Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-19

to Dane, who gave it to the Copen-
hagen geological gardens.
NORWAY.
Miss Elsie Sem is the first woman
to get permission to conduct law suits
before the supreme court Of Norway
John Utheim, austman in North
Bergenhuz, died at the age of GO years.
His career as public educator and Of
ice holder was a successful and high
ly meritorious one.
A monument Of Aasta Hansteen has
been raised in Our Saviour's grave
yard, Kristiania. She distinguished
herself as a leader in the woman's
emancipation movement in Norway.
twenty-five horses were recently
imported from Iceland to Kristiansand
and sold at public auction. The OBJ
ject of this move was to give holders
OF small farms a chance to get suit
able horses cheap. If the result is
satisfactory more horses will be i'm
ported from the same country.
Prof. Bedding, the present leader
Of the Norwegian mission in Santal-
istan, India, has returned to his sta
ton after long stay in Europe. A
farewell reception given to him in
Kristiania was attended by a very
large number Of those who are inter-
ested in his work. There are 10000
Christians in Santalistan.
The national high school of tech
nology in Trondhjem was dedicated
Sept. Is. This date is expected to
make new era in the industrial life
Of Norway. The curriculum calls for
such thorough work that the school
really deserves the name of university.
It is intended to be the most preten-
tious institution Of it's kind in Scan
dinavia.
Knud Haugen, Of Mjondalen, who
was out hunting, saw something be-
hind bush, and, taking it to be black
grouse, he fired at it. He soon found
out his terrible mistake. There was
a man behind the bush, Karl Sand.
bak, who was out picking berries. Mr..
Sandbak got the whole charge of shot
in his side, and his condition was con-
sidered critical.
Two cows and an OK which were
let loose in clover field in Mas,
Romerike, ate SO much of the rich
stuff that they took sick. One of the
COWS law down and actually bursted
The belly Of the OK bulged out until
it rose above the backbone on both
sides, and the other cow was in pretty
much the same fix. The lives of the
latter two were barely saved.
A naked man whom nobody seems
to know has been seen off and on in
the woods at Voss. Sometimes he has
been stark naked, at other times he
has had pieces of cloth around his
loins. He. must have been moving
about quite actively, for he has been
| seen in different quarters at different
| times. Many women and children
who have been out picking berries
have been scared by him. He is in
the habit Of appearing all of sud.
den, and Of disappearing just as sud.
denly.
| The following mysterious statements
are palmed off by the American dailies
as a cablegram dated Kristiania, Oct
2: According to a letter received
here from Captain Road Amundson:
on board the Fran at Madeira,
Amundson has decided to proceed on
an antarctic expedition. This change
of plans has occasioned surprise, az
it was the original intention Of Amund.
sen to start early next pear on drift
ing voyage for the north pole. The
Fran was first to go to San Francisco,
where it was to be fitted out, and it
was calculated that the drift through
the polar ice would occupy not less
than seven years." The whole thing
looks pretty much like a coarse Joke.
Twelve years ago the building trade
had been so highly overdone in Hvisti.
ania that hundreds, not to say thou,
sands, of buildings found no occu.
pants, and thousands of others were
rented out at rates that were so low
as to spell ruin to the owners. Dur.
ing the intervening period compare
lively few new buildings have been
| put up, and at the present moment
the population is cramped for room.
So serious is the situation that the
authorities are about to resort to ex-
traordinary means for housing fam.
lilies Of moderate means. The chief
aim will be to provide for the erec-
ton of small cottages surrounded by
a garden. Public officials will be the
first beneficiaries Of the new plan, be-
cause they are required to reside
within the city limits.
The first tuberculosis sanatorium in
Telemarken will soon be built few
miles above Norodden. In West Tele.
marker Tor Vaa has donated grounds
for another at Kvitteseid. About hall
of the money needed for the three
tuberculosis sanatoria which are to
be built in that part Of Norway has
been raised.
| At Stryn and other places in Nord.
ford both children and grown people
spent much of their time picking will
berries last summer. Grown peopk.
often made as much as $135 a day.
Most Of the berries were exported to
Scotland. -
Two Laps found the body of man
in mountain lake near the head Of
the Jar ford. BY means Of remains
| Of his clothes he was recognized a.