Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
NORWAY.

The Kristiania freshmen celebrated
the Seventeenth of May in a strenu-
Gus manner. They divided themselves
on the line of language, a compare
lively small portion of them advocat-
ing the pure Norwegian, and the
rest defending the NorwegianDanish
used in most books and newspapers.
A banner carrying the inscription,
"Our National Monster: Maulet, the
pure Norwegian language started
fight in which fists, -canes and UNI
brellas were used Unfortunately un-
til the 'maulmen" were overwhelmed
by superior numbers. The banner was
torn to tatters, but the tatters were
born in triumph from the battle by
the book-language hosts.
At Ytre Hovden, Orsten. a company
has been organized for the purpose of
quarrying and shipping marble to
Aalesund. The marble is found in
considerable quantities not far from
the sea.
The outhouses belonging to Ole Ed
of Bagn, Valders, were reduced to
ashes in the night, and twelve COWS
and some other animals were burnt
to death. The loss is heavy, and the
insurance was insignificant.
Stavanger has the only knife fac
tory in Norway, and it is doing very
we'll. Its knives compare favorably
with the famous knives made at Es
kilstuna, Sweden.
There is said to be vein of silver
ore under the turbine of mill at
Vikef ossen, near MEDIUM. The men
that built the mill many years ago
discovered the vein. But the pro-
prietor did not want his mill dis
turbed, and he paid each of the men
$40 on condition that they make a
sacred VOW not to tell about the find
made by them. They kept their word
as far as the public was concerned.
But after the death Of one of them
his wife at last revealed the secret.
The woman had a sample of the ore,
and she was at once offered $270 for
her rights, but she refused the Offer
The Socialists are pushing their
campaign in the ancient Hallingdal
region, and later on the headquarters
of the movement will be at Kongs-
berg.
A new committee of 10 members
has been elected to raise more money
for the Eidsvold monument. The
amount raised up to date is about
$4,000. The monument may be placed
in front of the capitol.
Many poor school children in Kris
tiania are given a several weeks out
ing in the country during the sum-
mer vacation. Some parents who are
able to pay the expenses of such an
outing petitioned the outing commit
tee to take their children along with
the children that have free outing,
and charge the costs to the parents.
But the committee refused to have
anything to do with children whose
expenses would be paid. This was
rather hard on parents who wish to
send their children into the country
and pay the expenses but who know
of no reliable parties to confde their
children to.
The samlag election at Langesund
will make that town dry for the
next five years.
Jacob Gabriel Lund celebrated his
eightieth birthday in Kristiania. He
served as armorer at Kongsberg and
in kristiania for exactly so years, and
his mental and physical powers are
yet in fine condition.
The city council of Aalesund has
resolved to use $1O,O 900 of the aid fund
for the establishment of a hospital.
The Social Democrats are rapidly
gaining ground after their splendid
demonstration on labor day.
Deutscher Volksbund of Berlin, the
aim of which is to endeavor to unite
all Germanic nations, celebrated the
Seventeenth of May. Hans Hertwig
made an address on the significance
of the Seventeenth of May to the
Norwegian people.
Mrs. Parelius of Trondhjem, who
died short while ago, willed her
estate to needy people among her
relatives as we'll as Others The value
of the property is about $4,000.
A few days ago 2o,OO0,000 Goldfish
fry were planted in Kristiania ford.
The company that owns nearly all
the real estate in the parish of Me-
raker has announced that as fast as
the contracts with the tenants expire
the farms will be left vacant. This
is supposed to be a stroke of revenge
because the tenants, by means of
united efforts, succeeded in passing
and enforcing rules for protecting the
forests of the PARISH. The matter may
be discussed in the storting,
A bauta stone was unveiled MAY II
on the grave of P. J. Ertzgaard, a
member of the constitutional conven-
ton of 1914, at Vernes cemetery,
.Stjordalen.
Rainy weather put damper on the
celebration of the Seventeenth of
May, but the people tried to make
themselves happy between the show
ers. In Kristiania the most attrac-
tive and animated part of the pro-
gram was the procession of thou
sands of children carrying flags.
In a mound at Lillesund, about one
(English) mile south of Haugesund,
was found a chamber built of stone
slabs and containing burnt human
bones and small bronze knife. The
find, which is supposed to date from
the later bronze. age,*wasz given to
the Bergen museum. . II