The daily sentinel., 1913-08-06
A LETTER FROM
HENRY CORD|NG

Henry w. Cording, well known
local youth, who is spending a por-
ton Of the summer in Holland, his
native home. He is writing some in
teresting letters home. The follow
ing is portion of letter recently
received: from him by Mark r. Bunt-
ing, and which was written in Rotter-
dam, Holland.
/ arrived in Rotterdam June 20 at
. 4. N. and have been on the go ever
since. The Dutch are celebrating to
beat the band, and something doing
all the time. l missed connections
aud failed TO meet The Daily Sentinel
girls in Rotterdam and The Hague. |
had better luck in Amsterdam. where
| met the ladies in the Suise hotel.
Found them enjoying perfect health
and a-lolly good time. Their voyage
on the Atlantic was delightful while
ours was stormy and cold. caused by
icebergs north of the New Amster-
dam. While in Amsterdam | visited
the world-famous "Ryks Museum"
The pictures of the famous old Dutch
painters are above description. While
at the museum | noticed many wear
ing the stars and stripes. The ma
jority being Americans of the visitors
that day.
] visited the diamond cutters, and
sure is something grand. Amsterdam
is noted for its diamond markets and
cutters. The exhibition OF the Wom-
an lS13-l913 is drawing scores of
people of all nations and is remark
ably good. The old relices and cos
tunes are on sale and nearly all the
relies are bought by English and Am
erican tourists. The First Neither
lands National Art of Modern and
Ancient Shipbuilders' exhibition is a
great success. You may find old
warships and models used in the fif-
teenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eigh-
teenth and nineteenth centuries.
England has a fine section in this
line and is drawing lots of attention.
While in Amsterdam | met several
of my fellow passengers of the New
Amsterdam. Among them Mr.. and
Mrs. Wibbens, formerly of Grand
Junction. Mr.. and Mrs. Wibbens
were married in Grand Junction and
had Sunday school class in one of
the churches. Among the older set
tiers of Grand Junction they wished
to be especially remembered to a Mrs.
Dowden. Mr.. and Mrs. Wibbens re-
membered the late Mr., Bunting also.
Here is something for United
States millionaire to make little
more money. The Zuider Zee at the
present time produces about $780,
0OO worth of herring and other fish.
Pumped dry, the ground for farm
ing and truck gardening will produce
about twenty-nine million dollars.
The Dutch are slow to act and a little
of the Yankee push would not hurt.
1t will cost S75,O00,000 to pump
the Zuider Zee dry and this covers
the expenses of named protection or
court defense. The reconstruction of
canal for an outlet OF some rivers,
sinking fund for dredging and har-
bors and also a fund for the Zuider
Zee fisher folks to enable them to
buy larger and up-to-date boats to
fish on the North Sea and settle on
the north coast of North Holland. By
this the country will gain 100000
acres of rich land and will maintain
about 250.000 people. The land will
be divided in IS or S0-acre tracts.
The average depth of the Zuider Zee
is about 10 feet and inches at low
water. Time to complete work about
33 years. First to ninth years, build
ing dikes; ninth to fourteenth years,
pumping it dry; fourteenth to seven
teenth year, a large portion of the un-
claimed land will be ready for build
ing and cultivation. The remaining
sixteen years for the lowest parts and
construction of minor dikes and the
cities.