Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-29
T-F-JSt ! l DUR GUESTS OE YESTERDAY They Are From the Far North
 western Country AND ARE SEEKING HOMES Birmingham Gave Them the Warm Hand of Hospitality-DetaiIs of,Their Enter
 tainment-left Last Night.

Yesterday Birmingham had as guests some very wide-awake citizens of the northwest. They were Swedish-Ameri- can editors and home seekers, and have been at Fruithurst and, other places in Alabama, prospecting. At 1925 p. m. the party arrived on the Southern train in charge of MT. J. A. Snyder land and Immigration agent of the Southern,s andaaecompanied by MT. J. A. Westemlund, general agent of the Alabama Fruit Growing and Winery as-
 sociation of F'ruithupst, with headquar- ters at Fruithurst; William Westemlund,
 general agent of the association at Chicago; Andrew Mandeen, travelling agent of the association, with headquar-
 ters at Minneapolis, and. c. B. Hanson, traveling agent, with headquarters at Sioux City, Ia. The personnel Is as fol- lows: z.-s... s..,,. ..,l..
 Rev. D. J. Nystrem, pastor of the Lu-
 theran church at Ottumwa, Ia, and rep
 resenting the Fosterland and the Sveit-
 hod of Chicago. M aa.ss ss
 A. Schonsay of the Hemlandt of Chi
 cago. s. afs< es rslss
 Swan J. TurnbIad Of the Swedish
 American Posten of Minneapolis; wife
 and daughter.
 D. O. Anderson, H. J. Goldberg, mer-
 chants, Cambridge, Minn.
 Mrs. c. F. Wiette, Miss B. Anderson,
 Cambridge, Minn.
 Rev. J. P. Neander, pastor of the Lu-
 theran church at Cambridge, Minn.
 Frank Lindberg, merchant, Sioux City, Ia.
 The party were met at the depot by a
 committee from the Commercial club, consisting of President M. V. Joseph, Secretary w. J. Boles, Chairman J. A. Rountree of the immigration committee, I1I ser, John W. Tomlinson and J. w. Webb The committee escorted them to the Metropolitan hotel, where they removed the traces of travel and informally re- ceived callers.
 At 2:30 o'clock the committee and
 guests proceeded to the Commercial club rooms. Upon arrival MT. Rountree called the assemblage to order and asked Mayor VanHoose to welcome the visitors in be- half of the city. This the mayor did in
 short and felicitous speech, which was
 responded to by Rev. E. Y. Nystrom. Then MT. Rountree made a brief ad-
 dress of welcome in behalf of the com
 mercial and industrial interests of the
 city, to which Editor Swan J. Turnblad
 replied In fitting terms.
 MT. William Westemlund. general
 agent of the Alabama Fruit Growing
 and Winery association, also made
 short speech on Alabama and her re- sources, in the course of which he paid tribute to the visitors, who, he said. were well pleased with what they had seen of the state.
 After some time spent in social conver- sation and interchange of views, the par l ty were conducted to Twentieth street | and First avenue, where they boarded | a special car placed at their disposal by l Mr. Robert Jemison, president of the l Birmingham Railway and Electric com pany. Accompanying them were Pres | ident Joseph, Secretary Boles, Chairman l Rountree, Messrs. Robert Jemison, E. Lesser, D. J. Hummer, H. L. Underwood, | D. L. Higdon, J. w. Webb, J. A. Tucker, | w. J. Milner, T. M. Alexander, J. T. l Slater, w. B. Leedy, J. R. Bryan, T. 5. Forbes and other well-known citizens. | The destination was East Lake, and as l the car sped past the varying scenes which lie between the city and that l beautiful resort the visitors broke into l expressions of delight. The surrounding country reminded them, they said, of the | fatherland more than anything they had seen in America. l Arriving at the lake, an appetizing col I lation was spread, after the discussion of which MT. Robert Jemison made short l address, in which he pointed out the l beauties of East Lake and the advan- | tages 1t held out to the immigrant. l Returning to the city the party dis | persed individual sightseeing tours be- l ing undertaken with the guidance of citi- l zens.
 l At 1925 o'clock last night the guests | departed for their northwestern homes
 with pleasing memories of Alabama ant
 its metropolis.
 | rt,o aoors Iaid-Mavherrv &, Watson