Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04
NORWAY.

The city of Hamar is now sixty
years old
A home for sufferers from alcohol
ism is to be erected on the island OF
Orje by the Medical Society of Nor
way and the government has voted
an appropriation to assist the society
in the undertaking.
The statue OF Henrik Wergeland,
presented to the Norwegians of Amer
lea by the people of Norway and de-
livered to the recipients by Bishop
Bang at Minneapolis May II, will be
erected at Fargo, N D.. and will be
formally dedicated June II. Bishop
Bang has returned to Norway.
Electricity is to be used on the
Haagenstad farm in Wage. Power is
to be transmitted from a waterfall in
Finna, and the farm machinery will be
run by it and the house and the out
buildings lighted by 1t. How wonder
full such a thing would have seemed
in Norway fifty years ago!
Provst scheldrup will soon be inau-
gurated bishop of Chrstiansand. The
first choice Of the pastors Of the bish-
opric was Rev. Bomhoff but he de-
clined the office on the grounds that
he was unfamiliar with the situation
or conditions in Christiansand. The
church department of the government
thereupon asked Rev. Scheldrup to ac-
cept the position and he,accepted.
The people Of Norway will soon be
jingling a lot OF new coins in their
pockets, for the mints are busy turn.
ing out 100000 crowns worth Of e
crown pieces. 100000 crowns worth
of l-crown pieces, $4,000 crowns
worth Of 50-oere pieces, 100000
crowns worth of 25-oere pieces, 1OO,-
600 crowns worth Of 10-oere pieces,
besides large quantity of bronze
coins.
During his visit to Christiania King
Edward purchased goodly supply of
porcelain ware from the factory at
Porsgrund, the designs being Old
Morse. His majesty said that he great
ly enjoyed his stay in Norway and
will come again next summer in his
yacht, in which he will sail along the
west coass and visit the fjords. At
Bergen he will take the train over
the new railway to the capital.
divided into three smaller parishes.
A year ago a committee was appoint
ed to submit plans for. dividing the
parish and completed its work this
spring, recommending division into
three parts. This recommendation
was accepted by vote Of "a to % by
the parish board. Ringsaker, Veldre
and Frottum are the names given to
the three new parishes.
At a recent meeting OF the teachers
of Tromso Bishop Bockman raised the
question CT establishing "skolehjem'
(school home) in that county and call
ed for expressions of opinion. Most
of tie teachers favored the idea, but
in view of the unsettled condition of
affairs in church and school at pres
ent, it was deemed best to let the
matter rest till next year. Meanwhile
ii will tie discussed in the press and
otherwise
During the first quarter of the pres
ent year the imports amounted to 49,
100000 crowns, an increase of almost
$4,000, 600 over the imports during the
same period in 1907. The people Of
Norway this year needed more for
eign grain, more sugar and more par
atm, but imported less coal.
The exports from Norway the first
quarter of this year amount to 41,O0O,-
600 crowns, as against 39,500,0o0
crowns the same period in 1907.
The total income from the national
railways during February, 1908, was
l 272 q07 crowns apaincf 0Qd Q9E