Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-12-23
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Grip, a fishing hamlet near Kris
tianssund, which formerly belonged
to man named Williamson, has
bought the ground-"bought ITSELF as
the newspapers put it, for 100000.
Ole Larsen Lnnkfjord, an old bear
hunter at Stokmarknas, broke thru
the ice when fishing, and his wife ran
out to save him. But she also fell in
to the water and both were drowned.
Rev. Gustav Jensen, dean of the
diocese of Kristiania, wants four new
church buildings in Kristiania. One
of his arguments is that some parishes
contain over 10000 people while the
seating capacity of the one church
building in each parish is less than
1000.
Magnus Olsen, young but very
gifted historian, has been appointed
professor of Old Morse and Icelandio
Language and History at the univer-
sity of Norway. His predecessors
were Sophus Bugge, P. A. Munich and
Rudolf Keyser, all of whom were
favorably known thruout the world
of learning.
A man in Kristiania bought cow
last year for $40. He failed to ex.
anime the animal, and after the COW
had given birth to calf he found
that she had only three teats. He said
the man who sold him the COW, and
after heap of expert testimony had
been produced on both sides the court
decided that the seller should return
$40, or one-half of the price, to the
buyer.
Rolf Thommesen expects to get
doctors degree on the basis of thesis
which he had to defend in a four
hours hot debate. He maintained
that Greek art was chiefly the result
Of commercial activity. The sculp-
tors and painters of the golden age of
Greece followed certain established
rules, he said. This his opponents, on
the other hand, claimed that Greek
art was true picture of the life of
the Greeks at a certain period and
that the Greek sculptors and artists
accomplished what they did by dint
of superior skill and genius.
"Curfew" ordinance. - In some
smaller Norwegian towns the church
bells have been rung at eight o'clock
in the evning as warning to the chill
dren playing in the streets, that it is
time for them to go home. This
method was also tried in the parish
of Tojen, Kristiania, and the innova-
dean of the cathedral caused all the
church bells Of the capital to be rung
at eight o'clock. The police inspector
of Tojen reported that no children
are found on the streets after eight
o'clock in that part of the city, but
he is not very sure that this state Of
things will last in the long run.
The students union some time ago
began to cooperate with the labor
unions, who have their headquarters
at "Folkets Hus." About the same
time a number of students worked as
"strike-breakers" during dock labor
ers' strike. At the close of the strike
the labor unions asked the students
union to discipline those of it's mem
bers who had meddled with the strike.
But the students union refused to
act in the matter, and the laborers
retaliated by resolving not to receive
lecturers selected by the students
union. These steps practically sew
cred the connection between the two
organizations. The Socialistic stu.
dents withdrew from their union and
started new students union, whose
headquarters will be in "Folkets Hus."
The three dairies in Stavanger have
been consolidated, making the new
concern the largest Of its kind In
Norway. The three diaries combined
bought 100000 gallons Of milk in
1907.
So many text books are "authorized"
by the Norwegian government nova
days that public educators are great
ly annoyed by those who are pushing
the sale OF the books. se.
The new floating dock at Porsgrund
will be 240 feet long, and will be able
to accommodate ships of $500 tons.
d. ".
-Fredrikstad has 1880 Inhabitants.
This is s143 less than two years ago.
The decrease is due partly to great
fire, partly to stricter building or
dinances, which induced many people
to put up wooden buildings just out
side the city limits.
+ Capt. OF the Horse Isachsen has
asked the storting for $6,750 to enable
him to make surveying expedition
to Spitzbergen. and hs expects to get
the money.
Bjornson is recovering from his
govt, and he has already commenced
70 work again.