Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17
SWEDEN.

Sweden, at a meeting held In Lund,
resolved to borrow $4,000 to remove
old debts.
Forty-five competitive sketches for
the industrial monument which is to
be raised in Stockholm has been re-.
ceived by the committee. and several
Of them are said to be very satisfac-
tory to the judges. The monument
committee has $4,000 which was CIV
en- by bookbinder named Lindmans-
son.
At 2S North Smedjegatan, Stock
holm. peculiar sound was noticed in
the chimney for several days. Fire
was finally started, and now the rack
ct becaTa still worse, and some Of
the smoke was thrown back into the
room. A chimney sweep was sent
for, and he soon established the fact
that q wood grouse had been the
cause Of the hubbub. The bird was
dead by this time. having been killed
by smoke and heat.
E. e. Hansen, young man who
was engaged as cook on board the
Danish steamer Cinobria. lost his life
In an unusual manner while his ship
was at anchor in the Harbor of Gafle,
Sweden. He had been In the city,
and on his return to the ship in the
evening his canoe got tangled up in
some fish nets. The distance to the
ship was short, and he Is supposed to
have started to swim to the ship.
But now he was ensnared In the net
himself. and was drowned. The own.
or of the net made & ghastly haul
the next morning.
Sod and vegetable matter growing
on the side Of the road is very care
fully raked up into piles and hauled
onto the lean places Of the soil and
no Scandinavian roadworker would
think for a minute Of putting 1t back
on the road. They have been build
Ing roads of stone and gravel here for
many. many years. and I have no
doubt that every shovelful is imper-
ishable. I notice the roads have very
little crown. In many cases they are
quito nat, but standing water has no
more effect In softening the surface
than It would have on solid rock.
The farmers Of northern Norway and
Sweden find life one continuous strug-
gle. Nothing can be wasted and the
strictest economy must be practiced.
yet these men, with all their disad.
vantages, have built and are now
building a splendid system OF roads !;
. little too narrow and crooked to
suit us, but roads that have endured
and will endure for centuries.
The number Of vessels stranded
along the shores Of Sweden in 1905
was 1o1. No. less than 81 persons
lost their lives as compared with only
seven for the previous year. OF the
total number Of vessels stranded. 1s1
were Swedish and Il Of them were
wrecked.
There were fifteen life saving sta,
hons along the coasts Of Sweden in
1908. and tho average size Of the crew
et each station was Z little over ter
men. The lives Of ten persons were
saved by means Of this service during
The year.
Something like Q whiskey trust Il
assuming definite shape In Sweden
The combine already controls al but
nix dist1lleries. BY means Of this ar
5angement nine dildlleries have been
lsdnitsly closed. and seven others
Nill bs closed IN tho near future. Il
o said that the prices cannot be
raised On account Of existing con
tracts covering the next few. years.
The company running the Bolag %
Icons n Stockholm has engaged girll
20 0ervo - bartenders. but public
naeea oeetlngs have protested agains,
~ SV1aon s.s7~s. >s'.1