Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-03-28
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIAN
Recent Happenings In This
Country and Abroad.
FOR SWEDISH RIFLE

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English Expert Says II Is Better Than
Those Used by the Larger Powers.
Marvellous Growth Of Norway's Mer-
chant Marine-Danish Government
to Expend Large Sum in Improving
Harbors in the West indies.
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At a recent banquet given under the
auspices of the London Rife club a
most noteworthy utterance was made
by Colonel Seely, an English army ex-
pert, who said among other things:
eff / were asked which gun among the
four greatest nations of the world had
been recognized as possessing the
greatest merit, which | myself were to
use in the event that | were to defend
my W life and were to choose from
the smaller nations, l would choose
the Swedish. For l am of the firm
conviction that the Swedish army rife
Is better than any in use by any of the
great powers. / do not believe that
there exists a superior rifle and since
we have only a small army in England
1t should be equipped with these guns,
or one equally as good as they are.
The question of choosing a real serv-
iceable army rife is much like a horse
race, where one horse rushed ahead
of the other. Now little Sweden has
taken a lead in this particular and it
is up to the other nations to follow
her."
Prince Bertil of Halland will be the
official name of the little prince who
arrived in the royal household Of the
crown prince and crown princess OF
Sweden recently. He arrived Feb. 2S
and the day after the official announce
ment of his birth followed, officially
sanctioned in the presence OF King
Gustaf, the minister of state and the
foreign minister, the Countess Lewen-
haupt and the British minister to
Sweden, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. After
the proper protocol had been issued
the king held council to determine a
name for the little prince and it was
decided that his name should be Bertil
Cecil Oscar Carl Eugen, duke Of Hal
land, and his first name shall be Ber-
til. A salute of forty-two guns was
fired when the little prince arrived.
The Swedish Clergymen's associa-
tion has issued a strong protest against
using the Sabbath day il Sweden as
an election day. Hitherto the Sabbath
day In Sweden has never been used
as an election day, but 1t seems re-
Gently a proposition to make Sunday
a voting day came up before the Swed-
fish riksdag. It is this proposition that
the Swedish clergymen are vigorously
protesting against, declaring that Swe-
den, least of all nations, should thus
desecrate the Sabbath, which has since
time immemorial been set aside as a
day of rest. Undoubtedly the clergy
men will find little trouble in having
their protests In this regard respected.
A dispatch from London say that
British sporting experts are highly de-
lighted over the chances Of England
a~nnexing first honors at the Olympic
games at Stockholm this year in the
100, 200 and 4OO-yard events with d.
Mcmillan, the long striding Cambridge
university runner. In practice he
showed record time and 1t was be-
lieved that he will defeat any Of the
sprinters, despite the contention of
Americans that they have the winners
of the big three events bottled up
across the pond. McMillan's best fig
ure for 100 yards is 9X seconds and
the experts believe he will shave that
in Sweden.
That there is a genuine interest be-
ing evinced in the Olympic games
which are to be held in Stockholm
this summer can be CLEANED from the
following: When the public sale of
tickets for the Olympic games in
Stockholm was opened on Feb. 10 II
was announced that the sales up to
that date had brought over $50, 900.
The American committee had ordered
some of the best seats for about $1,000.
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The Swedes OF the United States
kindly remembered their friends and
relatives of the fatherland at Christ
mas time. About $1,000 money orders
were received from America during
last December, amounting to about
$500, 900. In the same month of 1910
the number of money orders were 49,
600.
The Swedish Seamen's society main
tains stations In London, Westhardle-
pool, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Kiel, Wis
mar, Flensburg, Stettin, Copenhagen.
johannesburg, Christiania and on the
island Of Shetland at an annual out.
lay of 10000 crowns.