Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-07-09

me blOTd hoppdIueIs nihihS WIN
pany has had prosperous year. The
net profit was s1,300.000. A little ovel
one-half of this amount was paid al
dividend to the ,ckholders, and the
balance was transferred to the &C
counts for the coming year. The pro
duction Of gold at the Faln mine was
As pounds, which was an increase o.
seven pounds as compared with tbs
output Of the previous year.
II the proposed property tax for de
lenses Il endorsed by the riksdag, 4
will effe It $3.50 persons, and bring
the government s15,00O,000. Proper
ties worth less than $675 shall be ex
empted, and the percentage increases
as the amount assessed increases
The 500 richest persons in the coun
try will have to pay almost $1,000, 900
1t is estimated that the royal family
will have to pay $4,000.
Miss Selma Lagerhof has become
one of the eighteen immortals" BY
being made a member of the Swedish
academy. She is to occupy seat No
7, which was left vacant by the
death of A. o. Gellerstedt. No woman
was ever admitted to this august body
before. The former occupants of sea
No. 2 were F. A. Won Fersen, A. @
Silfverstolpe, A. c. af Kullberg. c. A
Hagberg, ". e. Svedelius, N. F. San
der and A. T. Gellerstedt.
The Teheran Rad, the only purely
Persian newspaper Of any Importance
contained the following editoria
when General Hjalmarson returned t.
Sweden: General Htalmarson is the
type of just and right-mlnded Euro
pean. The general and his amiablt
staff of Swedish officers deserve thu
gratitude of the Persians on account
OF their selfsacrificing endeavors."
Archbishop Soderblom will be Off
cially installed in Office the Sth o.
November. The ceremony will take
place In the Upsala cathedral. Arch
bishop Soderblom is to be conse
Grated by Bishop Billing, by whom
he was ordained for the ministry q
years ago.
Professor Eucken. the recipient OF &
Nobel prize, has proposed In an Amer
lean periodical that an American com
pliment of the Nobel fund be estab
lished for awarding prizes for achieve
ments In the fields of religion, law
philology, history. biology and sociol
ogy.
The Russian government has giver
orders to have three different parcels
OF land at Abo, Finland. appropriated
for the use OF the navy. The place II
only short distance from Sweden
II is supposed that wireless stations
will be put up at Abo.
II is said that the temperance OF
ganizations Of Sweden have about five
thousand fewer members now than {
year ago. The national order of Coco
Templars has suffered the creates
loss proportionately.
The work Of raising funds for the
Swedish-American steamship line II
making satisfactory progress.
"The farmers expedition" which
mustered 10000 men at the Stockholm
demonstration in favor of strengthen
ing the defenses, is not doing any
active work Just now, but the organi
zation is kept up so that 1t may b.
ready to act whenever II seems nee
essary.
The Swedish chorus In Paris Is go
ing to sing before Kaiser Wilhelm a
Meyers Allie. Potsdam, Germany. Tn,
arrangements for the concert wer,
made by Count Taube, Swedish minis
ter in Berlin.
The voluntary contributions for rap
id-firing guns now aggregate $500, 900
Contributions are still pouring In, ant
200 rapid-firing guns have been or
dered. The cost of gun Of the kint
ordered is $3.50.
A young horse fell into a we'll a
the Skuttunge parsonage. It took two
hours Of hard work to get him ou
again. Strange to say. the horse wal
practically no worse for this expert
ence The well was rs feet deep ant
lined with stone wall. There wal
six feet of water In It at the time.