Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
SWEDEN.

It IL obvious that the present gov.
erment is making extraordinary ef-
forts to hammer down the expenses
Of the army and the navy.
The total rainfall in southern Swe-
den in 1909 was about 18 inches,
and there were about 1876 rainy days.
These figures are considerably above
the average.
While G. Hellstrom Of Soderkop-
ing was cutting down a tree at Boil
torp branch fell down and tore off
his nose. The lost member was after
wards found sticking to the branch.
The scale Of wages of men EN-
ployed on the government railroads OF
Sweden will soon be revised upwards.
After the raise has been made no such
privileges as free passes will be given
There are eight regular employees
In the royal kitchen Of Sweden. The
present chef is lady, Miss OLSON,
whose mere appearance inspires a
person with absolute confidence. At
the opening Of the riksdag the king
Invited 400 persons to dinner at the
same time, and twenty extra cooks
had to be hired. The meat bill alone
included 400 pounds Of salmon, so
hams, SO turkeys, 200 wood grouse
and 800 cartridges. King Oscar used
to invite as many as $500 persons
at time, and the number of courses
served was usually ten or eleven.
King Gustaf invites the elderly PEG.
pie one evening, and the young folks
the next, and he serves only five or
six courses.
It was mentioned in these columns
that q young man was killed at the
Malmo public slaughter house by the
premature discharge Of the gun used
for killing the animals. The appara.
tus was so called Stoss gun, which
the. foremost authorities of Europe
have declared to be the best one ever
invented for stunning animals when
they are to be butchered. Hundreds
of Stoss guns are in use in Sweden,
and this was the first time the appara-
tus failed to work regularly. The hui
name society of Sweden was largely
instrumental in having the Stoss gun
introduced in Sweden, and this society
is anxious too find out just exactly
how the Malmo accident occurred.
The local police Investigated the mat
ter, but the result was so unsatis-
factory that the humane society pro-
poses to make new investigation.
The government is going to estab-
lish an oil factory at Karlskrona be-
cause the government has been de.
frauded by the private companies
that furnished lubricating oils for the
navy. The new establishment is to
cost little over $4,000, and it will
be ready in about three months.
Miss Hedvig Petersens. represent.
alive Of the Stockholm Dagblad, Is on
tour of the United States for the
purpose Of seeing with her own eyes
and hearing with her own ears how
her countrymen are getting along, in
order that she may draw a true pic
ture Of their conditions for her paper.
According to the statistical bureau
the numbers of business failures in
Sweden were 1851. 5000, 3,068, 1890,
and 4.321 for the years 1905-1909, res.
peotively. Contrary to expectations,
there were s. fewer failures in 1909,
the year Of the historic strike, than in
1908, The city Of Stockholm had 1876
failures in 1908. and only 200 in 1909,
while the other large cities had
q much greater number in 1909 than
In 1908.
The total receipts Of the govern.
.ment for the year 1909 were over
$3.50. 900 below the estimates made
for the budget year ago.