Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-09-29
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
WILL FACILITATE NAVIGATION

Lights of Swedish Invention to Be
4 Used on Alaskan Coast-Movement
in Norway to Purchase Home OF
Late sjornstjerne 6jornson - Re.
ported at Copenhagen That Cooks
Backer Is Seeking Hidden Records.
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Navigation will be facilitated on
/ the Alaskan coast when eighteen
1 lights are placed in the harbors OF the
! southwestern part of the country 1t
is estimated that about $4,000 900
worth OF commerce passes through
the Alaskan channels during the navi
cation season and it is menaced by
unlighted and uncharted waterways
I The lighthouse board has adopted a
type OF acetylene light for this pur
I pose and eleven gas lighted beacons
will be installed at dangerous points
along the inside passage" in South
western Alaska during the next sum-
mer. The acetylene apparatus is a
Swedish invention of notable charac-
ter and is in successful operation at
several points along the coast of Swe-
den. Each light will burn without the
care of keeper or any other atten-
ton for period OF six months, at the
end OF which time the supply of gas
producing material may be repen-
ished readily by the visit OF light
house tender or other vessel The
lights are an advantage on a stormy
coast and at points where there is not
sufficient foundation for regular
lighthouse station. Each light is
equipped with what is known as
sun valve. The action of daylight on
the sun valve causes the, acetylene
flame to burn low until night comes
again, when the light reappears with
full power
Bishop Won Scheele, who made an
extensive trip in the United States
last summer, has since his return to
his home in Gothland made a trip to
Stockholm and called on King Gustaf,
for whom he had many greetings from
Swedish-Americans and Swedish-Amer.
lean institutions of learning The
bisnop gave King Gustaf a very in.
teresting account of the condition of
his co1ntrymen in America and his
majesty seemed very much interested
in Knowing something in detail re-
garding the material and educational
advance that the Swedish people have
been making in the United States.
Miss Agnes Agrell, who is consid
cred the greatest woman swimmer OF
Sweden, departed for the United
States Sept. / for the purpose OF en-
gaging in professional swimming con.
tests in the larger cities of that coun.
try. She has for about two years been
an instructor in swimming at the Malar
baths in Stockholm and has won first
prize at number of international
swimming contests which have taken
place there.
new Baptist congregation, the sew
enth in order, was organized in Stock
holm a few days ago. The name OF
the congregation will be the Seventh
Baptist church of Stockholm" II |
starts out with $50 members and Albin
Bngzell has been chosen as minister
of the newly organized congregation
Stockholm has, during the past sum.
mer, been visited by at least $4,000
tourists and travellers. More than
$4,000 out of this number have been
registered at one time or another dur
ing the season at the $50 hotels in the
capital city.
In Sweden they keep pretty good
track of divorces and breach of prom
Use cases. In the year of 1908 there
were SOC divorces and this year they
will exceed over 600, which shows that
the question of divorce is gradually
increasing.
The so called PARSER choir" which
was awarded first prize ten years ago,
celebrated it's tenth anniversary few
days ago at Upsala, on which occasion
there was unveiled a monument of Di.
rector Ivar Eggert Hedenblad
The annual Nobel festivities will
take place Dec. 10 in Stockholm.
There will be a great festival and
some of the most learned representa-
tives OF science, literature and art
ere expected to be present.
Rents are going to be cheaper In
Stockholm this fall. judging from pres
emit indications. There are not less
than 1000 flats to let and 1t is re-
ported that there are at least 500 resi-.
dences standing empty.
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