Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-29
NORWAY,

StaVanger amt exported farm pro-
ducts for more than 100000 last
year.
! Norway already has % oleomargarine
| factories, and certain parties are fig
| ur1ng on starting new ones.
A gardener in Buskerud has in
vented a wedding machine which he
thinks will be found useful.
No less than SO reindeer were rur
over and killed last year on the short
| railway from Ofoten to the Swedish
| boundary line.
A landslide at Geiranger destroyed
! two small stables, but no lives were
lost. Dirt and rocks covered a five
| acre field to depth of several yards
Prof. Hagstad, who is looked up tc
as an authority on dialect Norwegian
has gone to Iceland and the Farce
islands to study the dialects Of those
places.
Several hundred old silver coins and
some ornaments Of the same metal
were found at Jelsa, Foldo island. The
archaeological value of the find is not
known at this writing.
Over twenty parishes have adopted
the hymns published by Rev. Blk.
They are written in dialect Norwegian,
and the language reformers are look
ing upon the above fact as a good
omen.
Paul F1scher's painting representing
the introduction to King Kristian of
the Norwegian deputation that went
to Denmark to request Prince Carl OF
Denmark to become King Haakon VII
of Norway, was bought for $4,000 by
Empress Dagmar of Russia and given
as a present to King Haakon.
Two young men at Dragedal went
into the woods to hunt black grouse
When they arrived at the hunting
grounds they parted in order to ap-
proach the proud game from two diff
ferent sides. At daybreak they heard
the growing of a cock and turned their
| course towards the spot. One of them
saw something dark moving a short
| distance ahead of him. He took it to
be the grouse and fired. A wild Shrek
| pierced thru the forest. The hunter
| knew at once what had happened and
| tainted. The other man had several
shots lodged in his arms and one of the
! knee joints. But he managed to crawl
to his companion, who had come to by
this time. The two succeeded in MAX
ing their way to the nearest house, and
| the grouse" was taken to the hos
pital, where recovery is practically az
sured.
The railway department asks fo1
appropriations for 1896 new Freight cars
cabooses, one passenger. car and Z
locomotives, all of which are needed 70,
| the increasing of traffic.
Barratt, the fanatic revival preacher
| has gone to Stockholm. He has met
! with the same success as in Nor
way: the hearers speak in tongues
and act as lunatics in general.
Rev. H. 1. I. Geelmuyden of Skudenes
mas written newspaper article against
Bjornson, defending the historical re-
liability Of the Bible and telling the
great poet that the orthodox Christ.
| lans are not bit afraid Of the assaults
| of the intidels upon the Bible.
A submarine boat is wanted for thu
navy, and If the storting grants the
money the boat may be built al
Krupp's works.
1t is said that the government has
| bought the Bardo waterfalls, Maalsel-
ven, Ffnmarken, for. $1,000. The
falls are very valuable because the,
are located in an iron range.
Henrick Lund played dangerou.
| prank on the art judges Of the Chariot.
tenburg art exposition in Copenhagen
| He obtained a powerful sketch mad.
Eby Rembrandt. the great Dutch mas.
ter, gave a fictitious name to 1t ant
sent It to the exposition To his de-
light the judges refused It.