Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-06-12
SWEDEN.

lueTe are 5000 registered autOmO-
biles in Sweden, 2,101 of which are
owned by people living in Stockholm.
A religious society is going to don
ate church to the community OF
Enskede. Its seating capacity will be
400.
1t is likely that the salaries of the
members of the second chamber OF the
riksdag will be raised from 1924 to
S4S6.
While a forest warden was standing
on huge pile Of logs on the bank of
Indal river, at Fors, the logs, six or
eight thousand of them. tumbled into
the river. The logs went so fast that
the man did not have time to get away
but was carried along into the river.
The water was over ten feet deep at
the place, but the logs filled up the
river and rose way above the surface
so that the man was not drowned.
But when the logs came to a stand
still he was in a sad pinch indeed.
One of his legs stuck between some
logs. The logs had to be cut of, and
even some of his clothes had to be
cut away before he could be released.
The strangest part Of 1t all was, that
the man was not seriously injured,
his rough-and-tumble ride leaving only
few slight bruises.
Responding to request from those
who are to manage an international
athletic tournament at Grant Park,
Chicago, June % to July 6, "A cable
from Stockholm gave the entry of G.
Lindblom. Olympic hop, step and jump
champion. for the Chicago games. He
will compete in the senior national
A. A. U. championships and in the in
ternational competitions, which are
billed to follow this event. Lindblom's
intention in coming to the Chicago
games Is to compete against T. J.
Ahern, winner OF the 1908 hop, step
and jump. who Is now enrolled under
the colors of the Illinois Athletic club.
Besides winning the 1908 champion
ship Ahern Is holder of the worlds
record for the event. His Jump Is 4S
feet Tx inches, against 4Sf feet
inches for the Swedish athlete. Lind.
blom will be pitted against several of
the best jumpers and he will COM
pete in the running broad jump, run
ming hop, step and jump, and in the
standing broad jump. Ill
X. A. Wallenberg, the most able I'm
ancier of Sweden, celebrated his six
tieth birthday anniversary In Stock.
holm. AS a young man he followed
the sea for some time. then served in
the navy. and finally started on
business career which has been singu-
larry successful. He is still connect.
ed with a great number of business
enterprises, and is as vigorous as
man In the prime Of life. He is fond
and proud of his city. Stockholm. and
he has demonstrated his sentiments
by donating sl35.000 to the city hall,
and $4,000 to the Stockholm business
high school, not to mention a great
number of smaller donations. Part of
the celebration of his birthday was
the dedication of the church of the
Revelation, which is gift from Wal
lenberg to Slatsjobaden. The king
and other members of the royal family
attended the dedication of the church.
No other church in Sweden can boast
of more artistic aad beautiful in.
terror than the church of the Revela.
ton.
At the annual meeting of the Red
Cross Society of Sweden the following
facts were brought out: The rapid
mobilization OF the Swedish ambu-
lances had caused general surprise
abroad. The cost of the equipment OF
the ambulances was $1,000. Plans are
completed for hospitals in five cities
in case Of war.
Representatives of the shovel and
pitchfork manufacturers of Sweden
held a meeting in Stockholm for the
purpose of forming trust. The an.
nual output Of the factories which they
represented is about $4,000 dozen
spades, pitchforks and similar tools.
Now that the prohibitionists seem
to be gaining ground from year to
year those who are opposed to stump
tuary legislation" are casting about
for some effective way OF checking the
drink evil without destroying the
traffic. DR.. Ivan Bratt, of Stockholm,
has worked out the most complete
system. II is not unlike the present
Gothenburg system, but 1t Is hedged
about with numerous new restrictions
The chances are that the antiprohibi-
tionists will rally around such sys
tenn as that evolved by DIR. Bratt.
Archbishop Ekman Is i'll. but NO
danger Is anticipated