Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-09-08

u Can you imagine our ". c. Macy.
Sue OF the successful farmers OF
Monte Vista. afloat ON the Pacific
Bcean for fourteen days in an old
whaling vessel seeking the thrills Of
leapturing big fish? Well. that's
What happened this summer when
oar. Macy went to California for his
fAnnual vacation and he was one Of
khe party Of kindred spirit whose
Experiences on that trip are written
IN the following article.
4 1T was Just the sort Of expedition
THAT should have set forth. in . low.
Irakish craft. ON = search for buried
kSreasure. But what 1t did. was to
{sst ssorth In . sixty-five loot motor
/l6at from San Pedro. ON . search
for fish,
eleven Whittier men and the
(xkipper set sail ON June 3 for lsisnd
de Cedras. They put in at San Diego
and Ensenada. Ensenada was the
Ylast point at which they touched
civilization. From there they sailed
I 10 San Maquinss Island. which Is =
I small. uninhabited island. on which
were all kinds Of unusual birds, In
cluding pelicans and looms. and also
. large quantity Of seals.
\ "The Island Do Cedras. their ulti-
mate destination. Il over two han
dred miles south Of Naquinas Island.
Pit is twenty-ssven miles long. and
the only human beings upon the
!. island are . man and his wife and
fourteen-year-old daughter. This
man u . fishsrman living in little
kcabin. and he sells his catches to
passing fishing vessels. One half
!. ol ths Island 10 Quits bare and
rocky while ON the other side 10 .
heavy growth OF cedar trees. There
/, are oaly two palm trees ON the en-
tire island. and near them 10 .
small spring OF fresh water. which.
although II has . peculiar taste. 10
potable. Plans are now being made
by some Mexican firm for the con-
struction Of fish cannery on this
island, and the water from this
,spring will be piped to the cannery.
..There 10 . gold mine there. which
was abandoned about ten years ago.
land which was evidently quite an
extensive affair In It's day. There
are numerous goats ON the island.
and the intrepid explorers from
Whittier killed several Of them. but
: not because they needed food
When they started ON the trip. they
, took With then 'ssoush provisions
Tor q least two weeks. and though
tAey we're detained on Csdras
Islaad ioagsr thaa they sxpectsd
. -. Trey had plenty 70 eat a
all unss: the oaly addition they
hal 70 make 70 the eomnissary de-
pastnsat, vAs two leaves Of broad
at asn Diego o. the way bsck-
IL heavy 80 having soaked the
staff Of life.
"WAils they wsrs at Csdras Island
Q seroag northwest wind came up
asA continued tor several daya The
weather was este chilly sad The
- vas 20 roash that hey lard
~ vsaturs away fron Aal uatil
laet ThussAay, which Was t1o laas
vhsu thsy we're due 70 ~ bask h
Whlttiss.
'~TAs trip vas free from accidents
aaA svssyeas had . good time. a.
thoush ths fishias was poor. The
ooly eateA made vas . large Jew.
fssA Weighing over 3ee pounds; the
skippsr booked hin and c. L. Davis
eaefsA hin. This fish y sxcslleat
sasing aaA b sbost the sane -
baoek ssa bass.
"Yssesrday nosnias the voyassrs
relurnsA. nuch - the relief q
tAslr frsssls sn1 relatives. whsa
asks1 u ~ would like 70 live for
. vAile % . place IKE csdras
IsoaaA. NJ. Davis saiA suphatisaily
''teei", Aal The others probably
stare NJ oSlaiea. although they all
asses tAae - a. sxpsrssncs. the
tsip vas Woa1 worth the tims aad
neAay. Il ollttsea 70 n. Davis.
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L. Angeles. ~. Q. Macy. J. D.
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