Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-10
SCANDINAVIAN. NEWS
interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean,
HAPPENINGS In THE FATHERLAND.
principal Events That Have Occurred
In tho Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The Norwegian steamer Inga saved
eighteen French fishermen from drowning
off the coast of Iceland, and landed them
at Leervik.
Ten minutes knocked of! Fridtio1
hansen thought he reached Sc degrees u
minutes north. But Geelmuyden, an as
tronomer, has tested Nansen's observa-
tlons and has found that the Norwegian
explorer did not pass north of S6 degrees
minutes.
Torjus Hanssen of LandviE. for q long
series OF years the soul and backbone OF
the Good Templar movement in Norway,
mas received silver medal from the
government in recognition Of his great
civic virtues.
"A small steamer is engaged in catch
Ing deep water shrimps in Bundefjord.
The little animals are caught by means
OF travis at a depth of about 500 feet.
IN rare cases a trawl takes up as much
as one hundred pounds of shrimps in one
haul.
one OF the numerous results of the hard
times Is that cheap ready-made clothing
mas been imported from Germany in
much larger quantities than usual. Only
Well-to-do people can afford to wear
tabernacle clothing at the present time.
Two different expeditions are engaged
IN digging gold in karasjok, Finmarken,
and third one is going there.
The commune (herred) of Borsum, near
Trondhjem, has been divided, and the
new committee shall be called Gjetes-
trand.
The new amt County, school of South
Trondhjem amt has been located at
Strinden.
The Norwegians are being crowded out
OF the Chinese and Japanese waters,
chiefly because their vessels are too small
for long distance freight traffic
The board of aldermen of Stavanger
voted down motion to supply writing
materials free of charge to the pupils of
the public schools.
A monument consisting Of rough
granite block has been raised on the
grave of Mr.. Hambro, the principal of a
peoples high school, in the Molledal
cemetery, near Bergen, and the monu-
ment was unveiled June 10 in the pres
ence of many prominent men from the
surrounding country.
1t cannot be denied that the extension
of the right to vote at municipal cleo
tons is causing some uneasiness in the
minds of many taxpayers. The taxes are
constantly rising, the direct as we'll as
the indirect ones. Hosts of people who
pay no taxes will now be admitted to the
ballot box. To them the question of
high or low taxes is matter of small
concern. In fact, it stands to reason that
they are apt to use their franchise in
such way as to raise the taxes by
voting for as expensive public improve
ments as possible, for many of them
count upon such improvements for q
living.
The winter rye was heading out finely
in southeastern Norway as early as the
fifth of June. But the heat had been
too great for the spring crops. The po-
tatO vines were scarcely visible above
the ground. The prospects for a good
crop of wild berries were not bright. The
fruit trees blossomed profusely in the
spring, but the crop is threatened by
destructive insects.
The warehouses of the Verdalen Lum-
bering Company at Levanger were de-
stroyed by fire, entailing loss of SIS, 0OO
The troops stationed at Rindenteret saved
the saw mill and some other buildings.
Miss Amalie Svensen, a Norwegian lady
who is residing at Leipzig, Germany, has
donated $4,000 to Julia Knuth's aid fund,
the aim of which is to aid daughters of
public officials, landed proprietors and
house or land owners in Norway Sweden
and Denmark, on condition that they pay
an admission fee of 5000.