Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
where more than one hundred people

be continue on a small scale.
Radical changes will soon be- made
in the uniforms of the infantry. Warm
underwear and Iceland wooden Jack
cts will be substituted for the military
coats used up to date, and sleeping
bags reaching up to the neck will be
introduced. The introduction of the
new uniforms means a saving of So per
soldier to the government.
The proprietors of Borregaard are
building extensive power houses at
Sarpfossen, and they will soon be able
to furnish 10000 horse power for light
ing and manufacturing purposes.
The budget proposes 81, 100000 for
the construction of new railroads.
The retail liquor company (Samlag)
OF Bergen has turned $4,000 over to
the national and local governments.
This amount represents the surplus for
the year 1897.
Verdens Gang holds that in grain
importing country like Norway it
would be a change for the better to
have the state buy, import and sell
grain to the consumers, thus avoiding
the raise of prices which necessarily
results from the handling of grain by
a host of small Dealers
The conservatives in Norway and
Sweden have repeatedly expressed
fears lest the liberals of Norway would
cede an open harbor to Russia in
northern Norway. If the London
Globe is correct, this fear does not
seem to have been to the point. Said
paper states that naval station close
to the boundary line of Norway will
be finished in a short time, and that
this station has been quietly connected
with the great railway system of Rus
STA. The Importance of this arrange
ment lies in the fact that it will make
Russia independent Of possible obsta-
cles in the Danish sounds, and of ice
in the Baltic sea, enabling Russia to
send feet into the Atlantic ocean at
any Sc ason of the year.
Kristiania Bank has declared a divi-
dend of 10 per cent.
The storthing elected Steen president
by 81 votes, and Ullman vice president
by 70 votes.
A grand festival will be given in
his 10th birthday, March CO. Repre-
sentatives Of the government, the
storthing, the municipality Of Kris
tiania, and of the scientific, literary,
and art societies have issued an invi-
tation to the poet to attend the festival
The budget just presented to the
storthing estimates the receipts of the
current year at $20,250, 900, and pro-
poses an expenditure of $40, 900. 900. 1t
is suggested that the balance be used
for strengthening the public defenses
The municipal labor bureau of Kris
tiania charges no fees; but, strange to
say, it takes lot of booming in the
newspapers to draw the applicants
away from the private intelligence Of
fees to the new bureau.
DENMARK.
DR.. Steenstrup will lead geological
expedition to Greenland next summer.
The glaciers of Disko will be studied
with particular care.
A new line of steamers will soon be
established between Manchester, Co.
penhagen and Stettin.
The fire insurance companies of Co.
penhagen are about to organize an in
surance company against stealing.
A Norwegian fisherman who has
spent some time in Iceland has a num-
Der of interesting things to say about
that island and it's people. There is
no timber in Iceland" he says. "but l
think trees would grow in case spruce
and pine were planted Systematically
and cared for. Several Norwegian
companies are engaged in the whaling
business along the coast of northern
Iceland About $500, 900 is invested in
this trade, and the work is carried on
by ten steamers and about 600 men.
Those who actually catch the whales
clear about $3.50 in six months, while
those who work on dry land clear only
about one-half that much The Ice
landers are able and active, but they
are far from enterprising. They can
row and row indefinitely without a
bite of food, if they only can have a
drink of water occasionally. And then
they are mighty walkers, or rather
runners, for their walk is really sort
of canter. They can keep up this Pc
culiar gait for miles and miles with
out stopping. The Norwegian peas
ants have the reputation of being
somewhat hypocritical, of saying the
most pleasant things to people while
they mear the reverse; but the Ice
landers possess this gift to still high
er degree, for it is hard to find more
consummate sycophants than the Ice
landers. The Danes are afraid of in
vesting money in such risky business
as fishing; but Danish firm has be-
gun operations, though the actual
work is done by Norwegians.'
The Ringsted co-operatiove packing
house disposed of 22,093 hogs in 1897.
and the surplus for the year was $780,
600.
The celebrated Wodrofflund pleasure
grounds in Copenhagen have been sold
to Mr.. Hartvigsen, an attorney, for
$685. 900.
A stock company has been organized
with capital of 5000, 900 for the pur-
pose of manufacturing wire and nails.