Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-11

year.
Many new buildings will be put up
on the plains of Skane next summer.
which proves that the farmers are
and that they are planning
for still greater things in the future.
A few paintings from the hand Of
Knut Albin A41der have raised him
from obscurity to an enviatle position
among the foremost artists of Sweden.
Having had no ordinary schooling he
IS looked upon as genius of very high
rank. He was born in 1873, near
Linkoping.
Many business men who advertise
for male help use the following word
ing: "A young man who has completed
his military service wanted This
means that it will be so much harder
Tor young men who are still serving
part OF the year to obtain positions,
and more than one patriot complains
that this kind Of advertising puts those
who are serving their country as SOL
diers at an undeserved disadvantage.
Three different suffrage reform bills
nave been introduced in the riksdag
besides the regular government bill.
During a storm a school girl was
blown onto street railway in Malno
just in front az 4 car, and one Of he,
hands was cut Off by the wheels
L. M. Ericsscr, & Co., of Stockholm
manufacturing firm employing many
men. has bought q tract of land near
the Halahult Sanatorium for consump-
tlves for the purpose Of establishing d
sanatorium for the employees of the
xr-1s<
The work will be pushed so that l.,
persons may be admitted next spring
The imports Of fuel to Sweden during
the past twenty years exceeded the
exports by $213,00O00O, and the i'm
ports Of coal have trebled during that
period. Besides the annual consurnp-
ton Of domestic wood fuel is $8,000,O00
1T is estimated that the destruction of
the forests exceeds the growth by sUms:
three million cubic meters a year At
the same time it is certain that the
peat boys of the country will supply
fuel for at least 1900 years. No
wonder that the national economists
or Sweden are eager to develop the
peat industry Of the country.
CALLAHAN laborers are already coming
to southern Sweden to take up the
work in the sugar beet fields. The
nrst arrivals OF the season landing
at Trelleborg the sixteenth of March.
Swedish residents Of London recent
~ held meeting to discuss the propo-
sltlon of having a Swedish exposition in
London. and after lengthy discussion
16 prominent Swedes were in favor OF
an exposition and against it.
NORWAY.
The religious controversy is waxing
hot, and it looks as if it is going to
cut figure in the next campaign. The
orthodox people are SO Disguised with
the theological faculty that they have
commenced to clamor for apprOpria-
lions for an independent theological
seminary. 1t goes without saying that
Prof. Odland, who resigned from the
theological faculty at the university
would be leading man at the new
seminary. Such seminary would be
an unmistakable signal for a separa-
ton OF the church from the state.
The government will spend $4,000
on the coronation of the king and
queen at Trondhjem.
About $4,000 will be spent for maxi
ing such alterations in the chapter
building at Trondhjem that it may
serve as residence for the king.
Verdens Gang makes the bold state-
ment that foreign capitalists, under
the guise Of Norwegian companies, are
planning the purchase Of all available
water power in Norway. The same
paper states that $4,000 out of a
total of 100000 horse power is already
| in the hands Of companies controlled
| by foreigners, and the storting is urged
! to check the transfer of one of the most
valuable resources of the country to
foreigners, many Of whom are simply
figuring on selling the waterfalls back
to the NorWegians as they are needed.
The police department of Kristiania
had a uniform at the st. Louie worlds
fair which won the first prize.
Prof. Odland lectured in Bergen on
the heresies of the theological faculty
to large audience and it was evident
that his plan is to carry the church
controversy into the next campaign.
The municipality Of Mors has petit
toned the government for permission
to appropriate land for the establish
ment of an electric plant.
It is proposed that the storting be
represented at the coronation of the
king by II members, from each
diocese.
The exact date for browning the king
and the queen has not been agreed
upon, but it will occur between June
"a and July S.
H. Ramsvik of Morgedal Tele-
marken, went OH a skiing trip with the
class that he was teaching. He took
his gun along. and in sliding down a
hill his gun was accidentally dis
charged into his left side, killing him
almost instantly.
charter to the town of Horton, the
change to take effect JAN l. 1907.
Captain Otto Sverdrup is said to
be on his way to Cuba. where he pro-
poses to settle down for good.
The proprietors of the Aalgaard
Wooden Mills, Stavanger made IS per
cent on their investment last year.
German fishermen will soon begin
to take fish to the Stavanger fish can
neries.
Premier Nicholson is only 49 years
old. He has done we'll for his age.
About one hundred committees in
different parts of the country are en-
gagged in raising money for a national
gift to the king and queen on the day
Of their coronation
DR.. Studt minister of public instruc-
ton of Prussia, has prohibited the
purchase Of Ibsen's works for the
libraries Of the normal schools OF
Prussia