Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-05
SWEDEN.

An exhibition of home industries of
southern Sweden will be opened in
Hoganas next July.
Several whales have strayed into
the Baltic Sea, and they seem to be
unable to find their way out again.
The executive committee of the hui
name society would like to have a law
against traps and snares for catching
birds and animals.
A field at Elinero, near Malmo. was
planted with spinach in January, and
the first sprouts appeared about the
twentieth of February.
The Magasin du Nord of Copen-
hagen donated complete outfit of
chandeliers and lamps for the new
Swedish church in Copenhagen.
The government and reichstag Of
Germany are rushing the work OF dis
posing Of the draft for a new CONNER
cial treaty between Sweden and Ger
many.
The receipts Of the private railways
OF Sweden were $18,614,500 for 1910.
This was an increase of about $2.00o,-
900 as compared with the amount for
the previous year.
The board Of education Of Boras has
prohibited all school children from at
tending exhibitions of moving pictures
The reason for this sweeping measure
was, that some very shabby pictures
had been exhibited in the city.
When Costa Behring'S Saga, by Sell
ma Lagerlof, was presented for the
f1rst time at Svenska Theatern, Stock
holm, the enthusiasm was so frantic
ut the close that the curtain had to be
raised Sc times. A telegram was i'm.
mediately sent to Selma Lagerlof, tell
ing her of the tremendous success
scored by the dramatized edition of
her story.
AS two young men were crossing a
river by narrow footbridge at Var
berg, one Of them, Karl Adolf Anders-
son, of Holmen, fell into the river.
His comrade, Johannes LARSON, tried
to save him, and he too fell into the
water. The latter could swim, and for
a while he kept Anderson above the
water. But Larsson's shoulder was
wrenched out of joint, and he had to
let Anderson go to save his own life.
The body Of the latter was carried un-
der the ice, and was not found until
several days later.
Lieutenant. H. Eklund, a recognized
authority on peat fuel, states in mag
azine article that he can produce pow
dered peat giving just as much heat
as the best English coal. ton for ton.
A ton Of this peat powder costs $2.16,
while English coal costs 1898 ton
at the Swedish seaports, and an aver
age of 60 cents ton more in the in
terror Of the country. If these figures
are correct it is difficult to see why
Sweden should import coal. By the
way, her peat boys would supply fuel
for a. few hundred years. as a starter.
Rev. p. e. Aslev, of Lemont, ILL.,,
has been admitted into the state
church of Sweden for a purpose. He
Is recognized authority on the doc
trines as we'll as the doings and driv-
moves to Sweden he will be in posi-
ton to tell the people Of the old coun.
try thing or two about the way
tho Swedes are treated when they fall
into the nets Of the Mormons. To
Judge from what Rev. Aslev has done
in the past with regard to the Mormon
propaganda, he is not going to mince
matters in the least.
On the first Of April the railway de-
partment will introduce a reform
which will be sure to meet with the
approval Of the public. After that
date the whistles will no longer be
used for telling when the trains are
going to start. The railway depart
ment decided to make the change only
after thorough investigation as to
the possible danger of doing away
with the signals. Experiments made
at the station in Gothenburg indicated
that the change would be made with
out any risk. The reform was intro
duced in Denmark some time ago, and
the peoplo are greatly pleased with it.
The Swedish kennel club will hold
m exposition May 1928, in Stockholm.
This will be q cosmopolitan affair. and
bow-wows from all parts OF the uni
verse will be politely received and
royalty entertained.
The military department seems I'M
able to obtain a sufficient number Of
military surgeons. Some time ago
twenty vacancies were announced, and
shortly afterwards six more. Physi-
oians are loath to accept those posi-
tons because the Socialists are IN the
habit Of boycotting military surgeons.
The government may have to devise
anr=a new way out q the difficulty.