Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-27
SCAMDLNkANlAHNEMS
PrAnolpaI Events Gathered II tho
on Soanalknavkan Countries

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A committee Of Swedes and Nor.
wegians Is making an investigation
with regard to the problem of pastur.
Ing reindeer along the boundary line
OF the northern parts of Norway and
Sweden. From time immemorial the
reindeer of the northern portion of the
peninsula have been in the habit of
staying in the Swedish mountains and
forests in winter and along the coast
OF Norway during the brief summer
season. The animals are apt to do
damage while they stay in Norway,
and the problem is a most vexatious
one, not only to the Swedish Lapps
who own them and to the Norwegian
farmers of Nordland and Finmarken,
but also to the governments of the two
countries. The committee has it's head.
quarters at Tromso, Norway, and the
materials on which definite regulations
are to be based will be collected in the
form of oral statements by the Laps
on the one hand and the Norwegian
farmers on the other.
DENMARK.
Copenhagen, May 14-The commit.
tee having the matter in hand today
presented to King Fredrik a report
containing its recommendations for
the regulation of the future relations
between Denmark and Iceland. The
committee Is composed of members
of the Danish and Icelandic parlia-
ments and 1t was appointed at the
time of his majesty's visit to Iceland
last year. The report is accompanied
by draft of the new law to govern
the relations. The bill to bring this
law into being, which must be ap.
proved by both parliaments, consti-
tutes Iceland "a free, autonomous and
independent country, united to Den
mark by common king and common
interest, and forming with Denmark
a state federation-the United Danish
Empire" If the bill passes, King
Fredrik will be entitled to call himself
King of Denmark and King of Iceland.
Various concessions have been grant
ed to Iceland giving a greater degree
of independence.
The governments of Sweden and
Denmark are negotiating a treaty
which will provide for the arbitration
of all questions arising between the
two countries.
Hans Knudsen, q Danish inventor,
has succeeded in operating a typeset-
ting machine by wireless electric &C.
ton. His plan is to have wireless
kilograms set in type directly and as
fast as they are received
A pedestrians club in Copenhagen
arranged for marathon race (21 Eng
lish miles), and the first prize was
won by young sportsman named
Rudi Hansen, who made the distance
in 2 hours, 81 minutes and 16 seconds.
He calls himself "a young socialist
and vegetarian
The old Kvelstroup farmstead in
Mols was visited by a terrible fire,
only the main building being saved
The flames spread so rapidly that the
attempts to save the stock proved
fruitless. Over one hundred head of
cattle, ten horses and thirty-six hogs
were burnt to death. Some of the
houses dated from the time of the
Thirty Years War, and the massive
oak walls looked strong enough to
last for centuries to come.
Anders Jensen is building a large
hotel in Copenhagen. Some time ago
his funds ran out, and he paid his
employees up to date and told them
that he could not keep them any
longer. 1t is claimed that the King
of Denmark promised more funds, and
work was resumed. But he was sur
prised by other troubles. The men
asked for full pay for the period dur
ing which they were idle, and as he
found this impossible they quit work,
and no one can tell when they will
return. This incident has put the
strikes in an unfavorable light. A
great number of men are unable to get
work in the city.
SWEDEN.
A German congregation will soon be
organized in Malmo.
The police of Solicited confiscated
two anti-military banners.
Axel Torneman has prepared plans
for the scenic decorations of the new
riksdag building in Stockholm But
the academy of free arts has passed
a resolution criticizing the proposed
paintings as unsuitable for the place.
A great automobile trip has been
planned thru Sweden, and many ma
chimes from Paris and Berlin will take
part in it. Only limited number
will compete for prizes, but others will
DO allowed to accompany the competi-
tors.
A new set of double copper tele-
phone wires have been strung between
Stockholm and Malmo. This is the
third set of its kind, and now it is
hoped that the customers will not
have to wait so long as they have
often been compelled to do in the
past.
The seismograph at the Upsala
meteorological institute recorded 1873
earthquakes in 1907, or an average of
one for every three days. Only five
of them had their centers less than
600 miles away
The peat fuel industry is anguish
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