The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
CJeanings of Important Nes0s Of Norspay, Sweden
and Denmark, uoith Occasional Comments.
BY MAkTnN ". oDLASD.
NORWAY.
By AAkrM ". oDLAND.

NORWAY.
Capt. ROAD Amundsen. the noted
explorer, has purchased an estate at
Rodsten, in Oppegaard. for 5000
crowns. The place will be known as
Uranienborg. and. presumably, will
serve as the explorers summer home
that is to say, while he is not trav-
cling in the arctic regions. He is
busy preparing for his polar chase In
1910.
recruits for 1907 have been made pub
lie by the central bureau. The per-
centage Of efficiency among the diff
'erent companies is as follows: Sond-
more, 70.5; Indherred. 10; Valdres.
SIS; Numedal, SIS; Hardanger, 6S;
~Kristiansand. 67.9; Kristiania, 67.S;
Telemargen, GIG; Hallingsdal. 67.5;
Sogn. 65.7; ~Stavanger, 65.2: Medicines.
SIS: Bergen. CAT: Trondhjem. GA:
Sondmore. Ga; Fjordenes. 6S.7; Gud-
orandsdalen. 63.5: Hedemarken, 63.4:
S~maaleuene, ga; Osterdalen, COL;
Tromso. 1853; Nordland. 7l.2; Alien,
$50; V~aranger, SGT.
A recent dispatch from Christiania
says: Norway was en- fete yesterday
June 81 In celebration of the third
anniversary of the Kingdoms indie
pendence. The actual anniversary ac-
Cured last Sunday, but all the cere-
monies except those In the churches
were postponed until yesterday.
The king and queen took part in
the celebration. which resolved itself
into a tribute to the children OF the
nation.
ut is estimated that by the exer-
cises in Christiania $4,000 kroner
913.500) was netted for the benefit of
orphans and folndlings.
DR.. Halvdan Koht and II. Eitrem
are preparing a new edition of the
personal letters Of Henrik Wergeland.
The edition gotten out many years
ago by Hartwig Lassen contained only
seventy letters, whereas this new
work will contain about 300. $50 hav-
ing already been collected.
1t is reported from Bergen that
there is a scarcity of fodder in many
places along the fjords Of Western
Norway. Especially is this the case
at Sondhordland, and the steamers
are bringing in cargoes of hay for the
suffering stock. The price of hay at
Bergen Is LA crowns per kilo.
The school children OF Aremark
erected a monument to the memory of
Ole Svendsen Illerod. one OF the Eds
volds men of 1914, The monument,
which was unveiled May II. is of gram
lite. rough and unpublished, as it was
hewn from the rock. 1t is three meters
In height.
A prominent American newspaper
comments as follows on the recent ac-
ton Of the storthing In reference TO
the state church of Norway: The
resolve Of the Norwegian storthing
" CICdlo a SoAiltAootoh W SohotuCA Wv
separation OF church and state is a
~momentous move. The storthing is to
name five Of its own members and the
king is to name four others. Since
1887 the Lutheran hcurch In Norway
has been part OF the state. 1t is ad-
ministered through a department OF
the ministry. which also has educa-
tional matters In charge. The bishops
and priests are paid partly by the gov
eminent and partly from tithes and
ground rents on former church prop
srty. Almost all the people OF Nor
way are. at least nominally members
Of the state church. The tendency OF
recent years has been to put the
churches on a self-supporting basis
gradually. The storthing now means
to see whether a divorce can be safe
ly accomplished"