Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13

put at $4,000. and 1t Is proposed to raise
this by a tax based on the population of
each country.
Mrs. Adelina Pattf-Cederstrom intends
to sell her mansion at Craie-v-nos
Wales, June IS. at public auction unless
it is disposed of before that date. She
and her husband will make Sweden their
future home.
The new building at the Aas Agrfcul-
tural College was dedicated Feb. H. tt
is a stone structure and costs S113, 600.
It's appointments are said to be fully IN
to date in every respect. Mr.. Hirsh. the
manager of the state farm connected
! with the college, is very able farmer
and his department gave net profit of
$500 in 1900. When the plans of the in
stitution have been carried out it will
| cost about $275,O0o.
Miss Karen Kristoffersen, of Ulefos near
Skien, has served at the same house fftv
years.
Hangesund has experienced a rapid and
| substantial growth during the past ten
years. It's chief source of wealth is the
herring trade. In some years the ship
owners have made fifty per cent on their
investments. The city has no less than
| eighty steamboats,. and only three cities
in the country can point to a larger vol
ume of shipping trade. The city has 5000
inhabitants, and in proportion to its
population it has the largest export trade
of any city in Norway.
The stockholders of the Government
Bank of Norway have received a diyt-
dend of 10 per cent for the past year.
This is the largest profit for any one wear
since 1892. In the course of the present
year new branches will be opened in
Vardo and Aalesund, and next wear in
Larvik and Gjovik
Oscar Hottie, of Trondhjem, won the
first prize at Scandinavian skating
| match in Stockholm.
A sample of dressed granite was sent
from Fredrikstad to a firm in Stettin,
| Germany about the middle of December
last. But the box containing the sample
| never reached its destination. A tele-
gram from Stettin announced that since
the goods did not arrive in time the or.
der. which amounted to about Sc, 900, had
to be countermanded. Inquiries proved
that the box had been carried as far as
Trclleborg. Sweden, but its subsequent
| whereabouts is a mystery.
Kristiania bons wants pay 1917 cents
a pound for beefsteaN, and good pork
chops cannot be had for less than 2;
cents a pound.
The Norwegian Young Peoples Asso.
! citation has petitioned the storthing for
an appropriation to defray the expenses
of having public lectures given in diff.
ferent parts of the country. the subjects
to be agriculture. dairying. horticulture
forestry. hygiene. political economy
architecture, etc.
Free dinners are to be served only tc
needy pupils at the public schools OF
Kristiania. The Interpretation Of the
! word NEEDY" however, seems to be
rather lax. In some schools one-half OF
| the pupils are served meals on certain
| days free of charge.
Barbed wire fences are used very ex.
! tensively around the sea coast defenses
Of Norway. The Boer war is responsible
for this innovation.
The city Of Sarpsborg has been author.
lied to borrow sS1 900. which is to be paid
| in 40 annual installments.
Ivar Mortenson has written a play
called Varg Veum (Wolf in the Sane.
| tuary). 1t treats Of the life of the people
| Of the North during the saga age. and is
! written in rock-rbbed Norwegian-Nor-
| wegian. The play was handed to the
| manager of the National Theater in
Kristiania. but he says he cannot pro-
duce it on the stage for the very plaus.
ible reason that the people would not
understand it, The language reformers
are angry and claim that they have been
snubbed by those speaking Danish-Nor-
Wegian
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