Evening star., 1942-01-25
The Travellers Notebook
ScibbIings About Prohibido VueIto Ia
izqvierdo, The Crosses Snow Sports Spots
In PennsyIvonio and New Orleans Ice
BY JACQUES FUTRELLK, Jr,

BY JACQUES FUTRELLB, Jr,
Travel Editor.
Scribblings: The visitor motoring
In Mexican cities, especially tn the
capita, Is warned to look out for
restrictions on left-hand turns. The
ban reads: Prohibido vuelta . Ia
izquierda, or, Sc prohibe voltear
Ia izquierda. Mexico City also has
q number Of one-way streets.
Minnesota's annual winter carni-
val opened Friday and continues
through February / with champion
ship skiing, curling, skating, pa
rades. bands, snow-shoeing and to-
boganning.
The Cincinnati Reds are sched-
uled to arrive In Tampa, Fla, Feb
ruary 20 for training, with March 8
earmarked for the first exhibition
game. The Cleveland Indians Will
be the foe.
Beware Of the Indians In the
vicinity Of the crosses" was sthe
warning to caravans plying between
Santa Re, N. Mex, and Chihuahua
on the old Canine Real (King's
highway trade route. The crosses
marked the graves Of about 10 Mex
ican traders who had been am
buslfed and slain by an Apache
band, and became q focal point for
watchfulness thereafter. Eventually
"The Crosses" became an estab-
lished point. which today bears the
name Las Cruces.
Thumb-nail guide to winter sports
In Pennsylvania: Montrose Ski
Bowl, north of Scranton. In the
Pocono Mountain section, with
Stroudsburg as the hub, are Pocono
Pines, Lutherland, Mount Pocono,
Canadensis, Cresco and other places.
Near Boyertown. just east Of Read
ing; Penn State ski center, in the
center Of the State, developed for
the enjoyment of experts; Kane, In
Northwestern Pennsylvania: also in
that area, Cook Forest. The Pitts
burgh area includes Mount Summit,
so miles from the steel capital, near
Uniontown; Laurel Mountain
Slopes, SIS miles east Of Pittsburgh,
and Champion, short distance Oh
the Pennsylvania turnpike.
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The big room Of Carlsbad Cav
erns National Park, in Southwest
ern New Mexico, is 625 feet wide
and "a Of a mile long. The maxi
mum height is 800 feet. The cav
erns haven't been promoted as
bomb shelter, but Meramec Caverns
at Stanton, Mo, have. The owners
of Meramec, who got defense con-
scious last summer, made a survey
and found out that more than 159,-
999 persons could be bedded down
at one time. The temperature Is
by comparison to the outside
weather, cool in summer and warm
in winter, maintaining constant
60 degrees. Sales argument as to
the safety Of the ceiling is the fact
that through its millions Of years
it has survived earthquakes, floods
and volcanic eruptions-even Mis-
souri, elections.
Pinehurst, one Of North Caro-
lina's ace resorts, began in 1895
when James w. Tufts of Boston
bought 5000 acres of sandy soil
land, ON which long-leaf pines grew
in profusion, to establish a resort
for curing i'll persons. Its develop
ment as a place where well people
could keep we'll" is credited to his
son, Leonard Tufts, who saw the
possibilities in the even, dry and
mild climate.
When fully equipped, the railroad
dining car carries about the follow
ing stock, exclusive Of food and pro-
visions: $50 pieces of chinaware,
600 table cloths. TOO pieces of silver
ware, 240 pieces Of glassware, 200
aprons, $50 walters coats, 1000 nap
kins and 1000 towels. And In what
quantities is food purchased? In
dividual cars vary wit hthe runs tc
whic hthey are assigned. but here's
a sample order for year for Union
Pacifi's dining car and food de-
partment: 177,273 pounds of fresh
beef, 237, 1000 pounds Of ham, l27 .254
pounds of fresh pork, 800, 900 heads
of lettuce, 10000 cases Of California
oranges. $1,000 pounds of butter
1873 SOS quarts Of cream, 1.402 ,36e
bottles of milk, 8,227 pounds OF
fresh lamb, 1912 pounds Of veal
Is, ,334 pounds of fresh sausage, 91,-
500 pounds of bacon, 150, 900 pounds
of lard. In addition is spent $751;
$50 for fresh vegetables, $57,884 for
canned vegetables, ,$Sl 900 for fresh
fruits, s23 ,842 for canned fruits. $21,-
SIS for fish and oysters. Produced
annually in the railroads commits
sary kitchen in Omaha are pie pas
try, 50,480 pounds; bran muffin
-four, 45,595 pounds; griddle cake
blend, 22,095 pounds; mincemeat,
SO, 900 pounds; pig pudding, 1,091
pounds; plum pudding. $40 pounds
The annual bill comes close to ST.
100000.
Among the many gustatory treat:
the traveller finds in Mexico is "mole
de guajolote." Mole" Is a rich
spicy sauce, q recipe inherited from
pre-conquest days; "guajolote" !:
the Aztec word for turkey.
The steepest grade on a standard
steam railroad in the United States
is $50 per cent, at Madison, Ind.
where Pennsylvania Railroad loco
motives climb the Ohio River bank
Canadian Pacific Railroad trains
used to have difnculty climbing from
Field, British Columbia. to the
Great Divide to go through Kicking
Horse Pass "a name, derived from
an accident, Just as one woulo
guess). Going up nearly a quarter
Of q mile in IA miles, the grade en-
countered was "a per cent. BY
spiral tunnels, this was cut to q
per cent. From the east the track
enters the first tunnel, 3-255 fee'
long. under Cathedral Mountain
and, turning q complete circle and
passing under itself it thereafter
emerges 54 feet lower. Then II
| turns eastward, and crossing tht
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