Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-19

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Former Governor John Lind of Min
nesota and family have recently re-
turned from Europe after a tour ex-
tending into England, France, Ger
many, Holland, Sweden, Norway and
Denmark. They were in Stockholm
during the Olympic games and en-.
joyed the spectacle of the American
triumph. Mr.. Lind was also pleased
with the Swedish athletes. 1t was his
first visit to his native land since he
was twelve years old. My principal
impression or returning to Sweden,
said Mr.. Lind, rs that the country is
30 much In advance of what we had
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railways and In business the countries
Of Europe are far behind US, but such
Is not the case. They are abreast of
us in many things and ahead Of US In
some. / was especially impressed
with the care of people In the cities
as to sanitation and living conditions.
In the cities Of Continental Europe
that We visited there are no slums and
to be occupied by a new tenant until
they have been inspected and pro
nounced habitable. This condition
does not prevail in England, but in the
Continental countries it was apparent
everywhere that. compared with Amer
lea, they have spent more time in TAX
ing care Of people and less in piIing
UP dollars. OF course it is difficult to
make any comparison between Europe
and America, because in SO many
things America excels and the condi-
tons are so vastly different. We en-
joyed the Olympic games and met the
American athletes on the Finland,
where we took dinner once with the
boys and once with Captain Thomp-
son They are a fine lot of fellows"
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A novel system of signaling by
fashlight, employed on several Swed-
ish railways, is said to possess some
advantages over the customary fixed
lights. The new signals are lighted
by acetylene gas stored in iron &C
cumulators at the foot of the posts.
A valve controls the duration of the
fash, which ordinarily lasts one
tenth of a second, and is followed by
a period Of darkness that lasts nine
tenths of a second. Thus there are
sixty flashes each minute. The color
of the light shown by the fash is con-
trolled in the usual way, by the move
ment Of the semaphore arm. The
new signals arrest the attention more
readily than the fixed lights and many
engineers declare that they can be
seen and interpreted with certainty at
greater distances than steady lights of
the same candle power. So far fash
lights have been confined to the fast
through traffic, so that engineers of
express trains a easily pick UP dis
tinctiVe signals in the medley of fixed
lights at functions and other busy
points.
The following editorial tribute un-
der the caption "Noblesse Oblige" was
published some time ago in the Chi
cago Tribune and the writer believes
that 1t will interest Scandinavian
American readers: "A very pleasant
aspect of the OIympian games at
Stockholm is the courtesy and gen.
erosity Of the Swedes. The Swedish
officers refuse to accept any points In
the military events which might be
awarded them OF strict technically
and managers and competitors are
giving an example of good
and warm hospitality which fills the
cable dispatches with praise. We
hope u representatives are respond
Americans care more for victory than
for the game, but we believe amateur
sportsmanship with us is on as high a
plane as elsewhere. A better chance
to prove It could not be found than at
these international contests, where 1t
should be N pride to prove that the
American is generous in victory; just
and courageous in defeat. The spirit
Of the Swedes IN this occasion Is not
at all surprising, for the civilization Of
this people is genuine and high. A
humane and enlightened people must
be generous TO the stranger within its
gates"
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The Social Democrats held a mon
ster labor demonstration IN Stockholm
Sept. Q TO 4, inclusive. They had en-
gagged the stadion, where the Olympian
games were held. The festivities
Started about 5 o'clock on the evening
OF Sept. 2, when a giant orohestra con-
sisting OF $50 pieces rendered the
music. August Bebel, the noted Ger.
man Socialist, ALSO known as tho
grand old man." was among those
who had been invited TO speak.