Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07
April 8. Her majesty will remain there
during the next Six weeks. -
NORWAY.
Christianta.

Lieutenant NJ. III. Magnus, of the
Norwegian army, who was sent by the
Norwegian government TO America &c
to their native land, has met with
about as little success as Mr.. Lager.
!, krantz, the Swedish minister TO the
!, United States,n who made afa H trip
through, the northwest last summer o.
that same purpose. Lieutenant Mig
nus has had about the same experi
,eIce's aiong these tinesIas Mr. Lager.
krantz. and his, missioRrto thegUni;eq.
\ States has in this respect proven IA /
, ure Lieutenant Magnus came to The
United States'last September and. art
,sr travelling about very extensively in
the northwest, he has now concluded
that the plain to have Norwegian.
, Americans return TO therhome country
Is an utter limppssibility,y LigutGpapt
9Magnus in speaking of his visit r.
: America has EXPRESSED himself Az bl
lOws;s n have met aeiarce number OF,
my c9untrymen since i landed hege,
last September, and everywher~ '
found Them in easy ciichmsta noes. T.
Yonld' berniee TO havea large Influx Of
that kind of people in, Norway, but y,
is simply out of the question. The
problem before us is to keep The people
we already have here, and this is the
question that am in, part trying TO.
solve"
Norway's imports, according To
"a tatSt
Increase, The aggregate value of IN
Imports IN January of this year
amounted TO l5,SOO.COO crowns AZ
against 100000 crowns i'm January
1907. This great increase is due 20
the large amount Of rye, barley ana
wheat TINT thepeop'e OF Norway were
compelled to huy from foreign conn
tries on account Of the crop shortage
last year. Unfortunately for the couu
try il is unable 10 show a marked in.
crease in her imports. the exports in
January, 1908, being l2,SO0,O00 crowns
more than the sarhe month In 1907. q
' King Edward and Queen Alexandra
arrived in Christiania, last Monday,
evening from Stockholm. On their ar
rival lii the Norwegian capital they
received most enthusiastic reception
and it is needless to say, that their re-
ception at the court was q most hearty
one The ties OF kinship, which Binds
the royal. house of Britain with that
of Norway, are so close that Que can
hardly conceive how good old King Ed
ward woulapermit any trouble for lit
tie Norway as long as he remains the
ruler of the mighty nation on whose
possessions the sun never sets.
DR. McCracken's lectures at The Uni.
versity of Christiania proved splcn
did success and were very largely at
tended. The professor was accorded
most cordial reception ana was
rendered a banquet by Mr.. PIERCE. the
American minister. which was al
tended by many scholars Of distint
ton. The plan to exchange profess
with America has struck popular
chord among Norwegian educator
support.
Olaf Hareide is the name of young
Norwegian composer who is rapidly
coming to the front. He has already
made name for himself AT Berlin,
where he gave concert some time
ago, which was attended by many
musicians of note. The young man
played some OF his compos tons by
request and won q great deal of warm
praise. He is at present studying
music under Professor Kahn at Berlin
Professor Haukland, the author. Is
advocating the erection of marine
museum and has written long article
In support OF the proposition TO the
"Dagsposten" In Trondhjem Tie
proposition has met with widespread
favor and il may not be long before
such museum may be erected IN
Irondhjem.
From Bergen and vicinity comes tn
report that emigration from that sec.
ton Of the country is increasing again
This spring a large number Of people
have emigrated and the outlook is that
IL will keep up for some time. Lack
OF employment and business opportuni.
ties are among the causes given
Jonas Lie. the popular author, is re-
ported in III health. He is at present
living with a daughter In Christiania
His eyesight Is said to be greatly I'm.
paired, thus preventing him from en-.
gasing in any active literary work.