Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-15
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETIEe
Prominent People Speak ut the Anti
Alcohol Conference at City
Of Stockholm.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


The Anti-Alcohol Conference which
opened in Stockholm recently was an
enthusiastic meeting. 1t began with
q parade. which was participated in
by more than 10000 persons. The
speech of welcome was delivered by
the duke of Skane. Other speakers
were DR.. Ellsworth, superintendent Of
the Washington Home in Boston; Dr.
4. ID. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn:
Jessie Forsyth, of Boston; Professor
Hartman, OF Leipzig; Baron Prazak.
Of Vienna; Dr. Nicholl, Of New York:
General O'Reilly, of the United States
army; Professor Ashaffenberg, or
Kiel. and DR.. Eggert, Of Bremen
Nearly 100 delegates participated In
the debates. The American delegates
were six i'm number, two of them rep
resenting the United States govern
nent, viz, General O'Reilly and DR..
c. Boyer, medical inspector Of the
United States navy.
The following item demonstrates
that it will take some time for the
Swedes and NOrwegians to get to-
gether" commercially and otherwise
since the recent disruption of the
union: "A few representative Swedes
attended the agricultural exposition
in Kristiania, but they were there as
private persons, not as Swedish rep
resentatives. One Of them, Profess
sor Juhlin- Dannfelt, was interviewed
for Norwegian daily, and he made
comparison between Sweden and
Norway with regard to farming. But
the Swedish press states in plain Ian
guage that the Swedish nation does
not endorse everything said by the
professor in his interview.
.'Can Sweden Defend Herself?" Is
the title of new book issued by a
Social Democrat named Fabian Mans
son. He seems to believe that this is
impossible and therefore recommends
that Sweden should dispense with her
military forces entirely. He also
claims that it would take not less than
415,0S7 900 crowns to put the Swedish
army in fighting shape. His book has
been printed in 10000 copies and 1t
has created quiet bit of comment
not to say some annoyance to the gov
eminent authorities.
According to recent reports it Is es,
timated that $4,000 acres of ground
are at present devoted to the beet
sugar industry Of Sweden. 1t is fur
Their stated that it costs almost $50
per acre to weed and dig the beetS.
making the expenses $1,2400O0 from
the time the seed Is put into the
ground until the crop is ready for
hauling to the sugar factory. The
$1240,0O0 is earned to large extent
by women and children.
The International Methodist Con.
ference ut Norrkoping was closed Il
week ago last Tuesday after an eX-
ceedingly interesting session. Bishop
Burt of the United States, served as
chairman and addressed the assem-
blage The foreign delegates present
were 1856 in number, three of them be-
ing representatives of Swedish Amer.
lean NJ. f. churches.
telegram from Stockholm states
that 1t looks as though the disputes
between Sweden and Norway regard
ing the lobster fisheries near Grise.
baarne would be settled by court Of
arbitration. Others again fear that It
will by no means be an easy task to
settle the dispute to the entire salts
faction Of both countries.
Harald Andre has been appointed
stage manager at the Royal Opera In
Stockholm. Mr.. Andre has during the
past two years been the musical critic
for the Svenska Dagbladet He is an
excellent musician, having studied
music at home and in Berlin, Paris
and London.
c. q. Tornquist, well known
Swedish actor, died very suddenly at
his home in Stockholm week before
last aged 81 years. He was for a
number of years one of the leading
stage figures of Sweden.
Count +. U. Wrangel is in New
is the guest of a New York million
aire on the Hudson and will have his
book ready for the printer at the end
of next month.
Shoes to the value of 100000
crowns were manufactured in Sweden
last year. This figure shows that
Sweden leads all European countries
in the manufacture of footgear.
The Uddeholm company has donated
5000 crowns for a new business col
lege In Stockholm. When completed
this will be the greatest business
school In Scandinavia.