Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

It Is generally agreed that Prof. Thy.
rem was power in the riksdag. Evea
those who were opposed to some Of
his theories had to admit the earnest
ness and the intense patriotism Of the
man.
3; NORWAY:
Tryve Gran accompanies Scott's
South Pole expedition 6 Instructor in
skiing.
In the parish Of Aremark more than
one-fourth of the deaths are due to
tuberculosis.
The city council Of stavanger has
voted 500 for the erection Of monu-
ment Of Alexander Kjelland, the au-
thor.
The Stavanger Gamers foresee the
day when they will have to compete
with the Japanese on the American
market.
At Gjeiteskjar, Strand. near Stavan-
ger, is a ninety-eight year old women
who took COW and some eggs to
town to sell.
A Scandinavian syndicate has bought
the Ranfjorden 1roA ranges, which are
located about 20 m1lss from Tromso@
Operations will be star ted in June.
Johan Alnes, OF Gryten, Franen,
Romsdal, shot and killed three grown
bears in the course Of halt minute.
The distance was only fifty feet. The
biggest bear weighed 200 pounds.
"Over the Lofty Mountains" one Of
Bjornson's most fascinating poems, is
blamed by many for the increase Of
tuberculosis in Norway Now, how
can there be any connection between
those two things7 The sentiment run
ming through the whole poem 10 a sort
Of sickly longing for something far
away, something indefinite in the blue
distance. When young people absorb
the sentimentality Of this poem their
minds lose their natural buoyancy,
which often leads to consumption. A
physician who knows his business
changes the heading. "Over the Lofty
Mountains" to "The Norwegian Tub.
erculosis Ballad"
The language confusion is becoming
almost unbearable in many of the rural
schools Of Norway. In some districts
the vote is shifting from one party
to another every few years. This often
means that the language is changed at
the same time. But what is still
worse is, that in many cases the two
languages are used side by side in one
and the same school. Some language
purists are SO strongly opposed to the
Norwegian Danish that they do not
let their children sing the great ma
tional hymn, ia vi elkser dette landet."
because it is written in 4 language
against which they have started 4
holy crusade Of determination.
"Rigsmaalsforeningen" IS a society
whose aim is to perpetuate the use Of
the present Norweeian-Danish book
language, as opposed to the propagan-
do Of bringing fusion Of the Nor
wegian dialects to the front as the
exclusive language Of the country.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has had uphill
work largely because It is negative
power. The leaders realized this
handicap. and SO they resolutely
wheeled around and started an agrees
sive movement. The official language
used in Norway is q most cunningly
and curiously constructed contrivance
You can imagine. This style was i'm
posed upon Norway during the four
hundred and odd years during which
she was united with Denmark, and
Denmark had borrowed some Of the
German syntax for her own official use.
Hence the official language used in
Norway today is really laboring under
the influence of the syntax Of the Ger
man language. It is against this anon
ally that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT has
declared war, and as to the popularity
Of this war, suffice It to say that out
side Of the Warehouses; there is hardly
a grown person in the whole country
but is glad to get rid OF the old CHAN
eel STYLE"
The capital stock Of Tidens Tegn.
new daily In Kristiania, is 1900.
all Of which is said to have been paid
up. There are only 10 shares, Of S..
ESQ each. Shares can be transferred
only by vote Of three-fifths Of the
stockholders. Mr.. Thommesen. for
mer editor Of the Verdens Gang, is the
leading map in the new concern.
The Norway-Mexico steamship line,
which has been in operation for three
years, is doing good business. Seven
steamers are running regularly, and
they carry full cargoes both ways.
This augurs well for the new Nor
wegian- American line.
Two Laps kept about 300 reindeer
on Ribbenas island, near Tromso, last
winter. Part of the time the weather
was so rough that the deer were not
tended to. When the owners went to
round them up they found that halt
Of them had been killed by snowslides.
The loss was about 1900.
The average age Of the m,nisters o.
Tromso Stiff, the northernmost diocese
Of Norway, is 44.5, IN the city Of Kris
t:ania 81 years, and the average for the
whole country IL $3.50 years. It ID
pointed out that the oldest mon an
kept in Kristiania. the toughest bsk
81 the whole oountu.