The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-08
NORWAY.

King Haakon and DR.. Fritchof Nam
sen have a hunting tour in Western
Norway.
Buskerud is to have a school for
agriculture that is to cost about 10000
crowns.
There is talk of a steamship line
from Norway to Mexico, to be subsi-
died by the government.
A silver medal was recently award
ed to Axel Carlson of Christiania for
rescuing three men from drowning.
The school children of Haugesund
have now contributed 1880 own
to the savings account of the city
fund.
Christiania is getting the epidemic
OF smallpox under control. Sept. l
there were only ninety-three cases in
the city.
Snow fell at Kvnikne Sept. 4. The
hills were white and the valleys were
also covered. The storm was accom-
panied by a stiff cold, so that the
ground was frozen.
The authorities OF Ullensaker have
decided to purchase a large tract OF
fsp,hn, onI hnll ~ for Tho nnnaral
good. II has become the order of the
day in Norway for public bodies to
take steps TO preserve the forests for
the good Of the people.
The tourist traffic in Telemarken
was less this year than In former
years by some rs per cent, the II
being ascribed to the opening of the
new Bergen railway, which induced
the tourists to pass that way. Now
the people Of Telemarken are wonder
ing IL that railroad is going to inter
fere with their business in future
years.
That ENGLISH capital has obtained
a. firm foothold in Norway Is proven
by the fact that more English capital
has been invested in Norwegian mines
than in the mines OF any other coun-
try except Spain. During the past
thirty years seventy-two English stock
companies have been organized to
conduct mining operations in Norway.
Their aggregate capital Is 140,666,OOO
The biggest OF these COM
panies Is the Cumberland Iron Ore Co.,
with a capital of 1000, 900 lstrl.
The capital is getting good. Stats
tics show that less and less crime Is
committed in the city each succeed
ing year. In 1903 the courts found
1,079 persons guilty of misdemeanors;
in 1904 the number fell to 1,006; In
1905 to 903; In 1906 to 901; In 1907
to only CAT. What the result will be
this year cannot be definitely an
nounced, but the indications are that
the showing will be still better. Can
any other large city Of the world make
a more creditable showing.
One OF the results OF the high tax
on liquor, recently imposed by the
storthing is a decided falling Off in the
demand for potatoes. Thousands of
acres of land were planted to pota-
toes, intended for the distilleries, and
as these have been compelled to shut
down because OF the heavy excise
laws, there is no market for the
spuds. East Totem alone will lost
over 200, 900 crowns on this account,
and rhe loss will be keenly felt on the
so-called upland regions of the
country.
The private school for ministers,
about which I have spoken. was duly
opened Sept. 8 at Christiania, with
Prof. Odland at the head of the fac
ulty. assisted by Rev. Sverdrup. Rev.
Hognestad and Rev. Hallesby. The
institution must have excellent finan-
cial backing, as $4,000 crowns have
already been subscribed for its main
tenance, and more is expected. The
object of the institution Is to provide
q training school for pastors in ac-
cordance with the old theological
standards. for which Prof. Odland has
fought SO manfully the past few
years. He was formerly a member of
the theological faculty of the univer-
sity of Christiania, but resigned be-
cause of the adoption by that faculty
Of the new theology" as it is called,
which is not sufficiently orthodox to
suit the most deyout believers.