Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-02

q loss during the past season. The
daily expenses have been 1900
crowns. Since Mr.. Bjornson started
to dictate actors and actresses from all
over have beer employed many OF
whom were not in demand whatso-
ever, and he also secured an orchestra
Of fifty pieces. Now comes the ques-
ton if ii had not been a little wiser
on the part of Mr.. BjornSon to cur
tail expense instead. The National
theater should certainly be a money
making affair instead of losing money
for the government"
A correspondent from Tromsoe states
that two Russians arrived TO Skin
botten, in Finmarken, where during
the last few weeks they have been seen
taking Photographs of the surrounding
country. For quite a number of days
they staid at the Fjeldstuen, near
Lule, where they were busy drawing
maps. 1t is believed that they were
either Russian engineers or officers.
They were attired In Norwegian
civilian dress and spoke the Norwegian
language brokenly.
Jacob T. Bredal, president Of the
Bergen firm Of Mohn & Sons, has es-
tablished a legacy of 10000 crowns
which will be known as the Albert
M. Bredal legacy for training young
business men abroad" Mr.. Bredal
has on many occasions donated large
sums Of money to charitable institu-
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spected citizen.
The tourist season is now on and
tourist bureaus Inc hotels are taking
on n busy appearance. y large quota
of tourists are expected from England
and America this summer and also
Norwegian-A mericans have already
arrived and are continually arriving to
spend the summer in the home land.
Edward Elgar, one OF England's
foremost composer, who about eight
years ago composed Scenes from the
Saga of King Olaf" which at the time
proved to be a failure, is now making
a tremendous hit in London with the
same composition. Mr.. Elgar wrote
the music while on q visit in Norway
eight years ago.
Herr j. Willberg, the Norwegian ar
fist, has departed for America where
he will spend the summer at the st.
Louis exposition and 1t Cincinnati.
o. He has just completed eight
"Niebelungen" paintings which he has
sold to n of the leading hotels in
Cincinnati.
A large delegation of German teach
ers and high school students will visit
Norway this summer. Emperor Will
lam has provided free tickets for one
teacher and one pupil from each high
school in Prussia. The journey to
Norway will begin Aug. -.
State Ministers Hagerup and Ibsen
have become involved I'm controversy.
Minister Ibsen Is the gentleman who
believes that Norway should have her
w foreign minister. 1t is quite like
ly that the day Is not far distant when
this will be the case
Fifteen thousand laboring men par
ticipated in a demonstration parade in
Vim Nioh nAoy l. II DETERMINATIONS
was gotten up in favor of an eight
hour day. More than 10000 people
participated in the May II demonstra-
tons in C~hristiania.
The Rygge machine shops in Moss
were completely destroyed by FIRE n
few days ago. There was no insur-
ance on the buildings and the loss sus-
tanned by the proprietor, Johon Ny
quist, Is estimated at $4,000 crowns.
John Forsell, the Stockholm opera
singer, appeared the first week In May
at the National theater, C~hristiania, in
Opera Don Juan. Mr.. Forsell will ac-
company the Lund university male
chorus to America this summer.
DIR. Eggers, OF Grand Forks, ". D.,
has by the faculty of the Christiania
university been chosen to represent
Norway's foremost institution Mt the
fftieth anniversary of Wisconsin uni
versity.
The L~osnaosen hotel I'm Gudbrands-
dalen has been sold to Anton Olson,
who has for many years been porter
at the Grand hotel i'm Christiania.
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