Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-22
NORWAY.

Anton Limi of Gjerpen has sold his
moose dog for SITS to Anton Dalen
Of Dalsbygden.
A man was killed by the explosion
Of cannon at the Seventeenth Of
May celebration at Hamar.
Halvdan Koht, a young scholar, has
been appointed professor of history in
place of the late Prof. L. Dade. He
was born in Tromso in 1873.
It is said that Maxim Cork is going
to settle in Norway in order to be
close to his Russian friends and at
the same time be beyond the immedi.
ate reach of the Russian government
The municipality of Stavanger has
an option on the waterpower In the
Frafjord river. The falls are said to
represent from 10000 to 10000 horse
pewer, but the flow of water is very
difficult to regulate.
Oscar Wergel, a noted artist, died
at the age of sixty-fve years. His
greatest production was a historic
painting for the assembly hall Of the
storting, representing the Eidsvald
constitutional convention of 1914.
Fort Bickerton, N. S., June 1.-The
Norwegian bark Borghilde from Fred.
rikstad to Port Jeddore, N. S., was
wrecked on Caster Lodges of here
today. Two Of the crew were drowned
and the remainder, nine men, were
rescued in an exhausted condition.
Two Of the rescued men will probably
die from injuries received.
A wreath with the following inscrip.
ton was placed on the grave OF
Bjornson by Miss Toini Topelius, a
daughter Of Zakarias Topelius, the
Finnish poet: ':From the Finnish
Woman's Society, Helsingfors, with
thanks for your rousing words of the
eighties, and above everything for
your battle for the ideal Of purity
It is about dozen years since
Kristiania had hundreds of buildings
that could not be rented out at any
price, because the building spectators
had gone far beyond the demand for
room. Hundreds upon hundreds Of
business men failed, and it took years
of hard work and even hardships to
overcome the effects of that historic
calamity. Now at last the city seems
to have caught up with the building
accommodations. It is even said that
family rooms are really getting scarce.
Those who are working in the build
ing trades are taking advantage of
the situation by going on = strike,
and all work has been stopped on
more than twenty new buildings.
The noted Lisbetsater sanatori;lm,
near Trondhjem, has been sold by
Mrs. Major Bake to Mikal Oien,
Trondhjem merchant. The place is
famous for its Romantic beauty. The
property consists of so acres of titled
ground and 500 acres of timber.
There are seven cottages and no less
than nine fish lakes. Mr.. Oien made
the purchase mainly to get hold Of the
timber, which is very valuable.
A modern hotel will soon he tuilt
at TivoN, Kristiania. It is to cost
about one million dollars, and three.
fourths of the capital will be furnished
by NorWegians. -
The Grounding Of the United States,
q steamer belonging to the Omitted
Steamship Company Of Denmark, two
times within three months close tc:
Norwegian seaports, is bound to give
great boost to the organization Of
the proposed Observation-Disclosures
steamship line. The work Of raising
money for the new line has been lag.
ging somewhat though large: sums Of
money has been spent for advertising.
Now the double mishap Of the United
States may mend matters.
In Kristiania there are $4,000 women
and $1,000 men who nave . right %
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