Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-24
NORWAY,

NORWAY.
There is greater interest evinced for
ski running than ever before Great
plans are now under way to make the
Holmenkollen event one Of the great
est in history. AS a sport Norwegian
ski running reaches its acme In the
jumping contests, which, commencing
early in January. take place every
Sunday, in different parts of the coun.
try successfully, eliminating in the
great event at Holmenkollen on the
mountain overlooking Christiania.
These contests are purely athletic af
fairs, and not an essential part Of the
ski running. but they serve the pur
pose as stimulant to maintain inter
est in the exercise. AS picturesque
and exciting exhibitions of athletic
skill they surpass anything else in the
world of sport. One of the sights OF
Christiania Is the long and carefully
constructed "coast," as Americans
would call il, which winds down from
the hills of "Frognesater" to the cap
ital of Norway. On winter Sunday
this is a great slide and scene of
constant life and animation. Sleds
come gliding down in rapid succession,
their occupants shouting the warning
"Look out" The Norwegian record is
held by jump of forty-eight meters.
or nearly 1873 feet, down the slope.
Measuring back on a level to the take
off. the distance covered in this sur
prising flight is hundred and twenty.
five feet, with a drop of about sixty.
five feet.
Norway's queen takes a great inter
est In charity work and whenever she
has an opportunity to do some kind
deed she devotes her entire time to It.
There are many poor people In the
Norwegian capital this winter, but
their condition is not foreign to the
good queen. She has already donated
thousand of crowns to charity institu.
lions and is also taking great deal OF
interest in the anti-tuberculosis so
ciety of the country, which is making
such heroic efforts to check the In.
roads and ravages of that dreadful dis.
ease. Recently she donated 5000
crowns to the society and also pre-
scented the Christiania branch with
beautiful pair of French vases, which
are valued at several hundred crowns.
King Haakon is equally good hearted
and, although he is not king who is
receiving the greatest royal salary In
the world, ne freely subscribes to good
and worthy causes all that his purse
can stand.
The anti-leprous congress which con-
vened in Bergen some time ago sub
scribed 5000 crowns for the purpose
of fighting the dread disease. From
Individual sources there have been
subscribed something like 10000
crowns. There are number OF cases
Of leprosy in the country and the
storthing will be asked to take up the
matter of purchasing an island which
will be set aside for such unfortunates.
Judging from latest calculations the
Amundsen expedition In quest OF the
north pole will cost In the neighbor-
hood of 10000 crowns. Little Nor
way has spent millions Of crowns al
ready and 1t can be truthfully said of
the country that 1t Is contributing its
share for scientific research.
Carl Dohns, the young zoologist has
been appointed "conservator" of the
Bergen museum. While only young
man, Mr.. Dohns has already distin
guished himself in his chosen avoca.
ton and everybody thinks that the
right man has been selected for the
place.
King Haakon has donated 10000
crowns to the Eidsvold monument
The Eidsvold monument fund now
amounts to about $4,000 crowns and is
steadily increasing.