Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-07-20
SWEDEN.

A party Of German journalists have
spent two weeks travelling through the
length and breadth of Sweden.
Southern Sweden has harvested a
very fine crop Of clover hay. In some
localities the yield was IS per cent
above the average.
AS far as known to the writer, his
tory has never recorded temperance
and prohibition address given by a
crown prince. But the crown prince
Of Sweden has just filled this gap in
the annals Of history. The address
was given a few days ago at a Good
Templar rally at Galgberget, near NAL
mo, and the mere uniQueness Of the
event justifies the submission of the
following extract of the address to
the reader Of these columns: I'm our
day the struggle for existence among
the nations is becoming more and more
intense, and the speed of general prog
ress is extraordinary. It is up to the
state as we'll as the individual to make
the utmost exertion in order not to be
left behind and at last perhaps to
succumb to more vigorous societies
and nations, I believe that in this
terrible but at the same exciting strug-
gle, in which all means should be en-
ployed for increasing the physical,
moral, and intellectual powers of our
people, we should make an exceeding
ly valuable acquisition of strength if
the devastating influence Of strong
drink could be removed or materially
reduced. Increased physical strength
and a greater mental elasticity make
it easier to endure the muscle and
nerve exhausting labor required in
modern society. They make work
more intense and also more enjoyable,
and thereby the products of labor
will be enhanced both in quantity and
quality. And what is more, these ply
steal and mental acquisitions may be
Inherited, perhaps to still higher de-
gree, by coming generations. BY
means Of all this the competitive abil-
ity Of the whole nation will be in
creased in the markets of the world
to such an extent that I do not hest
tate to claim that the first nation get
ting rid Of the baneful influence Of
liquor will thereby get considerably
ahead of the other nations in the
peaceful but nevertheless intense
struggle for existence. I hope that
QUIZ people will be the first to enjoy
this advantage!" The temperance
people are quick to see that the crown
prince has struck a great blow for
their cause, and the chagrin in the op-
posite camp is so great that more than
one newspaper hints that the crown
prince has meddled with business
that does not belong to him at all.
This event may hasten the day when
the vets and the dries come to de-
cisive clash in Sweden.
Night frost with ice on the ponds
between June Is and 20 in Ostergot-
land, in the very heart of Sweden,
caps the climax of the meteorological
freaks of the year 1910. 1t is need
less to add that such temperature at
that time Of the year simply devas-
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ers almost beyond recovery.
Over fifty members of the agricul-
tural society Of Austria-Hungary, in
Guiding Minister Of Agriculture Won
Ottnk, spent week in southern Swe-
den for the purpose of studying the
farming methods in vogue in that part
Of the world.
Berg" was formerly supposed to
be the most common name Of locali-
ties and farmsteads in Sweden. Ac-
cording to the new postofice and tele-
graph Office directory "Fridhem"
(Peace Home now leads all the rest.
In 1894 there were only )93 Fridhems,
now there are 293. Next to Fridhem
are Berga (216), Berg (173), Torp
(16S), Backa (153), Hult (135), and
Boda $50. 3.
According to the report Of the board
Of health very many children, even in
the rural districts, are feeble and sub
ject to diseases because they do not
~ good milk in sufficient quantities.