Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
During the wears 1884-1902 about

to some extent in Sweden, and 10000
acres of plowed land and 10000 acres
of meadows was greatly improved.
At the same time 100000 acres OF
moors and meadows was placed un-
der the pillow. The entire area i'm
proved by drainage was 235,000 acres.
The cost of these Improvements was
$4,370,O0O, of which two-thirds was
furnished as loans by the national
government.
While Percy Fra nl1]and of Birming-
ham, England, was skating near
Stockholm he witnessed scene
which made him start fund for
saving people who fall through the
ice i'll the vicinity of the Swedish
capital. his contribution being 500
What Mr.. FARMLAND saw was two
men falling through the ice and two
others who. at the evident risk of
their own lives, saved them from
drowning.
\ committee elected by the taNpaH-
net few days ago to advocate GER
tain reforms in the tax laws as we'll
as in the methods of collecting the
taxes. The cabinet promised to take
the matter under serious considera-
ton.
\ number of Swedish men and
women are organizing a national So
ciety for the prevention Of emigra-
ton. The society will make its in
f1uence felt chiefly by means of pam
phlets on the condition of the la
Dor market in the countries to which
the Swedes are most apt to emigrate
1t is also proposed to establish ma
tional employment Office which is to
be i'll close touch with the employers
Of all parts of the country. The So
ciety will establish connections with
the American authorities and SWed-
ish-American institutions for the pur-
pose OF aiding people that are bound
to emigrate. This news was received
from Stockholm.
The new town hall atYstad was de-
Dictated Jan. is in the presence of
Governor Tornerhjelm and other Off
Gals. The cost of the new building
is about $4,000.
\ combine known as the United
Crystal Glass Works of Sweden has
just absorbed four small glass works
and rented a fifth one for period of
ten years.
Bark shoes made in Korpilombolo,
a parish in the extreme North, are
sold SO cheap in southern Sweden
that the demand seems to be over
taking the supply.
4 number of influential land own
ers i'll Linde parish, Gotland, are
banding themselves together for the
purpose of establishing cooperative
sugar factory. Those who have al
ready signed the agreement control
a little over 1000 acres, and COM
pany will be formally organized as
soon as $500 acres has been pledged.
The promoters of the new enterprise
expect to be able to commence the
work Of putting up factory build
ings next fall.
Prince Carl is said to be among
those that are contemplating the
Lung estate, Ostergotland, where
Frau Helen Won Mecklenburg became
SO famous by her peculiar, business
methods.
Stockholm, Jan. 24.--"Svenske H.
the new balloon which is to replace
''Svenske IT, which blew away about
a year ago, made an ascent at IL
O'Clock this forenoon, at Idrottspark-
en-. The passengers were Count II. d.
Hamilton, Lieut.. 0. c. Sylvan and
Lieut.. p. a. Dahlstrom. A wind was
blowing from the west. About $50
pounds of ballast was carried. The
balloon descended little after IL
o'clock at the southern point of
Ljustero. the trip being successful.
The balloon rose to a height of g.
500 feet and Travelled at the rate of
about 5 (English) miles an hour.
A motion has been made in the
riksdag to abolish the provincial gov
eminent of Stockholm Ian (province)
and to add it's territory to the lans OF
Cpsala and Sodermanland.
NORWAY.
What remains Of the city of Aale-
sund is five warehouses and 113 other
small buildings. Barracks have been
put up for the public officials. By
this time the people have plenty to
eat and drink and wear.
King Oscar, by instituting the Or.
der of the Norwegian Lion, paid fresh
honor to the lion, the emblem of the
Kingdom Of Norway. 1t is claimed
that King NIagnus Barefoot was the
originator of this emblem. At any
rate, the Royal Sagas state that this
king. on the day of his death, Aug
"a, 1903, carried red shield on which
was a golden lion, and wore a red
coat to which, was sewed golden
lion in the front and another in the
back. Some critics, however, claim
that the golden lion was not used
on the royal coat of arms until the
year 1920. The seal of King Suerre
who died in 1902, contained the pic.
ture of lion, and the same emblem
is found on very old coins. In the
year 1901 the lion wearing a crown
and holding a long-handled battle-az
in its paws, was officially made the
emblem of the Kingdom of Norway
and since that date it has not been
changed. There are six orders OF
the lion in different countries in the
Old World, making the new Norwe.
gian order the seventh Of it's kind.
The bill drawn up by the govern
ment for making women eligible to
large number of the most impor,
tant public Offices is meeting with op.
position from a considerable portion
of the press, and it is barely possible
that it will not be seriously consid'