Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
SWEDEN.

Kristofer Janson, the poet.
| SWEDEN.
The Qjukan railway was opened for
public traffic Aug. 9.
| The 9th of September the city Of
Stockholm will have an election of
members to the Swedish riksdag.
Shrimps have been caught in pay
ing quantities near Tromso. This
was surprise to the oldest settler
in that part Of the country.
King Gustaf recently spent few
weeks at his place at Saro in the vi
cinity of Gothenburg, this being one
of his favorite summer resorts.
| The attendance at the Stockholm
| industrial exposition has averaged
about 5000 day during the season.
The attendance has been cut down the
past month by the disturbances in the
labor world.
| Queen Olga, of Greece, has been
invited by Queen Victoria to visit
Sweden, and it is thought that she will
do so during the late summer. The
Duchess of Sodermanland is grand
daughter OF the Grecian queen.
At the beginning of August there
were so many tourists in Bergen that
one hotel had to refuse admission to
more than one hundred persons in one
| ga Lori;
that people of means actually ran the
1 risk of being compelled to sleep on
the streets.
Since the opening of the Trelleborg
steam ferry the mail business at that
| place has increased to such an extent
that a new postoffice has been found
necessary Eve & Melin, the well
known Malmo architects, are getting
up plans for the new building, which
is to be up-to-date in every particular.
Great interest is being taken in
Sweden in the proposed visit of del
egation of 100 of the legislators from
France, together with their wives.
The authorities are making prepare
1 q
way BETTING their station, and the
visit will doubtless be an enjoyable
one for ALL The riksdag has made
an appropriation to pay for entertain
ment provided for by the inter-parlia-
mentary committee, and committee
of representative men of the city OF
Stockholm have arranged to enter
| 10; ho NJ OF
In Sodermanland a summer course
in agriculture has been arranged for
the benefit of the common school
teachers. This is the first course of
it's kind in Sweden and its success will
no doubt lead other districts to fol-
low the example. The class was dur
ing the summer taken to Skane to
study agricultural conditions there.
The idea of the course is to fit teach
ers to give theoretical and practical
instruction in agriculture and thereby
help to raise the agricultural stand
ards throughout the district. The
course has been very popular and
great interest has been shown in the
work.
| Prof. Nordenskjold and a company
of scientists are making thorough
exploration of Greenland during the
present summer. The party arrived
at Holstenborg on the west coast OF
Greenland in June, and from there
have worked their way up within the
Arctic Circle. investigating the topog'
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fauna and fora. The Danish author.
tiles of the country have shown their
interest in the work by assisting the
expedition in q variety of ways. The
/ work will be completed by September
when the party will return to Sweden
and make known the results Of the
investigation.
4 The Observation-Disclosures steam ferry
between Sweden and Germany makes
i possible the importation of the south
ern fruits much cheaper than former
!, ly. The fruit Is transported in q
through car from Marseilles, France
to Stockholm, which is the distribut
4 ing center for Sweden. A company
In France will have charge of this
business hereafter, and supply the
market direct during the winter. For
merly the Swedish fruit was handled
i through German middlemen and this
Il made prices 40 and so per cent higher
Il than will be the case under the new
arrangements. Coming from France
direct the fruit can also be shipped
J ripe and still be In good condition
when received.
The commissioner of the poor Al
Boras has been presented with the
! sum Of 1000 crowns by the manu-
facturers' association to be used II
, the campaign against tuberculosis
u The money was the Income from ,
bazaar held by the society. which
! proved a splendid success.
The Swedes Of Copenhagen are t.
have handsome church costing 265,
| 900 crowns. The building is now ii
4 process Of erection and Is to be O
n Gothic style The painting and deco