The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
SWEDEN.

The king and queen Of Denmark
we're to visit the Swedish court Nov.
Is.
The Gothenborg liquor stores are
going to raise the retail price of whis-
key fifty per cent.
The demand for hired help In south
efn Sweden has been greater than the
supply during the fall.
Third-class sleeping cars viii soen
be put on the state railway running
between Stockholm and Malmo.
The sixth Of November, the ami
versary Of the death of King Gustaf
Adolf II, a fttingly celebrated in
many places in Sweden.
The water in the rivers around
Sundsvall is becoming so contamin-
ated by sewage from sulphite factor
les that the fish are fast dying out.
At Skastra, Helsingland, there are
20 men by the name of Per Person"
and every n of them has a grand
old time to get his own mail, no more
and no less.
The buildings, at a fishermen's sta
ton at Norrbyskar, near Umea, caught
fire during the absence of the men,
and seven out of the eight buildings
were destroyed.
Blavik is q parish without a store
of any kind. When some one needs
a box of matches or a cake of yeast
he must go three miles to the nearest
store at Janas or Boxholm.
The wife of a laborer living near
Ryssviken started to go to town one
morning. There was a ditch along
the road, and her path was very slip
perry. She is supposed to have slipped
into the ditch, where she was found
dead later in the day. Her head was
buried in the mud at the bottom of
the ditch. It is supposed that she
was seized with a fit of apoplexy at
the time of falling into the ditch.
For the first time in the history of
the country the central statistical
bureau of Sweden has kept a record
of the nationality of the immigrants.
During the year 1911 Sweden received
1852 immigrants, and no less than
$3.50 of them, or 71.84 per cent, were
Swedes, while the number of Gamer.
lean" citizens was only 1926. OF the
returning Swedes, 1914 per cent came
from the United States, 8.13 per cent
from Norway, 6.21 from Denmark, 1886
per cent from Finland and 3.12 per
cent from Germany. The number of
foreign immigrants was 2,183. The
Films were the most numerous-524,
and there were 432 Germans, 1926
Americans, 1874 Danes, 252 Norweg-
ians, 1855 Russians, and 65 Austrians.
Almost two-thirds of the foreign i'm
migrants came to Stockholm.
A Rontgen, or X-ray laboratory is
to be established at Halmstad. The
laboratory is to be equipped with
the most modern apparatuses for in
t~rospection, photographing, and treat
ment, and will be open to all the ply
sicians and dentists and for instruc-
ton connected with the schools.
The cement industry in Sweden suf-
fered a great setback on account of
the Balkan war. It is not easy to
trace the connection between the war
and said industry. But it appears
that many who formerly intended to
put up new buildings or repair old
ones preferred to wait for the final
result of the Balkan war.
The Nobel prize for physics has
been awarded Gustaf Dalen, a Swiss
engineer, who is head of the Stock
holm gas company. The Nobel prize
for chemistry has been divided be-
tween Professor Grignard of Nancy
university and Professor Paul Saba
tier of Toulouse university. The
value of these prizes is $685. 600 each.
The following telegram from New
York shows in what esteem the Nobel
prizes are held in America: The
president of the United States, the
French ambassador, a distinguished
body of scientists and the students
and faculty of the College of the City
of New York gathered in the great
hall of the institution in celebration
of the honor accorded this country in
the recent award of the Nobel prize
for medicine to DR.. Alexis Carrel of
this city, in recognition of his work
in the Rockefeller institute for medi-
cal research. Introduced by Presi-
dent. Finley of the college, Mr.. Taft
spoke briefly, chiefly in praise of DR..
Car1el. To the expression by DR.. Fin
ley of the hope that the Taft admin
istration over, Mr.. Taft would con-
tinue to be a staunch personal friend
and a friend Of the college, the presi-
dent replied: IF l interpret your
presidents remarks correctly, you
don't quite appreciate your blessings
until they have taken flight" The
students cheered. DR.. Carrel spoke
modestly of his work, praising DR..
F1exner and others whose efforts at
the Rockefeller institute had made it
possible. M. Jusserand spoke part in
French and part in English. reviewing
DR.. Carrel's career and the signif-
canoe Of the Nobel prize.
The stakeholder of Stockholm has
published a list of the articles lost
by the people Of the city during the
past three months. It is an exceed
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