The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-09
in The SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleanings Of Important News of Norway, S.veden
and Denmark, .vith Occasional Comments
MARTIN w.
NORWAY.
BY MARTIN w. oDLAND

NORWAY.
The tourist traffic has become lively
along the west coast, hundreds of for
eigners pouring into the interior.
A young Norwegian singer, Mrs.
Goudappel, nee Jordan, has been en-
gagged for the coming opera season at
Lubbock.
The storthing has appropriated 1oo,-
900 crowns for the support of a steam
ship line operating between Norway,
Cuba, the United States and Mexico.
Herr Bryde of Christiania is at the
head of the company.
During the year 1906 the income Of
the city of Stavanger was 1,2S4,1O1,50
crowns and the disbursements were
1,276,426.5S crowns, leaving surplus
of 7,674.92 crowns. This compares
favorably with the showing made by
Bergen.
There is remarkable tree on the
Fidge estate, in Soknedal. 1t is COM
bination of three species, the birch,
the mountain ash and the oak, made
by nature herself. At a distance the
tree resembles an oak, but if one
glances at the top he sees the birch
crown. The trunk is that of an oak,
but many years ago it was cut of
about ten feet from the ground, and
from the stump has grown a birch,
now about thirty feet in height. By
the side of the birch, springing from
the same stem, stands mountain
ash, about half as high. A wreath of
strong oak branches grows out Of the
trunk.
Two expert fishermen of Norway
have been engaged by the steam fish
ing company, Salmo, Of st. Peters
burg, to take charge of fishing expe-
dition that is to be sent into the ST.
berian waters to fish for salmon. A
score of Ffnlanders will serve as as.
sistants, together with a strong force
of Russians. Morse methods are to be
used, as well as Morse seins.
A very interesting find of ancient
relics was recently made in Haa. 1t
consists of three spears and a dagger,
made of flint, apparently during the
stone age, all showing remarkable
skill in workmanship. The relics were
found at depth of about four feet, in
moor. They are of an extremely rare
type, there being only one other relic
of the kind at the Stavanger museum,
to which these valuable remains were
presented.
The national agricultural exposition
one of the first of it's kird-recently
held at Frogner, near Chrlstiania, was
complete success, and augurs we'll
for the countrys future advancement
in agriculture. The we'll known cor
respondent, Michael Alger, wrote the
following account while the exposition
was in progress:
"This exposition, like most exposi-
tions, was not a finished product on
the day of the opening. However, it is
we'll worthy of visit The animals,
the farm products and the agricultural
machinery and implements exhibited,
are all that could be expected in a
country with surface like that of
Norway. Several old buildings are
exhibited, showing the different stages
of development which the abodes Of
the Norwegian farmers have passed
through during the last three centur-
les. Dairying is shown by life exhib-
it's The most primitive way of but
termaking can be seeiI going on along
side of production of the article ac-
cording to the latest scientific meth
DDS. There is also 'saeter,' with
cows, goats, 'budeier' (female care
takers) and everything else to make
1t an exact copy of the real Norwegian
mountain summer pastures.
THAT farming in Norway during the
last fifty years has made rapid strides
toward cultivation of the soil on scien-
tific principles is obvious, and the re-
suits must, judging from the impress
sion that this exposition gives. be very
gratifying, both to the farmers them.
selves and to the country in general.
Farm machinery has also come into
use to an extent that hardly could be
expected when the broken condition of
the country is taken into considera-
tion."
SWEDEN.