Santa Catalina Island.
Santa Catalina, more commonly called "Catalina," lies twenty-five miles off the coast of southern California. It is twenty miles long, and between two and three miles wide. It was first inhabited by Indians, of whom many relics and skulls and bones have been found. The principal town, called Avalon, is situated near the southern part of the island in a little cove about a mile wide. The water is so clear that you can see the rocks and fish one hundred feet below the surface—the rocks with their green moss waving to and fro with the tide, while gold and other fish swim lazily about. There is a marble called Catalina which is of grayish color, and is used in building some of our finest business blocks in Los Angeles. This marble is more or less transparent, and is said to be the only kind of hard stone with that peculiarity. Two years ago Catalina was hardly heard of, but now there often are, in summer, five thousand people there.
A. Lazarus, R.T.K.
Los Angeles.