Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-09-06
spending the remainder Of her life in
Sweden.
NORWAY.
Chrtstiapta.

The story OF Sunbeam Island tSol-
straalfl, which Miss Ada Musgrove
has presented TO the little Crownprince
Olaf OF Norway. is one OF curious IN
trest Sunbeam island. or Forth Bras.
about 10000 square yards in size ana
is situated in the lovely Godoe sound.
famous summer resort, three hours
sail from Bergen. About fifteen years
ago John Musgrove, an Engiishman.
spent the summer at GOdoe sound and
bought the island. which was then a
complete wilderness. He imported
new turf mold and worked hard until
the island had a wood of about ~ co
trees. He also built comfortable.
roOmy house and small waters OrSs.
The garden of the house is beautifully
arranged with small ponds and green's
Mr.. Musgrove lived with Il relative on
this fairy island the views from which
are impressive and romantic, until n
few years ago, when he presented tn
property to Miss Ada MusgrOve. Miss
MuSgrOve wrote 10 Queen Mawie and
asked for permission to give the island
to her son. and on their majeSties
visit TO Bergen the necessary docu-
ments as well as a series Of pictures
OF the island, photographed by Miss
Musgroye herself were delivered to
the queen.
Rjukan foSsen, one of the most IA
nous waterfalls in Norway, is TO be
put 10 work, as is also the waterpower
in the Krageroe water course. Riukan
Is TO be used i'm the manufacture of
nitrogen compounds under the recent
ly discovered method of Professor
Birkeland. As the control of the
company is in Norwegian hands the
governmet has not interfered to any
extent. The stock of the Krageroe
Posse kompani has recently pass, d
into German hands and the govern
ment has consequently insisted upon
certain conditions. The company is
required to employ Norwegian labor,
Norwegian functionaries and use Nor
wegian material wherever feasible.
Moreover the management shall re-
main in Norwegian hands. Altogether
it is an enterprise in which it will be
exclusively a case of Norway for
Norwegians."
In the recent elections for members
of the storthing thirteen districts in
north Trondhjem county were con-
tested by the opposition, in which no
candidates received half the votes
polled, making new elections neces-
sary. In Trondhjem city three mem
bers of the cabinet party and one
socialist were elected. One contest
was indecisive. In Christiania county
two opposition candidates, including
the leader. Castenberg, and two cab
met men were elected. A reelection
is necessary in one district. Last
Monday there We're elections in seven
counties and six cities.
King Haakon is to have an annual
income of 100000 crowns, according to
the late decision Of the storthing This
$4,000. There were only three votes
cast against the amount of income for
the king. Think of country with
much less than 3.0O0.OO0 people paying
their chief ruler more than three times
as much as the United States pays
their president. There is no wonder
that the mass of people are kept poor
and that taxes are enormously high in
European countries.
No other visitors are welcomed as
heartily to Norwegia shores as are the
Americans. And the Norwegians have
pretty way Of giving strangers well
come. Every owner of home i'm
Christiania has a Norwegian flag and
these are hoisted orwaved before every
house along the shores of the Christi
ania ford when ship with Amer-
cans OIL board is in sight. Every lit
tie boy doffs his cap and every little
girl drops courtesy and shouts:
Welcome to Norway"
Queen Alexandra is at present en-
joying visit with her daughter, Queen
Maude, In Christiania. Later on
Queen Alexandra will go to Denmark
and pass her usual holiday with her
brothers and sisters. The trip will be
made from Christiania to Copenhagen
on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.