Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-06-19
NORWAY.

The Ekeberg forest, in the eastern
part of kristiania, is to be changed into
a public park.
About 100000 will be needed for diff
ferent contrivances for protecting the
Bergen railway from snow.
a house for prayer meetings has
been built on the property of Gabriel
Fotland, Thine. near Etavanger.
Many members of the storting are
in favor of granting an annual subsidy
of 81 900 to a proposed steamship line
between Norway and Mexico.
Some Socialistic literature in the
Russian language was confscated at
I Eardo, about a year ago. Protests
! were raised against the seizure, but
the courts have sustained the action
of the government.
! The temperance people are discussing
among themselves whether there is any
chance for making the whole country
dry" If they think the odds are in
| their favor they may start a campaign
for national prohibition.
The Borgestad chapel at Gjerpen has
been dedicated. The building is a gift
from Gunner Knudsen. president Of the
| stortng. 1t is built of limestone and
has a seating capacity of $50. Gunnar
Knudsen has spent about 100000 on
this gift.
In CORES pOndence to German
newspaper it was stated that the Nor
wegians are growing tired Of King
Haakon. To this the kristiania Nor
genbadet remarks that no throne in
Scandinavia stands on a safer founda-
| ton than Norway's reelected throne. -
. The city government of kristiania
| is encouraging horticulture by means
of renting out small gardens at a noni-
nal rent, which. however, increases a
| trifle from year to year. About $50
| such gardens are worked this year.
Their sizes vary from $50 to 200 square
| yards. At Frogner there are two large
gardens where the pupils Of the pub
lie schools of the neighborhood are
learning the elements Of gardening.
General Olsson's resignation as min
lister Of war is said to have been due
mainly to the fact that he wanted to
! build Notifications along the neutral
| zone between Norway and Sweden.
| while Premier Nicholson wants to es-
! tablish mutual confidence between the
! two nations on the peninsula, which. of
| course. cannot be done if one or both
| of them destroy the effects of the
neutral zone" by lining it with mill
! tary defenses.
| Premier Nicholson has knocked a
hole in the wall Of the Norwegian
burea ucracy by inducing the cabinet
| to drop the office of diocesan gov
ernor'' (Stiftsamtmand) of Bergen and
| III icfv 70 hoS .Nf fho
ernor (amtmand) of South Bergen hus
amt 1t is significant that the man
strikes his own city first in his cam
paign for much-needed overhauling
| of the civil administration of the coun-
| try. His argument in this case was,
| that one man could easily discharge the
duties of both offices.
! Rev. Konow. of Bergen. who has pub
! licly announced that he does not be-
! lieve in the bodily resurrection of
Jesus. is still causing annoyance. The
orthodox people urge him to resign. but
he keeps his position as tho nothing
remarkable had happened.
| Bjornson. in spite of his IS years. is
fighting like young giant against the
| language reformers. who want the Nor
| wegian dialects put in place of the
| NorWegianD Danish book language.
| The ecclesiastical department has is
sued circular urging the directors of
the public schools to see that the new
| spelling is properly introduced in the
| schools.
| Just as Rev. Musaus had preached
his farewell sermon at the Sabo church
and was leaving the building on his
way to new charge. the chandelier,
which weighed several hundred pounds,
dropped down and was broken into
fragments. No one was injured, but
the sexton had been standing under
the chandelier just before it dropped.
| Two goats were killed by a bear a
few days ago in Gjesdal. near Stavan-
ger. and four men went hunting for
him. =.
The spring freshet did great damage
In Gausdal. a dam which Bjornson,
the poet. had built for reservoir hurst
land caused very extensive disturbances.