The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
IN The SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
CLeanungs Of Important Nesus Of Norway, S,peden
and Denmark, Dith Occasional Comments.
By
NORWAY.
By MARTIN ". oDLA1sp.

NORWAY.
Prince Michaelowitz Of Russia was
a guest Of King Haakon in October.
The reports from the various fish
cries of Norway continue in the same
glowing form as before.
The commission of the church de-
partment for the consideration Of re-
ligious matters is now in session and
will continue their deliberations till
Christmas.
The royal couple left for visit at
Copenhagen and London the early
part Of November. The British press
devoted considerable attention to
their dofngs in London.
Mrs. Sofine Moe. widow Of the late
Bishop Moe, and the mother of the
well known scholar, Prof Moltke
Moe. recently celebrated her seventy.
9th birthday anniversary.
The whale fishing industry at
Tromsoe is giving out. NJ. A. Inge.
brigtsen, well known fisher, will re.
move his outfit to the west coast of
North America. and others have aban-
doned the business in the waters OF
Tromsoe.
The Lyster sanitarium for sufferers
from tuberculosis treated 413 patients
In 1907. OF these. 200 were discharg-
ed during the year. most Of them
greatly improved and some entirely
cured. About % per cent received no
benefit from the treatment.
The governments Of Sweden and
Norway have appointed a committee
to fix the line between the two coun.
tries across the waterway at the
southern end of the line. Ever since
the dissolution of the union there has
been considerable dispute about this
line. The members of the committee
are: J. A. Koeff. formerly minister of
Justice Of Holland; F. v. N. Beichman,
Judge of the upper court of Trond.
hjem and X. H. L. Hammarskjold.
governor Of the Ian Of Upsala.
Plans are being made to increase
the number Of winter tourists in Nor.
way by systematic advertising in for.
eign countries. The ski sports will
be one of the things relied upon to
attract outsiders. for nothing 81 ex'
hilarating and thrilling is offered by
any other country in winter time.
The tourist traffic during the sum.
mer months of 1908 was the best ever
known. More tourists came to see the
grand scenery Of the land Of the mid
night sun and they left behind more
money. The new Bergen railway was
we'll patronized by the strangers. as
from the car windows some Of the
grandest of Norwegian landscapes are
plainly visible.
I have alluded to the annual art ex-
hibit held at Christiania every
autumn and known as "Statens Kun
studstilling." Michael Alger says that
the one held this year is rich in mum.
bers. with several new names in the
catalogue and several fine paintings
by the best known artists. The
exhibition has been open several
weeks. and thousands and thousands
have been looking at the many
spares Of painted canvas. While
from an artistic point Of view
this years exhibit is ocnseder-
ed better than the average, the ex.
hibition rooms are too small and too
crowded to show off the pieces to
their full advantage. Two paintings
of this season are considered Of spe.
cial merit. real gems of art. One is
by Halfdan Strom. entitled. "In Furu-
lund" Tin the pine woods), showing
a group of ladies and children about
to sit down to spread Of good things.
It has a catalogue price of 5000 kron-
or ($1.340).
The other Is a painting by Gud-
mund Stenersen. a piece Of everyday
Christiania life. group of market
vendors around the table where an old
woman serves hot soup and other
warm dishes wherewith to brace I'D
bit during the long and chilly hours
they spend on Stortorvet (the fruit
market place Of Christianity. This
picture, 1t has been suggested. should
be bought for the National picture
gallery, and it Is not unlikely that this
will be done. Anything more national,
or rather more local. would surely
he hard to get. Its catalogue price is
5000 kroner ($80O).
| SWEDEN.
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