Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-31
NORWAY.
ChriStiAna.

tnrIStthna.
A number of leading educators and
artists are entering strenuous objec-
tons to Gerhard Munthe's plans for
decorating the "Haakonshallen."
Munthe intends TO decorate the hall
with a series of paintings depicting
The Wedding March of the Kings
Daughter'-scenes from the times of
Haakon the Good, and his supporters
maintain that the decoration for Haa-
kon's Hall-rather a court room
should be historic, to say the least,
but not so with Professor l.. Dietrich
Paul Due and others. They maintain
that inasmuch as the city of Bergen
Is TO pay for the decorations that the
citizens Of that city alone should have
the right to decide what the decora-
tons are to be irrespective of what
Christiania thinks about II.
The following Observation-Disclosures
have been created Knights Of st. Olaf
and may now be addressed as Sir
Knights by their friends on the other
side: Editor b. Amundsen, of DEBORAH,
Ia; DR.. +. Bockman, st. Paul, Mimi;
DIR. Anders Doe, Chicago; Editor Grew
stad. Chicago; Consul Il Hobe, st.
Paul; DR.. X. Toegh, Madison, Wis;
Professor Kildahl, president Of st.
Olaf college, Mortified, Mimi, and
Consul Steensland, Of Madison, Wis.
The number of divorce cases are in
creasing slowly but surely In Norway.
Compared with the United States and
England there are, however, compare
lively speaking, but few divorce cases
in Norway, yet they are increasing. In
1890 there were 40, 1893 there were
100, 1902 there were 139, in 1904 there
were $50 and in 1905 there were 23S
and in 1906 there were $50 divorce
cases.
More than 100 attorneys in Norway
are seeking positions in Congo. The
law business in Norway is dull in the
extreme and a good many of them are
scarcely able to make a living. In
deed some Of them cannot. They are
therefore seeking new fields and many
have already started for Congo. where
quite a large number have already Sc
cured employment.
On the suggestion of Professor
George Davidson in San Francisco,
chief Of the United States photographic
bureau on the Pacific coast, the Eng
lish admiralty has decided that the
gulf of Herschel island, where a good
many whalers seek a haven, shall be
named "Amundsen gulf in honor OF
Captain Roald Amundsen.
The Hotel Halsoem, in Stjordalen,
which some time ago was deprived of
the right to sell liquors and which en-
joyed a good trade, has had to close
up owing to lack Of patronage. There
Is now a bitter fight being waged in
Stjordalen between the ~teetotalists and
the general public in that vicinity.
The shipping industry gives promise
Of much this year in Norway. Sail
Ing vessels, especially those CON
structed Of iron, are in great demand.
The prices on new as well al old
ships are continually increasing.
The Bergen steamer "Garibaldi,"
the property Of c. Mathiesen, was
stranded off the coast of Newfound-
land during the early part of this
month. The vessel was valued at
100000 crowns.
Not less than 10000 postal cards
and 10000 letters arrived at the Ber-
gen postofice on Christmas day. This
was the biggest day in the history Of
the Bergen p~ostofice.
Fredrik Wahge, of Minneapolis,
formerly Swedish-American vice con-
sui in st. Louis, has been appointed
secretary to the Swedish legation at
Washington, ID. G.
A. ii. Sorlie has started a national
trade school in Trondhjem. The
school starts out in good hands and
Its prospects for success are the
brightest.
In 1905 there were 27,3O0 persons
who emigrated from Norway; In 1906
there were 31,128. Five per cent. Of
those who emigrated were Swedes.