Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-31
NORWAY

The town board Of Lerwick, the
largest town in the Shetland islands,
resolved to print an address of con-
graduation and send it to King
Haakon. Before the address was
adopted the no1yor#made d speech for
Norway, stating that Norwegian blood
flows in the veins and Norwegian
words in the language Of the Shet-
landers He gave an elaborate sketch
of the history of the islands when
they belonged to Norway, and he said
that the Snetlanders still remember
with joy and pride the time when the
islands were part of the kingdom
Of Norway.
Bjornson is still agitaing for the
pardon Of Torvald Sletten, who was
sentenced to- imprisonment for life on
the charge of having killed his foster
mother.
The late Thrane Riis, merchant
in skien, established a fund of $4,000
for needy seamen.
The South Odalen commune has
bought the timber land belonging to
the estates of Skaarer, Rustad, Isa-
kradmo and Horstad for 100000 That
commune now owns real estate to the
value of $4,000.
Rev. H. S. Hauge, former minister
Of ecclesiastical affairs, is advocating
the organization Of the church as an
association Independent of the gov
eminent Of the state. Things seem
to be drifting that way in Norway, and
his plan does not meet with any sys-
tematic opposition.
Norway has a little over 100000
Inhabitants. An equal number of peo-
pie speaking the same language are
scattered throughout the rest of the
world. 1t is proposed to start some
fraternal organization by which those
four millions may keep in touch with
and lend a helping hand to each other,
Miss Maren Vinsnes. popular
writer. celebrated her S0th birthday
Jan. 8.
About 80 men were engaged last
year in reconstructing the west wing
of the cathedral of TrOndnjem
The city of Bergen increased it's
merchant fleet by fourteen new ships,
aggregating 1880 tons, dead weight,
in 1905, and the steamship feet Of the
city now consists Of .179 ships having
a dead weight of 439,125 tons. This
does not include nine freight steamers
of 1920 tons, which are operated in
Bergen by Americans. Nor are the
% ships owned by the Bergen Steam
ship company included. They register
2O,430 gross tons.
A sensation was caused by the
statement that several men who act
as pilots along the coast of Norway
are either color blind or suffer from
some other defect in their eyesight.
The cities Of stavanger, Trondhjem
and Bergen are making efforts to fit
up suitable buildings for keeping the
royal family for a short period each
year, and it is even suggested that a.
palace" ought to be built in Nord-
land, so, that the king of 1.-THE land vi
the midnight sun" may stay a while
north Of the Polar circle, and beat
the world
Chamberlain Owe Guide is slated for
the position of minister to Berlin.
The Regina, a Norwegian whaler in
the employ Of the Japanese govern
ment, sank near the shore of Corea.
The cost of the ship was $4,000. It
mag be possible to save her.
Beavers are still found in manv
out-0f-th e-way valleys in Norway,
and under the protection Of the law
they are increasing in number from
year to year. In the Mid river, for in
stance, they are cutting down trees
every summer and building dams as
busily as they did in the upper Mis-
sissippi valley hundred years ago.
Hence, the apprehension that this in
teresting animal might soon be ex-
terminated 1 in Norway seems to be
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