was towed twenty miles. Mr. Woods, of Los Angeles, was towed forty-two 

 miles. He played his fish seven hours, then giving out, his boatman took 

 the fish, which succeeded in fighting him for seven hours more. It was 

 estimated that the fish towed the heavy launch three miles an hour. The 

 tuna is the great game fish of the world, and its sensational rushes and 

 plays have demoralized many a man and trained athlete. Over 5000 

 tunas have, it is estimated, been hooked, yet but 56 over one hundred 

 4)ounds have been taken by the members of the Tuna Club. Little wonder 

 they take pride in the blue button of the Tuna Club, — evidence that they 

 have taken the king of fishes. 



Among the titans of the finny tribe taken here is the black sea-bass, 

 the record red catch being 439 pounds, by Mr. Murphy. Some of these 

 giants put up an extraordinary fight and tow boats about for a long time. 

 Mr. T. S. Manning, vice-president of the Tuna Club, was towed for several 

 hours, taken out to sea, and only landed the monster by pouring oil on 

 the water. 



In 1905 a new fish made its appearance, a cousin of the albicore and 

 tuna. This the men now call the yellow-fin tuna. It runs up to 60 or more 

 pounds and is a remarkably fine game fish, — a hard fighter, breaking rods 

 and lines with great gusto and adding much to the gaiety of anglers. 



Another splendid game fish taken here is the white sea-bass, a gigantic 

 weak fish running up to 80 pounds, but averaging 50 pounds at Santa 

 Catalina Island. It is a beautiful fish, rich in tints of cold purple and bronze. 

 Aside from these there are dozens of other and smaller fishes, all affording 

 fine sport to the angler who graduates his rod and line to the size of his 

 game. Truly, Santa Catalina is, as an Englishman dubbed it, the angler's 

 paradise, and at Avalon are cottages, hotels, boarding-houses, canvas 

 cities, and camps of all kinds, so that the angler can suit himself and his 

 purse, and better than all, this romantic island knows not a storm of any 

 kind in the summer, and a hot day at Avalon or on the smooth, lake-like 

 waters is an extreme rarity, indeed, almost unknown. 



PROMOTION PARAGRAPHS 



THE beet-sugar factory at Hamilton, in Glenn County, will begin mak- 

 ing sugar on August 1st. In the neighborhood of five hundred men 

 will be employed in connection with this industry. More than five 

 thousand acres of land in the vicinity have been planted to sugar beets. 

 Although the crops of peaches and apricots are light this year in 

 Kings County, the Hanford farmers are jubilant over record-breaking prices. 

 Five hundred dollars a ton is being offered for dried apricots, and $260 an 

 acre for peaches on the trees. 



During the season just past Riverside has shipped 4,918 cars of oranges 

 and 249 cars of lemons, making a total shipment olF 5,167 carloads of 

 citrus fruits from this point. The entire shipment of citrus fruits from south 

 of the Tehachapi Mountains for the season has totaled 23,513 carloads, of 

 which 2,271 carloads have been lemons. 



The fruitgrowers of the Sacramento Valley are realizing record prices 

 on all varieties of fruit, more especially peaches and prunes. The canneries 

 are making a strong market, and it is now expected that the prices will 

 make up to the farmers for the reduced crops caused by the spring floods. 



Extensive additions are being made to the salmon canneries at Mon- 

 terey, which increase the ground site by 4,700 square feet. This will 

 materially increase the output. 



The Visalia beet-sugar factory started up last month. The 5,000 acres 

 of beets in Tulare County promise a large yield, and the prospect for a 

 remunerative season is good. 



Buyers are offering 41/2 and 5 cents for Santa Clara prunes, which is 

 a very high price. The crop is light this year, and the prices are continually 



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