Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-31

SWedes may push their trade for all
they are worth without fear of kick
ing from their next-dOor neighbors
NORWAY.
New potatoes raised in Norway were
sold on the market as early as July ,.
A Danish theatrical troup that gave
performances in some of the largest
cities Of Norway took in over 100000
in nine months.
The returns of the nlackerel fish
cries have been much larger than US
ual during the past season, some men
making from $720 to $1,000.
The state government is going to
take possession and assume control
of the municipal employment bureaus
of Bergen, Trondhjem and Stavanger.
1t is hoped that the rails will be
laid on the Bergen railway from Voss
to Finse before September first, so that
trains may run regularly from Bergen
to Finse, distance of IS (English)
miles.
The Norwegian mission society is
going to continue the work on the
same scale as before in Zululand and
Madagascar, tho the prospects are far
from bright in those countries In
China the work will be materially ex-
tended.
The Norwegian Socialists in Amer
Alfred Eriksen to lecture in some Of
scholar, and above all an eloquent,
mn ct itot -
rather run his head against a stone
wall than give up a fight. For years
he has been a prominent figure in
the Norwegian storting. He is beaten
in nearly every game, but that does
not seem to worry him bit.
The agricultural exposition which
was opened in Kristiania in the early
part Of July proved a success far
greater than that Of covering the ex
penses all around. The whole people
of Norway seem to realize more than
ever that farming is by far the most
important occupation, even in the land
of the midnight sun, and the interest
which all classes of people took in the
exhibits was something to make the
managers of the exposition proud and
happy. 1t is claimed that 100000
strangers came to Kristiania on ac-
count of the fair. Scientific lectures
! were given on all the Important
branches of farming, and the way
people crowded around the lecturers
was a sight. Even politics seemed to
be forgotten for the time being.
The tactics of the -administra-
ton party in the Norwegian storting
show that they are ready to do al
most anything to humiliate the Michel
sen cabinet. The attempt made few
weeks ago to trip up the cabinet has
been referred to on several occasions.
The issue was a purely practical one,
and only experts could have a thoro
understanding Of it. The government
had been negotiating with the Glom-
men manufacturers union about the
regulation of the water in Lake Mo-
sen by means Of the Sundfos dams,
and the two parties had come to an
agreement. Then the opposition
brought up the whole matter again
in the storting. A committee was
appointed, and for weeks the discus
sion was raging in the press and
mon people began to show signs of
L
ported, a majority going against the
government and minority support
ing it. The storting spent four days
discussing the "MjOsen regulation is
sue" before a vote was taken. This
resulted in a victory for the admin
istration, the vote being Sc to so. But
the opposition did not give up the
fight at this stage. DR.. Rev. Alfred
Eriksen, the learned, eloquent, COM
bative leader of the ten Socialists in
the storting, proposed a vote of CEN
sure against the government for hav-
ing acted in this matter before re-
ferring it to the storting. The pur-
pose of this motion was plain: The
humiliation Of the cabinet. Suddenly
there was a reaction, and IL out Of
the so went over to the So; the gov
eminent being supported by a vote
of Is to 4S. The 12~were Leptists.
About 500 women attended the w.
mems national convention in Trord-
hjem At "tea festival the women
gave vent to their joy because the
stortjng granted political suffrage to
100000 of them almost before they
had dared to expect it.
A monument of the late Bishop
Hench has been unveiled at the West
Aker cemetery, Kristiania. The mon
ey was raised by subscription in
America and Norway.
The city council of Aalesund has re-
solved to have the sale of beer and
wine stopped at five o'clock in the
afternoon, instead of at seven o'clock
in the evening.
N. K. Odegaard was crowded out
of his position as principal Of the Aas
Agricultural College by means Of
blackmail; but the tide is turning in
his favor, and the authorities have in
duced him to resume his work.
While Anders Gustav Berg was en-
gagged in building a stone wall at
Simersbraaten, East Aker, Kristiania
he fell backward, his head striking
against a sharp rock, which split his
skull so that he died at once.
Bishop Bang, of Kristiania, who is
staying in Denmark, was invited to
dinner by the king, who had called
on him in person - extend the in