Show Spain Loses An Island j Los Angeles Cal June Captain William Waters the owner of San Miguel Island has made the discovery i I that this bit of land was never ceded to Mexico by Soaln By some oversight over-sight It was omitted from the list of islands given up when Mexican independence i inde-pendence was acknowledged As soon as he learned this fact Captain Waters hastened to his little Island hoisted the i r Sa tfoarod ls I American flag and took formal possession posses-sion in the name of the United States |