Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-02
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The king of Siam is going to visit
Norway next spring.
No less than IS members of the
storting belong to a peace society,"
Two Japanese mechanics are study
ing the canning industry of NORWAY.
Thirty men were drowned in Nor
way during the ''big herring" season.
The Vittingfos hotel and it's out
buildings were burned down in tho
night.
A joint NOrwegian-Swedi COM
mittee has agreed on plans for the use
of the railway stations next to the
boundary line on the international
railway lines.
Minister of Commerce Lloyd George,
in speech about the British merchant
marine, said that the Scandinavian
sailors are still the best in the world,
and that it would be a hard blow to
English shipping to pass law weed
ing out Scandinavian sailors
The committee on agriculture pro-
poses that the Halle farm be purchased
and added to the farm of the agricul-
tural high school at Aars This
school is severely criticised in the
press, but the government agrees with
those who think that large part Of
the criticism is unwarrantable spite
work.
DR.. Sigurd 1bsen, the only son of the
great poet, has erected a huge monu-
ment, the tallest polished granite shaft
in Norway, on his fathers grave. The
shaft is sixteen feet high, and at its
foot is a large stone slab, into which
is cut the name of the poet.
A Kristiania lady who was out shop
ping took her time to inspect large
variety of dress goods, and she final
ly made up her mind to take a dress
pattern from piece that felt very
smooth and soft to the touch. Just as
the clerk was about to cut the cloth
he happened to say: 1T is a delight to
see that such fine goods can be made
in Norway" The lady Immediately
changed her mind and ordered a piece
of foreign goods!
The fishing steamer Fremad, whose
owners live in Kristiansund, could not
reach the harbor in a storm though
all the coal and all the combustible
fixtures on board were burnt up under
the boilers. The vessel finally struck
a rock near Smolen. The people on
shore rushed into their boats and
rowed to the wreck. Four men were
saved by means Of life vests" but
one Of them died shortly afterwards
The captain put on vest" but at
the critical moment he was tangled up
in some nets and other trappings, and
was drowned together with six other
men.
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, who became
Norway's first minister to Great Brit
ain, has displaced the picturesque
Marquis de Several, the Portuguese
minister, as the most popular man at
court, and in London society. The
king saw a. great deal of him during
the visit of King Haakon and Queen
Maud Of Norway, and DR.. Nansen now
is included among the favored guests
invited to meet the king at several
large house parties. DR.. Nansen is
adaptable. He can and does dance
with great enthusiasm, whereas NJ.
de Several but rarely can be persuaded
to indulge in this form of amusement.
DR.. Nansen Is a keen sportsman, one
Of the best. bridge players at court, a
skilled musician and a good story-tel-
Ter. But he is not happy in his pres
ent position. Diplomatic life pals IN
him. He only accepted his post ~
minister at the earnest request of King
Haakon, and it is understood that he
probably will retire at the end of next
year. DR.. Nansen is anxious to resume
his Arctic exploration work, and there
is possibility that he may be induced
to make experiments in connection
with form of dirigible balloon which
is being perfected by two Of his coun-
trymen at Kristiania.
The opening of the new railway be-
tween Bergen and the eastern part 81
Norway will cause such a disturbance
Of the business of Bergen and vicinity
that a committee of twelve practical
business men has been appointed Ia
make preparations for the coming re-
adjustment.
Much new land was broken in the
farming communities of Norway last
summer
OF the fiat herring catch about
10000 barrels had been sailed down
at the close of the season.
Consul Larsen, of Kristiania, has
bought four waterfalls in Aardal, near
Bergen, for $4,000.
Lumbermen at Fredrikstad and
Ellinggaard have bought the right of
stumpage of a tract Of timber in Wis
mund parish, Vermland, Sweden. The
deal includes $4,000 trees.
The great Swedish papers are
pleased with the policy of the Nor
wegian storting in giving the Nobel
peace prize to President Roosevelt.
The Norwegians caught 5S,420 bar
rels of herring in the North Sea dur
ing the past season. This was more
than twice the quantity caught in 1905
Beer will be retailed at about zoo
places in Kristiania during the COM
ing year, a reduction of i've in one
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