Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-11-30
NORWAY,

The Socialists elected just half OF
the officials at Sohim.
| Anne Engelsdatter Holden, Of
Hevne, has celebrated her Tooth birth
day.
At Torpe, Hollingdal, some families
have picked tytteberries for more than
$50 this fall.
Steps have been taken to sell fresh
fish from Norway at public auction in
Bodern, Sweden.
L. H. M. Segelcke died at the age
of 81 years. He was Norwegian min
! lister of war from 1872 to 1877.
In the rural communities north Of
Trondhjem the language reformers
were beaten at the recent elections.
| Captain Otto Svedrup has returned
from a whaling expedition to Green
land. He did not do SO well as he ex-
pected.
| So much fresh herring was sent to
Germany from Trondhjen in one day
that three freight trains were required
to carry the goods.
The Socialists made a clean sweep
at the local elections in 10, Vester-
allen. This is the first rural COM
munity captured by the Socialists in
Nordland.
A peoples kitchen" has been
opened at Jistedal for the purpose Of
furnishing dinners at cost to the men
and women employed in the factories
Of the place.
A new wagon road has been COM
pleted between Skien and Ulefos.
The work has been going on for
twelve years, and the cost of the i'm
provement is $4,000.
Andreas Amundsen and wife, Mar
en-, have celebrated their golden
wedding. Mr.. Amundsen has BEEN
working at the artillery shops in!
Kristiania for 81 years.
The total receipts of the Norwegian
steamers engaged in the foreign.
freight traffic we're $37,000,000 for the;
year 1908. Kristianie was at the head!
of the cities with one-fourth of the
total amount.
peace and War" is the name of an
illustrated weekly which contained a
remarkable editorial on the American
elections. The most prominent fea7
ture of the opus is, that it turns near
ly everything upside down. No won
der the Norwegian-American news
papers "go" for this kind Of journal
ism. The Observation-Disclosures have
started to raise a memorial fund Of
one million dollars to be given to the
state Of Norway, May II, 1914. One
paper proposes that part OF this money
be used for educating those who write
newspapers in the old country, in
order that they may keep themselves
somewhere in the neighborhood of the
simple truth when they tackle Ameri7
ca, Americans, or things American.
A sad accident is reported from
Lone, Tordal, not far from Kragero.
While John Lone, young man, was
walking back and forth on the floor,
meanwhile handling revolver, the
weapon was accidently discharged.
The bullet struck the forehead of his.
ten-year-old sister Aasta, who was,
seated at table studying her. lesson.
She fell down from her chair and
died within an hour. z..
According to the latest reports the
shipowners Of Kristiania and Bergen
are going to support the new Norwe-
gian-American steamship line as best
they can. So S
At a convention which the liberal
church people held in Kristiania Rev.
Skjeseth maintained that the preach
ers of our day ought to take great
pains to study the social problems and .
to acknowledge the just demands Of .
the labor movement, or else the labor
element will be sure to assume hos
tile attitude to the church.
Jakob Hoyem, Of Malvik, near
Trondhjem, has imported lot OF
cheviot sheep from Scotland, and he
intends to raise sheep on large
scale. He spent Is years on q sheep
range In Montana and is supposed g.
lknouwhat he s. doing.