Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-03
NORWAY.
ChVtstiaaa.

Says. c. Hammer. the Christiania
correspondent: "Gn q peaceful spot in
Our ss1iour's ~churchyard, at Christi
snis the remains OF Henrik lbsen were
returned to the. earth o. June l., 1905
"A day of sunsine and showers, full
of light and shade like his own poetry.
His grave, in the midstspf what looks
lik" a sea OF grass is Inaccessible, as
he was himself i'll life, but in the
birches above the birds fly in Inc out
by summertime, and in winter the
feafless branches bow under the
weight of now A few days ago DIR.
Sigurd Ibsen, the poets son, in honor
of his father has raised the worthy
hauta. The grave is entirely covered
by a stone. which bears the name of
Henrik lbsen. and the date Of his
birth and his death. The high stone
bears a miners hammer, indicating
the laborious work OF Henrik Ibsen,
the great miner Of human character.
The wreath at the foot OF the stone IL
Of bronze, q tribute from Italy placed
Oi az To- Wy Nh' 'A"N "Ahh ~
Of an Italian man-of-war that visited
us last summer. Hail TO the man TO
whose honor his son raises a stone by
the roadside" runs a line in III old
Morse poem. This noble bauta goes
far to confirm the truth of il.
Labor conditions are improving in
Norway. This is noticeable now 0
than ever. for in Christiania, for eX-
ample, where so many hundreds Of
men and ome used to lay idle dur
ing 'the,holidays and hundreds of other
poor families had to be fed by the
charity organizations, there are this
season comparatively few who have
been in actual need of assistance. The
charity organizations are not, however,
tagging behind. They realize in full
measure that their services may be
needed in the future and thus they
continue to solicit funds whenever
opportunity affords.
The Mormons are keeping up a
vigorous propaganda I'm Norway. A
new president has recently been sent
from Utah. who is to make his resi-
dence in Trondhiem and superintend
the mission WORK. Twenty missionar-
les, mostly young men, are expected
to begin work I'm northern Norway and
in Finland for the cause of Mormon
ism. A great Mormon conference is
to be held in Trondhjem next summer,
at which representatives from all the
Scandinavian countries are expected to
be present.
Harry Randall, the well known
Minneapolis gentleman, who is Mr..
ROald Amundsen's lecture manager, Is
at present arranging a lecture tour for
the celebrated explorer, who returned
to Norway not long ago. Mr.. Randall.
has arranged lectures for Mr.. Amund-
sen in Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris and
London.
The well known Savage club in
London, held an elegant banquet last
month In memory of its fftleth ami
versary. Fridtjof Nansen, the Nor
wegian minister to England, was toast
master for the evening. Present were
many representatives from London's
semitic, literary and musical circles.
Bergen will have 4 tourist and ex-
port exhibition in 1908 and that active
city Is already making strenuous prep
arations for making as complete and
unique an exhibition as possible. Bust
ness men generally are much inter
ested and a substantial appropriation
is expected from the storthing.
A wife in Nordland, who Is an ex-
IRENE vegetarian, has for several years
protested against living with a hus
band who persists In eating meat. As
she was unable 70 convert her hus-
band to her belief she at last applied
for a divorce and Is now legally
separated from her husband.
Hulda Garborg's Ave act historical
drama has now been completed and
rendered with great success at the Ma
tional theater in Chrstiania. The
drama depicts court life from the time
Of Louis XIV Of France and Is de-
clared by critics to be an unusually
strong presentation.
In a late report Missionary Skrsfs-
rud, Of the Santal mission, which has
been published ia Norway, says that
his mission field received during the
last year 26.4oO crowns from Norway,
q, 900 from Denmark and $1,000 from
America.
An international ski exhibition will
be held some time this month In
Ch%ristiania. 1t will be given In con
with the annual Holmenkollen
ski tournament, which many foreign
skaters and ski runners will attend.
Paul Hayse. the German author, has
severely criticised John Poulsen's book
Ibsen, stating that he has done the
great poet the rankest injustice and
recommends that the less Mr..
Poulsen's book is read the better.