Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-07
SCANDINAVIA NEWS
|W PRINCIPAL Events Gathered In the
| ~ Old Scandinavian Countries ~

The so-called Tuberculosis commit
tee" has finished the first part Of it's
report It Is estimated that there are
10000 consumptives in Sweden, and
that one third that many die every
year. The committee proposes that
arrangements be made for taking care
OF 10000 consumptlves In separate
aSylums. the most suitable Of which
would be sanatoriums, tuberculosis
hospitals. summer outing places and
d1spcnsaries. The city of Stockholm
alone would need accommodations Tor
100 conSumptives the year around.
Small hospitals are especially recon-
mended for this purpose. experience
having proved the expenses are lower
at small than at large institutions. The
committee thinks the local govern
ments ought to build the establish
ments, the total cost Of which is put 1T
$2,925,0OO. while the state ought to pay
about onc-half of the running ex-
penSeS.
Prof. Ieander. Of the University Of
Lund died few days ago. and the
newspapers contain a number of
Leanderiana. Prof. Leander was q
philosopher to the tips Of his fingers.
and the persons that he met and the
houses that he passed on his way 70
the venerable seat of learning had less
reality to him than the ideas that ot-
cupied his own mind. He was looked
upon very eccentric at the exarnina-
tionS and in the course of time the
students made out Il sort Of list OF the
puzzling questions that he was apt to
make. One Of his hobbies was this:
What are the powers Of the state ~
If any other answer than this was
given, The power of the state is one
and indivisible, the poor victim
might as we'll give up the job at once
He also had the idea that the most
sensible form Of representation is the
four chamber system. When asked
why the Swedish riksdag has only two
instead Of the ideal four chambers, he
would answer that it was due to a
reflective entertainment of the idea in
the world of phenomenal.
NORWAY.
The following reads like fiction, but
| it is absolutely true. Bears had been
doing damage near the Russian bound
airy line, and two young men took their
guns and went in search of Bruin
About two (English) miles above the
last habitation in Jakobsdal they met
bear. Olav Dahl, one of the men
fired, killing the beast with single
shot. Immediately afterwards some
thing was seen moving in the brush
and Tharald Bye, the other hunter
fired his gun in that direction This
! bear was only lightly wounded, and he
bounced upon Olav in wild fury. While
the two were fighting Tharald fired
into the bunch, but the bullet passed
thru CLAWS leg just above the knee
Tharald did not dare to fire a SECOND
time, and in the confusion of the mo.
ment he could not get his big knife ou
! of the sheath. So he went for the
! bear absolutely unarmed. No one
could tell exactly what took place dur
ing the next few seconds. But Thar.
aid must have kept the bear busy FL
little WHILE Tharald is small mar
and the bear got his foot into hi:
mouth, and this he chewed until j.
| looked like a sieve. CLAWS thigh bone
had been snapped by Tharald's bullet
so he could not do much. But he put
his arms around the neck of the bea1
and pressed him to his chest Thi:
maneuver gave Tharald time to pull
out his big knife, and with remarka bic
GOODNESS he ran this into the bear jus
in front of the shoulder. the only spo
where the heart could be reached with
F.; an ordinary knife. and the next mo-
| ment the bears heart blood was ooZine
out and his body falling down in the
embrace Of Olav. The struggle hal
told on both of them. But TharalG
| was able to go to the nearest house
| where some men started for the battle
ground. For two hours Olav lay hall
dead by the side Of the dead bears
j But life had not fed from his body
| and he was cared for as we'll as the
! circumstances would permit. 4 few
! days later he was taken to the NalsC
| hospital. and in a month or two he
will be ready for another bear fight
One of the curiosities Of the agri-
cultural exposition in Kristiania was
a patch of ground managed in such
a way as to point out the different
ways of destroying weeds. Grain
potatoes and weed seeds were planted
at the same time. From one section
the weeds were carefully pulled up by
hand. giving the planted crops the best
chance to grow. One section was
sprinkled with a solution of vitrol and
the weeds were killed while the useful
plants remained uninjured. This Sec
ton was almost as fine as the one
section which had not been touched
and the weeds were luxurious while
little or nothing could be seen Of the
tame plants. Finally there was Sec
ton which was dragged before the
| fn1 nd hot ~
this section was also dragged after the
seeds sprouted. The weeds were con-
siderably reduced where the ground
was dragged only before seeding, but
the ground dragged twice was almost
as clean as the section which had been
weeded by hand. In one field there
were 81 different kinds of weeds plant
ed side by side. Some of them were
robust and luxuriant some wore g
mien of innocence. But Mr. korsmo
the man in charge of this particula.
! department, explained that the whole
lot is thoroly bad. Mr.. Korsmo has
been dubbed the general of the anti
; weed war. and the foreigners were
interested in his expert ments.
| A large number Of Jews have immi-
| grated into Norway during the last few
years. but most Of them get only as
| far as Kristiania. This movement in
! dicates that Norway is looked upon as
a good field for speculation and FOL
making money without hard work
About so Leftist members of the
storting held caucus to discuss plans
for overthrowing the Nicholson cani-
net. The 10 Socialist members held Z
| caucus at the same time.
| funeral sermon over tho remains nj