The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-30
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
The government has set aside $4,000
for killing seals in Swedish waters.
The business at the Stockholm ex-
change was $s5, 100000 in 1912, or 70
per cent more than in 1911.
Malmo has 92,250 inhabitants, 2,540
more than a year ago. Lund has TO-
420 inhabitants, the increase for the
year being 80.
The national subscription to the
Olympic games is carried on with
ardent interest. About $4,000 has
been collected.
The sugar beets in Ostergotland
averaged about IL tons to the acre.
In 1911 the yield was less than 10
tons to the acre.
The reports of the fire insurance
companies doing bushes in Sweden
show that their losses for the year
1912 were about $2,4OO, 900.
Prof. Lofstedt of the university of
Upsala has received a very f~lattering
offer from the university of Breslau,
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the service of his own country.
A. F. Berg has hauled the mail from
Mantorp to Ulrika, Ostergotland, for
81 years, and during that time he has
covered 100, 900 English miles. The
route was abolished the first of the
year. 1t is claimed that Mr.. Berg
W missed a single trip.
Tho nou 1vipO.in hOSpifo1 in Cfnok.
holm vas dedicated in the presence
of the king, the crow prince and
crow princess, and the duke of Sod
ermanland. The entire corps of ply
sicians and 400 others had been in.
vited. The king spent about two
hours at the institution.
The question of the incorporation of
inebriates will be brought before the
present riksdag. The minister of
justice is of the opinion that it would
not be wise to pass a radical law for
combining drunkards. The law ought to
be tentative, so that new features can
be added Is experience may suggest.
Great damage was done by fire at
the Sundberg tannery in Valdemors-
vik. The origin of the fire was
peculiar. The ground outside the
building was flooded. Some water
leaked through the wall and reached
some unslacked lime, which became
SO heated that it set fire to the build
ing. I
Mrs. Erika Siler, of Ljustorp, Medel-
pad, knitted a pair Of hunting mittens
and a pair of slippers, which she sent
as a Christmas present to King Gus
tat. The king was highly delighted
with the unusual gift, and al a visible
token of his feelings he sent his
thanks and five dollars in cash to the
giver.
A young man at Odeshog noticed
q fox sleeping on a ledge of rock lear
The shore of lake Vattern. The man
had NO rifle with him. But he ran
home to get one, and returned to the
spot before Mr.. Renard had finished
his nap. In fact he never finished
it, for the young man proved too
handy with his gun.
A black grouse cock flew with such
force against a window at Fagersta on
Christmas eve that he broke through
two lights and dropped down on the
floor. He was stunned for a few Sec
onds, and the housewife was on the
point of fainting. Both of them o
recovered, however, and the woman
had presence of mind enough to kill
the huge bird before he had time to
escape.
Is it advisable to let minors per-
form military service? The minister
of war has recommended an investiga-
ton as to effects, of military service
upon very young men. He would like
to have these questions answered:
Can they stand the hardships of mill
tary life? Would it be advisable to
reduce the age for military service
fixed by existing laws?, The fact that
such questions are asked in all seri-
ISL is taken to indicate that the
government is contemplating a redCc-
ton of the age for young conscripts.
AT the opening of the riksdag the
government asked for a credit of
$4,000 for the purpose of the Swed-
fish participation in the Panama-Pacifc
exposition at San Francisco. In his
message the king announced that a
bill will be presented for general in
urance against old age.
Moving pictures were to be exhibit
ed in the Good Templar hall in Pitea,
and lust before the hall was opened
for the public the film caught fire. At
tempts were made to put out the fire
by means Of water, but the interior
of the building was destroyed before
the flames could be checked.