Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
NORWAY.

captain Roald Amundsen, NorNe e
gian explorer and navigator of the
northwest passage is at present In Chi.
cago, ILL.,, where he expects to secure
the greatest store of provisions thu
the frozen north polar basin. Can
tain Amundsen will sail next July on .
seven years dash" for 80 degrees
north, and the success of his invasion
Of sevenfold arctic winter, is con.
ceded to depend in largest measure
neries. For seven years, If favorine
currents dc not hasten the progress al
their northward journey, Captain Am
UNISON and his party aboard the Fran
will be locked in the polar ices and
and during that time the lives OF the
twelve men who make up the party
will depend upon the condition 81 then
stores and Captain Amundseu expects
to secure the best in Chicago. Beside.
meat the explorer viii require POI
tons of gasoline to propel the motors
of the Fran" and AT that he is count.
share of the propulsion. To Norwegian
papers the explorer has stated that /:
is his intention TO enter the Arctic
ocean through Behrine strait, pick up
the northwestward drift, which figured
80 prominently in the accounts of Cook
and Peary. then going as far north az
he can In open water, ram the nose OF
his vessel fast into the ice pack, shut
of power and await DEVELOPMENTS
Captain Amundsen is hopeful OF being
carried by ocean currents directly over
the pole, or at least within walking dis.
lance. But the prime object OF his
Journey, II is announced, is scienti-
&c study OF the north polar basin
Such voluminous observations will be
taken that even seven years will not
afford much time to complete them.
Herbert III. d. PIERCE. United States
minister to Norway, has returned 10
the United States to remain on leave
OF absence until the first of next year
He stated on his visit to Washington
recently, that affairs are quiet in Nor
way, though business has recovered
from the recent depression. When
asked whether he had met DR. Coos
in Norway, he stated that the explorei
had never been in Norway, but tha'
Amundsen the Norwegian explorer hat
great faith in Cooks account OF reach
ing the north pole.
! II was noticeable thing that durina
| the recent elections at which time the
! Norwegian women voted for the first
| time that most of them who made use
/ of the right OF suffrage were from m,
| cities. Comparatively a few number
of women in the country districts votet
and did not seem to take an interest
much in what was going on. The city
women therefore plan to set about In
| teresting their sisters In the. country
and show them the value and blessings
! of the ballot.
The photographic museum in Chris
! tiania has set apart a room for the col
! lection of relics from Lapland. Recent
explorers and Lutheran mission work
ers among those hitherto obscure PEG
pie have brought to light much interest
ing information which is TO be pre-
served in this department OF the mus
cum
The socialists of Norway are gettint
exceedingly radical Now it appears
that they have gone on record against
the establishment Of colony of wort,
ingmen who were to be enabled to buy
their homes. That is certainly beatiDs
the humanity record to standstill.
Chamberlin Lowenskiold Is yer,
good hunter. This year he has brought
down not less than fourteen elk. TIL,
I, chamberlin goes elk hunting every SEQ
son and he generally succeeds in bag
ging a few.