Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-29
NORWAY.

A press bureau has been established
in connection with the foreign Office.
The aim of the bureau is to keep post
ed on what appears in the foreign
press about Norway's political and
commercial affairs, and, on the other
hand, to spread valuable information
about Norway abroad. The bureau
will always be ready to furnish the
foreign and domestic press with In.
formation. S. G. Hammer, formerly
assistant editor of the farmland, has
been appointed secretary of the new
bureau.
The motor yacht Haabet from Lar.
vik returned to Tromse with a full
| cargo, after three weeks whaling
trip to Spitzbergen. A few miles from
Tromso fire broke out in the motor
room. One man was badly burnt, the
other five were saved. The vessel
and the cargo were destroyed: The
vessel and part C the outfit wore in
sured, but the cargo, which was worth
$1,000, was not insured. The injured
man may die. The vessel was landed,
but what remains Of it is not Of much
account.
On farm in Ryfylke calf few
months old TOOK sick and it was killed
by the owner. When the animal was
cut open a good sized viper (snake)
was found in it's entrails. It had eaten
a hole through the stomach and must
have caused great pain. It is sup
posed that the snake had been lying
In a comatose condition in the hay
eaten by the calf. A similar incident
occurred in the same settlement a
few years ago, but in that case the
animal that swallowed the snake did
not lose its life.
How farms are named In Norway.
A man who died q few years ago in
STANCE told the following some time
before his death: Very long ago, be-
fore the farms were named in this
locality, man came to the present
Godager farm. He investigated the
soil, and when he had finished he said,
Here is good field" (god ager), and
from that time the place was called
Godager (Goodfeld). Then he went
to the next farm, and when he had
finished his search he said, Here is
almost good SOIL" and the place was
named almost" (Nasten). Finally he
looked at the soil of a third farm and
soon exclaimed with enthusiasm, this
is the very staff" This farm was
henceforth called Very (Skjelve).
The captain Of Norwegian whaling
steamer passing through the pack ice
in the White Sea slipped from the
deck of his vessel just as he sent his
harpoon into seal on fake Of ice.
He fell on his head into the water
close by the seal, which he had for
merly wounded by bullet. Fortu.
nately the man could swim or else
the comedy would have been turned
into a tragedy. He not only looked
out for his own life, but he seized
the wounded animal and swan with
it to an ice fake, in which he sup
ported himself and his booty until
boat came and picked them up
Two recruit companies from Nu-
medal planted 10000 young trees last
spring at Laakisater. near Garder-
moen. The work was superintendent
by an expert forester, and the 800 men
by whom 1t was done became greatly
interested in tree planting. In Aker-
shres amt alone 10000 trees have been
planted by soldiers this season. In
the near future recruits will also be
used for draining marshes.
a new building for the state his.
torical museum is to be erected at the
entrance TO Djurgarden, Stockholm.
The cost Of the plant will be alpost
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