The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-16
NORWAY.

p. A. B. Opsion, of Ibbestad, has
teen awarded the silver medal for
good citizenship, in recognition of
his long faithful service as a Tens
mand."
Complete statistics show that only
$500 persons emigrated fl ON Norway
in 1903, while in 1907 the number was
22,135. About half of those who left
last ear sailed from Christiania.
DR.. Johan Nicolayson has been ap-
pointed professor of chirurgy in the
University of Christiania. He is a
son of former Prof. julius F%inlaysOn,
and is f%orty-nine years of age. He is
a specialist of high rank.
The authorities of Vestre Gausdal
(West GausdaD have bought the For
seth estate and will convert it into
a home for the aged. The estate EN-
braces about 1,40O roods (Maal) of
rich land, most of which is covered
with timber.
A new experiment station for for
estry has been established at Ovre
Solberg under the direction of Thy.
Kjaer, the forester. Various methods
of cultivating timber will be taken
up in the hope of saving expense
and labor in refOrestation.
The city of Stavanger is having a
healthy little building boom. Forty
houses are in process of construction,
and a large number of other buildings
Will be started soon. The Stavanger
Sardine Co. is increasing it's plant by
erecting a two-story factory. The
growth of the Stavanger has been
about as brisk as that of any city in
Norway the past few years.
Gustav jensen chairman of the
fiynlnal committee-the committee
preparing a new national hymn book
has declared in favor of adopting a
number of popular Norwegian melo-
dies. for use in the churches. He be-
lieves that many Of these melodies
are entirely apprOpriate-"Den Store
kvide Flok," for instance-and be-
lieves that much good would result
from their adoption, as they appeal
to the hearts Of the churchgoers and
are sung with delight.
Holl~andsvandet (the Highland lake,
Lf Jaederen was recently drained, and
in the bottom a number of interest
ing remains have been found, one Of
them being the antlers and a portion
of the skull, of an elk that lived dur
ing prehistoric times. The length OF
the antlers is eighty centimeters. but
it must have been about ten cent?
meters longer before a part decayed.
What makes the antlers especially
remarkable is the thickness of the
main horn or stem, which has twice
the diameter found on elks today.
This interesting find has been placed
in the S%tavanger museum.
The new soldiers home at Vaernes-
moen viii! be ready in May. before
the annual military drill begins. This
home is being erected by the Trondh-
jem branch of the Young Peoples
Christian Association of Norway.
Similar homes will soon be erected
for the district of Osterdalen at Ter.
nigmoen and for V~estagder at Chris.
tiansand. The Sogn branch of the
Young Peoples Christian association
has collected 100 crown toward a
home at Bomoen. near Voss, and a
number of other homes are under con.
sideration. These institutions will
serve a useful purpose, tending to
keep the young soldiers of Norway
contented and to inspire them with
higher ideals.
A new telephone line is to be built
across the romantic and picturesque
JOtunheimen-the Jotunheimen i'm
:. mortalized by Aasmund Olafson Vinje.
: It is to start from Skogstad; will
pass through Frames and along Tyin
to TyinhOlmen and E~idsbugaren. AT
this point the line will be divided
one arm passing over the mountain
to Gjendeboden and the other along
Bygdin to Fagerstrand, when it will
continue across V%a!dresfyen to Glen.
desheim. Under this arrangement it
, will be possible for most of the peo
pie of Jotunheimen to obtain tele.
5 phonic connections with the outside
, world. Who would have dreamed OF
such a miracle fifty years ago.