Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-24


deep, but now it is 10 feet .shallower.
The remains of this unfinished bridge
have been very annoying to naviga-
ton, but all attempts to remove them
have failed. Now an expert diver. has
been engaged to make an investiga-
ton, and interesting developments
are expected. ~t:> -.
SWEDEN.
The Swedes, so far from being
afraid of intercourse with their
neighbors to the east, are even MAX
ing direct efforts to facilitate such
intercourse. The railway department
of Sweden is communicating with
the, railway department of Finland
for the purpose of establishing reg
ular transfer traffic between Nor
jarv, the terminus of the Swedish
railway system, and Tornea, the ter
minus of the railway system of Fin
land.
All the depots on the new railway
running between Hvellinge and Fall
sterbo, via Skanor, will be lighted
by acetylene gas.
Experiments which were made last
summer proved that sugar beets will
do fully as well around Lidkoping as
in southernmost Sweden.
Prof. c. Wallis, who has made q
very thorough study of the drink
problem, believe that the great re-
vivals of the future will embrace total
abstinence. But in Sweden, he says,
the most effective remedy for intem-
perance will surely be the ever in
creasing burdens necessitated by the
improvements of the military de-
fences of the country.
It may be taken for granted that
the franchise reform bill which will
be introduced in the riksdag next
year will contain provisions for pro-
portional representation.
At a station on the Borringe and
East Torpe railway passenger came
running with his ticket in his hand
just as his train was starting. He
tried to board the train, but was pre-
vented from doing so by the con-
ductor. But the customer was a
man of determination, and he start
ed in pursuit of the train. He kept
up the race so successfully that he
had time to board the train at the
next station, and he looked by no
means exhausted after his sprint.
Manligheten (manliness), a new
ironclad, was launched December list
at the Kockum shipyards, Malmo.
-... NORWAY.
Col. Carl Johan Anker died at the
age of 6sH years. He belonged to a
patriotic family, and distinguished
himself as a writer on military topics.
According to the latest pension list
9 daughters of the 'Eidsvold Men,
are still living. The ''Eidsvold Men,
were the 112 patriots who completed
the present constitution of Norway
May II, 1914. Those 9 women receive
pension of $54 each. The veterans
of the war of that period are all dead,
and only one of their daughters is
still on the pension list, namely,
Elise Margrete Bay, daughter of
Captain Bay, who distinguished him
self at Lier and Matrand. -.
About 200 men have been discharg-
ed along the Valders railway which
is in process of construction, and only
1875 men will continue the work dur
ing the winter. %.
B. Nordahl asked the government
whether Fran, Nansen's and Sver-
urup's polar steamer, could be bought
for a Canadian North Pole expedi-
ton; but the ecclesiastical depart
ment answered that it would be wise
for the government to keep the ship
in case some Norwegian might wish
to 20 Pole hunting in the near fu-
ture.
Twenty members of the storthing
voted in such way as to indicate
that they are in favor of equal PEN
sions for all superannuated men," the
same for the bishops as for the la
borer," the amount mentioned being
1000 kroner (27O). ss
The Christmas trade is dull, even
more SO than last year. .S
The proprietor of the Stavanger
canning factories have expressed
themselves in favor of having Nor
way represented at the st. Louis
worlds fair. Large quantities Of can
ned goods from Stayanger are con.
sumed BY scand inavian- Americans q q
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