Willmar tribune., 1914-09-30
Of INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAv|ANS

News Gathered In the Father.
land and Elsewhere.
CROPS POOR; PRICES Low
Farmers Of skane, In Southern swe.
den, In DepIorabIe Circumstances.
Or. Fridtjof Nansen Declares Nor
ways Position as PrecarIous ~ Bel.
gium's-AmerIcan Minister to Den'
mark Writes Of Agricultural Meth.
DDS in Latter Country.
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The farmers of Skane, in the south.
ern part OF Sweden, are In deplor"
able condition.. Their crops are so
light as to be partial failure. The
spring crops and the hay were hit
the hardest by dry weather condi'
tions. These farmers must sell q
large part Of their stock because they
cannot carry all of it through the win
ter. Just as they were ready to be-
gin to sell the war scare came and
with it the order from the govern
ment not to export foodstuffs. The re-
suit is that they now have to get rid
of their stock at very low price.
Live hogs bring only about Z cents a
pound. Two months ago young pigs
were worth about IS each, but now
they are sold for less than $3.50 each.
Milk and eggs used to bring hand
some price, and they were expected
to be of great aid in the coming pinch.
But the price of milk Is low and the
creameries are financially embarrass.
ed so they cannot pay promptly. Eggs
are down to 8 cents a dozen and spring
chickens are sold for to cents
apiece. Many small farms are mort.
gagged and some are In danger Of be-
ing lost unless outside aid Is forth
coming. 1t is expected that the house.
keeping association will assist thrifty
farmers in some way.
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In many parts of Sweden great for.
est fires have been raging during the
summer months, doing extensive dam.
ages to forests and other property. The
reason for these fires has been tho
extremely dry season. Many OF the
fires, it Is claimed, were started by
lightning. The following figures from
the insurance bureau report covering
the last twenty years may be Of in
terest: There have been 3,618 cases
of fire reported to have been started
by lightning during this time. There
have been paid out for reimburse
ments nearly 100000 crowns. Diff
ferent districts have received differ
ent amounts. The Malmhus district
stands at the head, having received
100000 crowns, and from this amount
the figures grow less to the Jemt-
land district, which received only g.
900 crowns for reimbursements. Dur
ing the twenty years an average Of
forty persons were killed each year
and thirty.six more or less injured.
The men seem to have been exposed
to danger more than the women. For
every twenty-seven men struck by
lightning. there were only ten women.
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General Wrangle, commander.in.
chief of the Swedish army, has issued
an order forbidding the Social Demo
kraten to be distributed among the
soldiers. The Social Demokraten is
the leading Socialist paper Of Sweden.
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Gustaf stromberg, patriotic swede
in New York, has donated $500 crowns
to the Swedish defense. There are
several other Swedish-Americans who
have contributed considerable sums
Of money for this purpose.
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I. G. Bunge, an Amsterdam multi
millionaire, has completed a new resi-
dence at cost of 100000 crowns
The building was constructed by An
ders Lundholm, a Swedish architect
living in Stockholm.
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One Of the largest families In Swe
den is that of Ellis Konstantin Eriks
son and wife, who have seventeen
children. They live In Arikstorp
Slagarda, and all are healthy and
happy.
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DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, noted Arctic
explorer and former Norwegian min
lister to Great Britain, predicted in 8
recent address in Christiania univer
sity that general conscription II
England would result from the wal
and declared that Norway's situation
is as precarious as that of Belgium
DR.. Nansen's proposal for one-yeal
compulsory service in the army wa:
coldly received by the members o.
the government, but with cheers from
the remainder of the audience. HI
used the fate Of Belgium as an argu
ment for more ample protection BY
Norway. He urged Norway to b,
worthy Of her sister nation, Sweden
| which already has a one.year compul
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