La Junta tribune., 1908-10-24

plctures on the walls and much datn.
" bric-a-brac. There Is . quaint
niche on one side Of the room. with
pretty pilasters, and capitals, sup
porting q gracefully turned arch. and
. canopy is over my bed. l pay
fifty cents for this room, for the
day. was late In reaching Rot
terdam from the Hague. and ate only
. lunch of two fried eggs. bread and
butter and a cup OF coffee. for my
dinner. which cost me forty cents,
Holland money-sixteen cents In
American money. One can travel
cheaply and yet have excellent ac-
commodations, good meals and good
beds. IL he only makes little ef-
fort to secure them. or course,
the hotels near the railroad stations
and those on the business or fasion-
able streets are higher priced, and
often few. with less desirable accom-
modations than those hotels located
In more quiet and out-of.the-way
parts OF the city. This Pension is
about fifty steps off the best bust
ness street OF Rotterdam. which has
many good hotels, but who charge
double to three times as much,
have enjoyed my trip through Hol
land 1t is beautiful country.
entered Holland at Rosendad. from
Antwerp, and went to Utrecht for
my first stop. The portion OF Hol-
land I have travelled over. being the
west of Holland. is largely pas
ture and meadow land. There is
some little and very young timber.
In the south, much being plantations
OF pines. These pines have all been
planted within the past few years.
Many tracts were pines of but cou-
pie or three years growth. The
land in the south Is, very much of
it, sandy and not very rich, and is,
hence. well adapted to the growth of
pines. There is general farming
done, TO some extent. in the SOUTH
but becoming less and less. as | ad-
yanced into the interior, until
reached the great. unbroken pastures
OF west and north Holland. looked
ifor hours across these broad mea-
dows. as far as the eye could reach.
and, save the farm houses. with their
cluster Of buildings and little groves.
aud the old weird windmills with
their flaring arms swinging round
and round. and an occasional row
cf trees. there are only to be seen
the beautiful green grass. as beanti-
1ul as 4 carpet, and the many ca
nels. large and small-not even
fence to break the green landscape.
Here Is the home OF the black and
white cattle. Holstein cattle. and, In
these pastures. they grase by the
thousands. They are fat. sleek and
black as coal and az white ~ snow
most beautiful picture, in the bril-
Kant, green landscape. These far.
1aers do not raise the grain they con-
avme. and saw but little fruit and
70 large truck patches or gardens.
Their whole attentiop u in the pro-
%action Of milk. butteE and cheese.
teuitry. eggs. few sAesp and hoKz.
and beef from their calves. %ateers.
AID old cows. The Edam cheese u
made here Cheese and butter ere
exported to an parts Of the world.
Much II this lapd u below the sea
level. Great canals have been made
to drain the water off the land.
These canals are. some Of them.
more than one hundred yards wide
aud all serve for the navigation Of
vessels, the largest, even ocean ves-
sells. and the smaller. boats propeal.
Cd BY steam. sail. or puahed By pole.
Much Of the land ID lower than the
canals. 80 that the water must be
pvmped into the canals. Much Of
,his land is covered or flooded with
water. during part Of the year. Tue
old windmills are used for pumping
this water. a. we'll ~ for milling and
manufacturing purposes. Hence.
many Of these canals are AtsAes than
the land. As wss coming from the
Hague today. saw, 1t long dis
tance, . boat sailing along through
the country. high above the pasture
land, driven BY the wind. its sails
hlled and bending to Its load- y
lqpked like . ship sailing on
highway over the land.
Utrecht IL city Of 100000 popula-
ion. It Il an old city. and was once
n important city. The old part Of
the city u of houses built from two
70 four hundred years ago. The
streets, in the old part. are narrow
and crooked. wandered over the
oad part Of the city. through the
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