Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-20
NORWAY,

NOH"AY.
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer,
VINO accomplished the Northwest pas
sage in his forty-seven- ton Gjoa,
spending nineteen months of his three
years voyage making observations in
the vicinity Of the magnetic pole, has
been lionized in Paris. President Fall
Heres decorated the explorer COM
mandersof the Legion Of Honor.
Amundsen delivered lectures before
the various scientific societies and gave
a private talk upon his experiences for
the benefit Of Frances "forty i1nmor-
tals at the residence of Prince Ro-
land Bonaparte, who has recently been
elected to the institute.
Nansen.' says Amundsen, twas al
ways fascinated by the idea OF the
Northwest passage, which had been at
tempted so many times and never
found. Yet I saw it opened before my
snip the first year of my voyage. and
would not take advantage Of the
chance because my program was to
make observations at the magnetic
pole"
The reformed spelling introduced by
the Norwegian. government is far
reaching. 1t would be useless to dis
cuss the new system in these columns;
but it may be said that it's aim from
first to last is to make the spelling Of
each word agree as much as possible
with the most common pronuncia ton
of it, In very many cases "t'' is put
in place OF a. ''r', in place of e.
and "p' in place of CD" The reform
is we'll received in Sweden because it
means a movement from the Danish
towards the Swedish spelling. The re-
formers were not Influenced by this
consideration: they simply followed the
trend Of the Norwegian pronunciation,
which, in many instances: is nearer to
the Swedish than to the Danish.
Some one has proposed the abol-
ishment of the national day of prayer,
which is the fourth Friday after East
err Sunday. This matter was referred
to the congregations of the country ten
years ago, but only surprisingly small
proportion Of the congregations were
in favor Of abolishing that holiday, and
it is claimed by the church people
that the sentiment has not changed
much since that date.
Thorvald Sletten. who was pardoned
a short While ago after serving sew
eral years in the penitentiary on ac-
count Of a murder of which he was
convicted on circumstantia1 evidence,
is working on farm belonging to his
attorney. The latter says that the case
cannot be tried again unless new and
very important evidence can be ad-
duced. - -,
Sheriff Norhein, Of Thirne. began 70
plant trees twenty years ago. and the
result was so encouraging that he has
planted $4,000 trees since that time.
In place of a dreary heath there is q,
beautiful forest, and Norheim's ex:
ample has given the cause of forestry
a great Impetus in that part Of Nor
way. "a. II = =.
Thea revival meetings conducted by
5Barratt are still an object of, public
discussion. One of the latest depart
ures Is to have little girls stand and
tspeaK tongues" for hours in sue
icession The movement is strongest
: in Krtstiarlia, Drammen, skien and
Larvik @...s.. .-... s.*A - 10. =. l..
+. 1T isstated in the Norwegian dailies
that 1929 persons emiSrated from
Norw 81 lin 1906 as against 21,05s In
1905. This proves at least one thing:
a king of Norway. pure and simple,
did net stop emigration. i ~ IL
F Oluf steen Of .rrondhjem, did not
win the firsts.prize at, the worlds. skat-
ing match a Is Davos switzerland, be-
cause.-The was indisposed on account;
of theSdry climate OF that locality. :. :. rs =
Thespolice Of Kristiania are busy
breaking UP clubs AZ hich seem to.
exist zsehiefy for the purpose OF max :
ing itseasy for their members to get
a drink 4 % &. 4. 81 fs3 y ST.
= mems Of putting an end to the
In the. Norwegian adniralty .s ]. :.: s5
Thirty years ago the mountains
.,acr ess the bay from Eeksrsund were
black ! md naked, but now they are
covered with pine forests from foot
to top, 4 thanks To- the efforts Of the
local. tree ting society !. !, s{ 81
BE Young people societies at Nerbo
and Ehirne in south Western Norway.
have bought parcels OF waste land on:
Fw hich they ire going to plant trees
next sprinE. 5
$$5 ~ Aul nDer9sOIssW0In nave begun TO!
raise none for q seamen's home in
StavanHef.Ss
Several vii deer have lied down
for good IN u the groves on the plain
Of Jaderen.
Christian Schj etran, q 81 a. orWeg ian,
has OF anizsd q q ornp ny Cor catching
and curing fish on a large scale In the
n sIlf 3.ns ~ "a a
the corn .said to be $:25O,0 900
Hay and feed nere getting scarce
an Gudbrandsdal as early as the lat 3
ter Eebruar Il and large guam
titles he w been dipped I'll
from Nedenar Ken
The <stayang u suf frage
union Ii1ayl gorous appeal to
The omen The
cdsir,e anxet no
voted !. Z. 81 possss