Show miniature empire IV on island in salton sea recently we called says harry carr in the los angeles times on captain davis on mullet island in the salton sea lie ile has an aniaz amazing irig little empire mud geysers spout steam high into the air wild goats climb over the rocky hills bills of his estate the pools beneath ills mud mart geysers are drug stores the salton sea Is a vast lako lake of medicated waters by executive order salton sea has been made a refuge where fishing Is not permitted the waters have been stocked with bass captain davis says that the pelicans got all the bass the first day on the other hand the pelicans have stocked the sea eca with mullet a strange greasy unpalatable fish davis says bays that the mullets hibernate in mud and were brought in by pelicans incased encased in mud pellets lie ile has a little museum among the relics nelles Is a small bible whose flyleaf states it was presented in 1857 by the countess of suffolk to sturges tomlinson it was found by the side of a bleached skeleton and the weather beaten remnants of a wagon near mullet island another relic recalls a tragedy A man named donaldson was traveling in a covered wagon across the desert and his water gave out leaving his bis two daughters he be struggled on to find a water hole when he came back they had shot themselves he went in to yuma told his story and killed himself |