The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-09-18

i
wsukee. Minneapolis. st. Paul. Port
land, Tacoma and other cities OF ths
United States which deal rather sx
tensively In Morse articles OF com
merce. and where Norwegians an
fairly numerous The object OF the
new organization II to foster trade b.
tween the United States and Norway
and Il 10 hoped that the commercial In.
terests Of both Norway and the United
States viii derive . benefit The head
quarters Of the chamber win b IN
Chicago and branches win probably b
opened In number OF other cities.
such ~ New York. Milwaukee, st. Paul
or MINNEAPOLIS. Seattle. Portland. etc.
A board Of 10 directors were chosen By
the delegates present and these VIII
select an executive committee OF flvs
and . president. secretary and treas
urer. The chamber win be incorpo-
rated under the laws OF Illinois. The
members Of the chamber need not be
OF Morse nationality or descent, and
II 70 expected that men or other na-
uonalities win avail themselves of the
benefits OF the organization.
Gunnar Lange. Morse engineer
who rose to fame In Argentine, South
America, 10 dead at the age OF sixty
years.
According to Norwegian papers,
Lange received q military education In
Norway and had attained the rank of
captain when he resigned and took his
departure for America. Like 30 many
other Morse engineers. he selected Ar
gcntine as the most promising field
for career. and before many years he
was tho leading man Of his profession
among his countrymen in that country.
he rose to the rank of colonel In the
Argentinian army and became the
rieht-hand man Of Doctor Moreno. the
reformer and scientist. He |
travelled extensively throughout the
country and had a personal knowledge
'f 1t that was equaled by few. At the
head Of exploring parties he advanced
INTO regions where white men had
lever set foot Lefore.
During the last few years of his life
-ange was at the head OF the big in
lustrial establishments OF Don Pedro
the wealthy Norse-Ar-
who rendered such substan-
lai financial aid to Roald Amundsen
n his South pole expedition.
A Norwegian correspondent writes
lat tho great tunnel at Rjukan falls,
hich connects the power plants
Jukan ! and Rjukan II. distance OF
lree and a half miles, has been COM ,
eted. The tunnel will conduct the
ater from tho upper plant through q
% mountains to the lower plant. The I
mpletion Of the tunnel marks the be-
nning OF the close of the great un- 9
rtaking to harness the entire water
wer OF Norway's greatest falls for O
dustrial purposes. The total esti. r
atcd power which will be made avail !
le with the completion of Rjukan II {
250.000 horse power. Rjukan I has c
en- in pcration for several years. Il
Work on the tunnel has been going
for nearly three years, with an av- a
lgc working force OF It's men. Fl
A Christiania dispatch says that the s.
in receipts In Norway during the d.
,al year since the outbreak of the Il
rcpean war have exceeded all ex-
.tations. When the budget was made et
before the war the estimated in Is.
ne was 54.600.000 kroner and, fol- e,
ing tie outbreak Of the war, pessi- OF
'tic predictions forecasted that the 81
ONE would fall to twenty or thirty nc
lion kroner. Instead, the official II
Tres for the year show that the total DC
eipts will exceed the budget esti- vi
te by two million kroner. The
eipts OF the preceding year were c.
'30.703 kroner. tri
imon Benson of Portland has been w
ignated as Oregon's most useful cit pr
, and was honored az such at the 30
,araa exposition August %. He was MI
n In Gulbradsdalen, Norway, and an
,e to America in his youth. He il De
OF Orcgon's wealthiest citizens, Sa
ing very large lumber interests and De
lg owner Of the famous Hotel Port
!. He ID = philanthropist and has MI
. much for his home city and the we
Q Of Oregon N q whole. ag'
res
uring the fiscal year ending June ~. r,o
1915. the exports from the United M
cs TO Norway amounted to $3s.- a.
701. This il more than four times - -
value Of the exports from America a., a.
Norway during tho twelve months 49,, M
ng June 30. 1914. and is accounted
by the European war, which has - -
PEELED Norway TO buy In America
reat many products formerly OBJ ,,a
ID In Europe. o.,
tior
HELM Morgenstierne. secretary Of Aus
lmandsforbundet who arrived In cas-,
country to represent his organixa- The
at the Panama exposition. 10 leo ed I
g in the Pacific coast states and son
sh Columbia and win not return tho,
orway TIL late N the winter. II Gems
.pected that he win spend some licel