Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
l. The political crisis has a remark
| ably small influence on the general
| condition of the country. With the
exception of falling off OF the num-
| Der Of Swcdes visiting the country.
the number of tourists in Norway
is normal. The crop prospects are
excellent. The customs receipts for
June show a great increase, partly
due to the new tariff which is slight
~ protective. This indicates -four
isling condition of commerce.
| The Norwegian labor unions are
| raising money for the aid of the
| Swedish laborers who are out of work
on account of the great lockout.
Bjornson makes an appeal to all Nor
wegians to contribute to the aid
fund.
When the Norwegian students
chorus returned to Kristiania from
their American trip they were re-
ceived with tremendous demonstra-
| ton. After landing they were es-
! corted by 10000 persons to the uni
versity. where American flags were
! hoisted and where the crowd sang
the Star Spangled Banner" From
the university the procession moved
| to the storthing, where there was
| similar demonstration.
\ girl who was riding on the train
from Bergen to Os lost her hat. She
resolutely jumped off to pick up her
head-gear. but struck her head
against the ground SO violently that
she was not expected to recover.
| The catch at the Finmarken fish,
cries for the winter and spring sea-
SON was 70.ooo.o00 pounds of Goldfish.
which is the best showing with the
| exception of the year 1896. when the
| catch was s0,00O,00O pounds The
| total production of cod liver oil was
l2,460 barrels. which exceeds all pre-
vious records. About 4s.5O0.o0O cod
| fish were caught in Norwegian waters
during the season: The mackerel
| fisheries along the southern coast are
also yielding fine returns.
\ Swedish daily which is usually
| we'll informed and reliable says:
From 4 source which We consider
! to be reliable we may state that
Norway has bought two large battle
ships at one of the largest shipyards
of England. They were originally
built under the impression that Japan.
! might need them.'
| Honolulu. July 1.-THE schooner
Matthew Turner. arriving from New
castle. has aboard the >hipwrecked
crews Of two Norwegian mrkS. The
| wrecked vessels are the iron-bound
| Salamis and the wooden bark Victor
] They were loading at Maiden Islands
| with guano. and during Il gale on
May 10 and 20 were driven ashore
The vessels are 4 total loss. bat the
crews were saved.
| Drouths have become SO frequent
and serious in eastern Norway dur
ing the past few years that the news
papers are discussing the question of
artificial irrigation as q necessity
| The change in the climatic conditions
is due to the destruction of the for
ests.
! BcrSenS Aftenblad claims that
Biornstjerne Bjornson and Premier
Nicholson exchanged the following
kilograms with regard to the political
crisis. The former said: Now it is
time to stick together and the lat
ter answered.: Nov it is time to-
keep the mouth Shut
| The political crisis has not caused
any serious disturbance in the bust
ness interests Of Norway. q:
1t is -persistently maintained that
Minister Grys in Washington is the
only Norwegian in the foreign and
consular services who did not resign
his position and join Norway as an
independent nation. 49,
The Norwegian diplomats who
served under the union at The Hague
and at Washington and who were re-
moved by the Swedish government.
are now charged by the Norwegian
government to remain and look after
Norway's interests.