The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-08
SWEDEN.

has been partly drained, and hundreds
of acres Of land will be added to the
tillable ground of the country.
Crop Reports-The prospects were
favorable in all parts of the country
the first of July. only two localities
expecting less than an average yield.
In southern Smaland is a farm on
which nobody has lived for a long
while, though the property, including
the buildings, is worth about $4,000.
The average receipts of a passenger
automobile in, Stockholm during the
Olympic games were about $50, which
Is twice the amount expected under
ordinary conditions.
Annika P%ersdotter, a woman at
Skog, Bone parish, died at the & of
103 years and 10 months. Her men.
tai faculties were good until a short
time before her death.
Three Mormon apostles are canvass
ing in Karlskrona and vicinity. They
devote their whole time to the work.
The authorities r contemplating the
advisability of putting an end to their
traffic.
The receipts of the municipal gov
eminent of Stockholm were $685.
600, for the past year and the total
expenditures were so much below this
amount that there was a surplus of
$1,745, 900. This large surplus was due
largely to the fact that the actual
outlay was cut down $8l8.OOO below
the estimates.
The Stockholm Dagblad recently
contained a leading article against the
habit of tipping" which in Sweden
has assumed a phase unknown else
where except in Russia. The paper
says that it seems to be a Swedish
csutom to demand "tips." Numerous
complaints were made by foreigners
during the Olympic games that if the
tips did not pan out as expected there
would be frowns somewhere. In the
restaurants, for instance, the custo-
mers said 1t was pretty hard to get
away without tipping the cloak keep
ers.
F. ". H. Pegelow, general manager
of the state railways Of Sweden, and
the head manager, V. L. Klemming,
have handed in their designations.
The state railway system of Sweden
has been developed with remarkable
speed during the five years service
of Pegelow, and the conservative bust
ness men of the country regret that
he has seen fit to resign. The govern
ment requested him to withdraw his
resignation, but he remained firm. It
is said that Pegelow was not in sym.
pathy with the methods of the party
in power.
Sweden has been importing tooth.
picks. Two young Swedes put their
heads together and came to the con.
clusion that they could make tooth.
picks at home. They began to make
them on a small scale, only 1000
toothpicks a minute. It was easy to
dispose Of the goods, sc they increased
the output, and now they are turning
out 5000 toothpicks a minute, or
1,440,0 900 in a day of eight hours. The
materials used are birch and maple.
It is very likely that in a few years
those two men will be exporting tooth
picks to all parts Of the world.
Mrs. Christina LARSON Of Tegneby.
Crust, was to take a bath in a lake
while visiting at Brattas. She did not
feel well, however, and left her COM
panions and went back to the house
without bathing. In a little while she
fell asleep, never to wake again. A
doctor was called, but all he could do
was to certify that the woman was
dead.
The temperance organizations of
Sweden are taking steps to raise a
national prohibition campaign fund.
The Good Templars have already de-
cided to contribute one cent q year
for each member.