Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-31
SCANDINAVIAN news
interesting Notes From Across the
: Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FA1HERLAyD,
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sen Within Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.


years ago to propose plans for enabling
farm laborers to procure homes of their
own has completed its task and published
a printed report which covers over $50
large pages. The problem does not con-
Germ the labOrers alone. The rich farm
erS FOR whom they are working do not
look with equanimity upon the continual
migration Of 1aborers from the farm to
the factory or even to America. The
problem, therefore, is one in the solution
OF "hlch both employer and employee are
interested. The members of the COM
m1ttee seem to have left no stone I'M
turned In making Investigations, having
gathered information not only in many
parts Of Sweden but also travelled in
foreign countries. The committee has
done all In its power to induce the gov
eminent to inaugurate system of loan
Ing money on small parcels Of property
to the extent of providing 100 homes
Tor farm laborers every year. The gov
eminent is to charge 3s4 per cent inter-
est on its loans. Two kinds of homes
are contemplated, one on which farming
is to be carried on to some extent, and
another which shall consist mainly of
lot and house. 1t is proposed to put the
maximum value of the former class of
homes at $1,000, that of the latter at $500.
The government is to loan money to the
extent OF 80 per cent of the value of
homes of the former class, of IS per cent
of that of the latter. Every loan shall
be divided into two halves, one of which
Shall be paid in annual installments
within tWenty-seVen years for the first
class and sixteen years for the second
class. By this arrangement the pur-
chaser of the place may pay the second
half in part or in full without disturbing
the regular installment plan in regard
to the first half. When the installment
half has been paid it will be an easy
matter to loan money from private
banks to pay the government in full, so
that the money OF the government does
not need to be tied up more than q or
16 years in any particular property. To
make the plan still palmer: The pur-
chaser of a small farm pays 9a4 per cent
on the whole amount borrowed, and in
tWenty-seven years one-half of his loan
will be paid: and the purchaser of a
house and lot pays 12A per cent on the
money borrowed. and in sixteen years
one-half of his loan will be paid The
government may require payment in full
atsfr the expiration of q or IS years.
If man purchases a small farm and
barrows $500 on it from the government
the annual installment and interest will
be 500, and in q years his debt will be
only 5000. which the government may
compel him to pay. The work of the
committee is highly praised by the press
Only one member OF the committee dis
sents from the majority on one unim-
portant point.
The Storsjo (Big Lake, monster in
Jemtland has been very quiet this sum-
mer But now it has been seen by
Mrs. Richardson at distance of about
SEQ feet. It's head was like that of
horse, but it's mouth was more flattened,
It's body rose about two feet above the
water and it seemed to be about three
feet across the back. It's color was dark
brown, excepting some light spots.
Rev N. Soderblom, pastor of the Swed-
1sh congregation in Paris, has been APP
pointed professor of theological preno-
tons and theological cyclopedia at the
University of I7psala.
After repeated tests it has been de-
cidcd that American coal is not so salts
factory as English coal for use on the
Swedish warships
A seventeen year old daughter of Emil
Won der Osten has scored veritable
triumph at the royal theatre of Dresden,
her role being that of Ophelia in Shakes
peares Hamlet.
A resident Of Hoping has invented a
fire engine which is run by electricity
1t is particularly we'll adapted for use;
in places which have a water supply and
an electric plant, but no waterworks
The government has sold two islands.
called Boon and Freisholmen to the city
of KarlshaEn for $3.50.
An English steamer was grounded at
the entrance to the harbor of Lulea and
completely blockaded the harbor. Eight:
freight steamers were 'pent up in the;
harbor. .tr,<, =
The skull and horns of reindeer was,
found in bog at Askerod in. Southern
Sweden. The find is interesting from the
fact that the mud in which it was i'm,
bedded consists of plants which at PRES
ent are found only on the mountains of;
Jemtland and Lappland. This indicates;
that the animal died at a time when.
the climate of Skane was similar to that,
of the neighbOrhOod of the polar circle
at the present time.
There are BIG British subjects in Swed-.
en-. and a majority Of them are women.
$6,OOO,OOO for the first half of the present
year, which is more than $500, 600 below,
the receipts for the same period IF 1900.
A large pulp factory at Hjerpen, Jemt-;
land was destroyed by fire. The loss
exceeds, $25O,0OO. .,.,.
80 NORWAY.
Gunnar Heiberg, the dramatist, is not
pleased with Bjornson's latest drama,
Laboremns, and he is writing a play
himself which will be partly reflection
on Laboremns. The new play has all,
ater at kristiania. -. g'.' -
vote of 81 to II. appropriated $4,000 for
the new Notifications at that place.
Arendal. july 5-Today the thermome-
ter registered $50 c. (95o Fabrenheit) in
the shade. This is the hottest day so
far. An elderly lady fell down on the
street, and her life cannot be saved. All
who can are removing into the country
on account Of the heat.
A sea: serpent has been seen near,
Aalesund. 1T was no small affair, either.
It raised its head Is to 30 feetGD into the
air and then struck the. water with
splash that could be heard at a great
distance. The monster appeared 10 to IL
times at the same place and performed
the same evolutions every time.
Norway exported 25.262 tons Of ice dur
The Gansdal Sanatoriutn has been in
4 operation, for g quarter Of a century, and
the twenty fifth anniversary Of its open