Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-13

The reindeer kept by the nomadlnS
Lapps Of Northern Sweden have caused
some annoyance after the dissolution
OF the union. The Karlstad treaty pro-
vides that the Lapps shall be allowed
to keep their deer on Norwegian terri
tory in the early summer. But the
Laps have not kept strictly away at
unlawful seasons, and when their deer
finally enter Norway by night it Is
difficult to keep them from doing DAM
age to the Norwegian farmers. A joint
committee consisting of two Swedes
and two Norwegians has been in ses-
sion in the Norwegian capital for the
purpose Of devising some means Of set
thing the difficulty, and the report from
this committee recommends a thorough
investigation Of the matter.
DENMARK.
The minister of public works has in
troduced bill appropriating money
tension of the harbor at Esbjerg, the
aggregate amount proposed being ST.
100000.
The patent and registry office Of the
government OF Sweden was busy
place last year, no less than 761 new
stock companies, banks and insurance
companies having been registered dur
ing the year. Those concerns were capt.
talized at $29,o00,0o0, OF which $20,0o0,-
900 had been pa id up. The number OF
new concerns registered in 1905 was
only 438, having a capitalization Of
about $16,000,000.
SWEDEN.
The employers Of OrebrO have Or
ganized themselves into 4 strong union.
A company has been organized for
building a railroad from Varberg to
Atran.
The duke Of Sodermanland had to
stay in bed for a while on account of
severe cold.
A dispatch from Karlsruhe Germany,
states that Crown Princess Victoria Of
Sweden is i'll with influenza.
Some of the laborers in the coal
mines of Northern Sweden are leaving
the mines and going to the farms.
Over 500 persons have applied for
space at the Lund exposition, which
means that it is bound to be a success.
Many of the loaded cartridges used
in the Swedish army have been found
to be defective. The Bohuslan regi-
ment used 245,000 cartridges in 1905.
OF this number 179 failed to explode,
so others exploded only after swapping
one or more times, and 16 were de-
formed.
The population of Tanno, Smaland,
is steadily decreasing, largely because
SO many young people go to China as
missionaries. A missionary from this
settlement was killed in China a num-
Der of years ago, and China had to pay
an indemnity of $4,000 to Tanno. Since
that event there has been something
like migration from Tanno to China.
When a young man from parish
near Vaxio was ordained for the minis
try at Upsala his aged father could not
| resist the temptation to attend the
ceremonies, and what was his surprise
when he, a plain old man, was invited
to dinner at Archbishop Ekman's house
and made the lion of the day by tho
archbishop as we'll as by his wife.
No less than 10000 forest trees,
mostly spruce and pine, have been
planted in the Ian Of Malmohus, at the
expense of the state and the domestic
supply company, during the past ten
years. This means that large tracts
of naked land will in a few years be
covered with glorious forests: Trees
planted by private parties are not in
cluded In the above number.
The board of education of Malmo ap-
propriated 1872 cents for every pupil
n he Yo11h cahn 70 In
salary for competent physician, who
was to look after the health Of the
| children and the sanitary condition OF
the schools. But the physicians agreed
| among themselves that no one should
| accept the offer because the pay was so
small. and now the schools have to fol-
low the old ruts, which have proved
fairly satisfactory in the past.
The expenses Of several of the private
| railroad companies Of Southern Swed-
en- have increased so much that the
companies have applied to the au-
thorities for permission to raise their
| rates, and also to add some new items
of receipts at the expense of the trav-
cling public. The provincial govern
ment of Malmohus Ian admitted that
oOAAAS AOAAAoAuo O. uuoU1c W pay
| dividends to their owners, but no addi-
tional privileges will be granted to the
| roads until the matter has been thor
oughly explained to the government.
C. A. Ekblad of Traheryd, Smaland,
| comes dangerously close to being a
Jack of all trades. He fills the posi-
| lions of public school teacher, pre-
| centor, sexton, organist director of the
Sunnebo singing society, teacher of
sloyd, Xaccinator, matchmaker, clock
| seller, secretary and purchaser for the
Traheryd supply company, president
| OF the Traheryd sick and funeral club,
| manager of the temperance peoples
sick and funeral fund at the Stromstad
factory, president of the Traheryd
Christian Temperance Union. member
of committee for repairing the church,
member of the organ committee, au-
d1tor OF the accounts of the commune
| and OF the church and, last but not
least, newspaper correspondent. 1t
must also be mentioned that Mr.. Elk
olad produces honey on a large scale.
| Capt. P. L. Nilsson of Landskrona,
who saved a Norwegian steamer last
fall, has received silver cup with ap-
propriate inscriptions, from Norway,
and the mates and two sailors on Capt.
WILSON'S steamer received medals "For
Noble Deeds" in recognition Of their
splendid services.
The Volunteer Poor Aid Society OF
Kristianstad Ian is going to establish
a home for poor aged women, and part
Of the funds will be raised by means
of a lottery. There will be $4,000 lots
| and the prizes will vary from one