Willmar tribune., 1906-09-12
uu4error Hergstrom OF Lulea states

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reindeer shall not be taken into Nor
way until June Is each year.
The government party, that is, those
who are in favor of extending the vot-
ing franchise on the basis OF propor-
tional representation, had What was
expected to be grand rally IN SHIFTS
hamn. About 500 people came 10 nes
two very able speakers on the SUE =
ject. At the close of the d1scusslo1'
a series of resolutions was proposeo'
but an informal vote showed tliat tiAe
opponents of the government plan we're
dangerously strong, and the motlon was
Withdrawn. To an American nina the
resolutions would seem both coH1ph-
Gated and vague, and for that very
reason they are given in full as a cur
ious sample of that kind of nterature'
s"The meeting expresses the following
desires: that the suffrage for the sac
red chamber be general, equal and d1-
rect for all self supporting men anc
women of good civil standing who have
completed their twenty fifth year ano
paid all their dues to the state anu
the commune; that the suffrage TOR
the first chamber be based on a SUD-
stantially restricted scale, and lnd1rect'
so that the voters select certain elec-
tors who are to perform the electlon'
and that the elections to both cnam-
bers as we'll as Of electors Tor elec-
tions to the first chamber, be adopted
to a proportional method of election OF
such a nature as to VOuchSa1e the
amplest opportunity for the represent
tation of different shades of opinions
The employees on the Gothenburg
street railways decided to quit work
by vote of 37S to because the man
ayers refused to negotiate with the
union.
The acorn and beech mast crop Of
Skane is a very rich one this year.
This is valuable source of income
to many owners of timber land, who
generally get $1.25 for every hog which
they keep in their forests during fan
and early winter. The acorns and the
beech mast give great heat, and when
they are abundant the hogs are kept
in the woods to take care of them
selves during large part of the VIM
ter
About fifty English and French tour
lists, most of whom are engineers, nave
just visited Gellivare and other mining
towns in northern Sweden.
leading business men are discussing
the proposition of having an inter-
national exposition at Stockholm in
| 1912
A committee has raised about $3.50
in Varmland for gift to the crown
| prince and princess on the occasion of
their golden wedding.
| Louisa Charlotte Kokeritz of Vastras,
the oldest person in Sweden, died Aug.
II. She was 106 years old, June 80,
1905.
| Iron furnaces for the reduction Of ore
imported from Sweden are springing
up at German seaports, and the Swedes
begin to ask themselves why the
Swedes cannot import coal and reduce
their ore to pig iron before it is ex-
ported.
The friends of Rev. Ludwig Lindberg,
| of Stora Tuna, Vestmanland want him
to succeed Bishop. Billing as a mem
ber of the first chamber of the riksdag.
1t looks as if the government is con-
templating the location of the southern
terminus of the projected Inland rail-
way at Uddevalla.
The total receipts of the state rail-
|
the current year were about $15,OO0,-
900.
The king has given his consent to
reduction of the domestic rates of
the government telegraphs to 6A cents
for maximum of five words and l
7-20 cents a word over and above five
words. 1t is proposed that the reduc-
ton shall take effect Jan. l, 1907.
NORWAY.
1t is just quarter of a millennium
since the people of Sitskogen, Hol-
land, were authorized to build church
of their own. Before that time Sits
{ kogen was a part of Loken parish. A
little more than $50 years ago a man
died in Sitskogen, and his body had
to be carried across Kongtorp noun
tain to be inferred in the Loken grave
yard The road across the mountain
was so bad that the carriers were tired
out, and in order to save their lives
they left the dead body and struck out
for the nearest house. Upon returning
they found that the dead body was
gone. A bear had broken the coffin
with his paw, and carried away the
corpse. Terrified by this experience
the people of Sitskogen applied for
permission to build church of their
own, and church was built there in
the year 1856.
| A report dated Aug 21, says that up
to that date the results of the elec-
tions in Sc storting districts were
known. In 27 districts supplementary
elections would have to be held, no
| ~ ia hQ
of all the votes cast. OF the 20 cam
didates elected, are said to be Social
Democrats, 3 extreme Septists, Sep
| lists, 8 Government Septists and
| Fusionists.
Two boys who were staying at a
mountain pasture, Safer in Hallingdal,
| went out to pick berries one day. ALI
| of sudden a big bear came out of a
! thicket From the way the beast acted
it is supposed to have been she-bear
| having cubs close by. It rushed upon
! the boys, who started to rum The bear
soon caught one of them, Johan Fag-
dal who was IA years old, and threw
him to the ground with it's paw The
other boy, who was years old, ran
| to the sater as fast as he could and
told what had happened Two men
who happened to be present hurried to
the scene and found the boy lying on
the ground, apparently dead, but the
bear was nowhere to be seen. It was
found that the bear had torn a lump
OF flesh out Of the boys thigh, his
forehead was crushed in, his face was
shOckingly torn by the claws of the
bear, one eye was torn out and part
OF the nose was gone. But life had