The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-14
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The first machine for milking has
been put in operation at the Myrbo
dairy on ~Jaederen.
The national museum OF Copen-
hagen has been presented eighty diff.
ferent articles brought from the polar
regions by the Gioa expedition,
Naturlaegen is the name of a new
monthly periodical which has for its
object the teaching a natural mode OF
living. 1t is published at Haugesund
and is edited by DIR. o. Olvik.
The new school for ministers at
Christiania will open next September.
Prof. Odland, Rev. Ltz. Larsen and
| Principal Ringdal constitute a commit
tee in charge of the preparations.
In connection with the fishing eX-
| petition at Trondhiem this summer
there will be held a conference of
Scandinavian fishermen. II is expect
ed that 400 fishermen will participate.
Owe GUIDE. tie new minister from
Norway to Washington, seems 10 have
made a very favorable impression
| upon all with whom he has come in
] contact at the American capital. A
| Washington reporter describes him as
"a w~hole-souled, genial, democratic
man with a big heart and "A broad
mind"
A painting by Prof. J. c. c. Dahl,
exhibited at the art museum In Chris
tiania, was recently stolen. II was so
small that it could easily be stuck into
a mans coat pocket. The Waterman
Gays that this Is the first instance of a
| painting having been stolen from the
museum during the twenty-seven
years that he has been on duty.
King Edward aud Queen Alexandra
made a longer stay in Christiania than
in Copenhagen or Stockholm. The
| English king Won the hearts of the
| Norwegian people by his geniality and
| democratic He walked about
| the streets of the city without attend
ance, acting much like an ordinary
| citizen. He has returned TO London,
but Queen Alexandra is still the guest
of her daughter, Queen Maud.
Bishop Bang, representing the state
church of Norway, and Thoralf Klav-
anes, representing Normaendenes for
bund, or Northmen's union, have sail
| ed for the United States In order to
deliver a heroic statue OF Henrick
| Wergeland to the Norwegians of
America. The presentation will take
| place at Minneapolis May II. The
| statue is made OF bronze and is a
duplicate of the statue made by Vige-
land, the foremost living sculptor of
Norway.
Capt. ROAD Amundsen, the discov-
erer of the Northwest passage, has re-
turned to Christiania. after a l~ecturing
tour in the United States that began
early last fall. He expressed great
satisfaction over his trip. praising the
hospitality and cordial welcome shown
him by the American people, and he
feels very proud of the medals award.
| ed him by the geographical societies.
Capt. Amundsen win now begin active
preparation for his voyage to the
North Pole in 1910 or 1911.
In the opinion OF competent judges,
about the best work accomplished in
Norway in recent years is for the
preservation of the forests. 1t has
been apparent to all interested in the
| welfare Of the country that, the woods
have been exhausted by reckless
wastefulness, not unlike that practiced
in America, and that unless this could
be checked Norway would be shorn of
the most valuable Of her natural re.
sources.
The total area of timber is very
large, being about q per cent of the
area of the entire country. The esti-
mated value OF the timber is 456, 00O,-
600 crowns. The first attempt to in
vestigate the condition OF the forests
of Norway were made by the govern
ment in 1874. A royal commission
gathered statistics on the amount of
timber cut down each year and report.
ed thar it was SO per cent greater
than the annual growth. On account of
the work nov being done 1t is reason
able to assume that the woods will
grow instead of diminish. as the cut.
ting has been checked and large areas
have been reforested,