Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-20
SWEDEN.

kinds, including ale and stout, can be
manufactured in this way.
SWEDEN.
Hundreds of farms are advertised for
sale In Skane.
The Sodra Sverige banking company
cleared $555,000 during the year 1906.
Many Polish Jews are doing a thriv-
ing business as peddlers in the rural
districts of Skane.
The number Of bills introduced in
the riksdag was 80 in the first and 172
in the second chamber
Almost 1000 pheasants were killed
during the open season on the Ska
bersjo hunting grounds, Skane.
Major Bror Cederstrom has invented
new bayonet which is attracting the
attention of the department of war.
The city council of Upsala has re-
solved to invest $10s,0O0 in a proposed
railway between Upsala and Enkoping.
The number Of persons who emf
grated from Sweden in 1906 was 49,
6S7, as against 1874 in 1905 and
1928 in 1904.
A new steamship company has been
organized with capital stock of $175,-
900 at Oxelosund, and three steamers
have been bought in Germany.
About ~ hotel keepers and restau-
rant keepers from Central Sweden
held a convention at Karlstad and or
ganized a union.
A man at Hoganes keeps on bathing
in a temperature of 10 degrees below
the freezing point. When he gets out
of the water his hair freezes, but he
only seems to enjoy the sport.
It has been demonstrated that the
sale of Swedish butter in England can
be very materially increased by means
of advertising in local English pa
pers.
The harbor directors of Malmo have
designated the Malmo &, Warnemnude
line as the best railway car ferry line
between southern Sweden and Ger
many.
On the Lofnes estate, a property be-
longing to the city of Orebro, is a
family which has lost six children in
the course of two years, all of them
having died from tuberculosis. Four
children are still living.
| 1t was reported from Karesuando
that the vaccine sent from Stockholm
| to northern Sweden proved to be alb
solutely worthless, and that the local
authorities had to procure vaccine from
Finland in order to obtain results.
M. p. Knutsson Of Almarod sold
| about 60 acres of fine land, located
near the Skifarp sugar factory, and
the price paid was 1921 an acre, which
seems to be the present value Of we'll
cultivated land in the fertile plains Of
Skane.
The Svaneholm estate, Svaneskog
parish, near Karlstad, including for
ests, farms and manufacturing estab-
lishments, has been sold to J. Bryntes-
son, Of Ertemark, for a consideration
Of $4,000. Mr.. Bryntesson made his
money digging gold in America.
Five of the most prominent butter
exporters in Gothenburg have issued a
public protest against the business
methods Of the Skane butter export
union, asserting that the union has
occasioned a reduction of the price
of Swedish butter in the English mar
ket which amounts to about 5000, 900 a
| year.
Count B. Moerner. Swedish consul
at Sidney, Australia, stopped at Mel
bourne on his way to the above place,
and the Melbourne Swedish club gave
dinner in his honor. In an address
which he made on that occasion he
mentioned two Swedes, Thunberg and
Salander who accompanied Captain
Cook when he discovered Australia
He expressed the hope that two monu-
ments, hewn out of Swedish granite,
may soon be erected in memory of
those men, and the local Swedish paper
endorsed the suggestion with enthus-
| iasm.
| In the midst Of a violent snowstorm,
late in the evening Of Jan. S, an in
tensely bright flash Of lightning illu-
minated the city of Sandman, and
| it was followed by a deep, long rum
bling Of thunder. Sala and Karlstad
had regular thunder storms at the
same time.
| The temperature prevailing in south
ern Sweden during the early part of
January may be inferred from the fact
that a good deal Of blowing was done
at that time by the farmers of Skane.
The city council Of Lund has re-
solved to build market hall at Mar
tenstorget. 1t is estimated that the
tssilding will cost about $4,000.
Information from high sources de-
clares that King Oscar intends to abdi-
cate in favor of Crown Prince Gustaf
on June s, which will be his golden
wedding anniversary. Advices from
Carlsruhe are to the effect that the
crown princess, who is visiting he1
parents there, is seriously i'll.
| The labor organizations Of Malmo
have 1900 members, and movement
is on foot to have every member con-
| tribute q certain sum q day to the
giant strike fund. 7-.- ISL.
About 20 delegates attended the first
Swedish woman's Social Democratic
congress- which was held ct Stock.
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