Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06


ket, and importing such leading prod
ucts of list country as flour and hides.
They claim that Argentine Imports
much that Norway. produces, such "a
fish and fishery products, wood pulp.
paper, etc. and they are trying to get
their share Of this trade. To make the
enterprise effective direct line OF
steamers is contemplated. and will un-
doubtedly become reality before
long. Many OF the above named prod
ucts now imported by Argentine are
claimed to be of Norwegian origin.
sold there through German jobbers.
Such imports amount to several million
dollars annually, and 1t is the aim
of the men ut the head Of this new Ar
gentine trade movement TO leave out
the foreign middlemen and reserve
what profit there is in the deal for
Norway and Norwegian merchants.
| Other articles which Norway expects
to sell to Argentine are matches, box
shocks. doors. window frames, ready
built wooden houses and other prod
ucts of the forest"
! ~ lllOSt SiuEuidI anu untdhhs OaNNt-
renee is reported from Moss, title
town near Christania, and norwegian
newspaper writer's have In vain en-
! deavored to explain. The occurrence,
which is peculiar in its character to
say the least, was the following; At
Mess, small town south of Christi.
| ania, lives n family who among sev.
eral other pieces of furniture, has an
old clock. whose functions as time
keeper ceased years ago. Out OF re-
spect for services 1t once had rendered,
II was permitted to hang on the wall.
\ though no longer useful. Below his
ancient timepiece hung photc graph
OF the late King Oscar of Sweden
which he himself had presented to tho
4 lady of the house and with whom he
was well acquainted. AS will be re-
membered II was Sunday morning
that King Oscar died. On that par
tlcular morning when the Moss family
was gathered around the breakfast
table the old clock ON the wall, which
had been out of running condition for
years. began to strike. While they al.
were very much surprised at the unex
plainable occurrence, they become st u
more 80 when later In the day they
learned that King Oscar had died just
about when the old clock, over his
highly treasured picture. had so unex.
pectedly struck.
Just at present Christiania, which ~
the center OF interest in theatrical cir
cles at present, is having some trouble
In selecting new chief of the Ma
tional theater. This has not been ac-
complished yet Among the few ap.
plicants who have come forward Ia
Johan Fahlstrom He has been run
ming a theater OF his own for some
time and therefore his application has
been given serious consideration. He
is on the best terms with his col
leagues and they all favor him. IL
is quite possible that he will be the
man selected.
The question OF how to preserve the
three ancient viking ships, which have
been unearthed at different times and
which are the property OF the Uni
versty Of Chrstiania - has long been
discussed and 1t Is now said that \
plan proposed by an architect OF Hol-
land is likely to be adopted. This Is
to place them In large subterranean
hall to be constructed In the hill near
the royal palace. A Norwegian firm
In London has guaranteed TO pay one
tenth of the cost II the plan Is adopted
by the authorities.
During the period OF l905-1906 there
emigrated 1866, 2O6 persons from Nor
way. In 1906 the number OF emigrants
were as follows: To the United
States, 20.449; to Canada, 1,476, and TO
Asia, Australia and Africa together
only twenty-eight Thus 1t will be
seen, in comparison with former years.
That Norway's emigration Is on the de-
cline.
In 1908. 1883 persons met death by
accident. OF which 753 succumbed BY
drowning, twenty-five persons were
killed or murdered, Of which nine were
children less than twcnty-sour hours
old; 144 committed suicide. eighty-two
died by hanging, twenty-five by drown
ing. fifteen by stabbng, and like
number by shooting
Little Prince Olaf n an enthusiast
on skeeing. Several times this season
the little fellow has appeared on the
famous "Holmenkollen'' and there Is
always crowd there to admire the
plucky little prince.
Norway's population at the end OF
1906 was 2.321,6S Christianla Is now
estimated to have $4,000 Inhabitants
In 1906. 20S couples were divorced.
OF which eishty-one came from Christi
anla.