Morris tribune., 1909-04-24

which has under preparation new
national hymn book is strongly in ia
vor of adopting some of the popular
Norwegian melodies for use in Nor
wegian hymn books and believes that
it would in a great degree improve the
church music of the country. For In
stance he is in favor of adopting as
one of the new songs "Den Store
Hvide Flok'' (The Great White Flock
considered by musicians and singers
to be one of the most impressive
songs of the country, as appropriate
for church use. The papers have all
spoken highly of Mr.. Jensen's pro-
posed revision of church music and be-
lieve that much good would result
from their adoption, rs they appeal
to the hearts of church goers and are
generally sung throughout the coun-
try.
A villa right in the Norwegian army
target line is what Jacob Elstad pro-
proses to erect and he has already laid
the foundation for it. He lives up on
Gardermoen, where he owns an acre
of ground now used by the army Of
fcers and soldiers as target line.
When he was told to cease building
on the governments property he re-
piled that he guessed that the govern
ment had guess coming and went
right on preparing his foundation. He
has now brought the lumber there and
will erect beautiful villa right on
the firing line. Elstad's lawyers claim
that he is in the right and state that
he holds the necessary papers to
prove that he and not the government
is the rightful owner to the ground
set aside as target line for the spe-
cial use of the army.
DR.. Henry Edmonds, director of the
magnetic observatory in Sitka, Alaska,
has accepted an invitation from Cap
tain Roald Amundsen to accompany
him on his north polar expedition in
the Fran. DR.. Edmonds was until
about eight years ago a practicing ply
sician, but since that time he has de-
voted his time to scientific studies.
Since the storthing declined to make
any appropriation for military air
ships the officers of the Norwegian
army have organized an airship club,
which is seeking to affiliate itself with
the International Airship club. The
officers were disappointed in not Sc
curing the appropriation and now they
propose to go ahead and educate the
storthing representatives on the utili-
ty of airships in warfare.
A national association has been
started for the purpose of protecting
the Norwegian-Danish book language
from the assaults Of the dialect mon
gers. The new association is going TO
support only those storthing candi-
dates who agree with the organization
on the language question. 1t will be
interesting to note what the new as
sociation will be able to accomplish
in this respect.
In Jaoderen and vicinity the egg
business has been booming during the
past year. Last year eggs from that
part of the country were shipped to
Christiania to the amount of $3.50
crowns. A great many farmers in
into the chicken business on a large
scale and they are doing an excellent
business.
A ChriStiania paper states the that
widow of the late Danish poet, Holger
Drachmann, Nine. Sof1e Drachmann,
formerly the wife of Drewsen the au-
thor, was a short time ago married to
Wilhelm Roede, a rich young man of
Christiania. The event was very
widely advertised in Norway and
Denmark.
A schooner with displacement of
300 tons, which will be used for Wal
ter Wellman's north polar expedition,
Was launched at Kristiansand a week
ago last Wednesday. 1t will be sent
to Spitzbergen during the early part
of next month.
Reports state that preparations are
actively under way at present to open
up the Cumberland mines next month
Enough capital is said to have been
subscribed to begin operating the
mines at any time now.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, who has been
spending the winter in Paris, has
very recently completed new play
which will appear in book form in the
near future. 1t will be translated into
six different languages.
Complete statistics now show that
only $500 persons emigrated from Nor
way in 1908, while in 1907 the number
was 23,135. About half of those who
sailed last year went from Christi
ania.