Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-07
NORWAY.

Lars GJeldaker, VINO was teaCher
at Aal for 80 years, has celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birthday.
The venerable pedagogue is still in
good health, a.:d is busy writing a
book on his experiences.
Karl Jensen stave, Ole Jensen
Stave, Hagbart Jensen Stave and An
dreas Jensen Stave of Dverberg have
been awarded silver medals for heroic
work in rescuing the crew of the
stranded life-saving beat Bergen.
The building of the public high
school at Eidsvold is now begun. The
have been assured. 10000 crowns hav-
ing been subscribed by the people OF
Eidsvold alone. Architect Arneberg
has charge of the building operations.
A newspaper report from Farsund
says that on account Of the poor times
in America, many Norwegian-Ameri-
cans are returning to Norway to settle
down for good. They bring money
and have been buying UP land in the
vicinity of Farsund, so that there has
been great activity in real estate deals
in that quarter. Needless to say, the
inhabitants are jubilant.
The peasants of Telemarken have
organized for the protection of their
interests against the socialists, who
have been quite active there, having
succeeded in controlling number of
the precincts or parishes in the cleo
tt, 5. The socialists. who are nearly
all laborers, have been we'll organized,
on which account they have had an
advantage over the peasants, and it
is to even up matters that the latter.
are now perfecting an organization.
The peasants of Telemarken have
Joined the Morse Land Owners
League" national organization.
DR.. Fritchof hansen, the explorer,
has returned to Norway from London
and is at this writing residing at
Lysaker. 1t is believed that he has
left the diplomatic service for good
and that he will devote the rest of his
days to teaching, scientific investiga-
tions and other scholarly pursuits. It
is taken for granted that Commander
Dawes will succeed DR.. Nansen as am
bassador to London. King Edward
and Queen Alexandra both expressed
keen regret over DR.. Nansen's de-
parture from the British court, and
the London press speaks in the high
est terms of his services as ambassa-
dor, saying that it will be difficult for
his country to find another man SO
well fitted to master all the diff
culties besetting the position.
1t seems that in spite of the fact
that the body OF Gudrun, the lost girl
of Christiania, was found in water
course some two months or more ago,
half a dozen peasants are still trying
to hew their way into the inmost re-
cesses of the so-called "Gudrun cav
ern" in Flaa--a mysterious opening
in the rocky wall of mountain, IN
which, il was believed, band of
gypsies that had kidnapped Gudrun.
took refuge This belief grew out OF
the fact that Johan Flottum, The boy
with the sixth sense" said that he
saw band Of gypsies, with the girl
in their possession, enter cavern,
and the cavern in question was
thought to be the one Flottum saw.
It is now some months since the peas.
ants began hewing at the mountain.
Prof. o. ]. Breda, formerly head OF
the department Of Scandinavian Ian
guages and literature in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, but now resident
OF Christiania, has written an article
for q Observation-Disclosures paper, in
which he speaks at length Of Chancel-
lor McCrackens lectures recently de-
liyered at the University OF Chris
tiania. Prof. Breda says that the lee
lures did not arouse much enthusiasm
and deplores the fact that an educator
of more oratorical power was not sent
In DR., McCracken's place. Verdens
Gang spoke Of the lectures in friendly
terms, but Morgenbladet was quite
hostile in its criticisms. Prof. Breda
believes that the proposition to ar
range an exchange Of lectures be-
tween the University Of Christian1a
and certain American universities Will
be given "the cold shoulder in Chris
tiania, unless the next lecturer sent
over from the United States is able to
stir up more enthusiasm and interest.
He thinks that President Northrop, Of
the University of Minnesota, would
be the man to send to Christiania.
SWEDEN.
DR.. Rurik Holm, a decent at the
University Of Lund, has been appoint
"a n,h1in school inSnectOr of GOthen.