Evening star., 1944-04-09

beginning at $3.50 am. EWT.
| This year, as in the past quarter
century, the thousands of worship
ers gathered in the deep-walled
canyon near the Cathedral Rocks,
with mighty Pixies Peak in the back
ground for the half hour of Easter
worship which traditionally opens
the Day of the Awakening.
Named by the Indians THE Gar
den of the Gods" long before the
coming of the white man, the spa
cious amphitheater of overturned
limestone rocks, some of them tow
ering at fantastic angles to heights
of more than 300 feet, has been
the site of the services since 1921.
Long before the white man ap-
lpeared, the Garden of the Gods was
a place of worship for the Ute In
dian tribes. The redman believed
that when his ancestors were living
in peace at the foot of Holy Mount
pixies Peak, a barbaric host of
giants threatened their domain.
The giants were so big, according
to Ute legend, that the Indian peo-
pie were "as grasshoppers," and the
giants were accompanied by mon
strous beasts. Terrorized, the Utes
prayed to their god, Manitou, whose
gaze caused the giants to turn into
stone.
To those who have ever dreamed
OF owning a camp, a cabin or a
cottage of their own, Ontario, Can
ada's vacation province" is the
place to build it, the Travel Bureau
of Toronto suggests. In Ontario
there are thousands of acres of
crown lands Qand which Is still
the property of the people, under
government management available
to Canadians and Americans alike,
for summer resort use.
To give some idea of the size and
type of country in Ontario, it is
pointed out that the total area of
the province is 412,000 square miles
more than all the Eastern Sea-
board States combined-that only
about $500 square miles of the
province is agricultural; and that it
has been estimated there are more
than 100000 lakes in Ontario.
This means there is a tremendous
area in forest and uncultivated
land, most of which is suitable for
camping, hunting, fishing and gen.
|eral recreation.
Already many hundreds of Amer
ican citizens have established sum-
lner homes in Ontario. One may
purchase an island (for as little as
$45), where he will be the sole
camper, or, for the sum of IS a year
lease secluded area in really wild
Northern country for a hunting
camp.
The available lands are located
mainly in 13 districts, ranging from
the counties of Hastings and Rem
frew in the southern, more settled
part of the province, to the remote
sections bordering on James Bay.
and encompassing such famous va
cation areas as Rainy River, Thun-
der Bay, Algoma, Sudbury, Kenora,
North Bay, Halliburton, Parry Sound
and Muskoka. Thus one is offered
a choice of cottage or cabin site ac-
cessible by rail or road, or, in the
more isolated sections, suitable to
those who are looking ahead to the
use OF the aeroplane and helicopter.
Generally speaking, mainland is
sold on q frontage basis of 80 cents
q foot, with a minimum charge of
$50; while islands are sold on an
average basis of $45 per acre, the
minimum. In each case there is an
additional charge for survey. Be-
fore purchase, the property must be
inspected either by the purchaser
or his agent. Each purchase also
entails specific building require
|ments.
Hence one may buy an island OF.
say two acres, for $50 and with
minimum building costs of $500. has
summer home complete for $3.50.
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With more cottages rented and
more reservations for hotel accom-
modatlons than usual at this time
OF year, Cape May, oldest resort on
the Atlantic coast, is preparing for
a vacation season which is expected
to outshlne even the success of last
summer.
Opening officially on June %, with
the start of the Friends General
Conference, the vacation season at
Cape May should reach it's peak
early in July. Two thousand Friends
from all parts of the nation will at
tend the conference.
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The OPA's recent decision to grant
an allotment of gasoline to motor
boats this summer has stimulated
considerable activity at all shore
front resorts. Party boat captains
are reconditioning their craft in an
tlclpatlon of daily runs. In boat
yards, private boat owners are busy
scraplng, painting and tuning up
motors. Repair shops report an in
creased business in outboards.
Passenger agents here were Slight |
ly amused by discovery" of a COL
umnlst last week that many large
A m erican corporations reserve
blocks of tickets" for space on
crack cross-country trains, the in
ference being that such corpora
tions were "hogging" train reserva-
tions.
The practice of corporations in
obtaining advance train reservations
has been in vogue for several years
as an aid to efficiency, passenger
agents pointed out. One case cited
was the acquisition, for the past five
years, by General Motors, of a draw
ing room and three berths on every
sailing of the San Francisco" of
the Northwestern.