Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-23
SWEDEN.
stockholm.

The Morgenbladet, the big Christi.
ania daily. i'm discussing the crops for
1907 gives statistics showing the va.us
of the crops in Norway the past few
years. According to these statistics
1t appears that an average crop Is
about as follows: 2,567,0O0 tons o,
hay, 100000 hektoliters of potatoes.
264 900 hektoliters of grain. 3.4I4,C0)
hcktoliters of barley, 3l4,7S0 hektolit.
ers Of rye. 1lS,O9O hektoliters of wheat.
In this calculation turnips and other
vegetables are omitted. In 1905. a
good year. the value of the crops was
Pug, 100000 crowns. In 1904, a poor
year, the value of the crops was 1922
10000 crowns. In conclusion Nor
genbladet says that ii is still too early
to make an accurate estimate of the
1907 crops. That it will be less than
normal, however is certain.
Professor Rontgen, who some tine
ago was authorized TO 30 through a
number of Grieg manuscripts, which
were never put I'm print by the late
composer, states that he has found
some perfect gems. SO new volumes
of Grieg songs. allegeo ana anda t.
will be published in the near future,
permission to DO SO having been Sc
cured from Mrs. Grieg. Professor
Julius Ron gen. who is pianist OF
wonderful capabilities and who is con
sidered one Of the best Grieg inter-
prefers i'm Norway. will give concert
in Copenhagen this month, when he
will render the selections mentioned.
which, of course, have never been
rendered in public before.
The duties on imports for Novem-
Der in Norway for the year o. 1907
amounted to 2,395,57S crowns, a
against BOTS, 145 crowns in November,
1905. In the first eight months of the
fiscal years of 1907-0S. the duties ag-
gregated 30.746,S07 crowns, as coni
pared with 2S.579,59O crowns during
the same period year ago. If the
increase continues to the end of the
4l.000,000 crowns.
Bjornson has written a long and In
teresting article in the 'Berliner Tage
blatt' regarding the late King Oscar,
who during the last few years was an
intimate friend of Bjornson's. The ar
ticle is full of touching incidents taken
from the time that he was king OF
both countries. 1t is well known
fact that prior to receiving the No G
prize for literature, Bjornson was real.
ly strong opponent of King Oscar.
Minister Hjalmar Christian Hauge's
Friday. He was buried in Our Sayinrs
cemetery. In the funeral procession.
which was an unusually large one
participated a representative of King
Haakon, United States Minister Hef-
bert Pierce and members of the dip
lomatc corps.
The remains of the late Nine. Eva
Nansen. wife of the Norwegian ex-
plorer, Fridtjof hansen, were cremated
in Gothenburg, Sweden. week before
last. The deceased gave orders mans
years prior to her death that her body
was to be cremated and her wish was
gratified
The number of postal money orders
which were sent from the United
States to Norway for the holidays
amounted to about 77S,410 crowns this
year. Last year the money orders
sent during the same period amounted
to 62S,S11 crowns.
Ar anonymous book entitled Under
the Law" which was recently pub
lished has created much at enticn in
all parts of the country. especially in
school circles. The book takes IN
child punishment as it is being prac-
ticed in rural schools.
Nine. Nina Grieg, widow of the late
composer, Edward Grieg, has received
permission TO erect masouleIm on
rod-Haugen in memory of her hus,
band.