Willmar tribune., 1909-11-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Principal Events aafbored r. the
Oh SoanaiNnavkap Countries

, A flint ak was found in an excava
tion in ,Malmo. It is thirteen inches
long, and is said to date from the Old
er Stone age.
The government is expected to make
some important propositions to the
next church council. The aim Of one
of them is to relieve the ministers
from the duty of preaching in two
churches the same day. Another prop
osition provides for the abolishment OF
the old practice of requiring people to
register their names in the minister's
record before taking part in the Lords
supper. According to third PROPOSE.
ton it will be made easier to obtain
marriage certificates, and certificates
of good moral standing execn>ed by
ministers of the Lutheran Augustana
Synod of the United States will be &C.
cepted as sufficient proof.
Agricultural pursuits are obviously
on the decline in Sweden. A special
committee reported some time ago
that In Norrland and Dalarne alone
about $4,000 farms have been aban'
doned In the course Of the last few dec.
ades. But the same change has been
general throughout the whole country.
In 1870 no less than 72 per cent of the
population were engaged in agricul.
tural pursuits, stock raising, and fish.
ing, in 1900 only 81 per cent. Mean.
while the percentage of those engaged
In industrial pursuits increased from
Is to 20 per cent, and of those engag.
ed In commercial pursuits from 5 tc
IL per cent. During the years 1871.
1875 Sweden exported grain for about
100000 a year, and during the years
1S86.1S90 she imported grain for about
$S0o,000 year.
Stockholm, Nov. 6.-Flags flew to.
day throughout the city in honor Of
the victory of Gustavus Adolphus in
the battle of Lutzen and in memory
of his death, Nov. 6, 1892 The sing
ing societies of Stockholm gathered III
front of the Riksdag building and
marched to the Gustaf Adolf market,
where, before the statue of the hero,
they sang his war song and the nation.
al hymn. Traffic in all the streets Of
the neighborhood was forbidden.
Stockholm, Oct. 14.-At the end of
1895 Sweden had $3.50 kilometers of
country roads. In the northern part
of the kingdom the mileage was only
about 4id kilometers a hundred
square kilometers, while in the south.
ern part the corresponding figure
amounted to thirty.two kilometers
a square kilometer. Since 1910 the
state has, to an ever increasing extent,
contributed toward keeping the roads
in good condition. In that year a state
appropriation of $4,000 was made for
new roads and for general road re-
pairs. These state appropriations have
been continually increased until in the
year 1900 an amount of &267 900 was
granted for that purpose. BY these
means length of road of about 5000
miles has been constructed or improv.
ed since 1910. The construction of
new roads has of late chiefly been car
ried on in the north of Sweden. Dur
ing the years 1841 and 1900 state ap.
preparations Of about 21 900, 900 kroner
were granted for the construction of
new highroads and the improvement
of old ones, the total cost amounting
to more than $S,640,000. The condi-
tion of roads has been greatly improv-
ed of late, and is in general satisfac-
tory, some districts excepted, how
ever, especially in the northern part of
the country.