Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-14

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The body of Owe Guide. Norway's
minister TO the United States, who
died suddenly in White Sulphur
Springs, w Va, on the evening OF
July 2, where he had established him
self and family at a cottage for the
summer, was taken to Washington,
where the body was cremated and the
ashes taken by his family to New
York for shipment on the Kaiser H.,
which left last Tuesday. II is under
stood that the ashes will be deposited
in the family vault at Christiania. Mr..
GUIDES former home. Minister Guide
came to Washington as the represen.
tative of the Norwegian government
on April %, 1908. Previously he had
been minister Of Sweden and Norway
at Copenhagen and was stationed at
that post at the time Norway severed
her connection from Sweden. Later
he was made Norwegian minister at
Berlin, whence he came to Washing
ton. Minister GUIDE was a scholarly
man. He spoke eight languages flu
emily and hau been educated in Ger
many, England and France. He is
survived by his wife and two ,daugh-
tiers, Mile. Ingeborg and Mile. Sigrid
GUIDE. He was also a talented mu-
stefan and graduate OF the Conserva-
tory OF Music In Paris. GUIDE was the
son of one OF Norway's famous men,
GUIDE, the great landscape painter,
who lies buried at Christiania beside
two other distinguished Norwegians,
Ibsen and Bjornson.
His majesty, King Haakon, returned
from his father-in-law's funeral the
other day and soon afterwards star
tied the country by taking long sub
marine cruise in the Kobben, which
was at the time making experiments
king and his party were on battle
ship and he went down to make per-
sonal visit and inspection on board
the submarine, when suddenly, at his
command, the tower was closed and
the vessel disappeared beneath the
surface. The king stayed below for
half an hour and 1t is reported that he
is the first reigning monarch who has
ever gone down with a submarine
boat. 1t now remains for him to fly In
an aeroplane, feat which has not
yet been accomplished in Norwegian
ATTITUDES.
Tropical heat. with the thermometer
at 35 degrees centigrads In the shade.
has been the order for the last four.
teen days all over the entire country.
except possibly in the extreme north
ern sections. The melting of the snow
in the mountains has caused all rivers
and lakes to swell and in certain To-
calities great damage has been done
by the floods, which have surpassed
the high water marks of the last thir-
ty-five or forty years. Tremendous
RATS OF logs have broken loose and
involved much expense in the regath-
ering and a few thousand logs went
down the Sarpfoss, the biggest water
fall In Norway, and out to the sea-
The yachting season has set in and
all kinds of interest Is evinced by
enthusiastic yachtsmen. Johan Anker
is the name in yachting circles which
looms high at present. He Is to Nor.
way what Herreshoff Is to America.
Anker Is the SON of rich man and he
has had a thorough schooling as a
yacht builder and naval architect He
has his own boat building establish
ment where the most beautiful craft
are created in the winter months.
When Norway participated in the
Olympian games In London 1t entailed
an expenditure OF about $4,000 crowns.
The committee was unable to pay the
expenses aild now they have had to
borrow money to cover the deficiency.
The committee has found hackers,
however. in the persons of Captain
Sverre. John Dahl and Goldsmith
Frisch.
The Norwegian Packing company is
the name of new firm which has re
Gently been organized In Bodo. No
foreign capital is interested, the COM
pany consisting entirely of Norwe-
CLANS. The company starts out in
good hands and contemplates a large
and successful herring business.
"Politiken." the leading Copenhagen
paper. characterizes Bergen. Stavan-
ger and Drammen as Swedish pro-
vincial villages" In recent article.
The slur, of course. will not pass with
out vigorous reply from the Chris
tiania papers.
The worlds greatest salmon trap
has been established In the Masse-
elven. It is 425 meters long, every
foot OF 1t hewn into the mountain.
The country's customs receipts for
the month of May amounted to g..
100000 crowns.
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The Scandinavian Aerodrome com.
pany is the name of a new business in.
stitution which has recently been or.
ganixed in Copenhagen with a capital
OF $4,000 crowns. The shares are pref