The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-05

1t is reported by Prince Carl that an
automatic rifle has been invented by a
Swedish inventive genius.
The society for the protection Of
nature (including wild game) has de-
clared hat there is danger of a COM
plete determination of bears in
Sweden, and suggests that the game
laws be S o amended that it shall be il
legal for any one to shoot bruin ex-
cept ON his own land.
Mr.. Zundahl, a member Of the sec
ond chamber, has come forward with
a proposition that a whipping post be
established in Sweden. Denmark has
returned to the old system of inflicting
bodily punishment upon a certain
class of offenders, and Mr.. Zundahl be-
lieves that there is greater need of
such methods Of punishment In his
country Oh account Of the growing
tendency to c~oarseness and boisterous
conduct.
In 1906 the city of Stockholm receiv-
ed a gift of 100000 crowns, three
fourths of which was to be used in
erecting hotels or lodging places for
poor people, especially women, who
are trying to support themselves by
working. The 100 900 not expended
for this purpose was to be used in
building new homes for ome
Two large tenement or lodging
houses have now been erected on land
belonging to the city, which are being
rented to widows and other needy
women. The scheme is working very
satisfactorily. and the income from the
rooms. despite the ~cheapness of the
rent. Is large enough to enable the city
to erect other houses of a similar ma
ture in the future.
The most beautiful women in Swed-
en- are supposed to be Jane Lund
strom, Crete Siobere and fora Gustaf-
son. They have been accorded this
distinction through the fact that they
wen the beauty contest arranged by
Nv 4thit6 J'hl u 'hh hi' bStiih
strOm is a native of Stockholm and the
capital city feels proud over her vic
tory. She is the daughter of a deceas-
ed coal dealer and is at present resid-
Ing in Dresden. Germany, She is a
lovely blonde of sixteen summers, with
a very stately figure.
Miss Sjolberg is matron at the Held
a,,.t,,, lD,,, 60, ,,na,, NT.ll. a.
Nettern. She is also a blonde, with a
slender. lithsonle form. of medium
height. Miss Gustafson lives at
Sundsvall and is engaged to a jurist.
She. too. is a blonde. the common type
of Northern beauty, but her figure is
more portly han those of the other
two.
Is there to be war between Sweden
and Russia? This question is asked
with no little anxiety in Stockholm.
The signs, in the opinion of many, are
rather OminOus. Sweden was irritated
by the fact that Russia participated in
the treaty guaranteeing the integrity
of Norway, which Sweden regarded as
"A direct slap aeher. and has not liked
the way Russian vessels of war have
hung about Swedish harbors. When
Sweden surrendered Finland to the
car, Russia agreed not to fortify the
side of Finland adjacent to Sweden,
but this agreement Russia now pro
poses to ignore by fortifying the "A
land islands, which are only twenty
four miles from the Swedish coast and
only a few hours ride from Stockholm.
The English newspapers, such as
the Times, have had considerable to
say as to the actions OF Russia. pre-
dieting q crisis in the affairs OF the
scandinavian North