Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 6, 1913, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg saturday september Hon. Martin Burrell talks of displays at Ghent and san Francisco Ottawa sept Hon. Martin Bur minister of agriculture who has two been in Europe for the months returned today. Past two is _ the minister spent some time at the exhibition at Ghent. It was most to remarked and i no hesitation in saying that our can Adian exhibit was the Best feature s of All. Our Canadian commissioner William Hutchison will stay there until the show is wound up and later in the fall will proceed to san Cisco. To Are planning a handsome building and an extensive exhibit at me Panama Pacific exposition. The anal arrangements will be made when or. Hutchison comes Back. London 1 conferred with . Or. Runciman regarding a number 01 including the removal of the embargo on Canadian cattle but 1 am not hopeful of anything in that line being done. In reality the embargo is a form of Protection More than anything else. The old country is taking Steps to provide compensation where animals Are affected with tuberculosis and from us attitude we have much to learn As outside of British Columbia Little on that Hue has been Hon. Or. Burrell conferred frequently when in Belgium with or. De Guys to head of the agriculture depart ment respecting intensive farming and other agricultural problems. Scandinavian news scandinavian countries to be visited y the Temperance movement. But the work is at a More uniform Moe in Denmark than almost any where else in the world Trefe Are Rio Caps and Bounds no signal victories but slowly and surely the Temperance people Are forging ahead until the whole nation is bound to pause and take notice. The danish Temperance agitators Are too sane to expect prohibition in the near future but they keep hat aim constantly in View. They Al ways t As a matter of course and this Coc sureness cannot but have a Subtle demoralizing effect upon the liquor element the latest political step taken by the Temperance Organ nations was to discuss All Over the country at the same time the Achsa jollity of urging upon the Riksdag. The appointment of a committee to consider the question of prohibition. Ferdinand Nielsen a leading temper Ance agitator recently stated in an enter View that the question of prohibition is bound to come to the front in .11 the scandinavian parliaments. Or. Nielsen was not ready to say that the danish Temperance people would put he matter before the Riksdag this year r next year but he was positive that t will not take Many years before hat body will have to take up the prohibition question in dead Earnest. At the annual meeting of the grand Odge of the . T. In Norway the Jues Tion of permitting the of Beer containing less than one per cent Al Cohol was handled in a one sided Man Ner All the speakers declaring that the members of the total abstinence organizations must abstain from the use if All alcoholic drinks no matter How Small the proportion of alcohol May e. It is Well known that Norway produces cherries apples pears and other kinds of fruit of very flavor. But now it is claimed that grapes apricots peaches and tomatoes can be raised there on a Large scale. Norway now produces about barrels of Norway Saltpetre which is ised As fertilizer. Germany is the Best customer taking about half the out put but it is shipped As far As Ceylon a number of Farmers around Copen Hagen furnish about 25 per cent of the milk consumed in the City by Means of a co operative Creamery Plant called trifolium the Plant is situated close to the railway track and covers a space about a Block wide and two blocks Long. At one end Are the stables in the Centre a building where the help change their clothes. At the other end is the milk House. The buildings Are All of Ishito Brick with characteristic red roofs and the ground is covered with Cement which is washed every Day. Every farm is inspected by a Veteri nary at least once a month and the farms which furnish the special milk for infants Are inspected twice a month. Meanwhile they Are continually making bacteriological tests As the Central station. All cows Are Given the tuberculin test at least once a year. After reaching the Central Sta Tion the milk is first put through a separator for cleaning purposes and from there runs into vats where it is cooled to 35 degrees. All the milk is bottled except that which goes to the hotels and hospitals in bulk. Ice is kept in the wagons which Ahe used for delivering. Everything about the place is cleaned every Day including the floors All vats separators Ana other machinery and scalded with hot water to which is added and Lime. The men and women Are dressed in White and As the floors Are kept Damp to avoid dust they Wear High heeled wooden shoes to protect them against wet feet. A employees must pass a medical examination. In Case there is any illness in the family any employee they Are required to let the. Company know and the physician is immediately sent out to investigate. If it is sickness from which germs can be carried the employee is not allowed to work but receives his pay until the doctor gives permission to go Back to work. The same is True of any farm from which milk is being received. If there is danger of contagion the Farmer receives his pay equal to the amount of milk he has for Aale but the milk is not used. With All this care they Are Able to compete with other companies and Supply splendid milk for 15 cents per quart. As Early As Iso Finland s Landt Dag accepted a prohibition Law and if it had depended on the finnish Magis trates Finland would now be a prohibition country. But the russian government which has Power to prevent a Law not approved from put into Force has so far opposed the Fin Nish prohibition Bill. Finland has however done what she could by raising the tax to such a degree that the result is almost prohibition. A minimum tax of finnish Marks a year has been put on every brewery and the consequence is that about one third of the country s breweries have been put out of business. At the same time on account of the raised Brandy tax the Brandy consumption has been diminished about one third or liners. The foreign import has increased somewhat but not by any Means to the same extent As the native pro has been brought Down. The theosophists have decided to Start a school on visit igbo a Beautiful Island in Southern Sweden. But the inhabitants of the Island Are fighting the plan with a determination which it will is hard for the theosophists to overcome. Mrs. Lingley is to be at the head of the school and it is pro posed to be known As Kaja yoga the people of the place arc using to civic and Tho Church government As. Means of fighting the plan. During the past six years flounder Fry have been planted in the trondhjem fjord this Kinc of fish does not seem to have much ambition to see the world and the first crop is now giving Fine returns on the spot where it was planted six years ago. Part of the fish Are consumer in trondhjem and the rest is shipped to Christiania. The number of contributing Mem Bers of the socialist party in Norway has increased from to of whom Are women according to the annual report of the Central com Mittee. The number of socialist a polled at the last ejection was As against four years ago and in this time the socialist representation in the storting has increased from 11 to 23. There Are eight Dally papers and eighteen weekly socialist newspapers in Norway. The total number of swedish students receiving bachelors degrees this year is of this number 546 Wil attend the University 123 technical schools 50 intend to be Farmers or Forest wardens 12 Are engaged in manufacturing industries 132 in com Merce 53 will be Public functionaries in positions which do not require a University education 131 will join the army and Navy 71 will choose some other vocation Ana 16 have failed to Tell what they intend to do in the future. The. Bachman a chauffeur in Halm stad Sweden has received an offer from the persian government to train chauffeurs for the gendarmerie of that country. If he accepts the offer he is also to take with him an assistant and two new automobiles. The salary offered is a year the Kins of Italy visited Stockholm but paid no attention to Norway this is interpreted to mean that the triple Alliance would like to establish closer connections with Sweden while nor Way is supposed to be More closely attached to England. An influential .1 Are married. In three provinces the population decreased in the course of the year. Denmark was the last one of the and India. The National debt of Norway about for every inhabitant. Is it is reported that the norwegian Rovern ment will Steps to in courage the sugar beet Industry Premier Knudsen has announced hat the norwegian government is planning a revision of the Laws governing the Grant of the use of water Falls the aim being to put a still greater Check on the influence of for eign capital. Attorney Ludwig Holberg died in Copenhagen recently where he was considered one of the wealthiest men n his profession. His executors announce now that his accounts Are Hort half a million Kroner. Where the Money has gone to no one seems to Enow. From the United states. According to press dispatches miss Riga Orner the norwegian Prima Donna who visited Winnipeg last win or desires to receive proposals of marriage from six feet tall Good look ing americans. Smiling face and Good nature Are among the other requirements she demands. Miss Orner s this season appearing at the metro Politan opera House new York. The annual convention of the Luther eagles of the Lake Superior District hnn., for swedish lutheran churches closed last monday. Reports of offi cers showed that the society had made a substantial gain in membership and hat it showed Good strength financially Rev. Theodore Ekblad was re elected president miss Lillie Larson recording Secretary miss Hildegard Miller corresponding Secretary and l. Rydmark treasurer. Albert g. Schmedeman of Madison wia., who recently was appointed . Minister to Norway left on thurs Day for Washington d.c., and will sail or Norway on sept. 16. Before or. Schmedeman left Madison a banquet was Given in his Honor where noted norwegians and others were present. There was considerable opposition to his appointment from cer lain quarters but Liia seems to have absolutely evaporated. A Romance of Many years standing during which i the couple were Separ ated by thousands of at 1-Iillsboro, . On thursday of last week when Andrew Harstad of Soro Folten ., was married to miss an Nie Lillemoe o. L. Schulstad a hardware dealer of Reynolds ., suffered terrible Burns last monday when the gasoline stove at the Home of his father exploded. Every stitch of his clothes burned from his body before his father Caulfi extinguish the flames. Ole Nelson a prominent Farmer near Fergus Falls minn., was instantly killed Oil monday in a mix up Between an automobile and his team and buggy. Because e. A. Anderson an Aber open s.d., elevator manager happened to catch sight of a sign in the rail Way station advertising Accident to i and purchased a two Days policy for 50 cents just before getting on a train bound for Minneapolis he is ahead. On the Way Andersons hat blew off As the train stopped at one of the stations. He reached under the car to get the headgear when the train a tart running Over and crush ing his hand so that amputation was necessary. The Accident policy that he bought on impulse pays for the loss of a Fingal Enger the wealthiest norwegian Farmer in North Dakota died wednesday of last week at his Home near Sharon from an attack of heart Fai lure. Deceased at. The. Time of his death the. Owner of Twenty sections of land. Last May he made a present of nine sections to his nine sons. Or. Enger was born in Norway 68 years ago and came to Steele county ., in 1870, where he settled on a Homestead being the first norwegian settler in that country. Ole h. Ruston one of the prominent ked River Valley - Farmers died at his Home near Edinburg North a Kola August 25. Deceased was born in Hall Ingdal Norway 66 years ago and arrived in. Edinburg ., in where he resided till his death. De ceased leaves a widow and ten. Chil Walter a Lilyquist of Adams ., has been appointed cashier of the Farmers Security Bank Park River n. D. E. J. Cleven the scandinavian Immi Gration officer returned Friday even ing from Points in North Dakota. While there he was taken ill and was compelled to return to recuperate. His Many friends wih be pleased to know that while he is still compelled to re main in bed he is gradually irn prov cashier Karl j. Farup. Of the first National Bank Park River ., accompanied Iby or. Farup and their two daughters spent several Days in. The City last week visiting friends. The trip was made in Forup s automobile Geo. Stellor has compelled m keep to his bed for several Days this week on account of illness. G. C. Thonstad is spending the lat ter part of this week at ice Nora fishing and looking after business matters. Prof. B. Lundquist of Brandon col lege who has spent some time in t a City left Friday for the United states where he will spend several Welics visiting friends. Albert Erikson returned saturday from Minaki where he spent his sum Mer vacation. Or. And mrs. A. P. Cederquist 157 Inkster Avenue on wednesday of last week celebrated the fifteenth Annivera Sarv of their marriage. A num Ber if their friends were invited for the occasion. Mrs. Nils Moen returned on sunday from a trip to her old Home in. Nor Way. Or. P. Wiker left last week for min Neapolis to seek medical Aid for Stom Ach troubles. Advices from there Are to the effect that or. Wiker is not improving but rather worse than Ever and mrs. Wiker and daughter left in wednesday to be at his bedside it new College majority of buildings completed at St. Cars of equipment moved. Progress Sull continues in the work of having All in readiness at the now agricultural College before the fall term opens on oct. 28 the administration building chemistry and physics building horticultural and biology building As Well As House and College residence Are. Completed and the other buildings Are rapidly an preaching the same. Condition. The Street car line which is a continuation of the Park. Line runs Down Jubilee Avenue out Pembina Highway and blown Regina Crescent to the College buildings. Steel has been Laid through out and nothing but a completion of ballasting stands in the Way of a St. Vital service. The work of moving equipment from the old College to the new is Well in ave. Way. Eight carloads of equipment have been already transferred As Well As a Carl pad of new furniture Laid a town water and lighting systems Are expected to be installed by the Middle of september which will re the Only remaining difficulty be tween a Complete Transfer old College to the new. Fatal fall in gymnasium. Toronto sept. , a. Physical director at the Toronto slipped and fell from the horizontal bars in the gymnasium to night and dislocated his neck. He was rushed to the Grace Hospital and died a a few minutes or. Barnes came from Sherbrooke que., and began his duties Here less than a week ago. Cameron of Lochiel inspects regiments chief of clan brings greeting from Scotland to highlanders of Winnipeg. In a Short speech of simply eloquence Cameron of Lochiel last night expressed warm commendation of the 79th Cameron highlanders after inspecting them on Parade in Tine univer sity grounds. As chief of the Cameron reviewed the battalion and conveyed to its members Frater. 1 greetings from the camerons in Scot land. There was. A full turnout and the various evolutions were performed with Fine smartness and military precision. As the men formed in column and marched past the reviewing officer the crowd that had assembled broke into a Hearty cheer. It was at 8.30 o clock that Folie waiting people first heard the skill of the pipes and a few moments later the battalion had filed into the grounds. Accompanied by his Honor Lieuten ant governor Cameron and mrs. Cam Eron lady Herr Nione Cameron Lochiel arrived shortly after in full dress uniform and received the Salute while the band p Laredo the companies marched tip in column and Quarter column and after executing various movements formed three a Square. Lochiel moved Forward and said major Cantlie officers non commissioned officers and men of Flie 79th Cameron what we Call the 5th battalion of the Cameron gives me pair. Monday Sale of handkerchiefs regular to 25o Fop 5t. Ladies Sample i handkerchiefs on Sals monday in a very Fine sheer Quality. A Dainty lot of lace and embroidered patterns to choose from. Regular to 25c each. F. Sale Price ._._.-. Two remarkable final clearances monday 75c men s Outing shirts Odd lines Clearing monday All sizes we must make Short work of these Odd lines monday morning. New fall goods have crowded these lines out on to our Quick Sale bargain counter so Here s your Chance Lor Outing shirts. Every Onn Worth from to All styles All colors and All sizes. Re of _ monday at e ;