Evening star., 1948-05-30
raveIer's Notebook
Scribblinss on Tourist Places and Events
By Jacques FutreIIe, Jr.
The Star's Iroxsi Editor ;

AS usual. fiat tires led the trouble
list, but this breakdown cause
showed a decline OF Is per cent to
9. 1854 600 from 1916. Battery fail
ures increased heavily, running tire
difficulties close second.
| Muskelunge and black bass fish,
ing seasons open in certain parts
Of Canada's Province of Ontario
within three weeks. July is the
opening date for all areas within
the province.
The Delta Lines three postwar
passenger ships-Del Norte. Del Sud
and Del Mar-will make seven At
day trips from New Orleans to the
east coast of South America during
June, July, August and September,
according to the company's present
sailing schedule. The little luxury
liners have accommodations for 100
passengers. Places visited on the
route include st. Thomas, Rio de
Janeiro, Santos. Montevideo, Buenos
Aires and Trinidad.
A group Of Flagstaff, Ariz., busi-
nessmen has organized the Cavaliers
to show of their country to summer
visitors. The Sunday trips began
two weeks ago. The itinerary in
cludes the Citadel, a prehistoric
fort; Wupatki National Monument,
site OF an ancient Indian trade GEN.
ter; Grand Falls, where water cas-
cades over a volcanic dixie into
canyon 1856 feet below; the Navajo
Indian Reservation, Meteor Crater
and the old townsite of Canyon
Diablo, Hopi Indian villages, a pet
rifled forest area and the dinosaur
tracks, historic cliff dwellings and
other points Of interest. Many
times the Cavaliers will be asked
this question: How did Flagstaff get
its name? And with embellish-
ments they will tell how in 1876
band of emigrants on their way to
California stopped to rest at a
spring. In celebrating the Tooth
anniversary of the Declaration of
independence, they stripped a pine
tree, nailed an American flag to its
top and staged an enthusiastic
Fourth of July party.
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The official seal of the Confed-
eracy is still in Bermuda, where it
was taken for safekeeping during
the War Between the States.
The Mountaineer, through coach
and Pullman train from Chicago to
the Pacific Coast via Banff and
Lake Louise, begins operating June
20. The popular summer train is
scheduled to leave Chicago shortly
after noon each day, arriving at the
two Canadian Rockies resorts, on
the morning of the second day.
Vancouver, British Columbia, is
reached on the morning of the third
day.
Paiomar Observatory, 65 scenic
miles from San Diego, is open to
visitors every day of the year.
Tourists arriving in Anchorage
this summer may ride in modern
buses over the recently built Glenn
highway to Alaska's Matanuska
Valley colony project.
Lake Pend Oreille is the largest
body Of water in Idaho. It has a
short line of about $50 miles.
Back again as luxury liner on
the Atlantic ferry route, the sre-
conditioned Britannia is being op-
Grated as a two-class ship-first and
tourist. Sailing from Liverpool
May % on its first postwar voyage,
the Cunard White Star liner dis
closed new note in tourist class
luxury. Most staterooms in this
classification have private toilets
and many have private showers as
we'll. Before the war the Britannia
had accommodations for 1853 pas
sengers. Spaciousness and luxury
have been added by reducing the
passenger capacity about one-third.
First-class staterooms now rival the
size of those of the Queen Mary and
Queen Elizabeth.
1t has been estimated that the
West will be visited in 1948 by 1885,
1856 residents of the area comprising
the District, Delaware, Maryland.
New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia.
The Lost Colony" North Caro-
linas historic drama presented each
summer on Roanoke Island, is
scheduled to Open July l.