Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-04-22

lomat and Is considered an authority
on maritime questions.
The Arjang brewery up in Silbodals
parish was burned to the ground the
other day, entailing a loss of about
$4,000 crowns.
NORWAY.
That people are drinking less liquor
in Norway today than ever before can
be cleaned from the following investi-
cation made by a newspaper writer in
Norway not long ago: Records have
been taken of the amount of liquor
used since 1888 and 1t seems to be A
fact that the average individual drinks
five times as little liquor today as the
average individual did seventy-five
years ago. In 1888 it is claimed that
the average amount of liquor drank
per year was sixteen liters; now it
is only tribe over three liters.
William Churchill passed through
Christiania the other day on his way
to Gothenburg, Sweden, to study the
Gothenburg system. Mr.. Churchill.
who represents number of temper
ance societies in the United States.
says that the temperance laws in
America have made pure fiasco of
the entire business and that 1t Is time
to start reform, so far as the liquor
system is concerned, on entirely new
lines.
The following item shows that there
are plenty of strikes in Norway and
that the labor unions are still power
full: There were 173 strikes and other
organized labor conflicts in Norway in
1908, and sixty strikes that lasted for
some time. The receipts of the ma.
tional labor unions were $4,000 and
1000 was paid out as aid to the
strikers. The aggregate receipts of
all the local unions belonging to the
national organizations were over $780,.
600.
A Danish students chorus from
Copenhagen will give a series OF con-
certs in Norway during the summer
months. They will appear at Christi.
ania Trondhjem Aalesund, Bergen
and other places and will be assisted
by one OF the prima donnas of the
Royal Opera at Copenhagen. They
will be accorded a great reception
wherever they will appear in Norway.
Much excitement has been caused
by the discovery of gold in Smaalens
The chances are that there Is very lit
tie gold, but a farmer had some OF
the ore examined by chemist, who
stated that it contained some gold and
now 1t is all the talk in that part OF
the country and has caused all man
ner of excitement.
An exchange says: The govern
ment is in favor of establishing tour.
list Office In Berlin. II will cost about
$4,000 a year to keep 1t running, and
the railroads and hotels are expected
to contribute $4,000 to this amount. II
such an ONCE is opened 1t will be
managed by the state railways"
Norwegian shipowners are still dis.
cussing the feasibility OF starting a
line of passenger and mail steamers
between Norway and America. A
number of them would be willing to
undertake the project IL the govern
ment would allow a subsidy of about
100000 year.
Tourist hotels all over the country
are getting in shape for the summer
Thousands of tourists will visit the
country this summer and enterprising
hotelmen and innkeepers do not loose
sight of their interests either.
Lieutenant T. B. Bohn of Trondhjem
has received an appointment to serve
as an officer In the army of Congo
S. A. He will leave for South Africa
next week and will remain there for
five years.
There were numerous snow storms
all over the country in the early part
of March. In many instances traffic
was considerably delayed.
Jens Wang, the theatrical painter
celebrated his fiftieth birthday the
18th of March.
DENMARK.
Copenhagen dispatches state that
the former minister Of Justice, Alder.
Il, who is under arrest, has been re
moved from the Jail to the city hospi
tai Here he is being watched night
and day for fear that he win commit
suicide. Minister Christensen In now
coming In for good deal Of criticism
because it is claimed that he knew ali
about Alberti's swindleries, but did
not inform the authorities about what
he knew. 1t is claimed further that
by informing the cabinet regarding
what he knew to be going on that he
could have saved thousands OF crowns
and averted much scandal. The su
preme court, 1t Is believed, will in the
near future take up Christensen's case.
The Albert Investigations still con.
tinue and the latest development is
that he spent $27 900 on the elections
at Kjoge.
Says a Copenhagen correspondent:
"The number of men out of employ
ment Is still increasing. and now in
cludes more than % per cent of the
country's working classes. The last
winter has been the worst in many
years, preventing building operations
and closing many Of the harbors. The
situation is looked upon as serious,
and 1t is expectd that the conditions
will result In a large increase Of emf
grafton In the next two or three
months. The American
liners are all crowded.
According to a new law all Danish
women over twenty-five years of age