Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
NORWAY.

NOH"AY.
| The iron ore deposits in South Var
anger are creating a great stir. As
the snow melts away up the noun
tains the line of claims is pushed
along until stretch of land fourteen
miles long is covered with claims. The
ordinary distinction between night
and day is lost sight of in this cam
paign, the prospectors moving about
with the same tenor for twenty-four
hours day. The thickness of the
veins runs from 100 to 125 feet, and
their length from half a mile to six
or seven (English) miles. The popu-
lation of East Finmarken is eagerly
waiting for the development of the
ranges of South Varanger.
The city of Lillehammer has ac-
quired possession of DR.. Sandvig's col
lection for historical museum on
Maihaugen-May Hill. It is the most
remarkable collection of it's kind in
Norway, illustrating the life and civ
ilization of the people of eastern Nor
way, and OF Gudbrandsdalen in par
ticular, during past centuries. In
deed the Maihaugen museum may
prove strong drawing card for tour
lists from all parts of the world. Rea-
| lizing the Importance of the acqui-
sition, the city authorities arranged
for regular festival week in connec-
ton with the opening of the new de-
partment at Maihaugen.
The enthusiasm for tree planting
has come to stay in Norway. Not
! only the school children but the SOL
diers are to be employed in planting
trees on an extensive scale.
Tonsberg, July 7.-One end of the
viking ship has been uncovered. It is
! adorned with pictures of animals in
high relief On both sides. The gun
vale also seems to be adorned.
Ragnvald Koht has accepted po-
sition as judge in Congo, and he in
tends to spend some time in Belgium
to prepare for his new duties.
An impending lockout in the iron
industry has been avoided for the
time being, representatives from the
unions and the employers association
having agreed on plan for settling
the differences between the two par
ties.
A complete account of the landslide
in Beverdal is given in the papers just
received from Norway. The people
living On the Nyhus homestead were
aroused from their sleep shortly after
midnight by fearful rumbling. Tore
Skamsdalen, the head of the family,
rushed out of bed to see what was the
matter. He had scarcely reached the
door when piece of rock shot
straight through the house, hurting
him against the stove and killing him
instantly. The next moment another
rock passed through the second story
of the building, where a boy was
crushed to death in bed. The three
o.uer persons living in the house
cra'wled out through hole in the
roof, and the people of the settlement
were called to the scene by telephone.
Another house close by was also dam
! aged, and an OK was killed in the sta
BILE. The crops were almost COM
pletely destroyed. Nyhus has always
| been looked upon as dangerous
place.
So many Norwegians have been lost
on Danish steamers during the past
20 years that the Norwegians begin to
wonder whether they themselevs can
take their emigrants to America. A
| steamship company at Skien is men-
toned as possible competitor of the
existing transatlantic lines.
The city council of Tvedestrand
voted contribution of $67.5O to q
sort of lecture bureau at that place,
But a rider was attached to the reso-
luton, providing that Kristofer Jan
son should not be permitted to speak
at the institution any more. The rea-
son for singing him out was that he
had given offense on several occasions
while lecturing at Tvedestrand.
A communication dated Kristiania,
July 9, states that the crops looked
poor in the southeastern part Of Nor
way, while an average yield is a pos
sibility in the northern and western
parts of the country.
The ''hard times' furnish a fruitful
soil for the Socialistic propaganda.
Berge, member of the stortinp. is
lecturing throughout Nordland; Rev.
Eriksen and Postmaster Egede-Nis.
sen are conducting the work in From
so and Finmarken, and number of
speakers are at work in the southern
part of the country. The Socialists
claim to be gaining ground every
where. ..... .-~. ...s. 4. I'd. ~ u,
Former Minister Of State Qvam died
at stenkjar, aged 20. He played j
very prominent part in Norwegian
politics for more than q quarter Of q
century.