Morris tribune., 1911-01-20

ndHSuIS, really JuIuplHS EOHLSSIS, Is4hU
place early in February in different
parts of the country successfully, Gull
minating in the great event at Hol.
menkollen, on the mountain overlook.
ing Christania. The competitors are
all amateurs and the only prizes
awarded are simple souvenirs. The
Norwegian record is held by jump
OF forty-tWo meters, or nearly 138 feet
down the slope. Measured back on
level to the so called take off" the
distance covered by we'll trained SKI
runner in one of these high jumps is
l25 feet, with a drop of about sixty
five feet. The annual Holmenkollen
ski tournament will be held next
month at Holmenkollen and there will
be hundreds of visitors from foreign
countries, who will come to see the re-
markable ski jumping contests.
The Tooth anniversary of Historian
Munich was observed at the Chris.
tiania university Dec. Is in the pres
ence of a large number of students,
professors and other distinguished
men of letters from different cities
and communities throughout the coun.
try. Professor Yngvar Nielsen deliv.
cred an excellent address, in which he
dWelt at length upon the historical
works that we're presented the nation
through the efforts of Munich. The
speaker also stated that suitable
statue of the historian would be
erected on the university campus at
no distant date. The university male
chorus was present and sang a num-
ber of songs appropriate for the occae
sion.
Religiously divided into about
dozen organizations the Scandinavians
of Milwaukee have through their rep
resentative citizens, become united
into one social organization entitled
the Scandinavian club" of which the
Norwegian consul, Olaf |. Rove, ID
president There is a Swedish and q
Danish vice president. About forty
prominent physicians, business men,
clergymen, ETC., constitute the charter
membership. A room in the center OF
the city has been fitted up in Viking
style. where the flags of the three ma
tions hang lovingly side by side in
unity which we hope may never bs
marred.
Bishop Bang will leave for Paris
next spring for the purpose of estab-
fishing Norwegian Lutheran congre-
cation in that city. The NOrwegianS
have, even since the dissolution of the
union, been worshipping with the
Swedish colonists in Paris and have
practically since that time not had any
Norwegian services. The NOrWegians
of Paris therefore look forward to the
time when they will have church
and pastor of their own The stOr-
thing will undoubtedly make a SUBJ
stantial donation for the new church
building in Paris.
Christiania will, in the near future,
have mote less than three new public
school buildings The Bjolsen school
is to be completely rebuilt at an ex-
penditure of 100000 crowns and there
will be new school erected on Foug-
stads street and another at Daelingen.
the erection of each entailing an ex-
penditure of at least 250,OOO crowns
each
For the continued restoration of the
Trondhjem cathedral the storthing
will likely make an appropriation OF
st, 900 crowns for the year 1911. When
the restoration of this famous cathe-
dral shall have been completed it will
entail the expenditure of several mil
lion crowns. The end of the work OF
restoration is not yet in sight
Puccini's opera, La Tosca," has
been drawing large audiences at the
Central theater recently. The leading
roles are carried by Madame Skarseth
and Hedenmark and Endregaard. Con-
certmeister Voss is leading the orches-
ira
The storthing's budget for the year
1911 exceeds 100000 crowns The
of finance still expresses the
hope that the government will be able
to meet the expenditures without levy
ing any extra taxes.
Professor Birkeland wants a SUBJ
stantial appropriation from the stor-
thing for the erection of a meteor
illogical observatory on the Haaldet-
ieldet near Kaafjord.