The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-19
NORWAY.

A movement has been started ID
place bust of Adolph Tiedeman, the
painter, in the city of Mandal, where
he was born Aug. IA, 1914.
Olaf Amundsen is the oldest dentist
In Norway in point of service, having
practiced for forty-three years. He
celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday an
niversary last month.
A celebration was recently held at
the Aulie school at Udnes, in honor of
Amund Nilsen, who has been a teach
er for forty-nine years straight in that
institution. Among the guests were
students of his representing three gen.
erations. He was the recipient of
many costly gifts.
M. William Barley of Switzerland
has presented to the Bergen museum
a herbarium containing 1,49O different
species of plants, gathered by M.
schleiche, prominent botanist. The
herbarium is of particular value, be.
cause of the unerring accuracy with
which all of the plants are classified
and described.
Christiania is evidently destined to
see a great deal of royalty and nobil-
ity this summer. Aftenposten is au-
thority for the statement that King
Edward and Queen Alexandra will re-
turn to the capital for another visit in
August, coming in the queens pleas
ure yacht. The Prince of Wales will
also visit the city in the course of the
summer, and the Duke of Fife will
sail into Christiania harbor in his
yacht. And from Denmark will come
the Danish crown prince and Princess
Alexandrine.
Some years ago Ole Brude of Aale-
sund, invented peculiar egg-shaped
boat, in which he crossed the Atlantic
in safety and which has come into
somewhat general use in the waters
of Norway. Now it is likely that the
English authorities will adopt it as
life saving boat, as they were greatly
impressed with it's possibilities as
such, when, few weeks ago, it was
tested by them in rough waters off the
English coast. 1t can carry, in a
pinch, forty persons and costs about
1000 crowns.
The late Marcus Nilsen of Freder.
ickshald bequeathed his entire fortune
of $4,000 crowns to the council of that
city, to be used for the benefit of the
poor of that community. The council
has decided to convert the bequest
into legacy, bearing Wilson's name,
the interest from which is to be dis
tributed among the needy.
Such requests as this are becoming
more and more frequent in Norway
and Sweden, indicating growing
sympathy for the poor among the
wealthy or well-to-do classes.
Knud Knudsen Lilledal, peasant of
Vikedal, must be remarkable man.
Though born in 1910, he is still so
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his little farm single handed. and dur
ing last winter he drove to the woods
almost daily and did enough work for
young or middle-aged man. His
hair is only partially white and he has
the appearance of a man who has
many years ahead. However, when
Knud was told by one of his neighbors
that he looked exactly the same as he
did forty years ago. he shook his head
saying, 20, no. feel that l am not
exactly the same"
Is the capital of Norway to get back
its ancient name. Oslo? Over 400
young peoples societies in Norway
have declared in favor of the change,
and an appeal has been made to the
storthing and the cabinet to restore
the old name to the capital The name
Christiania was, of course, given to
the city by the Danes, in honor of
their king. while Norway and Den
mark were united.
The desire to rename the capital
Oslo is further evidence of the growth
of the national feeling, to which l
have frequently referred in these COL
umns.