Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-08-21
SWEDEN.

Dr. r. HJertsledt, OF TOrpa, claims
that he has found formawint to be
good remedy for infantile paralysis.
He further claims that it acts as a
prophylactic against scarlet fever,
diphtheria and other catching ills.
A fire at Rosenfors did damage of
100000. The buildings that were de-
stroyed: The Berga carpenter shop,
warehouse, the railway station, and
two cottages. Much valuable lumber
piled up along the track was also re-
duced to ashes.
The city council of Gefe has re-
solved to encourage BODYBUILDING by
laborers on a large scale, and four
tracts of land have been opened for
this purpose at the outskirts of the
city. The combined area of the four
tracts is 400 acres.
"The Foreign Swedes' Congress"
has been held in Gothenborg The
members of the congress expressed
wishes to the effect that only Swedes
be appointed to consulates abroad and
that a Swedish-American steamship
line De 6SCdDllSleO.
The state railways Of Sweden are
| facing car famine, and the directors
have issued a general order to use as
little timber as possible in loading and
unloading cars. Some of the reasons
for this rush order are given. Some
large cargoes of coal are to be un.
loaded in the northern harbors in the
Immediate future and this will require
many cars. A few weeks later the
| moving Of the lingon berry crop will
keep many cars busy. Upon the heels
| Of this traffic come the fall maneuvers,
which means a short but tremendous
rush. Finally, millions of tons of
| beets will have to be carried by rail
to the sugar factories. 1t looks as if
the transportation facilities of Sweden
will be taxed to their utmost capacity
for the next four or five months.
DR.. A. Berg maintains that wet
bandages are the best remedy for in
fantile paralysis and it is some time
since he requested the government to
make an investigation and publish a
report on his method. But the news
papers and many physicians were op-
posed to his method, and nothing was
done by the government. Now this
dread disease has appeared again,
which proves that the authorities
were mistaken when they supposed
that they stamped it out few months
ago. The fresh outbreak occurred at
nd Inv ncfo x1,h4 o:~> nh}
dren took sick. This outbreak re-
minded the government of Dr. Berg's
remedy, which may soon be officially
tested. Two generous men of means
have offered to pay the expenses of
conducting an institute for making
thorough tests, so that the government
only needs to endorse the plan.
An old Lapp living in the pioneer
settlement Muosko, Arvidsjaur, did not
return from distant hay meadow in
the evening, and a search was made
for him. He was found dead in the
meadow. He had accidentally cut his
leg, and though he had tried to check
the flow of blood by means of his belt
he had bled to death.
uc p0OpIc VI 0OLucuUUlS nave llU'
ticed that the great current of tourist
traffic did not strike their city, and
now some of them are getting to.
gether for the purpose of advertising
the city as place that deserves to be
visited by the pleasureseeking public
The national government turns over
one-eighth of the surplus Of the retail
liquor traffic to the "Household Sup
ply Companies" of the country, which
nave combined membership Of about
77,O0O' most Of whom are small farm
ers. A prohibition of the liquor traf
nc would of course wipe out this
revenue. In view of this eventuality
the executive committee of the Skaa-
borg Household Supply Company has
declared with great emphasis that If
the subsidy Of one-eighth Of the sur
plus OF the liquor traffic Is Withdrawn
the national government will have TO