Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-13
SWEDEN.

S"606Ns
A farmer at Fogdarp, Frosta, Skane,
Is using many mules instead of horses
on his farm.
The ice on the waters of southern
Sweden has not been more. than six
inches thick this winter.
The crown princess Of Sweden, who
is staying at Karlsruhe, is improving,
but she. is still very weak.
1t is proposed to build a. sanatorium
for consumptives at Nykoping, where
tuberculosis is very common disease.
King Oscar is on fair way to re-
covery. He took sick Dec. Is, and he
was. strong enough to take a ride in
the open air Feb. II.
The city council Of Ystad has voted
100000 for extending and improving
the harbor on condition that said city be
made the Swedish terminus of the
proposed car ferry line between swed-
Ell and Germany.
The temperance people of Stockholm
have petttioned the king for a law
closing the restaurants at 10 o'clock
In the evening. The restaurant keep
ers have issued a long protest, the gist
of which is, that there is no sense in
the proposition.
The total receipts of the state rail-
ways of Sweden for the year 1906 were
$16,000,000, which was $3.50, 900 in ex-
cess of the receipts for 1905. The in
crease had never been so large. The
receipts per mile were also greater
than ever. TIL freight traffic contrib
uted about two-thirds of the receipts.
Those farmers who supply Stockholm
| with milk are dissatisfied with the re-
claim that the latter charge too high
prices, thereby reducing the consump-
ton to minimum: and the farmers
are organizing themselves for distrib-
uting the milk without the aid of the
present retailers. ,..,-
A committee for the 'perpetuation of
the use of the Swedish. language
abroad was elected in Stockholm a few
! weeks ago, and as a result of. this
movement DR.. w. Lundstrom, the Sec
rotary of the comnittee, is making q
tour of the, largest cities of Denmark
and Germany for the purpose of start
| ing Swedish lecture clubs wherever it
Is possible.
The Vegetarian society Of Malmo
is going to open a cooking class in a
| few days. The work is to be conduct
ed by Miss Jenny Bergquist, who has
just closed a similar course at Lund.
The tuition fee is to be 1915 for a
term of three weeks, and this pays for
the meals prepared by the pupils. Only
dinners are cooked. It is obvious that
only plant food is used. The class
l. onv %@
than 20 pupils. - $780, h. = T..
| The movement which has for it's aim
the acquisition Of homes for working
men has raised the prices Of real es-
tate in the neighborhood Of Stockholm
to such heights that a poor ard care
ful workingman .hesitates to run the
risk of buying a lot and building a
cottage on it for fear that the interest
may eat up his savings before he can
fEpay for the property For this reason
the real estate dealers are an unpop-
lsular set Of people. ,s:<s4, .'s%$=*.si< =
| a committee appointed to report on
the plan Of establishing railway car
ferry between Sweden and Germany is
said to be in favor OF starting such
q line between Trel1eborg and Barhoft.
A band Of gypsies consisting Of six
teen persons hadtto be cared for sew
cral nights at the Malmo police sta
tion because they had no tent to live
in. X 5 VIVID a
81 over SIG, o0O, 900 is deposited In the
savings banks OF d stockho This
makes about $50 for every man, woman
and child living IA the city. 35 S. .Sss=
Sufficient funds have been raised
for the d adjustment Of a peoples
high school at Tome illa, SHANE,
The governor of Norbotten Is ener-
[sgetically ENCOURAGE the people i to
use cows and oxen instead of horses
as draft animals and he has distrib-
uted q photograph representing hfrn-
|fse1f riding IN q sled drawn by q strong
ox.
The catch of lerl.rl.ings along the west
coast OF Sweden Or the past season
brought the az errne q e. the snug sum q
$500 900
A botanica1 societ has beer. organ
liked ia sstockholl publishing, So
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