Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-29
SWEDEN,

The city council of Stockholm has re-
solved to sell bonds for $13,5O0,0OO.
Queen Victoria of Sweden has been
visiting incognito in Berlin. A few
days ago the imperial family invited
her to breakfast.
Prof. ]. Berg, of Stockholm, punetu-
ated the celebration of his sixtieth
birthday by donating $1,000 to the
Karolinska Institute for a library for
the surgical department.
The Swedish newspapers Of the bet
ter class are warning the Swedes
against buying stocks in business min
ing companies unless it is certain
that the latter are reliable.
The national antiquarian Of Sweden
has expressed himself in favor or hay
Ing Sweden represented in creditable
manner at the celebration Of the mil
lenium Of Normandie next summer.
Baron Beck-Frus Of Sodero, seems
to be acting on the Rooseveltian prin-
ciple that the multiplication of our
species ought to be encouraged. The
baron has lot Of tramp friends on his
estate. AS soon as child is born on
his estate he adds certain amount
to his annual contribution towards the
support Of the parents, and his incre-
ment remains permanent until the
child is IA years old. It cannot be
demonstrated to what extent this pol
icy has increased the population of the
community. But there is one couple,
Carl Johan Lejon, IS years old, and
his wife, Emma Kristina, 81 years old,
who have had 16 children, IA of whom
are living.
A manufacturing firm in Falun has
received orders for "a electric freight
locomotives for the railway running
from the Gellivare-Kiruna iron range
to the Norwegian boundary line, in
the extreme north. The "a engines
are to be put together in couples, SO
that they will do the service Of IL very
strong engines. The main traffic on
this line is the carrying of iron ore to
the ice-free Norwegian harb0r at Nor
vik. The date fixed for the electrical
ton of the line is June /, 1914. The
orders for the engines were given tc
the Falun firm only after a fierce com
petition on the worlds markets. The
price of each of the IL double engines
WILDE about $11,500 The people of Ron
hinge, Salem house, voted against es
tablishing a city government, but the
provincial government decided to in
troduce the change in spite Of the
wishes of the majority of the popula
ton. About $50 persons are living OF
comparatively small piece of ground
and the value of the real estate ct thu
community is put at $503,S20.
"The Pulpit" Those who have trav
: eled through the immense forest be
tween Alfdalen to Sarna have no doub
noticed a very odd-looking pine-tre,
near the Bunkris forest station. Th'
tree Dad ehort trunk and bow
shapt>t crowa~ The postillion woul,
be sure to point to the freak and shout
There stands the Pulpit" How di'
the strange tree get this strang
name? Many, many years ago min
lister passed along the road at tim
when a large crew of men were a
work there. They asked the ministe
to preach for them, or else they woul'
get no chance to hear the word Of God
The minister consented, climbed up II
to the crown of the strange tree, an
preached a powerful sermon to tn
men. And so the tree was calle
"The Pulpit" Time and time agar
the timber inspector marked the ire
Tor cutting, but everytime the woods
men spared it on account of it's his
tory. Last winter, however, "The Pu
pit" was struck by falling tree an
its half decayed trunk dropped t.
pieces.
A great many communities are clan
oring for railway connections where
new line would be far from self-su1
porting. In order to meet the petition
ers half way the railway department
going to make an experiment in the d
rection of running automobiles on reg
ular time. The first line Of this kin
will be started between Fanum st;
ton, on the Bohus railways, and tn
Grebbestad fishing hamlet, a distanc
Of six miles. There will be two car!
for accommodating maximum of twelv
persons, and another made for carr!
ing heavy freight. The former ma
also be used for carrying the mail
A diligent collector of various name
imposed upon helpless children b
their parents has turned the followin
selection over to the Swedish press
Annatus, Apollo, Appolinaris, Abisk'
ia, Bonnia, Bubben, Cherubim, Final'
Honsa, Hane, 1sakina, ions, Klassin;
Klippanus, Katrineholmiana, Ludvik
Laban, Peltin, PABLO, Pardon, Priumu
Pagina, Punkt, Pella, Plus, Putte, Sa
onia. Teodolinda. ITO. Tjej. Udda, We
ding, Winager, Odla.
The king and queen Of Denmark, a
companied by three OF their childre
have been visiting at the Swedis
court