Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-12-08
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
sweden rs RICH IN FORESTS
One- Half of the Total Surface OF
King Oscars Domain Is Gov.
cred with Trees.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


exception of Finland, possesses such
q proportion of forest-coyered land as
Sweden. One half of the total sur
face of the country is woodland, there
being nearly 900 acres of forest per
100 inhabitants, while the cor
responding figure for Russia rs $50
acres and for England only 712 acres.
| England is the principal customer for
the products of the Swedish saw
mills but France. the Netherlands,
Belgium. Germany, Denmark and non
European countries, too, are also Gus
toners. Planks, boards and rafters
are sent from our saW-mills as far as
Egypt, the Cape and Australia. The
/ hy-prOducts of the forest industry are
Df less Importance than those OF the
saw-mills. In spite of the fact that
competition has compelled the timber
companies to observe certain exact
ness in their methods of working, they
have not yet learned sufficiently well
| the art of utilizing the great amount
/
| facture Of timber The making OF
pitch and tar. which in the olden
times was an important industry, is
/ falling off more and more and the ex-
! port of these articles is now less than
! the imports. Newer industries have
come in its place, that of wood pulp,
especially, making ever-increasing de-
| 1 ~ lon
| while the many iron works of the
country continue to procure their chief
fuel and charcoal from the same
| source.
! The new theater on Easa street will
| be completed one of these days and
| open for inspection. The dedication
day has not been set, but it is likely
! to be some day next week. The
name -to-be of the new theater also
| has been kept secret and will not be
announced until the day when the
dedication shall take place. This thea
ter is in many respects one OF the
finest in Stockholm. which by the way
IS getting to have a right respectable
list of theaters.
Nov. 6-Gustavus Adolphus Day
was observed by all the colleges and
public schools Of the country and ma
tional festivals were held all over
the country. In Stockholm there were
exercises of a patriotic nature at all
the schools and at all the theaters
there was more or less observance OF
the days significance. Services We're
held in the forenoon in the cathedrals
/ and churches.
The 5Oth anniversary of the state
railways was observed Dec. with
grand reception in the hall of the
North Latin school. To this recep-
ton had been invited the king, crown
prince and members of the diplomatic
! corps. About 1000 persons were
present A regular program was
rendered. feature being the address
of the evening delivered by Director
Fleming.
\ million kronor hotel is to be
erected on Strandvagen, the fashion.
able boulevard, on the corner Of Artil-
lery street When completed this will
be the largest hotel in Scandinavia.
The manager Of the new hosiery will
be Mr. Isak Hirsch. who is also one
of the largest stockholders ia the
syndicate which has the enterprise in
hand.
Brov Meyer, who holds the cham
pionShip for fancy skating in Swe
den. has been engaged for the season
By the fashionable Skating club at st.
Moritz. Switzerland. to give lessons ID
Swedish fancy skating. There are
Swedish instructors in fancy skating
i'll Paris Herr I. Borg, aud in Lon
don. Herr s. Sedan.
Hotel Continental in Stockholm has
recently been sold to Kellarmastar
John Henriksson of Rostanga. The
price has not been reported. but it is
100000 crowns. Mr. HenrikSsnn
will it is understood. remodel the old
hotel and erect large annex.
Stockholm will in the near future
have her frst autobus line and the
first one to start such a line in opera
ton will be Mr.. A. Kindgren. The
bus autos will run from the villa sec
ton on Kings island and Kings
broplan. The fare will be % ore
about 1919 cents
Miss Greta Strindberg, daughter of
the renowned author, August Strind-
berg, will make her debut at the Oster-
Mains theater as '"Toro'' in play
entitled "I'he Prodigal Son" The play
will be rendered some time in Janu-
sry.
King Oscar and Queen Sofia will
celebrate their golden wedding June
I; next year. 1t will be quiet affair
and there will only be a private re-
cention to which the members Of the
ROYAL household only will be invited.
Henning Berger, who at present
resides in Paris. is at work on the
completion of three actplay consisting
OF characters based on modern condi-
tons Of society. The play will be
completed by Jan. /.
There will be four Swedish con-