Morris tribune., 1911-08-18
or INTEREST TO
SCANDINAvIANS
Recent Happenings in This Coun-
Try ard Abroad.
AMERICANS BUY SWEDISH ORE

Bethlehem Steel Company Contracts
for More Than Three Million Tons.
Norwegian Steamship Captain Re-
ports Strange Phenomenon at Sea.
Danish Preacher Believes NeWspa-
per Men Not Eligible to Heaven.
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The Bethlehem Steel company in
Philadelphia, Pa, has made arrange
ments for the purchase of large
amount of Swedish iron ore, accord
ing to reports more than 100000
| tons. The time set aside for deliver
ing the same is four years and the
price per ton will be $3.50. The ore
will be shipped from Narvik to Phila-
delphia, which will thus be the great
Fest destination in the world for SWed-
ish iron ore. including such important
points as Rotterdam and Middleton
ough, to which points so many million
tons of Swedish iron ore have already
been shipped. For the transportation
of more than 100000 tons of iron ore
yearly will require the use of at least
twelve great freight steamers. The
annual freight expenditure for this
ore from Narvik to Philadelphia will
involve an expenditure amounting to
not less than 100000 crowns.
The Swedish-American Patriotic So
ciety is planning the erection of a
Swedish building at the Panama-Pa
cific exposition, which is to be held IN
San Francisco in 1915 A committee
| has been appointed for the purpose OF
soliciting $4,000. Consul William
MattsOn has already subscribed ST.
900, Mr.. E. o. Lindblom, prominent
mine owner, has subscribed another
| 81 900 and other prominent Swedish
| Americans on the west coast nave
promised to subscribe large sums OF
money. Six honorary members have
already been appointed by the society
Count Ehrensvard, Swedish minis
ter at Washington, D. c.; Consul Will
| lam Mattson, Erik o. LindblOm, DR..
Philip Andreen, Mrs. Phoebe A.
Hearst and Governor Hiram Johnson.
A colony of 300 Swedes will soon
occupy about $4,000 acres of irrigable
land near Sunny side, Wash, recently
purchased by Karl A. Muhlenfeld. The
Swedes will come from Minnesota and
North Dakota. Should the colony sue
ceed larger one of foreigners direct
from Sweden will be brought over and
located Muhlenfeld has been en-
gagged for year in locating Scandina-
vians in the West. He has formed
colonies in California, Oregon and
Washington, and was instrumental in
getting a large tract of land on Van
couver island, B. c., for colony of
people from Sweden.
Grand naval maneuvers will take
place near Gothenburg about Sept. l.
The coast squadron is to consist of
six irOnclads, two torpedo cruisers,
one gunbOat, one mining vessel, four
torpedo chasers, five first class tor
pedO boats and three submarines.
Among the places to be touched will
be Gothenburg, Harstrand, Lysekil,
Uddevalla, Fjallbacka and Stromstad.
A great number Of conscripts will take
part in the movements.
The so called Dance palace" at
Karlavagen will be closed if protests
continue to pour into the city council
the way they have done of late The
citizens in the section Of the city
where the dance hall is located are up
in arms against it and want it closed.
Hundreds of young men and women
have patronized the place and it is
claimed that many girls, far too young
to be out without a guardian, have fire.
quented the place.
The lockout established by the car
penters of the country involves some
10000 men, who are now out of en-
plOyment. One attempt after another
has been made to unite the carpenters
and the building contractors, but thus
far all efforts in this direction have
proven fruitless. New difficulties are
arising and there is no telling at this
time how long it will take to settle
the present conflict.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has ap-
pointed John Ericsson, the we'll known
Swedish engineer, president of COM
mission which will have charge of
the building of an underground traffic
system in that city. Mr. Ericsson is
considered one of the best engineers
in the country and has been city en-
gineer for the city of Chicago since
1897. He will receive a salary of $12,
900 a year.
The old Katarina hiss" (elevator)
is about to he discontinued A provi-
sion was made, however, when 1t was
built that the city should stand good
for it to the amount of 10, 900 crowns.
If new elevator is built the city will
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