Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-05-17
NORWAY.

oOrregaard, near SarpSbOrg, has a
special privilege to sell whisky. It Is
a vested right" granted to the place
by a Danish king over one hundred
years ago. The people Of the COM
munity are opposed to the business,
but the privilege" is above the wish
of the people. The property is now
owned by a Englishman, and he is
flashing the surrounding country with
whisky. He is member Of the
British parliament, and as such he is
leader Of the temperance people Of
his country!
A dispatch from Hammerfest states
that the Porsa and Vesterdalen copper
mines, formerly owned mainly by Ex-
Premier Christian Nicholson, have
been transferred to a syndicate backed
by English capital. Nicholson is still
interested in the business, The trans
fer is of great Importance to the sur
rounding districts, for it ia expected
that the promising ore beds will soon
be worked on large scale The deal
includes two waterfalls which are
capable Of producing better light and
motive power for the plants.
Mrs. Caroline Arctander died in
Kristiania at the age of 80 years. She
is survived by four sons and one
daughter, namely: John w. Arctand-
er, well known lawyer who lived in
Minneapolis for twenty-five years;
Capt. A. N. Arctander; Ludwig Arc
lander, another Minneapolis lawyer;
Rev. o. G. Arctander, Kristiania, Nor
way; and Mrs. Karen LANCE, Eds
void, Norway. Mrs. Arctander was
born in Stockholm, and her husband,
who died in 1873, was Instructor at
the Skien Latin school, Mrs. Arctander
was niece of Ludwig Nobel, a Swed-
ish inventor, and a cousin of Alfred
Nobel, the great Swedish inventor who
bounded the Nobel inslate and made
provisions for awarding 100000 every
year as "Nobel prizes"
DR.. Sigurd 1bsen has written a very
valuable newspaper article on the
question Of woman's rights. All over
the world, he says, there is a tendency
to grant greater privileges to the wom-
en-. Formally, they may be put on an
equal footing with men. Then comes
the great test: Will they try to com.
pete with the men on the same level
and along the same line as the men?
If they do, he thinks they are doomed
to failure, because they are not 10
able as the men. But If they mark
out new lines of progress, they are
bound to make their work. This ia
indicated by what they have accomp.
lished in modern times. Personal
bravery and physical strength give
the man superiority in the eyes of
primitive races. But during the past
one hundred years the interests OF
the loving mother have been needed
as never before, the modern woman
has made the world more altruistic
If the women proceed along these
lines they are bound to score great
victories in the future.
L. S. Swenson. formerly American
minister to Switzerland, who has
been appointed minister to Norway to
succeed Herbert H. D. PIERCE, has ar
rived here for the purpose of arrang.
ing with Mr.. Peirce to assume office
in June. The new minister expressed
himself as delighted with his appoint.
ment, as he Is the son of Norwegian
parents and speaks the language flu.
emily.
Some Nordland students are going
to sail their own boat across the North
sea on their way to the celebration OF
the millennium of the establishment
of the duchy of Normandie.
The strike in the iron and metal
works has proved disastrous from the
start Many orders have already gone
to the Germans, the employers lose
money, and the families of the strik.
ers must suffer.
In Nordland and Tronyo tuberculosis
is three times as frequent now as thiz>
ty years ago, and in Finnerkin the
figures are five times as large as thir.
ty years ago. The average annual in,
crease of new cases was 1888 durina
the years 1901-1909. The currenciea
have appropriated $4,000 year fol
running a sanatorium, which IL bad,
II needed.