Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
NORWAY.


Kaiser Wilhelm spent no less than
eight days in Trondhjem on his recent
trip to Norway. There was regular
festival during all that time, and on
every flagstaff colors could be seen
waving night and day. Every store
had extra displays in the windows, and
everybody wore holiday clothes every
day. Boatloads of flowers were sent
out to the kaiser's ships every day.
Tourists from all parts Of the world
swarmed to the city on this occasion,
and during the stay of Kaiser Wilhelm
Trondhj em was in fact one of the most
cosmopolitan cities in the world.
An anti-restaurant society will soon
be started in Kristiania. It's members
will have to promise not to go to any
restaurant within certain period of
time. On the other hand, endeavors
will be made to have the members visit
each other at their homes instead of
at the restaurants. When the society
becomes strong enough it will hire
private club rooms, where married as
we'll as single men may have pleas
ant time without being undisturbed
by undesirable intruders, which is Of
ten the case, even in restaurants of
the better class.
A Norwegian squadron has been
staying in the harbor at Hamburg,
Germany, for some time. Rear Ad-
miral Spare and number of officers
made a call on the mayor of Hamburg,
and the latter returned the visit on
board the Eidsvold. The public was
admitted to the ships several hours
each day.
A fire at the Bjorneby saw mill and
planning mill IN Fredrikstad caused
loss of at least $15o,ooo. The property
was not insured in any Norwegian or
Swedish insurance company.
Mikal Antonsen, a member of the
Sorvikmarken rifle club, Nordland,
had his left thumb crushed and his
right hand injured by the premature
discharge of his rifle while inserting a
cartridge. But he behaved as though
nothing had happened, firing the four
shots to which he was entitled, and
winning the second prize. Then he
went to a doctor, who had to ampu-
tate the crushed thumb.
Premier Hagerup has visited YER
dalen, where Is convicts are spending
the summer planting trees and max
ing other improvements on the ground
affected by the great landslide of 1893
The premier was pleased with the re-
suit of employing convicts for this
purpose.
About 100000 Norwegians emf.
grated to America during the decade
which ended in 1908.
The Kristiania Dagbladet claims
that public sentiment favors an extra
session of the storthing this fall to
adopt measures for remedying the
great deficiency of the hay crop in
the eastern part of Norway. A large
proportion of the stock will have to
be killed unless feed is imported on
a large scale. But it stands to rea-
son that the government ought to do
something to facilitate the purchase
of feed for the stock. 1t is argued
that this matter ought to be looked
after very soon, for it will be rather
late when the regular session of the
storthing opens Oct. 10.
| The whole number of persons that
emigrated from Norway during the
first half of the present year was
15,043, as against 2o,924 for the CORE
spending period in 1908. According
to these figures the number for the
whole year ought to be. one-fourth
less than the number for 1908, which
was 32,24s. But the actual number
will no doubt be much less, emigra.
ton having been very light since the
first of July. A great deal is said in
Norway this season about .hard
times" in America, and this, besides
the deterrent effects of the Norge
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