Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-05-03
NORWAY.

Autobiography, OLdSduSSl, Is on veal .
old. Still he is doing regular work for
the city every day.
At the farm owned by Eilef Lunde,
Telemarken, record has been kept
of the pedigree of a breed of Tele-
marker cows since the year 1929.
Two American capitalists have rent
ed the fishing and hunting privileges
at Lake Esanden, Tydalen, east Of
Trondhjem, and they are going to put
up large building there.
Peder Aadnesen holland, of Tirne,
near Stavanger, who is 80 years old,
has just returned from the spring fish
cries. He complained that he could no
longer row boat as we'll as young
men, but he kept at the work like the
rest of the men.
Mikkel Resell, a farmer in Meldalen,
had an OK that did not want to eat.
Upon investigation it was found that
a part of his tongue had been bitten
off. The explanation is a curious one.
The OK had recently been put next to
an old horse in the barn. It is sup
posed that the OK tried to steal hay
from the horse, and that the latter
angrily snapped at the thief just as the
OK happened to reach out his tongue
for the hay. The OK had to be killed.
The Norwegians are laying up quite
bit for rainy day: The bank de-
posts have been increasing at rapid
rate for an old country. In 1905 the
total bank deposits were 675,600,000
kroner; in 1906, 743,100,o00 kroner; in
1907, 802, 100000 kroner; in 1898, S42,-
100000 kroner; in 1909, 905, 100000
kroner. The record for the year 1919
is not known. But it is estimated that
the amount will pass the billion kroner
mark in the course of the present year.
CA krone is about ~ cents.)
A Norwegian daily gives the follow
ing picture of place at the southern
most point Of Norway. The patches Of
ground lie among mountain knobs and
stone piles. There are six houses on
the farm, and this means six owners.
But there are no men to run the farm.
The writer had something to do with
the real estate of the place. Six
women came to me as representatives
from the six houses. Two of them
were widows, and four had their hus-
bands in America. The stock of the
whole farm consists of twelve cows
and few sheep.
Magnus Andersen, captain of the
Viking ship that crossed the Atlantic
ocean and visited the Chicago world S
fair in 1893, was shortly afterwards ap-
pointed director Of commerce. In the
course of time he came to look upon
himself as indispensable, and his SUI
periors found it more and more diff
cult to deal with him. Finally the cab
met dropped the man. His salary was
$1,000 a year, and he was offered an
other position drawing the Same sal
ary. But he declined that offer, and
now he is on the pension list, drawing
$1,000 year. Those who are inter
ested in the shipping trade are glad to
get rid of Andersen. But the Social
lists and others have raised great
howl about his dismissal from service.
The central committee Of the Social
list party resolved against the vote of
one member to propose that the ma
tional convention of the party pass a
resolution to the effect that other
unions and press organs Of the party
get rid Of all economical connections
with and dependence upon the liquor
traffic"
No less than 193,4S2 Norwegians
emigrated from Norway during the
past decade. It Is estimated that the
money paid Cor the passage, and the
cash and the baggage which they took
with them aggregated shout s17,00O,-
900.
A majority OF radical members Of q
.storting committee proposed to amend
the constitution so tkht the king should
no longer have tho right to call and
prorogue the storting, this authority
to be vested in the president of the
stosting. On the contrary, the king
was to be permitted to visit the stort.
ing at any time, a prerogatfve which
he does not now enjoy. The Rightists
and the Liberals voter against the bill
Andrew Johansen Skjefte and wife
Margrete, Ogndalen, have celebrated
their golden wedding. They were born
and have spent their lives In the same
neighborhood,