The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Studied Many Things, Asked
Numberless Questions, and
Assimilated Infor-
nation.
MUCH IMPRESSED HERE
Presented with Tomahawk for
City Of Stockholm, and We're
Amazed at Fine Lee
County Farm.

County Farm.
with waving of hands, lifting of hats
and saying they had enjoyed their
visit to Keokuk better than that to
any other of the places they had Wis
tied in America, the Scandinavian
editors departed on their tou last
evening.
They spent the last two hours talk
ing together, asking questions Of
.John Nagel, president Of the Keokuk
Industrial association, and singing
songs in three languages.
The singing began at the dinner
table. and was started by Mr.. c. Emil
Marot. member Of the Danish parlia-
ment for the last fifteen years, and
an influential editor, who proved him
self also a fine lyric baritone. The
f~avorite was a solo in Danish by him
TO the air of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
the Boys are Marching" with all the
rest as a chorus-and before they left
the dinner table John Nagel was join
ing in the chorus with gusto. The
song is a humorous one recounting the
experiences of a man visiting the
European capitals, and the only words
recognizable to an American were
"Bismarck" followed closely by
hanged"
All are Good Singers.
This song is n written at the close
of the Franco-German war OF 1871,
when the Danes were heart and oui
mi Axoorioar CiuiI Uor,
tune had just reached Europe, and 1t
was adopted for the words OF the
song that Mr.. Morat made famous here
yesterday.
After the party left the table, they
collected in the parlor- of their suite
and sang all three national
Of Norway, sweden and Denmark, as
the last thing before going 70 the
train. This music was much en1oyeo
by the Keokuk men who La come to
take the party to the union %
All these editors are good singers,
and they seem to sing as casually as
the average American talks.
"You couldn't heal a bunch OF
American newspaper men sing like
that" said Archie Rice, information
dissemination with the party on their
tour.
Presented with a Tornahawk. /
Immediately after luncheon, the Wis
itors were placed in automobiles and
started for a look at some typical
Iowa farms.
At the Keokuk monument in RAND
park, they stopped, much Interested
in the monument and its inscriptions
and the history it commentaries. "A
copy of the Keokuk speech was made
from the shaft for them.
Mayor Ed. S. Lotion had discovered
that Mr.. Carl j. Engstrom, Swedish
poet and foreign news editor, has a
real and intense interest in the
American Indian. Mayor Lotion del
termined to present him with a flne
which has been the cherish
ed possession Of the Keokuk mayor
his boyhood. At the monument.
Mayor Lotion formally presented, In
behalf Of the city Of Keokuk h toma-
to Mr.. Engstrom representing
city Of Stockholm in which 1t VIII
be deposited In the museum. There
the party was photographed, oma
hawk and all, standing at the KeokuK
Amazed at an Iowa Farm.
The stop in the country was made
1t the fine farm of Zach Owens.
northwest of Montrose a short dis
There the eminent editors act
ID like boys at a county fair and were
every few minutes.
The farm Of five hundred acres is
easily worth $500 per acre, and rep
$50, 600 Of an estate which
$ immense riches in either Of the
hree Scandinavian countries. First
he journalists were amazed when Mr..
appeared to welcome them in
Zig farming clothes, indicating that he ;
works on the farm himself. At home,
le would only supervise and wear the
NEST of clothes all the time. they |
aid. Referring to this later, Mr.. Val
Golster said:
What 1 like about your country is. !
here a mans a man." +
Intensely Interested There.
That they had actually walked over
wheat field and a corn field, i'm :
the editors, and they took the ,
lveliest interest in the fine green .
neat, and especially the corn. They +
home ears of corn as souve- =
lrs, for they never saw an a of y
orn before. y
Ihey took a photograph of a 500 h
ound hog, and marveled 1T 1876 red
uroc hogs, for all the hogs in Scan i,
lnavia are black and white. They Il
sKed questions about the seed corn Q
angling up to dry and looked long at +
lie big herd of fine cattle.
All were much impressed at the fine t
luatlon of the Owens farm, and its t
cry substantial Character as well as F
5 rich soil and fine improvements. L
farm house and buildings were 4
a style entirely new to all of them. III