Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
NORWAY.

EAST Of the Sun and West of the
Moon" a Norwegian fairy tale, has
been dramatized by Miss Bergh, and
her work was we'll received at the
Kristiania National theater.
A city ordinance provides that meat
must not be sold in smaller quanti-
ties than quarters on the public mar
ket in Kristiania, and many are the
housewives that fail to see the wis
dom of this arrangement.
Those who are opposed to the study
Of pure Norwegian at the public
schools are in favor of submitting that
question to a popular vote; but the
friends of the difficult reform are evil
IDENTIFY afraid that the people might re-
ject their pet scheme, and therefore
they say, mo popular vote on that
subject"
The state of Norway owns about
100000 acres of spruce and pine tim.
Der lands and 100000 acres of hard
wood timber. The commons owned by
local commerce include 100000 acres
of timber land. The value of the tim
Der on the government lands is put
at about 100000, and the total value
of the commons is about 100000.
|. Fire was discovered on the mail
steamer Lindholnen off Farsund, Jan.
3. A strong gale was blowing and the
flames soon spread to the saloons and
cabins. Thirty passengers, most of
them seasick, hurried from their quar-
tiers to get On deck Four of them were
suffocated in their efforts to get out.
A Paris dispatch states that the en-
deavors made to secure neutrality for
Norway are meeting with success and
that a congress may soon be held in
Paris for considering the matter. Rus
STA has objected to several minor
points in the plan proposed by the
other powers, but Russia is not ex-
pected to put any serious obstacles
in the way Of the desired treaty OF
neutrality.
Others jumped overheard and one
was drowned. Another passenger went
mad. One lifeboat was burned and
another was crushed against the side
of the ship. Finally, while the remain
der of the half-dressed and panic
stricken passengers were huddled on
the forecastle in a binding snowstorm,
the rest of the ship being in flames,
the captain drove the vessel ashore
and managed to save the remaining
passengers and the crew. There was
much hardship, however, before all
the ships company were landed safely
The dangerous nature of the coast
made the operation of Bleaching the
Lindholmen most risky.
The Kristiania canvas factory has
been running for fifty years, and at
its semi-centennial jubilee the propri-
etors donated $3.50 to the employees.
part of the amount directly to each
person and part of it to the employees
pension fund.
Kristiania contributed 40 per cent Of
the receipts of the postoffice depart
ment of Norway for the past fiscal
year. ,.3s.5
The receipts Of the Norge fire in
surance company increased from $780,
| 900 to $177,700 in one year.
The city of Hamar will have a bud
get of expenses of $4,000 for the year
1907.
Several farmers in Aardale. Sogn.
| were destroyed by floods and LAND
slides Nov. %, and Bjorson wrote an
appeal for aid for the sufferers. Con-
! tributions to the aid fund are sent to
Rev. Sandved, Aardal, Sogn.
A large part of the liquor procured
for the holidays was bought in whole
sale on account Of the nature of the
liquor laws. ~
! The work of repairing Bygdo palace
/ is going on apidly, and the royal fam
lily may move into the building in Feb
ruary. - - >
/ : DR.. Sigurd Ibsen has returned to
/ Norway :. after lengthy -sojeurn
!! abroad. 81 SD.