Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-08-16
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLASD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
OF So Just Past.
NORWAY.

OF So Just Past.
NORWAY.
In the year 1900 only 8 per cent OF the
population Of Norway lived in towns.
The present percentage is Is. One hum
dfed years ago Kongsberg was the only
inland city. It had 5000 inhabitants, or
asgreater number than any inland city Of
today.
Matthias Isachsen proposes the erection
of a statue Of Peter Dass at Bodo. Pet
ter Dass spent his life as a minister in
Nordland. but what made him immortal
was his poetry. which a been pub
lished under the name OF 'Nordland's
Trompet."
The requests made by the late c.
iSundt. of Bergen, aggregate at least $780,
900. His estate is worth 81, $780, 900.
h main buildings of Ed parsonage.
Nordfjord, were destroyed by fire. The
records were saved.
Hagerup's expedition, consisting of sew
en- men. has returned from spitzbergen.
where they spent the winter. They had
killed II bears, 80 foxes and one walrus.
The cold was SO intense last winter that
the mercury froze on several occasions.
The Good Templars are gaining ground
in Norway. There are 404 lodges in good
standing, and the total memberships. In
Guiding the juvenile lodges, is sO.o49.
A new lot of five kroner ($1.35) bills will
soon be issued by the government.
The annual meeting of the Norwegian
Total Abstinence Association appealed to
the government to prohibit the use Of
strong drinks In the navy.
The WAL farm. in Aamot, has been
soil by Mrs. Martha WAL to Olav Sjolie
for 500, 900.
A heal of IS to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
in the shade was no uncommon phenom-
enon in Norway last July. In some To-
~calities there was no rain for weeks. The
hay crop is fine. but the potatoes and
the grain have suffered from drouth. The
fruit crop will be poor. Forest fires
have been raging in different localities,
and extensive tracts Of timber have been
swept by the destructive flames. Kristi-
ania has been one of the hottest spots in
the country. On one occasion the heat
reached 95 degrees in the shade.
Even as far north as Trondhjem the
temperature reached 93.7 degrees Fahren-
heit in the shade. This is the greatest
heat ever recorded in that city.
Col. N. H. Peters has been sentenced
to eighty days Imprisonment in a fort
and to pay the expenses Of the trial.
His misdemeanor was failure to perform
certain military duties.
Good beefsteak commands a price Of rs
to IS cents a pound in Kristiania. AS
much as SO cents a pound has been paid
for the finest smoked salmon. OF fresh
pork there is so little that no prices are
quoted in the papers. AS a curiosity It
may be. mentioned that the retail price
Of tomatoes Is from 80 to SO cents a
pound. On the other hand. fresh halibut
may be had at Z to 8 cents a pound, and
a big, fat herring costs 2 or 8 cents.
Premier steen completed his 74th year
July 22nd.
Fresh meat has been so scarce in Kris
tiania during the hot spell that many
meat shops have been closed up for days
in succession.
Forest Fires.-Fire was started by
lightning at Stod n at Namdalseide,
north Of Trondhjem. Thu flames were
checked before they had time to do much
damage. A forest fire near Jaren was
also checked. The dry moss, lichens and
were burning fercely at Snilfjord,
Hevne, the twenty-third of July. The
sheriff called out the people Of the sur
rounding country. and requests for as
sistance were sent to the soldiers sta
toned at Agdenes.
The water is so low in the Glommen
river hat the rafting of logs Is very diff
ficult, the rear of the mass Of logs in
the river being between Koppang and
Atna station. The hung-up logs are
cracking In the intense heat, and the loss
from this ource alone will be consider
able.
The drouth is causing havoc in Nord-
more. The grain fields have turned
white, and the now meadows are gray
ish brown. Thousands Of young trees
planted last spring are dead. Water is
bought n sold as an article OF trade
in the city Of Aalesund.
SWEDEN.
A motion made in the riksdag, by P. P.
Waldenstrom, to the effect that a s~tricte1
discipline be enforced in the service OF
the government railways, met with but
scant courtesy at the time, and much
bad feeling was aroused by his assertion
that intemperance was common among