Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-09-28
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Snow fell in Hammerfest as early
as the eighteenth of August. Snow
has fallen every month of the year in
Finmarken.
The street car employees in Kristian-
Ia demand raise of their salaries ag-
gregating $26,00O.< If they fail to get
what they want they will be in a mood
to go on a strike.
i The people of Haugesund and vi
cinity are carrying on vigorous agi-
tation in favor of connecting the town
With Oda by new railway line. The
people of Haugesund are a practical
lot, and they will no doubt succeed in
getting a railroad in the course of
the next few years.
The minister of justice decided to
leave the Mormons we'll enough alone.
His course is criticised not only by
the clergy but also by the common
people In all walks Of life. Perhaps
strong majority ut the people would
be glad to have the Mormons kicked
clear out or the country ON short no.
tfce.
Mrs. Karoline Bjornson, the widow
OF the late poet, has decided to sell
the Aulestad farm. Her intention IN
to keep the large, fine residence, and
also a piece of ground. The farm con-
sists of about 100 acres of tilIable soil
and $50 acres of cumberland. and can
sustain 70 COWS and IL horses. There
is a cheese factory. an electric light
plant. threshing machine. and grtst
mill.
Rev. Ole Tobias Olsen, who acquired
national reputation as pastor in Hat
flelddalen. Nordland, celebrated his
S0th birthday in Kristiania. His pop
"larity is testified to by the fact that
he Is Familiarity known all over the
country as, 'OIa Tobias" His energy
and public spirit made him a sort of
king In that part of the country. and
no other single man did so much to
build up the material interests OF Nord.
land as he did. Besides his practical
pursuits he also found time III collect
number OF popular legends floating
about the common people. He re-
celVed great many congratnlatory
kilograms on his birthday.
K. Il. Birkeland. Of Minneapolis. one
OF the Stockholders and officials OF
the new NOrWegian-American steam.
snip line. caused great disturbance at
meeting held IN kris,lanla for the
purpose Of putting the enterprise on
working basis. He deplored the fact
that the press Of Norway had paid 50
little attention to the project, adding
In half bantertng way that the press
would have done better If it had been
creased" Every newspaper reporter
left the ball in a sensational manner
and columns Of comments were spent
on the matter. When the worst OK.
element was over Mr.. Birkeland ex-
| planned that he did not mean to saw
that the Norwegian press could be
or1bed. but he wanted to point out
That business Ia business" and that
the press should be used as means Of
legitimate advertising. 70 avoid fur.
ther friction. Mr.. Birkeland resigned
as representative of the company.
The Michael Sars has just returned
from a: trip which was made for the
purpose OF taking measurements and
| making other investigations in the At.
lantic and Arctic oceans. Prof. Gran
reported that he had found a ridge of
l.5O0 feet which separates the Atlantic
from the Arctic ocean. This ridge
/ marks a sharp difference in the tenn
perature OF the water, the tempera.
ture being much lower on the north
side. The ridge also marks a decided
difference in the fauna. The expedi.
ton is next going to devote some
time to the elaboration of the rich ma.
terials collected. a%-~
The orkla mining company, Media.
len, has closed a contract for supply
ing chemical factory in Bochum,
Germany. with pyrites for number
OF years. The German concern wants
| only the sulphur contained in the nv.
| rites, the entire residue to be the prop.
erty of the Orkla mining company.
Hence the latter will start a conner
furnace in Bochum. -,
The language controve. 81 is getting
az hot as ever, causing. among other
things, no end Of trouble to the cahk
net. Many Of the combatants etaploy
more abuse than reasoning III 10,
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