Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-29
SWEDEN.

Owing to the dry weather milk has
been SO scarce in Stockholm that many
people. have been compelled to forego
that highly important constituent of
the bill Of fare.
The appropriation proceedings which
had to be resorted to by the govern
ment for procuring military drill
grounds in the parishes Of Selma and
Sponga, near Stockholm, brought to
light some interesting facts with re-
gard to the assessment Of real estate.
The land thus appropriated was as
sessed for s53,703. The 'owners had
asked $445,770 for it, and the govern
ment is to pay them $1S3,213.63. The
amount fixed by the expropriators
must represent, as nearly as possible,
the real value of the land, using this
amount, s1S3,213.63, as a basis, it will
be found that the land was assessed
for about 80 per cent, and that the
owners asked about 240 per cent of
the real value of the land.
Mr.. Erenberg, a Swedish doctor, has
just discovered a process by which he
can convert fresh milk into powder
soluble in water. BY the new process
the ordinary milk is eliminated of all
water, and is dried gradually. The
1umpy substance which is left is then
ground into fine powder. The milk
powder contains all the elements Of
pure milk, and retains the natural
flavor. For all purposes the dried milk
can replace fresh milk. It can be used
in tea and coffee; it is suitable for
infants, and in the manufacture of
confectionery it is better than the or
binary fluid. Cheese and butter can
also be made from the powder.
A burial mound from the middle Iron
Age has sbeen struck on the Hisingen
island, Southwestern Sweden. The
tombs consist Of clay urns filled. with
ashes and burnt bones.
The parishes Of Fors and Kloster
will be incorporated into the city OF
Eskilstuna, increasing the population
from $4,000 to $4,000 and making Els
kilstuna the target city in Sweden.
The area of greater Eskilstuna will be
equal to an American township.
DR.. Sven Hedin wrote from Leh,
Central Asia, Aug. 2: "An is WELL
The trip very promising. Large, we'll
equipped caravan, 120 beasts of bur-
den and choice, reliable servants"
Prof. Yngve Sjostedt has just re-
turned to Sweden from a scientific ex-
petition to the wilds Of southeastern
Africa. He spent about year in the
Kilimanjaro mountains, and brought
back 100000 samples of spiders and
insects which are to- be classified and
kept at the national museum.
Every now and then the Socialists
are distributing writings which the
authorities do their best to conf1scate.
There were IS labor strikes in swe>
den during the first quarter of the
present year. Fifty three employers
and about 1890 employees were in
volved. About 10000 days work was
lost, 21,S00 days being lost indirectly.
A fourteen-year- old boy in Holl-
storp, near Vexio was bitten by a
viper. Having killed the snake with
the butt end Of his whip, he pulled
out his knife and cut out some of the
flesh wound and began to suck out
blood. When his mouth became tired
he got another boy to act as "blood-
sucker whereupon he applied salu-
brin and tied a string around the limb
above the wound. Two hours after he
was bitten he returned to his work,
and there were no symptoms Of blood
poisoning. :. :
The Eastern Skane railway company
has bought the Hor and Horny railway
for $4,000, which is oneafourth Of the
cost Of building the railway. " . 5z;.s5z
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