Show scandinavian NEWS SU SUMMARY M MARY OP OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in n america SWEDEN the king of sweden Is always on the alert to reward meritorious deeds performed by swedes anywhere in the v world orld A few days ao the order of vast vasa one of the oldest orders of sweden was conferred by long king gustat gustaf upon state senator joseph A jackson jack of st paul lhnn alinn tho the cere mony took pi ice at the home of cirl carl E swedish consul at st gjul llie decoration symbolic of the order a gem studded gold star was sas pinned upon mr air jackson by mr air val NAM herstedt ler acting for the king in making mahln the presentation pre which was a sur prise to mr air jackson the decora tion lion was conferred in recognition of the services of mr air jackson as vice consul at st paul p aul which position he held for a number of years previous precious to his election to the state senate last No november ember sixteen guests nero present at the dinner given to cele cafe brate tile the event they the included former governor A 0 eberhart and mrs fb eb erhart colonel and mrs airs david inal al bron of st paul general and mrs airs S E olson dr victor nilsson miss emma nilsson mr air and mrs airs A C of st paul and charles A smith formerly of minneapolis now living at oakland cal ca A bo boi six sl years sears old and 1 I 1 girl two years vears lounger it at took their sleds ind and went out on gy by lake though the ice was poor on account of 1 i I thaw the girl broke through the ice a considerable distance from the shore A woman who sas washing cl clothes otlie close by witnessed the acel acci dent but as the ice was too weak to A carry her she ran for help ft hen she returned the girl was inas sitting on tier her sled weeping because she was 0 so o cold the children being asked for an ex e the bo said I 1 pulled out hilda first and then I 1 pulled out her sled the people of the think the little fellow is entitled to bo be remembered by bv those who have hane charge of tho the carnegie hero fund the umea district court has set tied a controversy about the title to the hallfors Hall tors water power in ume river in a manner which does not seem to settle so very much after all the contending parties are the government and the mo dormsjo stock company and the verdict is that the government seems to have hane a better right to the north halt half of the falls and that the company has a ti it tie to the other half the costs are also alo divided between tie two liti fiti gants A young man who was drafted tor for service ernice in the Norn botten regiment protested on the ground that one of his feet had been injured ahe 1 I he phy could not find an fault with the he limb and it was proposed to court martial the young man fortunately for him a hospital doctor at goden boden took an arav anra picture of his foot and this showed thit that the big toe ln in the foot had been broken this was sut suf lelent to clear the man with regard to the meeting of the kings of scandinavia at malmo the social dem or raten say sa s at malmo in 1911 the son of xing king oscar II 11 puts the finishing touches to the settlement with norway in 1905 which redounds resounds red to the perpetual honor of his father and at the same time a new and broader union of peace is established between the three scandinavian lan coun tries on oil the basis of liberty and equal it iti the german press shows a general ten tendency dene to look upon the meeting of oc the three kings of scandinavia Avla at malmo alaimo as a sign that hat those court coun tries are going to unite unit their effort to induce england to treat their ocean tiame less than sh phelias elias been f doing during the last few fell weeks the omega milking machine which is manufactured by bi a swedish firm received the first prize at a london dairy exposition this gives strong color to the assertion that the ciega is the best milking machine on the market so far the government has prohibited the manufacture of alcohol and distilled H liquors except for industrial purposes the prohibition will be in force until the latter part of mi ali 4 0 A single parish la in sealand export td cd lingon berries for lat ast lall many allan families picked berries value 1 at 10 to during the sla on in III most cases the berries are found on the property of the pickers so thit th it the proceeds ire are all profits 0 the mail earners carriers of the cities of sweden hive have asked the government to furnish bem with ellear c pocket lamps for using in dart dark liall was NN where liere they often have haie to read nuni num hers bers lind ind names on doors wl ie et li 13 no light |