Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-06-05

added TO the principal and that later
the interest be expended for the bene-
Sit of young men and women who re-
veal talents for work thar would prove
Of general public usefulness. At a
later date shall give further par
ticulars with reference to this
When DR.. Sven Hedin lectured on
his expedition in Central Asia there
was very large and select audience
present. Both King Haakon and
Fridtjof hansen were in attendance,
but they left the hall at the close of
the lecture and did not attend the ban
quet given in honor of the great ex-
plorer. hansen excused himself by
stating that he is not in the habit of
attending social gatherings since the
death of his wife. No excuse was CIV
en- for the kings failure to attend the
banquet.
Norwegian sailors are among the
best and bravest in the world. The
United States is going to have and
already has hundreds of Norwegian
sailors in its merchant marine ranks.
This spring not less than 800 Norwe-
gian sailors have come to America. Of
this number 500 will have employment
on the great lakes, and the other 800
will engage in whale fishing off the
coast of Newfoundland. All but a few
were from Tonsberg, Porsgrund, Lar
Wig and adjacent districts in Norway.
Norway proposes to do some active
advertising in Germany this season. A
branch tourist and travellers bureau
has been established there, giving all
kinds of information regarding Nor
way as tourist country and Incl
dentally advertising some of the coun-
try's resources. The storthing has
made an appropriation for the main
tenance of the bureau there this sea-
son of 10000 crowns.
The Norwegian and Swedish mem
bers of the court of arbitration which
is to settle the reindeer pasture Ques-
ton in northern Norway have left
Copenhagen after having mapped out
the work that is to be done. In No
vember they will convene again in
Copenhagen and begin negotiations.
The court will consist of nine persons,
including Swedish and Norwegian law
yers and secretaries.
An additional 10000 crowns will be
needed in the near future to improve
the appearance of the western en-
trance to the Trondhjem cathedral and
it will not be long before large addi-
tional sums will be needed for this
and other purposes. The cathedral
will when completed be one of the
most expensive edfices in the world.
Miss Anne Wihelmine Meidell has
donated her whole fortune, 100000
crowns, to the foreign missions and
to charity institutions in Christiania.
Miss Meidell has for years been en-
gagged in philanthropic work and is
perhaps one of the very best friends
that the poor have ever had in Chris
tiania.
The kings villa, which is under
course of construction, will be far
more expensive than was calculated
and the building committee is already
lacking funds to go ahead and COM
plete it. 1t is believed that the
storthing will make an extra appropri-
alton.
The National theater made a great
hit with Madame Butterfly" Not
only was the average theater-goer we'll
pleased, but King Haakon and Queen
Maud also liked it so much that they
personally congratulated some of the
actors who participated in the play.
The May II celebrations this year
in all the cities of Norway were of a
comparatively orderly character. A
great deal of the usual carousals and
street fights were for some reason or
other not so strongly in evidence this
year as during former years.
The Mormons of Norway held their
annual conference in Bergen few
days ago under the leadership of An
drew Jensen from Utah. There were
several hundred people in attendance
at the conference.
Trondhjem spends this year 100000
crowns on new school buildings. There
are under course of erection one new
school building on the west side and
one on the north side.
There will be the usual large quota
of home returning Norwegian-Ameri-
cans this summer. They come to
spend the summer. Few of them re-
main.