Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-20
NORWAY.

There are already large number
of automobiles in Christiania, but il
seems that this season the auto craze
has taken hold of the city in earnest.
Five hundred new automobiles have
been ordered from Paris and by the
end of the season there will be at least
1000 more autos coming to Christi
ania. One of the largest and finest
machines in the city Is the one owned
by MAIDS Wiel, who recently purchased
a 20 horsepower auto in Paris for 26.-
900 crowns. Auto trucks have also
been introduced in the city, but they
are operated with difficulty In many
places owing to the many cobble
stones on some Of the principal
streets.
From Bergen comes the interesting
report that Ex-Premier Nicholson will
be a candidate for the storthing and
thus re-enter public life again. from
which he retired in the midst OF such
great festivities about two years ago.
With Nicholson entering the political
arena again one can expect some In
teresting things to happen in Norway.
He was during the. union crisis the
man of the hour and his determine
ton to again serve in the storthing
has aroused no end of interest In Nor
way.
The following statement from Pro
fessor Misvaer will surprise great
many people, but II Is nevertheless
true: "The annual income from fruit
growing In Norway Is not less than
10,000,000 crowns, and is rapidly grow
Ing" He stated further that In his
opinion 1t would be possible for Nor
way to compete quite successfully with
Italy In the production of fruit, and
advised that more attention be paid
to this industry than has been the
case in the past.
A Norwegian paper states that
many farms have been offered for sale
to the Anti-Emigration society, but
most of them are so large and ex-
pensive that they cannot be bought by
poor people. The society finds that
Norwegian-Am Americans who intend to
buy farms in Norway wish properties
of such small size that they can man.
age them without hired help.
If the plans of Norwegian tele-
graph syndicate can be put In practice
there will in the near future be wire
less telegraphic communications be-
tween Norway and Spitzbergen. This
would enable the newspapers to pub
lish some pretty fresh news from that
interesting part Of the globe where SO
many north polar expeditions start
from.
A young Swedish socialist, Hjalmar
Nilsson, was arrested April 20 In
Christiania because of his sensational
appearance on the street corners and
stirring up the people by his frantic
harangues. He was given his liberty
after promising the police that he
would report at police headquarters
two times a day.
Mr. Frank Lloyd has donated 5000
crowns for home for consumptives
In Ringerike and has promised to give
more in the near future. This institu-
ton has been remembered very liber-
ally during the past few months and
soon 1t will be a well equipped institu.
ton.
From Stavanger and vicinity comes
the report that the spring this year is
unusually late and spring work among
the peasants has been receiving set
back. The weather has been raw and
snow and rain have been the order for
a number of weeks.
Norway's first submarine boat, the
"Germania," which has been under
course of construction at Kiel, Ger
many, is now ready to launch and its
trial trip will be made in the near flu
ture.
The brewery in Drammen known as
"Wriedts Brygerri" was totally de
stroyed by fire the other day. More
than $4,000 crowns worth of malt be
came the prey of the flames.