Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-11-21
NORWAY.


Hans Skibenes, an SO year old man
at Os, Nordfjord, was gored to death
by an OK.
The government has granted Consul
Person OF Helsingborg permission
to mine copper ore on a limited part
of the Rustvangen district, Osterdolen.
His first petition was declined because
it covered too large territory to suit
the government.
The members of the diplomatic
corps paid their respects to former
Premier Nicholson Oct. 81. On this
occasion he said to the Swedish am
bassador that he was highly pleased
with the way the Swedish press had
spoken about him and his policy, and
he looked upon this fact as an omen
that friendly relations will be cult
waited between the Swedes and the
Norwegians.
The Skandia Copper Mining COM
pany, which has a capital stock of
one million dollars, and has con-
tracted a loan Of 100000, has just
been granted concession by the
Norwegian government to acquire the
Nordreisen mines and the Lillebotten
copper range, the Taarstad sulphur
beds and the Klubvik estate with the
adjoining waterfalls, near Norvik. The
company is to work the acquired
ranges and smelt the ore in furnace
at Klubvik. Besides the ore obtained
from the mines of the company, ore
from some mines In northern Sweden
will also be reduced at the Klubvik
furnace.
The Stockholm Dagblad contained
carefully written editorial on Michel
sens resignation as premier of Nor
way, and the most striking portions
Of 1t are submitted: ITO Sweden he
gave a wound which will not heal
quickly, and even If It is understood
that he acted because he thought he
fulfilled an historic mission, and even
II It is realized that the seventh Of
June was not his work alone, but
that he only executed the idea Of an
all-controlling public opinion, still it
will not be easy In our country to
remember him without bitterness.
But this does not prohibit us from
respectfully remembering what he has
done for the safety of the new king
dom after the happening of what he
looked upon as unavoidable. He him.
self perhaps never believed that the
disruption Of the union would open
the doors to Utopia where all the
fat resolutions of popular mass meet
ings would assume the form of real
ity, but there were so many others
who thought so. He prevented these
from taking the 'high-seat,' and for
that deed we shall respect him, even
In our country; for kingdom turned
into a field of parliamentary expert
ments on large scale is somewhat
unpleasant even to it's netghbors. The
last two years Of his administration
were full Of trials, but he stood them
we'll, and some day it may be ac-
knowledged, even on the other side
of the, boundary mountains, that his
exploit Of June Z, 1905, is thrown into:
the shade by the difficult piece of
statecraft of the period Of reconstruc.
tfon which followed that day
The grain raised in Norway last
summer suffered so much from rain
and frost that It will not be suitable.
tor seed, and it il proposed to import
seed grain from abroad through the
Society for the Veal Of Norway
The city council Of Kristiania has
voted the necessary money for plac-
Ing highlands drinking fountain on q
public square in Kristiania. The
sculptor declined repeated offers made
from Stockholm.
Sheriff G. Nielsen and wife, Hegre.
east 81 Trondhjem, have celebrated
..thsir golden wedding. B. B.