Willmar tribune., 1909-10-20
NORWAY.

aolI . dozen 010t1llerto8 n eastern
Norway will have to go out ol COM
mission on account Of highly unfaw-
orable laws.
Captain Kramer has just returned
from relief expedition to the Ancttc
ocean. He was to- save an expedition,
which stayed at King Charles Land
last winter. But the ice pack pre-
vented him from, landing. and. after.
cruising. for several! weeks along the
edge Qf the ice he returned. without
being able to furnish any aid to. the
expedition. It is stated that the ez-
pedition was 50 weH' supplied with;
provisions that it win be able to- pull
thru another winter under ordinary
conditions.
Knut Hamsun.. an. author of some.
note, writes to- his German translh.-
tor: IAN essential portion of what
have written. HAS been conceived at
night, when 1 have slept q. few hours
and suddenly aMa1ked. On such oe>
casions my brain iss wonderfully clear.
and SO many ideas occur to me- I
always keep paper. aud pencil with
me by the bed: B do not use any
light, but begin to write in the dark
Immediately when 7 feel something
crowding i'm upon me- This has be.
come habit, and I find no difficulty,
In tho morning. to, make out what I
have written. I do not wish to give
you the impression that there Is any
thing mysterious about the origin Of
my poems. That T write best in the
dark of night is due to habit which
I suppose that originally acquired
during the years when had no candle
to light and had to shift rs best I
conld.~
BY the terna& e Q new law oil
grants Of waterpower privileges, In.
volvfng more than 1000 horsepower,
whether made to native or foreign
companies, automatically revert to
the State after the period Of the con.
cession expires. This period is linn.
tied to eighty years and may be less.
At Its expiration, not only does the
power become the States property,
but also the regulating works, the
power.stations and their equipment
and this without compensation to
their owners. In other words, those
who obtain power concessions on the
numerous mountain streams that
paint white ribbons on the cliffs Of
Norway. do 80 on the understanding
that for the privilege Of improving and
using the power they must in the end
turn over the whole plant to the state.
This arrangement will, in the course
Of time, give the people Of Norway a
chance to try the Socialistfc plan Of
running the industrial plants by the
| government.
| The new academy Of art has been
opened in connection with the uni.
versity. Christian Krogh has been
appointed director, and Haltdan
Strom, an artist, and Gunnar Utsord
a sculptor. are to act as professors.
DR.. Anton Nystrom, Swede who
made great stir in his own country
by giving public lectures against the
dogma Of the devil. has been lectur
ing along the same lines in Norway
and animated religious discussion,
among all classes are result.
Bjornson's health is steadily i'm
proving, and he 10 out Of bed all day
Norges sjobarfstidende made th,
following remarks at the close Of thl
session Of the storting: AFTER havinl
been In session for four months thl
storting has succeeded In gsttinl
ready to adjourn. that ia to say. 4 9oot
deal Of business had to 30 postponed
Neither inside nor outside of the stort
ing does there any longer seem % b
any dissent from the conclusion tha
Norway never had more ineapahl'
ITstorting.'
I The commandant Of the fort at VA1
holm has appealed to the govssumo1
fnr non lava A1ai0lt aniaa