Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-04

Of a memorial TO the king.
The bursting of a 4S-inch water
main, carrying water from Norsborg to
Stockholm flooded the railway yard at
Liljehalmen, and some tracks were
dislodged. The flow was stopped when
100000 gallons had escaped.
The executive committee of the gen.
eral ministerial association of Sweden
has called on the minister of the
church and the minister of justice to
present proposition to rent out the
parsonages of the country.
The new housekeeping school at
West Tragardsgatan, in Stockholm has
been closed on account of diphtheria
About twenty pupils took sick, but
all of them are expected to recover.
Martin Palmquist. of Stockholm. has
applied for patent on the vegetable
alcomargarine which he invented and
which has been an article of trade fol
several years.
The. city council OF Malmo resolveu
by vote of Is to "a to incorporate into
the city the suburb of Limhamn.
A hurricane passing over large part
of central Sweden did much damage to
shipping and the crops. Thousands Of
trees were snapped OF, and in some
of the cities lying in the path of the
storm the streets were strewn with
branches.
1t is three weeks since wolves came
swooping down from the north upon
the settlements Of Norrbotten. They
tore IS sheep to pieces at Soppero,
Gellware parish, and the beasts have
also done damage on sheep and rein
deer in Karesvando parish.
Expert engineers have calculated that
motive power can be transmitted at a
handsome profit from the Trollhattan
power station to Copenhagen. If the
Danes wish to take advantage Of the
chance, it will be for them to decide
whether tariff is to be paid on the
power transmitted.
On the occasion of the opening of
the season for hunting moose a daily
admonishes the hunters to be care
full, suggesting that they follow the
example of certain gentleman who
went hunting on the property of Anna
Fina. He saw something reddish
brown among the bushes, and to avoid
all risks he shouted: els it Anna Fina
or is it moose? Answer, or else
shoot" No one answered. He fired
| 1t was Anna Fina's COW.
The department of agriculture re
port that the crops have been harvest
ed in fine condition. On account Of
drouth and early frost the returns diff
fer widely in the different localities
The yield for the whole country is put
! at 3.6, the basis being as an average
crop. According to this calculation the
yield of rye is put at 3.4, of barley al
3.5, of oats at 81, of mixed grain al
35, and of leguminous crops at 3.3
The drouth seems to have reduced the
potato crop to 81. The sugar beets
and other root crops have also suffered
much from drouth. The hay crop Is
very fine, but the second crop of grass
| is poor both for cutting and for past
urage.
| Mr.. Ask, noted aviator had q
series of bad accidents at the Land
skrona drill grounds. One day hit
motor went on a strike and a rubber
tire exploded, and man and machine
! were barely saved. But the next da,
he resolutely set out on another trip
He had often described the figure s
always turning to the left. This time
he was going to describe the sam.
figure, turning to the right. At TIL,
innovation the machine baked, Mr.
Ask lost his control of it, and the mex
gust of wind threw it to the GROUND
from a height of almost one hundred
feet. Mr.. Ask had presence of mint
enough to stand up at the RICH
moment, and just as the machin,
struck the ground he jumped out IL
front of it and saved his life. HI
struck the ground so hard that h,
tainted but when he came to, it wa:
found that his injuries were not fatal
The damage to the machine was les:
than might have been expected.