Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-10
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleanings of Important Nes0s Of NorUay, SsOeden
and Denmark, soith Occasional Comments.
By MARTIN w. ODLAND.
NORWAY.

There we're ten inches OF snow at
Terningmoen May s. Not bare
spot was to be seen anywhere.
The Norwegian submarine boat
Kobben, which was built at Kiel, Ger
many. was launched May s.
1t Is reported that the condition OF
Bishop Bangs health is not favorable.
having recently changed for the
worse.
Bishop Wexelsen has issued cir
cular letter to the various congrega-
tions of his diocese. urging more
practical Christianity.
Carl Lumholtz Is to undertake an
other expedition to Mexico. He will
not be accompanied by any of his
countrymen, but will employ native
Mexican guides.
Rev. o. Puntervold the seamen's
pastor, has been appointed director OF
| the soldiers home at Jordtadsmoen.
| and will also serve as pastor for the
| soldiers stationed in that military dis
| trict
The Norwegian sailors employed In
| foreign waters show disposition to
save their earnings, as is shown by
the fact that since the opening OF
this year, they have already sent
some $4,000 crowns to the officers of
the Norwegian Seamen's society.
In the nope of putting an end to
the theft Of evergreens for use as
Christmas trees, the directors of the
Akershus Society of Foresters are
thinking of buying or leasing parcel
OF land to be planted to evergreens
with which to supply the demand for
Christmas trees.
The saw mills In the vicinity OF
Fredrikstad are now running at full
blast and are expected to turn out an
unusually large supply OF lumber
during the season. The demand fol
Norwegian woodwork Is steadily in
creasing in all European countries
where orders have already beer
placed.
mentioned the fact last weel
; that about three times as many emf
grants left Norway by the way o
Trondhjem in February 1909, as dur
ing February. 1908. It is now an
. nounced that 1.249 emigrants left b.
the way of Christiania in April, 1909
as against SAB during the same month
n wear ago. OF these 217 were resi-
dents Of the capital city. AS state'
last week, the cause of the marked
increase in the number OF emigrant
is the return of prosperity II
America. A year ago the report
that reached Norway from America
l as to business conditions, were YER
. discouraging, and, in consequence,
large percentage of the prosperity
. emigrants remained in Norway. NOV
they are leaving, as the reports fror
America are favorable. It seems tina
the efforts OF the Antiemigration 81
ciety OF Norway are not meeting wit
r success.
a The battle between the 'rigsmaal
l. (the Danno Norwegian language), an
l. the '1andsmaal (the Norwegia
/. peasant dialecD, to which | hav
n made repeated reference In the pas
l. still goes merrily on, with Forme
Q Premier Lovland as the leader of tn
n "maalstraevere." He delivered
n lecture in favor of the "landsmaal" 8
LArvik, early in May, but found sue
d a strong sentiment for the "rigsmaal
e in that section that he spoke in
y more guarded and moderate ton
n than usual.
d In this connection 1t may be timel
n to say that efforts have been made b
IL certain leaders ~to get the "Norsb
'e Selskab Amerika" (the Norwegia
It Society OF America), to go on recor
10 against the "landsmaal," but tn
u move met with such strenuous opp
lie sition within the society that II
e idea has been abandoned. The ma
Ie ter was up for consideration at
lie meeting of the society at Moorhea
ID MINI, May II last.