Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-19
NORWAY.


NORWAY.
In behalf Of my comrades and N.Y.
selt l peg leave to thank everybody
for the honor conferred upon US when
we returned home.
ROALD AMUNDSEN,
Kristiana, Nov. rs, 1906.
During the week ending Nov. "a. the
volume of water in the Nordmarken res
ervoirs above Kristiania increased a.
100000 cubic feet and at the same
time the consumption was 100000
cubic feet There is enough water in
the reservoir to keep the factories 60
ing until the first part of March.
The unemployed in Kristiania have
appealed to the storting to provide
work for Them
Nils Kjar's DRAMA, "The Day of
Reckoning" will be presented at the
alter in Vienna
The Aker iron works, Kristiania, has
just completed two whaling steamers
ordered by parties in Japan.
The estimated expenditures of the
city government Of Bergen for the CON-
ing year aggregate $1,215,O00.
The Bergen Steamship Company is
contemplating the establishment of
new line between Bergen and Ham,
burg.
The first edition Of Knut Hamsun's
latest book, "Under the Autumn Star"
was sold out on the same day as it
appeared.
The commune Of Mas, near Lille
efe~ he~
$4,000 to prevent the destruction of
the forests
About 600 persons are drowned in
Norway every year. This number does
not include the seamen that are
drowned in foreign waters
King Haakon was out hunting sew
eral times in company with King Ed
ward during his stay in England, and
both of them had good luck
The Skabo iron works. Kristiania
has just delivered freight cars to the
Hafslund and Sannesund railway,
private concern near Sorpsborg.
Two small boys were drowned in
Kjurs lake, Nitedal. One of them was
skating pulling the other after him, and
they both fell into an airhole
The committee on military affairs
has asked the storting for appropria-
tons amounting to about $4,000 Alto
gether, for field maneuvers during the
coming year.
Two cases of spotted fever occurred
at Mandaa, and a woman died Of the
disease. It is supposed that the con-
tagion was brought to the place by
some gypsies.
Those who are in favor of execution
instead OF 1nterment have had hard
row to hoe In Norway. For years they
have been working for the construc-
ton of crematory In Kristiania, but
still there Is no crematory ready for
use.<, Now the prospects seem to be
Frightening. New members are added
to their society, and the crematory in
kr1stiania will be completed next sum-
mer. The cremation society of Berlin
also expects to have a crematory next
summer.
The nine dairies at Jaderen have or
ganized a combine and sold their en-
tire production Of the year 1907 to q
Norwegian merchant In Newcastle,
England. The output for the coming
year will be worth about $3.50
p. O.. Nyhus, Of Hamar. has invent
ed lock which requires no key: It is
particularly adapted to drawers, and
IT. Is inserted in such a way that only
the one who closed the drawer can
open it again. +
Cosy Comrades a new children's
book by Lars Kjolstad, appeared a
short time ago, and the sale was so
rapid that second edition had to be
rushed out in a few days.
F. A: Kristiania. mass meeting which
was attended by $50 persons, mostly
|. women, passed a resolution in favor
; Of changing the present rules govern
ing g the confirmation ceremonies. There
seems to be a strong sentiment against
compulsory confirmation. -
Diphtheria has been raging in KRIS
stiania. Several persons have died from
the pest, and=1 10 patients were cared
Tor + the UAeVaal hospital at=:.the
same time ,:z* H. F. 4s. So
.ss Road Amund sen, the hero 81 the
mort west passage. has accepted sinyi-
tations Is lecture before the sgeograp
cal ocieties of Lond Berlin and
EGopenhaxe =.