The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-06
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
SWEDEN IS RICH IN FORESTS
One-Half of the Total Surface of
Hing Oscars Domain Is Gov.
cred with Trees.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


a proportion of forest-covered land as
Sweden. One half of the total sur
face of the country is woodland, there
being nearly 800 acres Of forest per
responding figure for Russia is 400
acres and for England only 77a 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 saWmills as far as
Egypt, the Cape and Australia. The
hy-prOducts of the forest industry are
Of less Importance than those of the
saW-mills. In spite of the fact that
competition has compelled the timber
companies to observe a certain exact
ness in their methods of working, they
have not yet learned sufficiently we'll
the art of utilizing the great amount
of refuse that arises in the manu-
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-
mands upon the forests Of Sweden,
while the many iron works of the
country continue to procure their chief
fuel and charcoal from the same
source.
The new theater on Vasa 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
tdonal 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. 2 with a
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 We're
present. \ regular program was
rendered. feature being the address
Of the evening delivered by Director
Fleming.
y million kronor hotel is to be
erected on Strandvage gen, 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 hostelry will
of the largest stockholders in the
syndicate which has the enterprise in
hand.
Rrov 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 IN
Itch ~1-
Swedish instructors in fancy skating
III Paris. Herr 7. Borg, and 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
believed that it was not less than
100000 crowns. Mr. Henriksson
will, it is understood, remodel the old
hotel and erect a large annex.
Stockholm will in the near future
have her first autobus line and the
first one to start such line in opera
ton will be Mr.. A. Kindgren. The
bus autos will run from the villa Sec
ton on Kings island and Kungs-
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 ''The Prodigal Son. The play
will be rendered some time in Janu-
ary.
King Oscar and Queen Sofia will
celebrate their golden wedding June
6 next year. 1t will be a quiet affair
and there will only be a private re-
ception to which the members of the
royal household only will be invited.
fleming Berger, who at present
resides in Paris, is at work on the
completion Of a three actplay consisting
of characters based on modern condi-
tons Of society. The play will be
completed by Jan. 1. ....g
There will be four Swedish con-
sulates in Norway, namely in Christi
ania, Bergen. Trondhiem and Naryil