Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-05-30
NORWAY.
Chrjstfania.

Norway has finally woke up to the
fact that it pays to preserve her for
est and the government has now taker
hold of forest preservation in earn
est. For a number of years the de.
struction of the eountry's forests was
going on much the same as in Amer
lea, but that time is at an end now
The total area of timber in Norway
is very large and covers about p per
cent OF the entire area of the country
The estimated value of the timber is
100000 crowns. The first attempt
to investigate the condition of the
forests of Norway was made by the
government in 1874. A royal commits
sion was then gathering statistics on
the amount of timber cut down each
year and reported that it was SO per
cent greater than the annual growth
On account of the work now being
done it is reasonable to suppose thai
the woods grow instead of diminish
as the cutting has been checked ana
large areas have been reforested.
Among those who recently have
been awarded the st. Olaf's order in
the United States are Lauritz Larsen
for more than a quarter of century
the head of Luther College Of DEBORAH
Iowa, and president of church paper
published at that place; Rev. T. HI
Dahl, Of Minneapolis, president of the
United Norwegian church of America
ond ppofnScnY Fp1npif11S Svpn Otto
dahl, of the Augsburg Seminary in
Minneapolis. The decorations were
presented by Bishop Christian Bang
during the recent May 18th celebration
in Minneapolis. Mimi, at which time
a monument was also dedicated in
honor of the Norwegian poet and
patriot, Wergeland.
A Christiana telegram states thai
the crimes committed by Mrs. Bella
Guinness in La Porte, Ind, has caused
a great sensation in Norway. It is be-
lieved that one of her victims must
have been Olaf Jensen, % years old,
who emigrated from Norway to Amer
lea about two years ago, and who was
induced to emigrate because of mat
rimOnial advertisement published by
Mrs. Guinness in a Norwegian-Ameri-
can newspaper. It is believed that he
went direct to LaPorte, Ind. At any
rate since his departure from Norway
to America no one has heard word
from him in Christiania. where he
made his home.
Great arrangements are under
way at present in the capital for the
proper observance of the one hundreth
birthday anniversary of Henrik Berge
land which takes place June 18th.
The big fest will be given under the
auspices of the Christiana Students
Union. A great musical program has
been arranged and Bjornstjerne Bjorn-
son has been invited to deliver the
principal address. Thousands Of peo-
pie are expected to be present in the
city on this occasion and special
trains will be run from many inland
and coast towns
The successor to DR.. hansen has
now been appointed. The choice fell
on Johannes Irgens, who served as
charge d'affa1rs ad interim at the lega-
ton of Norway in London during the
time that hansen has been absent.
Irgens' appointment as minister at
London is said to suit the government
very much and it is generally believed
in Norway that he will ill the bill
Mr.. Irgens was born in 1869 and IS
a 9awyer by profession. He has been
in the foreign service during the past
fifteen years or more.