Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-06-20

1885-189O, approx
mately ......... .152,170 8,646,20
1895 .246,225 13,467 900
1901 .382,846 22,660,700
1902 .447 ,470 24,736,800
1903 .447,744 23,S76, 600
1904 ............4 45,260 24,290,6 900
1905 .442,325 27,620,4~
1906 .......50 5,120 31,725,200
In connection with the wood indus
try, the development of the paper in
dustry has also been most gratifying
and the indications are that Norway
will soon take high, rank as paper
producing country.
The innumerabIe waterfalls OF Nor
way, which have hitherto been regard
ed as valuable for their beauty and at
tractiveness to tourists only, are now
being coveted by capitalists, because
of their immense commercial value in
furnishing electric power for factories,
and as a consequence of this the gov
eminent is in quandry as to what
rights foreign capitalists shall have in
the exploitation of these falls. In
America the state has nothing to say
as to who shall own the falls or what
use shall be made of them, as they are
here regarded as private property, I'M
less situated in state or national parks,
but in Norway the state is deeply con-
cerned. How the question will be set
tled-whether foreigners are to be al
lowed the same privileges as Norwe-
gian citizens in using the falls for
commercial purposes to be
seen and will be treated in a future
issue. A Christiania correspondent
writes as if the question is so impor-
tant that it may result in the over
throw of the great Nicholson ministry
which has been in power since the dis
solution of the union with Sweden.
Knute Bergslien, the nestor among
the painters of Norway, has Celebra-
ted the 80th anniversary of his birth.
In spite of his advanced age the artist
has youthful spirit and has not COM
pleted his work. He has been at the
head of a school of art at Christiania
for more than a generation and has
done more for the development OF
painting in Norway than any other
teacher, in all probability. Of late
years his paintings have not had the
vogue they had in his younger days,
for the reason that they represent
foreign school. Still Bergslien's works
bear a national stamp and have always
been loved by the Norwegian people.
King Haakon and Queen Maud, who
have been spending a couple OF weeks
in Paris, will cruise along the coast of
Norway in July, starting at Chr1stlan1a
and ending at Vadso, whence they will
travel by carriage to the Russian bor-
der. The royal couple will sail in the
steamer Olaf Kyrre, placed at their
disposal by the Nordenfjeld Steamship
company. News of the royal tour has
been received with enthusiasm along
the west coast.
The soldiers of Malmoen have COM
planned as to the quality of the coffee
that has been served to them, and a
better quality has been ordered by the
government.
About 500 school teachers Of Chris
tiania have taken a course Of instruc-
ton IN the teaching of Sunday school
classes.
1t is announced by the government
that 572,125 Kilograms of fruit were
exported from Norway in 1906.
SWEDEN.
The small merchants of Stockholm
made formidable demonstration
against the big department and CO.
operative stores in front of the city
hall. Over $4,000 people were in the
crowd, all sympathizing with the small
merchants, who are being ruined by
the stores against which they have
now taken up arms. Resolutions were
adopted, addressed to the rigsdag,
asking that certain restrictions be
placed by the government upon the
cooperative and department stores.
DR.. Frans Kempe, owner of the
Domsjo sawmill and the sulphur
works. has offered to sell shares in his
properties to his employees, thereby en-
tering into a copartnership with them,
for their mutual welfare. Each en-
Move can buy as much stock as he
sees fit or is able.
Northern Sweden is being harrass-
ed by large hordes of wolves, and the
Laplanders have asked for the use of
army rifles and ammunition, with
which to exterminate them.
Relics of Jenny Lind, Sweden's i'm
mortal singer, are to be sold at auction
in London this month. Among these
is her piano and several pieces of fur
allure.
The celebrated director of music, AL
bert Lindstrom. is dead at his home
in Gothenburg, aged 72. In his prime
he was one of the foremost musicians
of Sweden.
The Japanese minister to Sweden
will soon be transferred to Brussels.