Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-10

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It was expected that the Storthing
would end It's session before the end
Of August.
1t is estimated that over 10000 bas-
kets of fruit had been exported from
Stayanger up to the middle of August.
this year. The fruit industry, like
most of the others, is growing in Nor
way.
The remains of kitchen mound,
dating from the stone age, We're dis
covered at Hafrsfjord. Shells Of
oysters were uncovered and stone
vessels, evidently used for cooking
purposes.
1t seems that the tobacco crop in
Norway will be very good this year.
The tobacco industry is on the in
crease in this country, the acreage
this year being about 20 per cent
greater than in 1906.
P. H. Hansteen, formerly high
official in the government of Norway,
has celebrated the 74th anniversary
Of his graduation from the University.
He was born in 1914 and is recognized
as Norway's oldest Student
The private and savings banks of
Norway must be very prosperous.
Last year, about this time, twenty
six of the largest of these institutions
had surplus of 356,242.149 crowns !;
now they have 375,S45,957 crowns
A new method of burning tang, or
seaweed, was discovered by Bull and
Johansen, and as a consequence the
tang burning industry has made great
progress of late. There are many
landowners along the coast who have
yearly profits from the industry of 400
crowns, and the aggregate profits for
the entire country are now about 700,-
600 crowns a year.
One Of the worst disasters in years
took place at Skoneyik, when the
steamer Folgefonnen, with 20 people
on board, was stranded and at least
40 of the passengers persisted. The
ship was torn wide open and sank
in three minutes. Several hundred
people witnessed the tragedy from the
shore. Most of the passengers were
in bed and did not have time to get
free of the ship before it sank.
A memorial to Per Sivle was unveil-
ed on the top of mountain, called
"Norhue," in Elverum, recently. The
beloved poet used to make the summit
of that mountain a favorite place of
rest and observation, SO it was fitting
to erect memorial there. Like Vinje,
Aasen and Barborg, Per Sivle wrote
in the peasant dialect and his works
are dear to the people of Norway.
Rev. J. st. Munich died at the age
Of 81 years. He was one of the most
interesting personalities in the church
of Norway, being fearless and indie
pendent. Because of his refusal to
subscribe to the doctrine Of enforced
marriage and enforced confirmation,
he broke with the state church and
resigned from his pastorate, but he
returned to the fold later, in order to
enter the home mission work. He was
a pastor at Dodgeville and Wiota,
Wis, from 1856 to 1859.
l mentioned some time ago the fact
that new Norwegian-America
steamship line, to connect Bergen and
New York by direct route, was to be
established. To begin with only two
ships are to be built. Their length
will be 450 feet; their breath, IS feet:
their depth, 80 feet. Their speed will
be 16 knots normally, and 1s knots
under high steam. The trip from
Bergen to New York will be made in
2O6 hours and the trip from New York
to Bergen in 2o3 hours. Thus faster
and the United States than was eve.
time will be made between Norway
made before, and the route ought to
become very popular and draw the
bulk of the emigrant traffic.