Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-25
NORWAY.

Inc norwegian newspapers nave
raised their advertising rates.
Gold and silver have been found by
a Norwegian-Amer at Sund. 80.
South Berghenbusamt is going to
have an insane asylum Of it's own
About 10000 ryper (ptarmigans)
were caught in Sirdalen last winter.
The requests made to public insti
buttons in Bergen amount to $2,000,000.
The pecuniary loss caused by the
snowsldes at Gieranger was about So
900. p.
Bjornson has donated a bust of the
late Alexander Kjelland to the city of
Molde.
Kaiser Wilhelm recently invited Ed
ward Grieg, the Norwegian composer,
to luncheon.
lag (retail liquor company for the
year 1906 was 100000.
The Potsgound porcelain factory
gave it's proprietors 8 per cent on their
investments for the year 1906. ...
A refrigeratingr plant for = freezing
and preserving herring for fish bait
has been finished at Akrehavn.
The examinations for bachelors de-
grees will be taken by $50 persons this
year, as against SGT last year.
The Bergen steamship company is
going to keep three steamers on a
line between Bergen and Holland.
Considerable amounts of money have
been raised for consu1nptives on the
Egra property, Flare, near Arendal.
Prof L. Dietrichson has willed $751;
900 to the University Of Norway for the
advancement Of historical research.
About 700 men are employed at
Odda, which means that the place will
have some 1000 inhabitants in a few
years. 49, -..-r. ~ .....yf .. T..
The king and queen of Norway are
going to make an official call on the
president of France May "a, and thef
stay in Paris will last two or three
days.
A Russian female anarchist entered
Norway in the far north. Two Rus
sion detectives were upon her heels,
but she passed south, through the
whole length of the country, without
being caught by them.
| Prof. Odland is in favor of a; private
school for the education Of preachers
but his more conservative friends hest
tate to take such decisive step as to
cut loose from the university and es-
tablish an independent theological
seminary.
! There Is a steady increase in the
shipment of machinery to Kristiania,
which indicates that there is change
for the better in the industrial life OF
| the city Many of the machines are
Installed in old establishments, but
new factories are also opened from
time to time.
Stavanger has passed an ordinance
prohibiting the sale of all kinds Of
liquors on public market days. The
new ordinance was tried for the frs
time this spring. The police were
asked whether they noticed the
change. "Well, the Jail was empty
because there was no one to put into
| it,
Biornson wants Rev Carl Konow tt
remain in the state church. 1t may be
rememb that Konow, though {
| preacher in the state church at Bergen
has announced beliefs which place
] him among the Unitarians. Bjornsor
! thinks that since there is a state
/ church such a church ought to bt
broad enough to comprise people Q:
different religious views.
/ A motion to change the name O
1 Kristiania to Oslo was voted down by
the city council of Kristiania, only
votes being cast in favor Of the change
Oslo is the ancient name. EARLY in thu
seventeenth century the town wa:
burned down. and the new town wa:
i 80 -, q = ~, honor ~ the king Christian
lIV of Denmark and Norway, an an
cestor of the present kings Of sNorwa,
and Denmark. ss. Ii M
The Aamli scurch caught fire dur:
Ling a Sunday service, and only som'
/ Of the most valuable fixtures and otie
objects were saved.
"a new agricp ltural school will ID
opened at Tandberg, Ringerike.