Willmar tribune., 1906-02-21
NORWAY.

11i 'A'o 'iaiIe VI Ming HaakOn, the
Haalosaland says: Good luck and
prosperity follow our new king. sew
era1 things indicate that much. But
the other day we heard a story which
seems strange to us, and which we
reproduce. Bendike Markussen Sama
was catching herrings at Pitran last
fall. The fish seemed to be fitful and
the results were poor The men be-
came discouraged and would not put
out their nets any more. Once more
said the foreman; once more; but this
time we drop the nets in the name of
King Haakon!' They did so. and
when the nets were pulled up they
contained thirty barrels of herrings."
Anne Skalmerud, of Mas, the Oldest
woman in Hedemarken died at the
age of 102k years. One of her child
rem already has AZ grand children.
The Elgjarnes island near Kristiania
has been bought for $4,000 by a COM
pany which intends to build a large
dry dock on the island. Most of the
capital is to be furnished by Danes.
There is an abundance of herrings
around the coasts of Norway, but
rough weather has interfered with the
hauling in of the silvery hordes.
The storting has voted s13,50O for
the purchase Of the Kjelland block in
StaVanger, and in the course of time
this will be used as a site for large
public building which is to contain
the postof1ice and the telegraph and
telephone offices.
Prof. S. Odland, an orthodox men,
ber of the theological faculty of the
university of Norway, has handed in
his resignation, which is to take effect
April 1. He cannot work in harmony
with the reformed" members of the
faculty.
Sugar beets raised at Krogen. Sogn
gave II per cent of sugar.
A barge carrying a number Of men
across the river at Fredrickstad was
tipped over by the high seas and two
men were drowned.
Three horses at I.ierstranden
Drammen, We're burnt down in the
night, and fifteen persons were rem
dered homeless.
The English carbide factory at No.
todden, Skien, has been closed. and
the so men formerly employed there
nave gone elsewhere.
There We're 1000 unemployed men
in Kristiania at the beginning of the
year.
The city council of Hammerfest, by
vote Of II to 6, deprived the hotels
of the privilege of selling wine and
beer to their customers
1t is proposed to build a creama =
torium in Trondhjem.
Bjornson is said to be putting the
finishing touches to new novel of
some length.
It is proposed to establish an insane
asylum for Hedemarken by making
certain improvements at the Sanderud
hospital.
The king and queen are practicins
skiing, and though they have made
no Jumps" they are making fine pro-
gress.
The oldest wagon road in Norway
was built from the Kongsberg silver
mine to Haugsund during the years
1624-1630, and it was continued in
1865 to Drammen and Kristiania. A
new road was built about fifty years
ago, but the old one is still used be-
cause it is shorter than the new one.
The American company
which is operating coal mines in
Spitzbergen will begin to export coal
in 1907. The deposits contain from
230,0oo,ooo to 4eo,ooo.oo0 tons of good
coal.
The price Of a big farm horse is
from $lo0 to 1925 in Gudbrandsdalen
this winter.
At Aamli the beavers are so num-
erous in a certain river that they do
considerable damage to the timber.
The owner of the land peti.ioned the
authorities for permission to kill the
animals as nuisances, but his petition
was frowned upon because the gov
ernment is taking pains to prevent
the determination of the beaver.
The weather was exceedingly vari-
able in the country around Trondhjem
in the latter part Of January. More
than once the day started with a clear
cold morning and closed with torrents
of rain-or vice versa. Occasionally
the rainfall was so heavy that the
roads were turned into rivers that be-
came absolutely dangerous.