Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-10-21

minute sermon and two collections
The collections are taken during the
sermon, which is divided in two
parts, a hymn being sung between
part one and two of the sermon. AS
soon as the benediction was pro-
nounced the men all put on their
hats.
We spent week in Amsterdam,
HARLEM and vicinity, and as the
weather man was good to us we were
able to visit many interesting places.
furthermore, we had the pleasure of
seeing Queen Wilhelmina and Prince
Hendrix and King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium, as they drove
through Amsterdam. The Belgian
king and queen were entertained in
by the Dutch queen and
consort and there was much festivity
on their account. One evening they
had several of the Dutch warships
which was very pretty
sight and of which | managed to get
a good photo. Harlem is the cen
ter of the bulb culture and on
beautiful drive we passed several of
the bulb farms. A trip by steamer
from Amsterdam to the Island Nor
ken in the Zuider Zee and returning
via Volendam, Monikendam and from
there through canals to Amsterdam,
was very interesting on account of
the quaint costumes worn by the
fisherfolk of Morken and Volendam,
but so many American and English
tourists have visited there that they
have become show places, and at
Morken, when you step ashore, girls
in costume greet you with Post
cards, very nice" and while going
along the streets, when they saw a
kodak they would cry photograph,
photograph, and then expect you to
pay for the privilege if you took a
snap shot of them.
One of our most enjoyable side
trips from Harlem was to Aekmoor
a city of 10000 people and famous
for its cheese market held there
every Friday morning. Aellmoor is
well worth visit because Of its
quaint, old buildings and pic
turesque views along its busy, clean
canals, but when you add to this the
cheese market where the methods of
buying and selling are the same as
they were centuries ago, it makes the
town intensely interesting. The
cheeses are of the Edam type, but
not painted, so that they resemble
huge oranges. The farmers bring
them in Thursday afternoon and Fri
day morning, and arrange them in
tiers, covering them with canvas till.
at the stroke of 10 o'clock, the mar
ket opens, The center of attraction
for visitors is at the weighing hall.
Here are four immense balance
scales, weight master and assistants.
and four groups of off-bearers. The
off-bearers are dressed in white.
with flat straw hats, yellow, red,
green or blue leach group its par
ticular color and they are the busy
people. About 100 cheses are put
on rounded tray with projecting
handles at either end Large straps
go around the mems shoulders and
loop over the ends of the tray
handles, and 1t is amazing to see the
speed with which two men carry their
load of at least 500 pounds, for they
are paid according to the amount
handled, and each group tries to
make the best record. They 60 at
pace between a shuttle and dog
trot and people who get in their way
are iostled to one side without cere-
mony, as the off-bearers think they
own the market on their busy day.
After weighing, the tray of cheeses
is delivered by them to the store,
wagon. canal boat or train for ship
ment, for cheese making is one of
the principal industries in the region
around Aekmoor as the official fig
ures show that during 1905 an aver
age Of over 100000 pounds of cheese
were handled on the market there
every Friday GEO. p. CRAMER.
f. T Bolton left Wednesday even.
/ ing for Chicago, where he goes To