Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-04

ries are sure to be behind time. In
many instances the ferry arrives at
Gedser after the train has left and
means that an extra train must be
run from Gedser to Copenhagen.
Some Danes go so far as to assert
that the boasted line will be only
parody until the Germans build
breakwaters off the harbor at War
nemunde.
SWEDEN.
A large number of swallows were
overtaken by rough weather in Hell
sinborg, and many of them became
so helpless that they could be caught
with the hands.
A good joke on the ''sugar barons."
The farmers sell their sugar beets by
weight to the sugar factories. In
former years the beets used to be
weighed unwashed. But in most
cases the dirt sticking to them
weighed from 3 to 10 per cent of the
weight of the beets. This season the
beets are washed before they are
weighed. But as the ground was dry
when they were dug, very little, if
any, dirt stuck to them, and the
washing actually increased their
weight from to 6 per cent.
Two Persians were picked up by
the police at Arlof, and sent beyond
the borders of Sweden as Migrants.
Provisions have already been made
for target practice in the high
schools of Sweden, and now it is Sc
riously proposed to introduce this
branch in the lower grades too.
Lieutenant Colonel L. Kingston,
chairman of the executive committee
of the volunteer rifle clubs of Swe-
den, recently expressed himself as
follows on this subject: 'Volunteer
sharpshooting ought to be commence
ed and established in the schools in
order that the results may be as sat-
isfactory as possible in the rifle clubs
and among their conscript members.
This matter concerns the department
of public instruction just as much as
the department of public defenses.'
The fact that the press and large
proportion of the public school teach
ers are in favor of the movement,
points strongly to it's success.
1t is proposed to have the coal bas-
kets used at the railway stations
made by convict labor, for in this
line of work it is supposed that the
competition would not be felt so
keenly by free labor. Thousands and
thousands of these baskets are in use
all over the country. They are gen.
orally made of cedar twigs.
The railway department is contem-
plating an extension Of the Northern
Trunk line from Morjarv to Hapar-
anda.
A part of the village of Bonarp was
destroyed by fire during a storm
which threatened to carry the flames
to every house in the village.
The business men of Kristianstad
are uniting their efforts in the inter-
est of new ship canal from their
city to Anus.
The gateway to a house in Lerum
is to be made of the jawbones of a
whale. There will be plenty of
room, for the bones are over 16 feet
long.
The ecclesiastical council proposed
a revision of the wedding formula of
the state church. The same body also
expressed itself in favor of keeping
all kinds of intoxicants away from
the military camping grounds and
barracks of Sweden.
Frau Won Mecklenburg, the Ger
man lady who owns the Lung estate,
Ostergotland, and whose name is
bound to appear in the press with
annoying regularity on account of
her aptness for irregularities, has
again made herself conspicuous by
her way of dealing with the custom
house authorities. She and her
daughter underestimate the value of
some machinery imported from Ger
many, and she had to settle the mat
ter by paying fines and expenses
amounting to several hundred dol
lars.
Several crews of men are at work
on the Kjefing and Sjobo railroad,
which will be completed in about one
year from now. The length of the
line is 80 (English) miles.
The king and the queen will make
an extended trip to central and
southern Europe, leaving Sweden in,
February and staying away three or
four months. The queen will leave
a little earlier than the king, and
they will meet again in Abazia, where
they may remain for some length Of
time. !
The fishermen of Bohuslan have
had very prosperous year, the aver
age returns per man for the season
being about $3.50. .@ 49,.
The population. of Sundsvall has
decreased very materially during the
present year. i