Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-05-27
TN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleonines of Important NeUs Of Norway. SsOeden
and Denmark, wifh Occasional Comments
BY MARTIN w. ODLAND.


The postal department has made
public its reports for last year, and
shows a surplus of $4,000 crowns.
The Socialist party in Sweden IL
blamed for the antimilitarist feeling
tnat has shown itself in many places.
IL is charged that the party is incit-
ing young men not to take the CON-
pulsory military drill, and thus has
caused trouble in number OF in
stances.
Bank Director Lindencrona and his
daughter, Miss Sofia L.ndencrona,
have made donation of 1000 crowns
TO the Angelstad church for "a new
pipe organ. The condition Is that the
church shall care for the grave of the
lIndencrona burial place in the Angel
stad church yard
The Katrina street In Stockholm.
which is in process OF conatruc. ion,
VIII be the most expensive of any yet
opered ~ the city A to,al OF $780,
wy
TO secure the ligkt Ct way, co neccs-
sary excaVatng. etc, emo in addition
IL VIII take considerable more before
The two new torpedo beats "Thetis
end "Sigurd" are now ready for de-
livery. The former was built at the
Gotta Iron No ks Of Gothen eprg. and
/ af I nj NJ
They have been sent TO Helsingsborg.
where they vii he tested in TIE sound
there before Icing atet...~.. b., TIE
government
The department OF f-r,"u'',~o hrs
been investigating the cost OF import
ing goets from Switzerland WITH
view to securing few Of the hotter
breeds for Sweden. The a~r'c,"n~al
| director at Berne has informed the
department thst goats can be import
ed for 100 10 1s5 crowns apiece. and
1t Is likely that a few hundred will
| be imported at once.
The steamer Albert Zelk from Ros.
sterbo TIE latter part of April. The
steamer was loaded with rye. The
| Neptune wrecking company has taken
the job to release the ship. and save
the cargo. The vessel was badly dam
aged owing to striking the rocks The
wreck was due to bad storm, which
made 1t impossible to see the signals.
i
the street will be fit for travel
meeting OF sugar manufacturers
and dealers was held at Stockholm
recently. One of the speakers pres
ent, Mr.. Berg, member of the big
wholesale Arm of Berg Hallgren Of
Hudviksvall. was stricken with heart
failure as he finished his speech. and
the place. His wife was present at
the meeting. which was dismissed al
q result Of the tragic event. ~
The anti-tuberculosis work is re.
ceiving liberal support in Sweden,
Showing the interest OF the people in
this good cause. The reports of the
society show that the income from the
sale of the green stamps amounted to
35,162 crowns in year. Besides this
the work has been advanced by many
private donations. New sanatoriums
are being provided as the resources
permit and the fight against the dread
disease is being better organized as
the conditions are better understood.
The Beskowska school of Stockholm
has recently received some handso me
donations from the royal family for
the establishment OF pension fund.
The king gave 200 crowns, and Primo
esq Carl. Eugen and Bernadotte gave
each 1000 crowns They are particu
larly interested In this school, owing
to the fact that part of their educa-
ton was received here Other former
students and parents OF some OF those
now attending have also been gener-
GUS In adding to the pension fund Of
the school