots
~ the Enclfi, coast Will uu thrown
open to the public The suit which
/ b. brought by AEuc q. CapuCClu
against Arthur y, Fred r. ana Al
hlut &. talrr. the Santa Cruz Land
company aud others, Involves the
uWncrship OF Santa Cruz. the llrE
est ut the rhanu"l islands. which
lies within 30 miles of the main land
aopportc Santa. barbara. and is nt-
Tie known because OF present inac-
CrsYihllIty
The island was secured from tho
government many years ago boy Jus
unlun cairo ana hH family who
formed the Santa CRUZ Island com
uuuy as a holding corporation. ON
Cares death tho widow holding
one hair the stock. combined her I'm
irrcsts with those ut one Of her chill.
drcu thus eNorvlHiug complete con
lrul ut tho company nud the island
A recent failure 90 pay the an
nuol corporation tax gave the other
heirs AN opportunity Co attack this
control Tho suit, ii is believed hy
Enmp NJ the protesting heirs viii re.
suit I'M the corporations being dif.
solved and the property divided into
parcels in accordance with tho stuck.
holdings
Santa Cruz contains about $1,000
acres The north Wdc Of II is pro
cIpitou7. mountain chain running
tho entire length but there Is u
good harhor at the other end. Tho
south sid" ls exposed 20 tho fun
force of the Pacific and there Is no
landing place.
There is small settlement upon
o. Part Of the land In devoted tu
sheep grazing ana part 10 wine grape
cultivation, but the greater. part Is
wild.
Tho waters about tho island tcem
with fish and Uhalonc For large
part ~ the shor" line the cliffs are
honrye0mbcd with caves some ~
thosc great holes are gaudy with
wonderful combinations OF colors
surEcHiug CamuufllRv The sea
rushcs iu at high tide and the caves
are filled with queer sounds likenod
To The moaning ana Eroaning Nuf
giants. Practically every seal In
vaudeville or I'm uIrruses which sh lows
] 'A' .N''N'IAf'N INV Iift' N'f 'NlllfN lNNIl
Santa cruz. For years Capt George
NJ Mcclure has driven a thriSing
trade with HmHsruscnt enterprises
In capturing seals
The ISLAND nboundF In Wild pigs.
foxes and mountain lions. The Wild
pigs are descendants Of porkers
brought 10 the island hnlf century
ago by Russian seal hunters who.
ON departing after "A stay NJ several
months. kidnapped number OF In
dian women then resident on Santa
| Cruz. Tn" women were taken to
| the Arctic lands and formed part
| OF seal hunting colony there.
Because Of the strange and beau.
| tiful scenery ~ tho ISLAND. it IL fire.
qucntly used as motion picture
background.
The Island management has been
avcrse 10 permitting campers on the
island I'm considerable numbers. but
occasional trips arc mado To Il by
Capt Ira Eaton In his ship the Sea
Wolf with vacation parties II the
ISLAND rs split up, some of the con.
testing heirs viii build wharf and
make bid FOR tourist patronage.
Tradition declares that pirates
made the island their rendezvous.
ana there has been dcultory and
FUN" search Tor buried treasure by
various aivcnturcrs.