Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-08-29
NORWAY.
Christiania.

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fore in the history Of the country.
There have never before been SO many
distinguished visitors as during the
current season. Among the list of
notables who have been visiting Nor
way this summer are the following:
Emperor William of Germany, Prince
Andreas and Princess Alice of Greece,
the Duke and Duchess of Fife, the
Duke Of Oldenburg, the Duke and
Duchess Of Roxborough, a prince from
Egypt, one from Japan, one from
China Cbut their names have not ap-
peared generally in printl and thou
sands of English and Americans some
Of whom are artists, lawyers and cap
tains Of industry. While people con-
tinue to emigrate from Norway, the
number of tourists are increasing at
a rapid rate from year to year. In
one way this is Of immense importance
to the country, as the tourists are
good spenders and bring lots Of money
into the country. Still, from an in
dustrial standpoint the tourist is not
included in the reckoning, for he comes
and goes and his trade goes principal
" to the railroad companies, hotels and
cafes. Norway's lead as a tourist
country can not be under-estimated
and the tourist bureaus are doing their
great share of advertising and that
with splendid success.
There are some English capitalists
who fail to get rich in Norway. Some
time ago an English syndicate spent
over 100000 in testing the ore of some
mines at Joranrud. and now the whole
plant has been offered to a Norwegian
business man for $50, 100, which dem
onstrates that British speculation is
not always success in Norway. Dur
ing the past few years there has been
lots of English capital invested in Nor
way and the tendency has been to
crowd out home syndicates. But as
capital has been scarce in Norway, for
eign capital has for this reason not
been very much discouraged.
Railway building in Norway has re-
ceived decided impetus of late. 1t
seems that the Norwegians are fully
awake to the situation and although
Norway is difficult country to build
railways in they are now going about
it in a business like manner. The
storthing has appropriated 100000
crowns TOWARD the building of national
railways. The principal line will be
the so-called Dovre, which will run
through a mountainous section and
will rival any line in the country for
the picturesqueness of it's setting. 1t
will be run from Gudbrandsdalen to
near Trondhjem.
Some time ago the government pur-
chased the telephone system Of Dram
men and vicinity. The system had no
sooner fallen into the hands Of the
government before the rates were
raised, and great number of SUBJ
scribers have notified the government
that they can no longer afford to keep
up their telephone connections. Now
this only goes to show that the gov
eminent also can become exorbitant
in its charges and thus place the peo-
pie in such position that they are
really worse off than when the enter
prise was controlled by private capital.
Among the many distin guished Wis
jtors who have honored Norway this
summer with visit is the King of
Saxony, who has just finished a tour
Of the most romantic sections Of Nor
way. He. is profuse in his praise Of
wonderful scenery and Of
the hospitality Of the people.
Hereafter there will be no excuse
for the women Of Norway not to know
how to cook. The storthing has ap-
SIT 900 for the establishment
Of a normal school for persons who
wish to teach cooking in the public
schools.