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http://www.e-periodica.ch 51574 THE SWISS OBSERVER 23rd July 1965 IT HAPPENED IN THE GRISONS AND APPENZELL

GRISONS needed for road construction. After 38 months of work, the last rocks of the were cut early The twenty-third volume dealing with the census of in April; there had been a fair amount of delay which has 1st December 1960 was published early this year; it deals resulted in additional cost. The National Road N.13 will with the Grisons. The population of the 221 Communes go through a tunnel by-passing the Via Mala. In an increased by 7.6% in the ten years from 1950, i.e. from article in the "Tages Anzeiger " Siffredo Spadini reckons 137,100 to 147,458 inhabitants. Nevertheless, 131 Com- that when this project is completed, the bad reputation of munes registered a loss which amounts to between 10 and the Via Mala, which has lasted for two thousand years, 20% in as many as fifty-five Communes, and even over will finally be lost and the name can then be changed to 20% in twenty Communes. There are three villages in Via Bona. Oberhalbstein where the decrease is quite disturbing : There was a small decrease of accidents on the Grisons (80%), (47.7%) and Sur (31.7%). roads in 1964, but the number of people killed was still Ninety Communes showed an increase in the population, 34, and damage amounted to 4 million francs, not counting the two Ferraras () by 326.9% and 180.8% to 286 small incidents with damage under Fr.200.—. This sum and 219 inhabitants respectively. The number of St. is well over 1^ million francs higher than last year. Apart Moritz's inhabitants has risen by 46.6% to 3,751, and that from , most of the accidents took place on the road of Chur by 28.1% to 24,825. Since the census, the popu- --Martina. lation of Chur has increased further and counted 28,385 For the first time, annual accounts for the Power works on 1st January last. A.G. could be compiled, the station having There are thirty-seven Communes with fewer than been operational for a full year : 4.2 million francs profit. 100 inhabitants. Marmorera is the smallest with only 28 The will be corrected near /Muster inhabitants, followed by Santa Domenica and Landarenca at a cost of 3i million francs. in the district with 29 each. In February, the Protestant citizens of the Grisons From 1850 to 1960, the population increased from accepted a change in their Constitution, following which 89,895 to the above-mentioned figure of 147,458. In 1950, women Ministers of the Church can now hold full office 91.9% were of Swiss nationality, ten years later 88.4%. in the Canton. In 1932, the electorate rejected the pro- Of the 17,165 foreigners, well over two-thirds were posai. and one-sixth Germans. There has been bad news about fish poisoning in the In 1860, the R.C. population made up 42.7% which below Reichenau, and early in June, foot-and-mouth increased to 51.1% during the following ten years: disease broke out in several parts of the Canton, specially Numerically, the Protestant population increased, but per- affecting the and the Heinzenberg. Avalanches centage-wise it dropped from 50.7 to 48%. caused a number of accidents, notably one in the Praetigau, German is still the main language with 56.6%, much which killed three people. the same as in 1950. Raeto-Romansh went down in the After the German Rolf Ristau had been to prison ten years from 29.2 to 26.1%, but Italian has gone up from for nine years for killing a Danish woman in a sleeping car, 13.2 to 16.1%. another trial in the Grisons hit the headlines, that of Willi The Grisons is the only Canton which, in its Consti- Bogner, German film producer, who was re-tried on a tution, limits the time of office for its " Regierungsräte " charge of accidental homicide. During the taking of a (members of the Government) to three times three years. film for which well-known ski-ing experts had been en- The elections took place early in April, and the new gaged, an avalanche killed the two champions Barbi legislative period began on 17th May. The new President Heneberger (Germany) and Bud Werner (U.S.A.) in April of the Grand Council (Cantonal ) was elected 1964 in Val Selin, Commune of Celerina. Bogner had in the person of Gion Videl Coray (Conservative/Christian- disregarded all warnings regarding the expected avalanche, Socialist). His Party has 39 seats (hitherto 38), the Demo- and the " Kantonsgerichtsausschuss " has now sent him to crats have also 39 (36), Liberals 28 (31), Socialists 7 (7), prison for two months, after he had been acquitted by the No Party 0 (1). Oberengadine Tribunal. The accounts for 1964 for the Canton of Grisons were In the , the summer total of deer balanced at nearly 150 million francs. The extraordinary last year was 1,300 stags, 1,200 chamois and 330 ibexes. accounts showed a loss of nearly 4.3 mio. The stags have been reduced since then, mainly on account Last autumn, the Cantonal Parliament voted a credit of hunting on the outskirts of the Park. The Grisons of 7.15 mio. for technical amelioration of the Rhaetian hunters have protested against this. Railway; the Confederation contributes 12.84 mio. towards A TV Transmitter has been erected on the Weisshorn, the plan which will bring various improvements, including , enabling the Schanfigg to view the German-Swiss the renovation of the station, the purchase of programme. At the end of March, 120 medical experts forty carriages, etc. There is a plan that the Confederation met at Arosa for an instruction course on rheumatism. will take over the Rhaetian Railways. The action com- The valuable Santa Domenica Church in the Calancatal mittee " Pro Toedi- Bahn " is pleased that a definite dating back to the seventeenth century has been renovated. project for that railway has been worked out and hopes The first steps have been taken for the realisation of a that there will be no more delays. waste water project at Celerina (Staz), which is also to 20.7 million francs will be required for the extension serve St. Moritz and . of the Cantonal School buildings, 6.6 mio. for the improve- The Chur Commune Council is under the Presidency ment of / and 2.3 mio. for a new school at of the Liberal T. Riedi. The new Council, known as Town Vais. A contribution of nearly one million will be made Council up to the end of last year, has 21 members. At the to the Communes concerned with the building up of the end of last year, the new Evangelical Male Nursing School Tomilsertobel. An annual amount of 10 mio. will be started to function, and a few weeks later, an indoor pool. 23rd July 1965 THE SWISS OBSERVER 51575 the eighth in , was opened in the Hotel Due APPENZELL- AUSSERRHODEN de Rohan. In the Swiss Youth Parliament met in April, Revenue in the Half-Canton amounted to nearly 20 Chur — 100 representatives of 23 Youth . In million francs in 1964, and there was a deficit of almost May, the HIGA, the exhibition of commerce, industry and Fr.91,000.—. This is only about a seventh, however, of the trade, was held in the Grisons capital. In June, the town estimated loss, as income from taxes had risen. Road celebrated its quingentenary. Special services, pageants, construction cost is responsible for the increase on the theatre performances, a children's festival, etc, marked the debit side in the accounts of mil- of the foundation of the town on the ruins of extraordinary nearly If anniversary lion francs. The for the estimates the old town fire in 1464. budget present year gutted by another small deficit. The Cantonal its The Dr. Ch. Jost (Liberal) of the Land- Council, at first meeting of the new parliamentary on 15th June, schaft was re-elected to his office at the end of May. year elected Gemeindehauptmann Walter Ehrbar () His Party has 7 seats in the " Kleine Landrat ", the Demo- as its new Chairman. At the same meeting, credits were crats 4, Socialists 2, No Party 1. The new granted for new prisoners' cells in the Rathaus Trogen building was opened at Davos at the end of the year, and and for the inside renovation of the hospital at Teufen. on 28th June, the new swimming baths were opened to the The previous Council had approved a public. An avalanche rescue course and an international very generous scholarship law, for scholarships to 50% and symposium on avalanches were held at Davos in January providing to loans for the remaining cost, not to and March respectively. The dentists' was only Appenzell congress citizens in the also there in June. living or out of Canton, but to organised with five residence. The tenth " Tambourenfest " of foreigners over years' The Kursaal at Heiden has been re-opened. The held at Donat/Ems on 13th June. The Swiss Society was electors of the annual accounts which for Social Medicine met at Grono on 1st July, and the accepted showed a small deficit, but they rejected the budget for German federation of sports doctors, some 150 of them, 1965, as well as the proposed partial revision of the com- held a course on the . Maloja has become a munal constitution, in to winter the first ski-lift has been built to the obviously opposition proposed sports place; increases and allowances and financial Piz Aela. has been founded in pay higher com- A new Party of the authorities. Herisau Frau Ida called " Alleanza Progressista ", and valuable articles from petence A woman, , was awarded the " Feldmeisterschaftsmedaille " Roman times have been found in a at , quarry at the " Eidgenössische Feldschiessen " at coins, glass and The Swiss Federation of Mixed pottery. in June. This means that this able markswoman has Choirs met at Samedan on 21st June. reached the total number of points for the eighth time. St. Moritz, like Davos, is celebrating its centenary. The Grand Hotel Kurhaus St. Moritz-Bad is also one hundred years old. In the first fifteen months of the rail- APPENZELL—INNERRHODEN the of the Corvatsch, well over one way being run to top Innerrhoden, too, has to face expenditure for roads. have been transported. " The million passengers already The construction of a pavement at the Western entrance Times " carried 21st of the pictures on January prépara- of Appenzell alone will cost a quarter of a million francs. tions the of the " L'hom Strom " which cere- for burning The road from Weissbad to Bruelisau will cost nearly a held at on 1st February: Scraps of straw mony was million, of which the Canton will pay 40%. The District and and bound to the 30 to 40 feet larch hay are plaited Commune Assembly voted a credit for land suit- and then building tree trunk which is set up in the village square able for industries. steel firm be the first to credits new A will burnt. The citizens of Scuol have voted of over in 1966. francs the first time: for baths open up one million for swimming The restoration of the Kreuzkapelle at Appenzell ice and social and an artificial rink, a town planning project which was started on the occasion of the 450th anniversary Sebastian at used as a housing. The Chapel was of Appenzelle entry into the Confederation is the autumn house and the valuable frescoes of the fifteenth cen- store of 1963, has caused some controversy. The well-known Friends " Pro San tury were rapidly deteriorating. expert on national monuments, Prof. Linus Birchler, is " have taken of the renovation. Bastiaun charge appalled, especially as regards the inside of the chapel (iVetw rece/verf /com A.T.S. and five new stained glass windows, Prof. Birchler has acid " Tages Anzeiger".) lodged a protest.

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