Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-31
SWEDEN.

Malmo exported 2,o44 tons Of lingore
berries in September. -.
1t is proposed to have national ex-
position at Orebro, in 1911.
The students Of the University Of
Lund celebrated Tegner's birthday in
a splendid manner.
There is some talk about arranging
for international Olympic games at
Stockholm year or two hence.
Count K. A. Posse, of Bergkvarna,
near Vexio, donated $4,000 to his SER
wants on the occasion of his silver
wedding.
A fine passenger steamer has been
bought in Boston for use on the steam
ship line between Trelleborg, Sweden,
and Sasswitz, Germany.
The stora Sunnersta, an estate near
Upsala, will be divided up into small
parcels and sold to workingmen who
wish to build homes of their own.
The Tollenosons of Stockholm are
going to divide up their property at
Fristineberg into lots and sell them to
people who agree to build one-family
residences on them.
Hjalmar Branling writes in Social
demokraten that the Social Democratic
party as such is by no means ready to
support the radical anti-military agi-
tation of the young Socialists" The
latter go to the extreme of attempting
to wipe out the last ,vestige Of mill
tarism, while the Social Democratic
party Is willing to maintain the indie
pendence of the country by means Of
being prepared for clash Of arms.
The Geographic department has is
sued its report for the year 1905, which
shows that 784,790 kilograms were
transmitted. The number of telephone
calls transmitted without charge was
1860, 400, while 356,697 calls were paid
for at a regular rate. The receipts for
kilograms, and telephone calls were
$115,000. and the total receipts Of the
department were about $2,210,00O. The
surplus was $4,000 The improve
ments made in 1881, that is, rs years
ago, cost the modest sum of $4,000,
while last year the extensions and i'm
provements entailed an expenditure Of
$646;0O0. -.
A new bi-weekly newspaper Twill be
started in Stockholm this month. It
is to advocate temperance and liberal
politics, and the aid Of able writers
has been secured. >,
O. Frankman, a farmer at Marie
berg, near Trelleborg, has invented a
machine for digging sugar beets. Nu-
merous beet diggers have been invent
ed before, but none turned out to be
satisfactory, and the beets are dug
with spades as before. It is claimed
that the new machine, which is called
"F'rankman" after its inventor, will
prove a success. 1t consists OF. two
separate machines, one for cutting off
the tops and another for. pulling and
cleaning the. heets. The former is
drawn by, two horses and. managed by
one man, and the other is drawn by
three horses and keeps two men busy.
The former does splendid work, and
SOME SSin1perfections in the latter may
be removed The top cutter can finish
four acres a day, and the digger al
moststWos acres a day. MT. Franklin has
patented his Invention. :.;s " :' s. q
The city Of Helsingborg has: sued
the Kingdom OF Sweden to recover d
piece Of ground donated by, the city
to, a. private railway company in 1881
and afterwards sold by: the latter5sst to
the state The city claims that the
land was given only to: be, used by the
private rs ilway company TN question.
The volunteer rifle clubs Y or sweden
have ordered 600: gold: bad ges,5 5000
badges or silver and an equal number
ofssbronze tbadg essssto be distributed
during the Coming year. ~ 81. Z :: $:
Several persons in Stockholm ssasw,h,o
rented out ffro oms 70 Russian fugitives
without notify ing the police were nned
s1.S5@each SS Ss s ~ 5yss ~
I'M certain ocalities on + west
coast 81 :sswede there has been nd
rain since May Isl. u The water courses
have dried 81 the ground is cracked,
and. only part sof5s the fall glowing has
beer done .;I5 /sS.. 81:
f. Fourteen SWedi sh fancy dancers / are
going give perfo FINANCES tie
larger meri can cities, 4 and they In
tend toa spend the Chris t1nas holidays
IN Afinneap lis. They may stat, & 81
least I've mont hsf in this ountry. .
81 wone1
called non king the S5soth her day
stos ask linn Sof hln,d redss 81
thousands to| glYe
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