PAGET we
¢garr of the
"There is a destiny that makes us broth-
¢rs; none goes his way alone. All we send
into the lives Of othors comes back into our
own."--Edwin Markham.
(Sunshine Psychology Service)
The firefly is a brilliant bug
But they say he's got no mind
Because he struggles through existance
With his headlight on behind.
The question is: Do you make of
your own mental processes a circus
tent or a place to store images of
everything you have seen; or do you
use the process to bring happiness and
contentmentto yourself and those
about you ?
Shakespeare said: "There is nothing
either good or bad, but thinking makes
it so."
Professor George M. Stratton of the
University of California in his book
"Developing Mental Power" said:
"The effect of emotion upon judgment
is notorious; according as we like or
dislike a person, will his acts be dif-
ferently interpreted; according as we
are elated or depressed will a task
seem easily within or quite beyond
our powers ..... Strange to say,
emotion even works backward, increas-
ing or diminishing our power to rec-
ollect what occured before, as well as
during the emotion itself. A know-
ledge of these interconnections makes
for tolerance ..... Emotions never
know their place; they wander and
make strange transfers and associa-
tions. They appear in unexpected
places."
Never throw mud. You may miss
your mark, but you must have dirty
hands.--Joseph Parker.
POOR ECONOMY
Many a man, for love of self,
To stuff his coffers starves himself;
Labors, accumulates, and spares,
To lay up ruin for his heirs;
Grudges the poor their scanty dole,
Saves everything except his soul!
"Four things greater than all things are,
Women and horses,' power and War."
--Mercury.
Typographical
Where's Happiness? That city fair
I sought in vain to find.
A friend located it for me:
It's in the State of Mind.
Watchful Waiting
"Waiting for an opportunity," says
the Silent Partner, "is like fishing for
a four-pound lake trout without a hook
on the end of your line." Again, on
the subject of Opportunity : "Give some
men a dozen years right in the most
fertile valley on the American conti-
nent and they will Come out" of this
garden spot of Opportunity with two
sprays of poison ivy and a handful of
worthless weeds."
VINCO
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25 CENTS
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AVALON DRUG CO.
405 Crescent Avenue
THE MOSQUITO-FISH
(Gambusia Afllnis)
By David Start Jordan
A good many little fishes will devour
mosquito-larva, or "wrigglers," when-
ever they find them, but most of them
prefer to live in clear waters, while
mosquitoes lay their eggs only in wat-
er which is stagnant. There is, how-
ever, one little top-minnow willing to
meet mosquitoes on their own ground,
as it were, devouring them with such
great enthusiasm that it is appropria-
tely called the Mosquito-fish.
These little creatures reach a length
of two and one-half inches, the males
being smaller and relatively scarce. It
is nearly plain greenish in color, with
large scales, a flattish head and small
mouth. The top of the head usually
shows a small silvery spot or streak.
Several different species are known,
swarming in every small pond, slug-
gish brook or gutter in the lowlands
from southern Virginia to southern
Illinois and to the warmer parts of
Mexico. The name Gambusia is a
modification of the Spanish Gambusino,
which expresses the most triffiing sort
of fish. When an angler catches
nothing at all, he is said in Cuba to be
"fishing for Gambusinos."
In the southern lowlands where lit-
tle top-minows, killifishes and gambus-
inos swarm, there are several much
smaller than Gambusia, some barely an
inch long, and generally very brightly
colored. As this whole tribe are very
hardy they are becoming more and
more valued as aquarium fish, being
much more lively and interesting than
the conventional gold fish. The Gam-
busia and several of the others are
especially interesting, as their eggs are
hatched internally, and the young are
born alive, six or eight to the brood
as a rule, each little one within a
couple of days ready to go after mos-
quitoes.
Some twenty years ago Hawaii was
sorely beset by mosquitoes, not the
sort which bears malaria, but the an-
noying big singing kind brought over
by whalers in water barrels from
Alaska. The government set aside a
considerable sum for a search for mos-
quito killers. I was asked to direct
this work, and to that end I sent a
Stanford student, Mr. Alvin Seale
(now superintendent of the Steinhart
aquarium at San Francisco) to New
Orleans to try out certain species of
fishes.
There was yellow fever in New Or-
leans at the time, and Mr. Seale went
to Galveston, Texas, instead. I in-
structed him to test a big "killifish"
(Fundulus grandis), six inches long;
a very handsome "top-minnow" (Mol-
lienesia latipinna) with.a banner-like
dorsal fin colored like a peacock's
tail; and the little dull-colored Gam-
busia. Being very hardy, all of the
lot reached Honolulu safely and were
put in aquaria, each with a lot of
mosquito-wriglers.
The fundulus showed but mild inter-
est, eating mosquitoes leasurely, as he
would angleworms. The mollienesias
was also not excited and showed a
vegitarian disposition. The gambusias
leaped instantly on their quarry, clear-
ing the aquarium almost at once and
demanding more of the same. They
had found the joy of their lives.
From Hawaii they have been intro-
duced into Formosa and the Philip-
pines, and no doubt into So~tthern
China and Japan. The Japanese have
a little top-minnow in their rice ditch-
es, a fish they call Medaka. It eats
mosquitoes, but apparently the Gain-
THE CATALINA
busia could "give him a hundred and
beat him every time."
The State Fish Commission has now
a pool of Gambusias at Sacramento,
and will soon be prepared to distribute
them. In garden lily-pools they are
indispensible. They devour not only
mosquitos but other insects. I have
seen them leap out of the waters to
seize flies, creeping along on the mar-
gin of their preserves.
In default of mosquitoes and flies
the gambusia thrives on gold-fish food.
They care little if the water grows
turbid. They do not attack gold-fish
or other neighbors, not being voraci-
ous like some other "top-minno~gs."
One of these (Cyprinoeon macularius),
found in artesian waters in Riverside
county, will trim up the fins of a gold-
fish in short order, eating the mem-
branes and leaving the fish with bare
poles for fins.
The "top-minnows," by the way, are
not "minnows" at all, having teeth in
the jaws, which no minnows possess.
Their relations are rather with the
pikes or pickerels, and they may be
regarded as pikes reduced to the low-
est terms, some of them being the
smallest of all fishes.
Dr. G. J. Crandall, Avalon's dentist,
will return to Avalon November 1st.
He will have a permanent office at, the
Catalina hospital on Sumner avenue.
The office will be up-to-date in every
detail, and Dr. Crandall will bring his
equipment over from his Los Angeles
office. He has just returned from a
course in diseases of the mouth and
oral surgery. We feel that with the
Santa "Catalina Island Company's co-
operation the people of Ava,lon will
"have a permanent dentist. "Dentistry
can add ten years to human life."
Didn't Bite at the Big O~e
First Angler--When I landed
pier the crowd stood there
mouthed.
Second Angler--Nonsense !
few people can eat raw fish.
NOTICE INVITING BIDS BY
CITY OF AVALON,
FOR THE FURNISHING
LABOR AN MA']
CONSTRUCTION OF
ING FLOATS FOR SAID CITY,
Public Notice is her
sealed bids will be
Citv Clerk of the City of
Santa Catalina Island, Califorui;
I :30 p. m., Friday,
1924, for the furnishing of
and material for the
Two (2) Landing Floats for
according to plans and
therefor adopted by the
Trustees of said City and on file
City Clerk's office in said City,
said plans and specifications are
by referred to and made a part o
notice. " t0~.
Said bids must be made on .'e;~
which will be furnished by said ~,
Clerk upon application and in ~'~,~1.
.... st~~
dance wsth condmons thereto .,,¢
A certified Cashier's check on s~i~
~iykb~i:!he:iUr~Tte~us~tfefe:Lhi:pA~'~!
of Avalon in a sum equal to 2 pe
of the aggregate amount of the 0!,~l
a satisfactory bond in an amount ~tl
to 10 percent of the amount of tlae.,~'~t
•" n it J,,--
payable to the C~ty of Awalo '-..,~t6
accompany each bid as a gu~,~
that the bidder will enter into a ~;~
tract if awarded to him in conf°~
with his bid. s ~t
The Board of Trustees reserVe,,~
right to reject any and all bids n~'-
under.
By order of the Board of Truste#
of the City fo Avalon California'-,,
ETHEL D. KILGOUer'~dk
City Clerk of the City of Avalon, ~'-
fornia. 4~A
City of Avalon, California.
October 24th, 1924.
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