Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
NORWAY.

II. F. knudson, vice-president of the
chamber, was in the chair, and the
company included the Norwegian min
lister, the Danish minister, Captain
Roald Amundsen, J. V. Faber danish
consul generaD, L. Braekstad (Nor-
Wegian vice consult, Sir John Cock
burn, Stanley Machin deputy chair
man of the London chamber of com.
merce), Sir Edward w. Fithian (sec.
retary of the Association of Chamber
of Commerce), F. c. Nielsen (man.
ager Great Northern Telegraph COM
pany), Emil Huilfeldt (secretary Nor
wegian legation), X. M. Sorensen
(Danish vice consul), and G. A. Ar
gard (secretary Norwegian chamber).
The late Prof. Aschehoug, who was
Norway's leading jurist, was looked
upon as a conservative of conservs.-
tives. But theoretically he drifted
toward the principle of socialism. 1T
the close of his long and useful life
he clung to the conservative party, and
the party clung to him; while, on the
other hand the social democrats en-
dorsed his writings and lectures on
social economy. His reasoning may be
stated in a few words: Socialism las
entered modern society for good; the
means of communication, the schools.
the church, the army, the customs SER
vice, ETC., having become joint public
utilities, and personal liberty" hav-
ing been drastically CONSTRUCTED by
taxes and public burdens of different
kinds. Modern society is decidedly So
cialfstfc; but that does not prevent
the socialists from demanding to shift
still more from the field of personal
endeavor into that of public functions.
At Volden, Opdal, south of Trond-
hjem, a rock having a volume of sey-
eral cubic yards came tumbling
down the mountainside in the
evening, cutting a hole in the roof,
and smashing the sitting room, the
bedroom and the front hall into kim
ding wood, then striking the barn and
knocking three cows through the wall.
Two of the cows were killed, but the
third one was picked up unscathed in
field. Ragnild was milking and the
rock struck the cow by which he was
sitting, but Ragnild did not receive
scratch. All the people in the house
were alive, but buried under the ruins.
Ole, an old man, shouted to the rest
to come and help him, for it was get
ting so dark. The youngest person, a
girl named Sigrid, managed to crawl
out of the ruins and she ran to the
neighbors for help. All the inmates
were saved, and no one was badly
hurt. Ole's head was splintered and
his feet were pinned fast, but when
released he was all right. MART was
spinning yarn, and her spinning wheel
was found by the barn, all splintered,
but Marit was not hurt in the least.
The rock stopped in the dung cistern
under the barn. There was fire In tho
stove and lamp was burning, but
when the neighbors came the fire had
gone out. No wonder that the escape
of these people is looked upon as mi
raculous by their neighbors.
Capt. Roald Amundsen was recently
invited to lunch at Windsor Castle by
King Edward. BY means of special
charts the explorer pointed out 20 the
king what route he intends to take in
order to reach the North Pole.
o. Mathiesen of Kristiania estab.
lished new worlds record at q skat-
ing match at Davis, Switzerland, max
ing 1000 meters in minute and 81
4-5 seconds.
Toasts Of king Haakon of Norway
and king Frederick Of Denmark"
were afterwards honored with enthu-
siasm.
The United Labor Associations of
Norway held their annual convention
at Gjovik. The convention caused
something of a sensation by endorsing
the single tax theory of Henry George.
Mr.. Myroang, member of the storth-
ing, introduced the discussion of this
subject, and he suggested that by
means of a series of tax reforms the
landed property in Norway may be
made public property in the course Of
the next fifty years. AS might be ex-
pected, this suggestion has started
some serious thinking among the
farmers Of Norway.