Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-23


strike in some cases made it impos-
sible to have the COWS MIXED at reg.
ular hours, and the consequent suffer.
ing to the animals caused general dis.
gust with the strike leaders, who are
already leaders of the Socialist party.
NORWAY.
The first session of the storthing
was brief and informal. Berner was
reelected president and Knudsen vice
president.
There was no snow in the country
around Stavanger during part OF
December, and the sheep were able
to find a part of their necessary fooo
in the fields and woods.
TO haul the grain from the fields on
sleds is not pleasant task. But this
is what many Norwegian farmers
situation still more gloomy is the fact
that in many cases the crop is not
worth threshing. Not even the cattle
relish the stuff. "
A Kristiania preacher must know
more than ordinary people do about
the nature of angels. He claims that
they are subject to the laws of gravita'
ton. Hence, the good ones are soar.
| ing about in heaven, while the bad
ones, being heavier, are dragged
down to the earth. ..
Many farms have been sold lately
| Sv1 H,,11 ~vsov, 1c1o
noted mountain valleys of Norway. In
most cases the buyers are spectators,
whose aim is to get rich by stripping
the land of its timber. This sort of
traffic is looked upon with dismay
by the residents of the community.
A post mortem examination showed
that Minister Hauge, who died from
heart failure while out skiing all alone
in the woods above Kristiania, had
been suffering from Qualification OF
the arteries and that his heart had
been attacked so that death would
have come at an early date at any
rate.
In Stavanger amt a committee has
been appointed to propose means OF
averting the danger which threatens
the sheep raising industry. There is
tendency to turn the mountain pas
lures into hunting grounds, which re-
duces the chances for the sheep farm
ers and increases the number OF
beasts of prey.
The introduction of the new govern
ment rules for spelling at Narbo made
the people so impatient that they took
a decisive step, requiring the use Of
pure Norwegian without any further
attention to the Norwegian-Danisf
book language which has been used
in the schools of Norway for centuries
The city council of Bergen has votet
100000 for the construction of q new
hospital at Hankeland, in the com
mune of Aarstad. $685.,
Rev. Carl Konow, the much dis
cussed preacher who is holding on t
position as assistant pastor of {
state congregation in Bergen, though
he is Unitarian, has received sup
port from unexpected quarters. Rev
J. I. Andersen, who was once pro
posed for a theological professorshil
at the university, and who has served
the Ofoten parish for about fort!
years, has written a newspaper article
in defense Of Konow. The article ha
stirred up much bad feeling, but tn
> writer enjoys such splendid reputa
ton that no prominent public man ha
deemed it expedient to make publi
attack on him.
Skredsvig's painting, "A Poem
About DEATH" has found home a
last. Years ago it was proposed t
have it installed in noted church Il
Kristiania, but after an animated cor
troversy it was excluded on tn
ground of being unsuitable for plac
of religious devotion. It consists O
J two parts, one representing fathe
: and mother mourning at the fresl
grave of their child, the other par
J showing Jesus seated on his thron
l and the New Jerusalem In the back
, ground, while the departed child !
|. led up to Him. The painting has beel
: placed in the Frogner church, whicl
t is located in the most fashionable, pol
ton Of the Norwegian capital.
, An English company which own
l the Birtavarre mines, near Tronst
. has rented out the property to a
1 Swedish company for one year. TIL
4 latter is going to employ 200 me
]. there as an experiment, and the Enl
!. lish proprietors may sell their right
/ to the Swedes one year from now. B
8 An insane woman ran into the Sc
d at Sondfjord, and one of her sister
and a cousin tried to save her. Th
i result was that all were drowned.
: Norway is importing more whes
: -four than she used 70 DO n forme
4 years.