Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-25
NORWAY.

Capt. Road Amunisen, 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-
s]ing in the arctic regions. He is
busy preparing for his polar chase in
1910.
The statistics OF Norway's military
recruits for 1907 have been made pub
lie by the central bureau. The per
centage Of efficiency among the diff
terent companies is as follows: Sond-
more, 70.5; Indherred, 70; Valdres.
6S.5; Numedal, 6S.5; Hardanger, 6S;
kristiansand, G7.9; Kristiania, CTS:
Telemargen, SIC; Hallingsdal, CTS;
Sogn, 65.7; Stavanger, 65,2; Medicines,
SIS: Bergen, 64.7 Trondhjem, GA;
Sondmore, Ga; Fjordenes. 63.7; Gud-
orandsdalen, 63.5; Hedemarken, GA;
Smaalenene, GA; Osterdalen, col;
Tromso, 1853; Nordland, 7l.2; Alien,
$50; NaranSer, bG.i
A recent dispatch from Christiania
says: Norway was en- fete yesterday
(June 81 in Ceisbration 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.
at is estimated that by the exer-
cises in Christiania $4,000 kroner
($13,50O) was netted for the benefit of
orphans and foundlings.
DR.. Halvdan Koht and H. 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 800, $50 hay
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.
nh of Ara oy~ly
erected monument to the memory Of
Ole Svendsen Illerod, one of the Eids-
volds men Of 1874. The monument.
which was unveiled May r. is of gran
tie, rough and unpublished, as it was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 &C
ton of the storthing in reference to
the state church OF Norway: "The
resolve of the Norwegian storthing
to create a commission to consider the
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 hcGrch in Norway
has been part Of the state. 1t is ad-
ministered through 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
erty. 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 divorce can be safe
ly accomplished"