Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Preparations are being made fol

Preparations are being made Tor
planting very large number OF
young trees in southern Sweden next
spring. In the first place the trees
that We're killed by the drouth last
year will be replaced; and, in addi-
ton to this, attempts will be made to
cover as much new ground as in for
mer years.
An army officer has written two
significant articles for the Gothen-
burg Misunderstanding, his subject be-
ing the defenses of northern Sweden.
he holds that Norrland cannot be
considered safe until military depots
are established in different parts of
that province, the military stronghold
at Boden being the only place where
materials of war are stored at present.
In case of sudden invasion, the au-
thor says, large number of able
oodled men scattered throughout the
country will not be available as a
lighting force if all the paraphernalia
or war are to be accumulated at
Boden, as ut present. The most SER
ious flaw in the plan of the writer is
a general lack of officers to command
the militia. AS temporary make
shift he proposes that the present for
esters and game wardens be put
through course of military training
which will enable them to serve as
commanders until provision shall have
been made for regular officers.
A special committee is busy prepar-
ing plans for the new barracks, which
will be needed as soon as the new
army reorganization law is fully en-
forced. 1t is estimated that it will
cost about 100000 to put up build
lngs large enough to accommodate 4
regiment Of field artillery.
The Madras Mail SAYS: Sven
Hedin has made host of friends in
Calcutta, his simple aud pleasing
manners being irresistible. He is the
type of modest explorer who per-
forms great tasks but has little to
say about them. His adventures in
Thibet prove him to be a man of an
iron will and of almost matchless en-
durance, and when Il complete &C.
count Of his travels appears in book
form it will no doubt receive atten-
ton. His discoveries will materially
change the map of the country north
OF the Himalayas, and European geo.
graphers are impatiently waiting for
the publication Of his manuscripts.
He is now going to Hyderabad and
Bombay, and next spring, when the
passes are open. he will return to
Cashgar via Leh."
NORWAY.
The first number of Damernes Blad
The Ladies' Journal-which is pub
lished in Copenhagen, contains the
following from the pen of Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson: "Intemperance is
the greatest misfortune and the deep
est disgrace of the Scandinavians. or
nine million people who ought to CO.
operate in order to utilize their great
resources to the utmost, and thus
make up for their numerical weak
ness, there are, perhaps, one hundred
thousand who perform only one-half
as much work as they ought to per-
form in half lifetime. For it is not
alone that the drunkard de-
stroys, but his wife, his children and
his descendants
The fisheries department fitted out
the steamer Michael Sars for an ex-
petition to hunt for new fishing
grounds, and the results are salts
factory. OF Tromso and Vesteraaien
is vast shallow, or sand bank, which
was never known rs 4 fishing ground
But the expedition found favorable
conditions, and the storthing voted
money for sending small fishing
craft to the shadows, which are called
This craft was ready
for operations Feb. 90, and for several
days in succession 10000 baited hooks
were set out. The numbers of cod
fish found on the hooks each day for
4 week were $500. $500 $500, 1900,
$500. 3,+oo and $500. That is to say,
On the best days there was a fish for
every other hook set out.
In political circles there is said to
be q general sentiment in favor of a
sort of house cleaning in the cabinet,
Carl Berner being favorably spoken
Of as premier instead of Steen. There
may be chance for DIR. Sigurd Ibsen
TO enter the cabinet.
The storthing has passed the reg
nlar army buget, which amounts to
S. .665, O74.50. In addition to this the
cabinet intends to ask for special ap-
for two submarine boats.
The aim of the government is to
make the kristiania ford the most
strongly protected portion of the
~candinavian Peninsula. The general
staff is preparing plans for the forti-
ication of the Ofoten ford, at the
western terminus of the new railway
across the northern portion of the
peninsula.
\ resolution passed by an idle mems
mass meeting in Kristiania states that
$4,000 to 10000 persons are suffering
as {; direct result of the lack of en-
ployment.
The Drammenwood works have
shut down on account of strike.
One of the men was discharged be-
cause he declined to do certain work
assigned to him, and all the union
men went on q sympathetic strike.
The proprietors claim that they have
made no money for some. time past,
but that they kept the pl&kt running
for the sake of the employees
At west Vaago, Lofoten, are several
small fresh water lakes close to the
sea- Years ago a storm carried lot