Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-09-25
SWEDEN.

providing for locat option on the
question of saloons or no saloons.
The first light frost of the season
occurred in Vesterbotten, Aug. 80.
The potato vines were killed and
some garden vegetables were dam
aged
The Tam waterfalls in farmland
will some day furnish an immense
amount Of motive power. Both the
government and certain private par
ties claim ownership, and it will no
doubt take some time to settle the
dispute between them.
The war for the control OF the oil
market in the Scandinavian countries
has resulted in practically a complete
victory for the Standard Oil company.
The only concession obtained by the
Scandinavian association from the big
American company was that the price
Of oil in Scandinavian territory
should not exceed the price asked in
any other European country. The
Standard Oil company obtained an en-
trance into the country by an agree.
ment with existing interests to take
over the distribution system for oil in
Scandinavia. There was much oppo-
sition to the scheme by the small
dealers association which passed q
resolution in favor of government in
PREVENTION to prevent the establish
ment of Standard Oil monopoly in
the Swedish market. The Austrian
minister made every effort to secure
the admission to Sweden of Austrian
oil, which has been kept out by the
Swedish safety regulations, as it does
not meet the requirements for safe
transportation, being too light.
The Crown Prince and Princess of
Sweden enjoy great popularity among
the rulers as we'll as among the COM
mon people of Europe The Crown
Princess, often called "The Madonna
of the North" recently presented her
husband with a third son and fourth
child, the infant Prince Bertil Small
wonder that the Crown Prince and
Princess are known as the Model
Royal Couple of Europe" They were
married at Windsor, England, on June
IS, 1905. She is the eldest daughter
of the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught and so, of course, sister of
Princess Patricia of Connaught, who
has made herself so highly popular in
the United States and Canada. The
eldest boy of the Crown Prince and
Princess Gustaf Adolf, is years old;
their second son, Prince Sigward, is
8; the third child, Princess Ingrid, is
2; the baby, Bertil, is months Race
royal family. The Grown Prince and
his charming wife married for love.
They met in Cairo and were permit
ted to make their own choice of each
other without troubling the diplo-
mats. King Edward approved the
match highly. Once it was officially
limited here that the Crown Prince
would make desirable husband for
the then Miss Alice Roosevelt. The
Crown Princess is devoted mother
She has introduced the English meth
DDS of child culture in her adopted
country. All her children are sturdy
specimens of youthful royalty. They
are dressed in the English fashion and
are being brought up under simple,
healthful conditions like small Brit
ons of the middle class. But their
mother, who is devoted to art and to
outdoor sport, is practically leader Of
Swedish society. Queen Victoria,
who was Princess OF Baden, rarely
attended the court functions. When
Crown Princess Margaret first took
her place at court her informal az
fairs provoked establishment, but al
ways she has been most democratic.
In England her most intimate friends
were American girls-Miss Jean Reid,
Miss Muriel White, Miss Breese-al-
most every member of the charming
coterie is married now. 1t is related
that when she first came to Sweden
Princess Margaret ran briskly across
the palace lawn to meet her bride.
groom. "Princesses do not run in
Sweden" said an elderly lady-in-wait.
ing, reprovingly. do they not?" re.
torted the Crown Princess. In Eng.
land they stand on their heads-it
they wish to-"
The board of health Of Stockholm
resolved to use oleomargarine in.
stead of butter at the city hospital.
The nurses declared that they would
not eat this stuff, and asked for genu.
Inc butter in place of it. The board
of health, however, remained firm and
declared that the artificial product
was good, healthy food.
The Svea guard company in Stock,
holm enjoys the unique distinction OF
having triplets performing the same
exercises. They are Johan, Carl and
Oscar Jansson, and they were born
Feb. IA, 1892. Their home is n
SQdertelje,
The whole number of persons en-
p1oyed in the service of the state rail-
ways of Sweden is about 25,5OO.
While man was digging in gar
den near the northern railway sta
ton OF Eskilstuna he found a piece
Of copper which proved to have been
used as seal stamp. Part Of the in
scriptiOn is the name Laurentius, and
the seal is supposed to have belonged
to Father Laurentius, prior of the
monastery of tho order of St. John at
this place, in the fifteenth century.
An experiment in mobilizing the
Swedish army is about to be made on
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