Morris tribune., 1909-09-18

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the police that she just wanted to feel
how it left when people live high.
The outlook for the hunting season
is the very best in Norway this year.
There is an abundance of hyper" up
in Guldalen, and almost everywhere
for that matter. Reports from the
northern sections state that there is
an abundance of elk and moose. Many
English and German sportsmen have
already arrived and are eagerly seek
ing hunting privileges. There have
been more applications for hunting Ii
censes from Germany this year than
ever before.
During the year Of 1908 Norway ex-
ported goods to Japan valued at $780,
900 yens. Besides this there were
seven freight steamers valued at 225,-
900 yens that were sold to Japan. Nor
ways trade with Japan is steadily in
creasing, especially lumber, paper and
condensed milk. From Japan Norway
only imported last year goods to the
value of about 5000 crowns.
Several thousand crates Of berries
have during the past three weeks been
exported to England. There is great
demand in England for wild Norwe-
gian berries and the berry industry
has grown to be one of the greatest in.
dustries in the country at present.
Walter Wellman, the unsuccessful
north pole seeker, was in Christiania
the other day. Mr.. Wellman stated to
the newspaper correspondents that he
had left two men in charge Of the bal
loon house in Spitzbergen.
The titled soil of Norway has an
area of about 100000 acres, and it is
claimed that fully half as much tilla-
BILE land has never been broken. Eff
forts will be made to give poor peo-
pie chance to use this land.
R. Joys, a prominent merchant in
Bergen, has been appointed Norwegian
consul in Genoa, Italy. Ottesen has
been appointed consul in London. The
latter has been in the consular serv-
ice for a number Of years.
Rev. Nordkv elle-Mathisen, a Norwe-
gian-American clergyman, is at pres
ent travelling in Norway and will on
his return write q book relating his
observations during his extensive
journey.
Norwegian railways are running ex-
ira trains to the berry picking regions
at this time of the year. There is an
unusually large amount of berries in
the country districts all over this year.
In Christiania there is an eager de-
mand at present for lumber owing to
the big strike in Sweden, which has
of course been a great setback for the
lumber business in that country.
Rev. Jonas Dahl, the Norwegian au-
thor, celebrated his sixtieth birthday a
few days ago. He is enjoying fine
health and is just now at the very
zenith of his career.
The first hunting train bound for the
north left Christiania on the night of
Aug. %. 1t was loaded down with en-
thusiastic sportsmen from Christiania,
London and Berlin.
Christiania will have an fnternation-
al exposition in 1914. and the storthing
Will undoubtedly make an appropria-
ton of 10000 crowns for this purpose
at its next session.
The great bridge on the Elverum-
Flisen railway, over the Glommen
river, is now about completed. It is
the largest railroad bridge in the coun.
try.
I Severe storms have been raging in
Ronsdalen lately, causing much de-
struction to property. Much grain was
destroyed.
Poetry and Prose-" is the name of
, play which is now drawing large
houses at the National theater.
The firm of Beer & Co., In Christi
ania, have received a two million
crown order for granite.