The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-10
SWEDEN.

The prices of beef have dropped
slightly in Stockholm.
Mrs. Maria Ekman has donated $780,.
900 to the Karalinska Institute, Stock
holm, for the establishment of a chair
of %orthopedia.
Representatives from the govern.
ments of some Of the larger cities OF
Germany have been buying up beef
cattle in the Scandinavian countries.
DR.. c. Lavadini, a world-famed ply.
stefan in Paris, was sent by the Pas.
teur institute to Sweden to study the
infantile paralysis pest in that coun.
try.
A remarkable music band. The Sal.
walton Army of Lelsbo organized a
brass band in 1898, and the seven per.
sons that started it are still members
of it, no more, no less.
Four cases of infantile paralysis oc.
Cured in the same family at Sudvika
The parents and the children we're all
rushed to the hospital. The schools
were ordered closed for two weeks.
At a Swedish mission conference in
Stockholm certain parties advocated
the establishment of a choir of mis-.
sions at me of the Swedish universi.
ties. P. P. Waldenstrom was strongly
opposed to such a plan On the ground
that it would be fatal to the mission.
airy work.
A committee appointed to propose
uniforms for the employees of the pri
vate railways of Sweden has com.
pleted it's report. 1t is proposed to
abolish the distinction between func.
t%ionaries and employees, and to divide
all the men who are In the service OF
the private railroads into ten differ.
ent grades.
"The first Swedish flying mail" was
put in service in connection with "the
children's day" in Stockholm, as 8
means of raising money for poor chill
dren. The stamps were marked with
the fair words quoted at the begin:
ming of this paragraph, and the price
of each stamp was 16 cents. The mail
was carried by Lieutenant Dahlback
who used his %aeroplane.
The election of Rev. Charodotes
Mourning to a seat in the first cham
Der OF the Swedish riksdag attracted
some attention to his peculiar name
But he is not the only member of the
family to have an unusual name. His
oldest sister is Alfhild, a name which
Is rather common. But the names OF
the other sisters are: 1duela Amalia
Sahi Aida, Tilla Hermione, Anthelia
Theolnika and Nansi Televild.
1t was frequently claimed that many
OF the employees on the state railways
of Sweden had to work too hard, and
a committee was appointed to make
a thoro investigation. 1t was found
that in a few cases more men were
needed. But it was also found that ir
many places there was not enough
work to keep all the men busy. Ii
one locality the committee recon
mended that the number Of men be cut
down from "a to II. There was ne
dissenting vote in the committee.
c. A. Smith, the Swedish-Americar
lumber king, made a tour of Sweder
last summer, and upon his return tt
America he said: I'm motorins
through Sweden the one thing tina,
impressed me particularly was the
tremendous amount Of building that il
going IN. In Stockholm, which i.
about the size of Minneapolis, you may
e buildings in process Of construc
ton wherever you look. It Is surpris
ing to see how active the people are il
this respect. / visited Sweden twice
before and judging from the change.
that l saw, l think the country /.
more prosperous than it has been TO,
q decade or more"
Prof. c. G. Malmstrom, the lat,
keeper Of the national archives. hat
an unusual digree. He was 80 year,
old at his death. It has been fount
that his father was born in 1854, an,
the latter's father in ITO. Thus /
will be eel that three generations o
this family spanned a period of 20,
years. which is said to be a uniqu,
record.
H. Q Hoxer, Of Fallnas, sorunda
had good luck as a hunter the othe
day. IIe o and went out huntin,
at five o'clock in the morning, and a
seven he returned with the news tina
be had killed three moose.