The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-25
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
CSeanines Of Important NesDs Of Norway Sapeden
and Denmark, With Occasional Comments.
By MARTIN w. ODLAND.

wholesale Merchant Hedge Drangel
OF Stockholm has donated the sum Of
lo.o00 crowns to the golden wedding
fund OF King Oscar II and Queen
Sophia. The fund is to be used by the
society for fitting memorial OF the
nftieth wedding anniversary OF the
late king.
The weather conditions have been
unfavorable In the main, making the
season about two weeks later than the
average. The acreage OF grains. as q
result, IL somewhat less than usual.
With favorable weather from now on
the outlook is for good crop and
good prices.
There is a prospect OF the sale OF
the Mora-venern railway in the near
future. A syndicate which has con.
troll of the Stockholm isteras and the
Gefe-Dala railways has made an offer
for the property. The matter Of the
sale will be considered at q meeting
OF the stockholders June 10.
The authorities of Westerns have dc.
cided to put In a new electric light
and power system. Tho new plant is
to cast $4,000 crowns. and will be up
todate In every particular. Sixty-one
thousand crowns were appropriated
for the increase Of the wired districts.
Tho necessary funds will DO raised BY
n bond issue.
A merchant by name OF Nels Pear.
son. recently went into the forgery
business on a large scale. forging q
total OF twenty-fcur checks OF tho
value of $3.50 crowns. The discovery
was soon made and the man jailed.
He has been In business twenty. Ave
years and was well known. He gave
as his excuse that he wished to get
money TO square up his old accounts.
An indication OF the trend OF things
was the appearance of the first woman
In the second chamber OF the riksdag
recently. She came In during the
evening session and seated herself
near the stenographer's table. Tho
members are wondering how soon
there will be q woman before them ON
tho speakers platform. The women
are fast coming to the front politically
In this country.
According to correspondent In the
Times. the car OF Russia will COM
mence his trip abroad the flrst OF
June. visiting Sweden, France. Eng
land and lttniy. There is nothing Ger.
tain about his route. sa tho greatest
secrecy Is maintained In regard TO the
matter. II In thought that the visit
the president In one OF the coast cities
instead of Paris.
The report of the ironworkers' 30.
clety for the year indicates that the
export OF iron articles Is decreasing
from year to year. For the first quar-
ter OF this year the export was less by
$500 tons than for the corresponding
period last year. Last year there
were In Sweden la shelters In opera
ton In tho country. while this year
there are only 90. No reason Ii indi.
Gated for the decrease.
II. +. Fryklund, one Of Stockholm's
prominent wholesale dealers, whose
death occurred recently, remembered
his city with q handsome donation.
After providing for his relatives. he
left the balance to the city for use In
pensioning clerks who are family sup
porters, during such periods AZ they
may be out of employment. The value
of his estate was about 100000
crowns. and Of this about 10000
crowns go to the city under this pro-
vision.
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