Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-08-17

with a Swedish company which al
ready had the necessary diamond
drills. Test borings have been COM
menced in Stamsund, 'Henningsvar,
Svolvar, Nyksund and Andenes.
That flag middle at Holding had an
interesting epilogue. The Swedes that
pulled down the pure Norwegian flag
from the Norwegian ship and carried
1T away were compelled by the Nor
wegian-Swedlsh consul of the place to
carry the flag back to the owner. But
the consul ordered the captain of the
ship not to hoist the same flag again,
or he himself would come and take it
away, and then the owner would never
get it back. The captain obeyed this
order, though the consul would have
had no more right to take the flag than
the other parties. The anti-union peo-
pie pounce upon this flag, story with
avidity as an illustration of the disad-
vantages of the present form of the
union.
Fresh rawberries have brought
about 25 cents quart in Kristiania
this season.
The Aasgaardstrand watering place
has an average of 800 customers.
The Sculptor Sinding has completed
his statue of Ole Bull which is to be
erected in Bergen. The statue of h.
sen 10y the same sculptor has been
cast in bronze by a Berlin firm, and
another of Bjornson is about ready for
casting. Sinding has been invited to
Bergen to help select the most suit
able place for the statue of Ole Bull.
The proprieters of Grand Hotel in
kristiania have bought adjoining lots
for 1925, 900. This purchase was made
partly because the ground was needed
for extensions. partly because it was
feared that if the ground were not pur-
chased some undesirable business
might be permanently established
upon it.
Jarlsberg will get a splendid hay
crop this year.
Strikes and labor troubles are be-
coming so comprehensive and system
attic that some of the dailies are try
ing to check the movement by sug-
costing that the employers and the
farmers of the country as class may
unite in causing the adoption of string
ent laws against the workingmen.
The imports for the first quarter of
the present fiscal year were $500, 600
less, and the exports $780, 900 more
than for the corresponding period last
year.
A kicker is right when he writes in
a daily: In many places the people
oof oo1
day, while just close by the door there
is a blessed abundance of the finest
berries, but which are never touched. :"
A child at Tinfos, Hitterdal, was
playing with box of matches while
it's mother left the house few mo-
ments Upon her return the house
was on fire, and two childre lost their
lives in the flames. Five families who
lived in the house lost practically all
they had in this world, and only one of
them had any insurance.
The liberals are strong in Kristian-
sand, and only two of the eleven mem
bers of the city council are conserya-
tives. At a special election to fill a.
vacancy in that body most of the lib
erals cast their votes for the conserva-
tive candidate in order to strengthen
the minority party. The conservative
candidate was elected by 249 against
~ votes.
The eighth Danish socialist congress
was held at Odense, There we're $50
delegates, representing over 100 So
cieties, with membership of %, 900.
The attempt to unite practically all
employees of Denmark into one great
national association succeeded admir-
ably. The new organization has a
mem bership of about 100000, and this
number is large enough to scare the
workingmen to organize themselves
more effectively and conpactly than
ever before.
Chamberlain Billie, the main speaker
at the unwilling of the Holberg monu-
ment at Soro said in part: "Soro Acad-
envy today pays an old debt which for
$50 years has oppressed it like night
mare. Holberg created the Danish
language, which formerly was nur-
sery stories, suitable at the fireplace,
perhaps in the environments of the
spinning wheel. His classical educa-
ton was manifested in q work like
'Niels Kim which was written in
classical Latin. Plutarch and Homer
were his favorite authors; French,
English, Dutch and German he spoke
as we'll as his native tongue, and in
his old age he took up the study of old
Morse with enthusiasm. This culture
was not displayed in a demonstrative
way, but it was felt as great UNDER
current in all his writings Later lit
erati put up problems for discussion,
but these are rarely, if ever, solved.
The motto of Holberg, on the contrary,
was this: The morals are purified by
laughter and he did actually purify
them"
Political circles for some time past
have known of a rumor to the effect
that the cabinet has set aside $50, 900
for the purchase of shells and other
war materials, a vote of the folkething
to the contrary notwithstanding.
About the middle of July the matter
was mentioned by the press, and the
cabinet will be forced to confirm ar