The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-14
NORWAY.


Hardanger is producing large guam.
titles of cider, for which there is an
excellent market, especially in Bergen.
The new Bergen railway, recently
opened for general traffic, is now do
ing rushing business, owing to the
numerous tourists and to young peo-
pies gatherings and conventions.
The Seamen's Mission of Norway
has designated Rev. liver Well of
Tromso as a missionary among the
seamen in South America, and his
headquarters will be at Buenos Ayres.
Constantius Flood, one of the most
productive of recent Morse authors,
died in Christiania, aged seventy-one
years. He was the poet of the 1ea,
and his works are pure, so that they
are recommended as good reading for
the young.
Rev. Schelderup, the new bishop of
Christiansand, was indicted into his
high Office by Bishop Bang, the pri-
mate of Norway, July 5. The cere-
mony took place in the cathedral at
Christiansand and was witnessed by
an audience that taxed the capacity
of the large church.
The city council of Lillehammer has
decided to support the Dovre railway
instead of the Kvikne line. Mr..
Thallaug, member Of the storthing
for the district, has also been request
ed by the magistracy of Gjovik to
work for an appropriation for the
Dovre railway in the storthing.
More beef is now produced in the
Trondhjem and Tromso districts than
is consumed by the inhabitants there,
and considerable quantities are
shipped to outside points, particularly
to Christiania. Beef has always been
a luxury in Norway, very high priced,
and in places almost impossible to
obtain.
It has been proposed that the post
age on letters from Norway to the
United States be reduced from 20 oere
to 10 oere. 1t is probable that this
might mean a financial loss, but the
change will be put through-if put
through at all-with the idea Of unit
ing more closely the Norwegians of
the United States with those of the
fatherland.
President Berner has succeeded in
putting through the storthing a reso-
luton to the effect that, although it
is the purpose Of that body to strive
for arbitration Of international dis
putes, the country ought. neverthe-
less, to be prepared to defend itself
The resolution was vigorously opposed
under the leadership of Egede-Nissen,
but was carried by vote of Ill to 10.
The so-called milk sickness" that
has been prevalent in Christiania
since last winter, causing several
deaths, including the death of Mrs.
Gunther, the wife Of the Swedish min
lister, is said to have originated on
the estate Ovre Haug, in Nittedalen
The dairy maid was taken seriously
sick with throat trouble and she in.
fected the milk. 1t was until recently
supposed that sick COW started the
disease, but this theory has now been
discarded.
1t is reported that former residents
of Selbu, NO in America, are contem.
plating the erection of a sanatorium
for consumptives in Selbu as gift to
their birthplace. 1t is the intention
of the donors to have the institution
ready by 1914, at the time when Nor
way celebrates the Tooth anniversary
of her independence. The local socie-
ty for the suppression of tuberculosis
is cooperating with the Norwegian
Americans, who are taking the lead in
bringing the proposed enterprise un-
der way.