Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-28
NORWAY.

1bsen-Fest.-A contributor to the
Kristiania Morgenblad has developed
a plan for playing Ibsen pieces in the
performed at Baireuth. Ibsen's works
have become the property Of the civil
lied world, and it is only fair that his
memory should be honored by a the
alter in Kristiania. This should not
be located in the city itself, but in
some beautiful locality just outside the
city. The performances ought to be
given from the middle of July to the
middle of August. The actors might
be selected from among the best ones
found in the country. Only Is of h.
sens works ought to be presented.
six each year, so that it would take
three years to complete the Ibsen
''cycle'
During the fve-year period which
ended in 1905 the population of Nor
way increased from 2,240,O32 to 2,311.-
527. The population increased as fol-
lows in the cities mentioned below:
Sarpsborg, from 1922 to 5000: Lille
hammer, 3,111 to 1887; Drammen, 49,
093 to 24,50O; Tonsberg, S,611 to 1881;
Stavanger, 30,613 to 1854; Hauge-
sund, 1911 to 9,537; Bergen, 72,251 to
$4,000; Aalesund, 11,777 to $4,000;
Kristiansund, 12,050 to 1906; Trond-
hjem, $3.50 to 10000; Narvik, 1923 to
1850; Tromso, 6,996 to 1850. The
population of Kristiania decreased L.
1874 Of the rural communities, Nord-
land Amt was at the head with an
increase CT 7,842; and Akershus, the
country around Kristiania, was good
second with an increase of 6,253. The
city population increased only 27,771;
the rural population 1924. From
1860 to 1900 the city population in
creased faster than the rural popula-
ton.
A great story comes from Aalen
about John Flottum, a thirteen-year
old boy who is said to possess high
ly developed sixth sense" He dis
covered it about two months ago. He
a kind of hide-and-seek. AS he was
standing close up to a wall, facing
the wall, and shutting his eyes and
covering them with his hands, he sud-
denly shouted: There is no use in
standing this way, can see all of you
anyway" And numerous tests have
proved that he can see" things in
way entirely unknown to ordinary peo-
pie. He needs no medium" On one
occasion he told where a lost calf
could be found, and a stone used as a
landmark and afterwards lost, was
easily pointed out by him, though sunk
into the ground and covered with dirt.
Even such small object as gold
ring was "seen" by him where the
owner had lost it in the sand. A lost
dog was advertised in paper, and
the boy told the owner where he could
find it in a rabbit-trap. The boy is
thin and pale and has sharp eyes, but
his mental capacities do not seem to
be extraordinary.
It is said that Norwegians furnished
large part of the capital for the pur-
chase of the Kramfors sawmill in An
kcI1IldulAuN, ONCOCA uc pllCc WA6
over 100000.
An engineer is preparing plans for
regulating the water in Randsfjord
so that the factories along the river
below the lake may have water for
motive power the whole year.
A private stock company is going
to build an electric light plant in
Kristiansund.
The pear crop will be a fine one,
and the apples also look well.
A nine-year-old girl who was spend
ing the summer in the mountains at
Balsfjorden was left down in a hut
for little while. The hut caught fire
from the stove and the girl was suffo-
Gated before anybody could reach her.
At Lovig, Hindo, tomb from the
fifth or sixth century of the Christian
era was found by o. Nikolaisen. Be-
sides the skeleton of woman were
found a box, halrpln, three d1stans
and highly ornamented vase of clay.
The Amt governments received $22,.
900 as their share of the profit of the
liquor traffic during the past year.