Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
NORWAY,

NORWAY.
The commune of Storelvedalen has
bought the great Evenstad estate for
$4,000.
Christiania, March 14.-The Scandi-
MATHEMATICIAN line steamer United
States, from Copenhagen, March 10,
for New York, is still aground off this
port, but is not believed to be in any
danger. The captain Of the United
States said:
One of the most exciting features
Of this winters maneuvers has been
the skiing evolutions, in which in
fantrymen, aided by the cavalry, have
been rushed to rendezvous. These
performances, for the purpose of at
tanning high speed in mobilization Of
the army, are at times thrilling, the
foot soldiers on skis being dragged
across country grasping ropes attach
ed to the feet-footed mounts of the
troopers.
|, Mayor Bauck of Trondhjem played
nice little joke on Rev. Jorgensen.
the pastor of Lademoen parish in that
city. An entertainment was given at
the Hjorten pleasure resort for the
benefit Of the poor children Of Lade-
moen, and the proceeds, which
amounted to about $3.50, was sent
by the manager to the pastor for
distribution among the poor Children
of his parish. But he returned the
money to the manager with the ex-
PLANTATION that he could not we'll &C.
cept gifts from such a bad place as
Hjorten. The manager turned the
money over to the mayor, who also
made an attempt to induce the pastor
to take the money. But the latter re.
NAMED firm. This occurred some time
ago, and the people have been wonder.
ing how the mayor was going to dis.
pose of the money. Now their curl.
osity has been satisfied. The mayor
has reported that he dropped the
money into. the contribution box for
the poor at the Lademoen church, SO
that the pastor had distributed the
money anyway.
The Technical World contains the
following eulogy on the Bergen rail
way: Norwegian engineers claim with
justice that the new railway running
between Bergen and Kristiania is the
most remarkable and interesting in ex-
istence. The two cities are separated
by 800 miles, but the intervening re-
glon comprises some of the widest
and most inaccessible heights of the
great mountain system of the PENN.
sula. Considering the nature of the
ground, the Bergen railway follows
singularly direct route to Kristiania.
The line is carried up from Voss by
a steep gradient to the top of the des.
olate Fieldberg, round the neck of the
towering Hallingskarven, with it's
necklace of glaciers and it's beautiful
mountain flora, and down through the
rich scenery Of Hallingdal, where an.
parently limitless forests of pine and
birch and ash clothe the sides of the
rounded hills whose forms were
ground out by prehistoric glacier &C.
ton. All along the marvellous route
the air is filled with the roar and
thunder Of water courses, dashing
down precipices or dizzy heights,
pouring an immense volume of ice.
cold water into the valleys and fjords,
forming here rapid of seething, boil
ing water whose prismatic surf rises
high like artillery smoke, and there,
a pool of suddenly still, limpid depth,
where you can count the pebbles and
watch the trout. In the ffty-two miles
between Voss and Finse, the highest
station on the line, there is a rise OF
$500 feet, and from Finse down again
through the Hallingdal to Gulsvik, a
distance of 100 miles, there is drop
of $500 feet. A locomotive of 800
horsepower is used for the trains, and
the travelling is smooth and pleasant
throughout. It seems to be a pec.1l1.
arity of Norwegian trains to carry
passengers without jolt or a shake.
Keen interest is manifested by
cavalrymen in the United States army
over reports of winter practice ma
neuvers Of the Norwegian army. No
longer does the Morse soldier retire to
winter quarters with the coming of
snow. Instead, like the soldiers of
Italy, who are compelled to make
mountain climbing marches among
glaciers, the Norwegian troopers and
infantrymen are put through elaborate
drills on the snoW-covered hills
Two wooden mills at Aarstad, Ber-
gen, were destroyed by fire. The loss,
which amounted to $4,000, is covered
by insurance.
It is now taken for granted that
the steamer Odd from Haugesund is
lost and that it's crew of thirteen has
persisted. The Odd was carrying a
cargo of coal from Newcastle to Port
land.
The church people of Norway are
in favor Of law permitting the use
Of civil funerals. This indicates that
such law will be passed almost with.
out opposition.
February was a very prosperous
month for all kinds Of business in the
Norwegian capital, and the people are
looking for an era Of general yros
peritv.