Morris tribune., 1911-11-03
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAvIANS
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
TO Be USED FOR EDUCATION

vian Countries by Wealthy Ameri'
can-Large Section of Norway Suf-
fering From Long Continued Drouth.
Well Known Danish Author to Lee
ture in the United States.
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A DISTINGUISHED Scandinavian-Amer-
ican, Professor Carl Lorenzon of New
York, professor of Languages at Co
iumbia university and president of the
American-Scandinav society, was a
guest in Stockholm last week, whittier
he went recently for the purpose OF
ascertaining as to how best dispose OF
100000 crowns which was left for
Aim to divide between the three coun-
tries Professor forenoon has this
money in his possession which was
bequeathed to the three Scandinavian
countries by a wealthy Danish-Ameri-
can, Niels Poulsen, who died last
spring leaving the sum OF 100000
crowns to the Scandinavian-Americ
society. The society itself, according
to law. has no right to dispose of this
money direct, but has appointed a
committee of fifteen persons, consist
ing of eight Americans and seven
Scandinavian members. But the So
ciety has this aim in view. 1t pro
poses to use this money in an effort
to tie closer the bonds of friendship
among the Scandinavians in the home
countries with those who reside in
America. The money will be used in
the first place to improve the cultural
relations between the friends across
the sea and also aid them in their
material progress. Scandinavian stu
dents who desire to study at American
universities will be the first beneficial
ries of this fund and certain scholar
ships will be established at different
American high schools and universi-
ties for this purpose. Naturally Pro-
fessor LorenZon has been most cor
daily received in Stockholm, Chris
tiania and Copenhagen and he has
been promised all the aid that can be
possibly mustered from the other side.
There is rapid increase in the de-
velopment of industries in Sweden. In
1909 there was an increase over 1908
of forty-tWo manufactures, 6,182 work
men and in the value of manufactured
products of over 58,0O0,000 crowns.
The report Of 1910 is not yet pub
iished, but that of 1908 shows large
increase over that Of 1907. The report
of 1909 gives 11,261 manufactures
2S6,205 workmen and 1,387,252,320
crowns valuation of manufactured
goods. With it's extensive resources
at hand Sweden is developing into one
Of the leading manufacturing countries
of Europe. It has long been known
that the country has been wonderful
ly rich in natural resources, as is the
case particularly in iron ore, not to
mention the copper industry, the lat
Ter barely having been touched upon.
The numerous water falls which the
country possesses in the northern Sec
tions are also being harnessed and
the electric power that can be had
from these is enough to develop any
and every industry the country pos
sesses.
Last summer a mission Society of
Bible Friends" was organized in the
Rosenius church in Stockholm. The
meeting was presided over by whole
sale merchant named Jeppson. A con-
stitution previously prepared was
adopted and fourteen preachers were
appointed in different parts of the
country. The society will operate
chiefly in Southern Sweden, where op-
position to the observation-disclosures
seems to have been the strongest
Some fifty delegates took part in the
organization meeting.
Occasionally we read of minister
having been in the active service of
the church for fifty years, but when it
goes beyond sixty it is very unusual.
Provost N. F. Kullberg, in Oaker, has
been in continual active service for
more than sixty-five years. He was
born in 1923 and was ordained in
1916. He is still in good health and
gigor, breaches every Sunday and per-
forms his pastoral acts without as
sistance.
The state railways of the country
appear to be doing prosperous busi-
ness right along. The income of the
roads during the month of July, for
instance, was 7,046,6O0 crowns. This
ls practically half million more than
for the same month in the year of
1910. The expense of operation for
the corresponding period was 4,978,-
b12 crowns, which is gain of 226,71
crowns.
There is an arrangement in the
schools of Berlin by which a certain
number of school children may have
p free summer trip to Sweden This
East summer forty-three children were