Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-13

IS plant for removing tho iron from,
the city water OF Lund will cost about
$4,000, which the city fathers think
ts cheap enough. "a. s$ . VI :.
The revenues Of the Swedish gov
eminent are flowing in so richly that
the minister Of finance is one of the
happy public men Of the country.
The city Of Eskilstuna Is in a fair
way to solve the problem Of educating
children having dull, slow minds. Such
children have been carefully selected
and put into classes by themselves
for two years past. The results are
such that not only the city OF Eskil-
stuna is going to continue the prac-
tice. but the boards OF education Of
some Of the. largest cities of Sweden
are considering the advisability of fol-
lowing the example Of Eskilstuna.
The master of ordnance asks for an
extraordinary appropriation of about
100000 for ammunition for the
army, which would raise the entire
quantity to .20Q,000,000 cartridges.
Some one expressed fears that the
ammunition might deteriorate on &C
count of age, and this was used as an
argument against the appropriation.
But the military authorities have an
nounced that careful tests have DEM
onstrated that ammunition prepared
ten years ago has not changed to any
appreciable degree. The same authori-
ties maintain that ammunition may be
kept in good condition for at least
twenty years.
The rules in force at the military.
that large proportion of the soldiers
suffered to an undue extent from the
hardships imposed upon them. Some
soldiers cannot carry the regular bur-
dens. and others cannot endure long
marches. The military authorities
claim that the terms are so short that
the soldiers must be required to do
more than they ought to do in a GER
tain period of time.
The 5ourneymen painters of Malmo
went on a strike April /, and the
struggle was kept up until few days
ago, when new rules were agreed upon
to April 1, 1908. The strikers gained
substantial but very expensive VIC
tory. The hours were reduced from
ten to nine, and the rate was raised
|, from about IL to about 12% cents per
hour. The number of apprentices is
to be limited, and their wages will be
increased.
The largest flour mill in Sweden is
located in Malmo.- The value Of it's
products was $2.3S0,000 for the year
1904. \
NopwAv
The greeting which President Roose-
welt sent to King Haakon receives par
ticular attention in the Norwegian
press. It is needless to add that
Teddy struck a responsive chord.
The public officials shall henceforth
swear to support the constitution and
the king, SO that there is no need to
repeat the oaths whenever a new ruler
ascends the throne.
SkOedsvig, the artist, is exhibiting
collection Of his paintings in Goth
enburg.
Captain b. w. Norregaard, a Nor
wegian, has written such good book
| about the. siege of Port Arthur that
1t will soon appear in English, Ger
man and French.
Olav, not Olaf. This name which
is the same as the modern Ola, or Ole,
was spelt Olaf but pronounced Olav
in the early Middle Ages. Now it is
proposed to change the ancient SPELL
ing to Olav, so that the crown prince
Of Norway may have to spell his name
Olav. In this connection it may be
! mentioned that the Norwegians are
trying to weed out the silent letters
from the written language. The SPELL
ing Of storting is one instance. In
the early Middle Ages thing was pro-
pronounced this way in Iceland. But
spelt the same way, and it is still
pronounced this way in Ireland. But
the Norwegians have lost the sound
so exceedingly frequent in the Eng
lish language, and the Norwegians do
not see the use of writing tn for a
pure t-sound. All 'up-to-date authori-
ties write storting, Trondhjem, etc.
The government proposes that a
"secret fund.- of $4,000 be set aside
for the coming year. The accounts Of
this fund are reported only to the
king.
The University of Norway has
turned out about 40 medical doctors
| who have no chance to practice their
profession in Norway. It is a case Of
overproduction.
Anders Hasle Odegaard of Varteig
was found frozen to death in his boat
at Opsund, near Sarpsborg.
An Icelandic singing society is CIV
ing concerts in Norway. The singers
are well received.
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at the last election was 439,72S, and
351,230 cast their votes, 259,563 in
favor of a monarchy and 69,264 in
favor of a republic.
The republicans have declared en-
phatically that they will bury their
hatchets and quit fighting for a re-
public against hopeless Odds
A contributor to Verdens Gang sug-
fgests that King Haakon better not
belong to any secret society. King
Oscar of Sweden is a Freemason-and
he lost his Norwegian crown almost
before he knew it, which shows that
it did not do him any good in a great
pinch. And a king ought to be every
body's king without any secret, oath
bound obligations to limited number
of citizens.
The young ladies of Trondhjem have
commenced to take lessons in the most
fashionable dances in order to be able.
to cover themselves with glory at the
coronation festivities next summer.
There will no doubt be more people
than ever before in Trondhjem on the
occasion Of the coronation Of King
Haakon and Princess Maud next sum-
mer. -: