Willmar tribune., 1907-12-04
NORWAY,

The Bank of Norway raised the rate
of discount Nov from to 6k per
cent
Rev. E. Swerdrup is going to write
articles on church matters for a lead
ing newspaper.
A boy at Rognan, Saltdal, went out
hunting alone, and as he did not re-
turn it is supposed that he lost his
life.
A newspaper claims that foreign
iron trust is behind Consul Pehrson,
The Swede who has been permitted to
| operate certain iron ore beds in Rust
vangen.
Misses Anna and Augusta Sorensen,
who had a millinery store in build.
ing which was burned down in the
night in Kristiansund, lost their lives
in the flames. The total damage
caused by the fire was $80,OOO
When the Gydendal Publishing COM
pany of Copenhagen bought out the
strongest publishing company in Nor
way many Norwegians were dis
pleased. Now the Gydendal company
is willing to sell out the Norwegian
branch to Norwegians, but the Nor
| wegian poets think the present ar
rangement is satisfactory.
o. Banst and wife, nee Vik, of Hor-
ten, celebrated their diamond wed.
ding Nov. 7. Mr.. Banst descended
from German family that immigrated
! To %I>
tury, and he was born at Brularas in
1922 His wife was born one year
later in. Trondhjem, and they were
married in Borre church Nov. Z, 1847
| Mr. Banst worked in machine shops
| during his early life, and afterwards
he followed the sea. He has witnessed
collisions and shipwrecks on several
occasions. It is fourteen years since
he withdrew from active life.
! A farmer near Stavanger lost steer
in an unaccountable manner When
several weeks had passed he wrote to
Johan Flottum, the clairvoyant boy
at Singsaas, near Trondhjem, and a
little later he received the following
laconic answer: Never mind the loss
of the steer, he will soon come back" :"
And shortly afterwards the steer was
found standing at the stable door as
if nothing had happened.
Vigeland's famous drinking fountain
is to be put up at Eidsvold's Plads, a
public square in Kristiania. The
! fountain will cost a little over $685..
900 when completed and put in it's
proper position. About 100000 has
been raised by private subscription,
the Kristiania samlag (retail liquor
company has contributed $4,000, and
the city council has taken steps to
provide for the payment Of the bal.
ance:'
Two students from Kristiania who
have been exploring the Himalaya
mountains reached an elevation OF
$4,000 feet. At first they made an
The second time they were accom-
panied by 80 coolies, and the above
record is a good one.
| The church department is consid
| oTluS d pIOpOSlLlOu W CllduSS IAe
names of the ecclesiastical divisions
of the country
Small Goldfish are abundant in the
fjords of southwestern Norway, but il
is difficult to catch them.
The English company which is op
Grating the iron mines in Cumberland
; valley is in very prosperous condi
tlcn, and the capital stock has JUS
been raised $2,000,00O. The produc
tion of briquettes will soon be brough
up to 240,000 tons year.
An address of sympathy to Rev. c
Konow, the heretical minister in Ber
. gen, has been signed by 2,675 mem
, bers of the congregation which he Il
serving as chaplain. More than hal
, of the signers are men.
The Socialists carried the commun
for Kirkenas.
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