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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05
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other European railway. The win
ter lasts nine months and sometimes
longer; the snowfall is heavy and
the transforms terrific. The line
cost about $15, 100000.
There are some events Of which
circumstances and surrounding de-
tails seem to be craven on the men,
ory in such fashion that we cannot
forget. And SO it is with the scene
/ have described. / trust it forms
my graduation essay.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05
Across The Backbone
Of Norway.
By A. W.


cation, for the train leaves at a. m.
You take a seat in your coupe and
you need not leave it until evening
when you arrive in Bergen. Could
a trip over snow-clad mountains be
made more easy than that?
And now dear reader, follow me
as a tourist and we will make the
trip.
1t is Z o'clock in the Christiana
station. All aboard!" (however, in
Norway the conductor does not
shout All aboard" but blows a
whistle); the engineer opens the
throttle and we move out of the
train shed eastward but soon swing
around toward the northwest. As
we laborously pant and puff up
steep grade, and finally gaining the
top of the hill we get fine view of
the beautiful city we have just left,
and we enjoy it to the full while the
iron horse stops for short breath
ing spell. Off again through
district rich in interesting landscape,
varied by pine forests, beautiful
lakes, and magnificent rugged sleeps
with waterfalls. At length we catch
a glimpse or two (and fascinating
they are) of the Randsfford.
Somewhat later we cross a river
where we see a roaring waterfall
and busy power plants. We stop
for seven minutes at Honefas. If
you will excuse me l am going
to get off at this station and buy
some cherries, / happen to know
they are very good, and if you care
to come along you can drink glass
of excellent milk for ten ore.
Again the whistle blows and we
continue on our way and presently,
after boring through high ridge
by means of a long tunnel, we
emerge to get lovely view of lake
Kroderen.
Through many more tunnels we
follow the. lake shore to Gulsvik,
feasting our eyes on the charming
scenery across the water. Small
patches Of show may still be seen
on these mountains, even in July;
but we are soon to see much more
snow than this. From Gulsvik on
up to Hollingdal the prospects are
what I should call corking," if it
wasn't slang, but that is about the
word and guess we'll let 1t stand.
There is noticeable contrast here
between the rich and varied natural
beauty of this valley, and the pow
erty stricken appearances of the
farmers. As we proceed upward
along the river between the high
ridges, we can well understand why
so many Norwegians have emigrated
to other lands.
The train is moving very slowly
now and yet when you look out ol
the window you see that two pow.
erful locomotives are doing then
best. When we glance at our pro
file map the matter becomes clear tt
us; we are beginning to climb the
mountains; it is good climb toe
which takes almost four hours. II
the meantime there is changing
: panoramas the trees become smaller
and scarcer, and eventually disap
] pear altogether: we are above thu
: tree limit.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05
Vol. XXv.-No. 9.
Polite bow to the Family

Ia Polite bow to the Family
Journal:
/ have lived long time in this
valley Of tears, and haye sampled
both the right and wrong. | have
herded with goats, and have dreamed
of the Backbone of Norway.
Norway was recently in the midst
Of the summer rush of tourists. And
it was beyond doubt the greatest in
fiux Of visitors this year, that has
been seen in many decades, as COR
respondent in a Norwegian paper,
writing says: 'Chrlstiana sounds
like an international school of Ian
guages, in hotels, stores, cafes and
all over the CITY,"
But great as it is now, it will be
as nothing compared with what is
coming in 1914, when Norway will
celebrate the one-hundreth anniver-
sary of it's freedom, for which great
preparations are already being made.
And Norwegian Americans have
nothing to be ashamed of in their
ancestry and kin.
They are fortunate to have sprung
from race Of real men, who, a
thousand years ago, by their courage,
heroic deeds, and enterprise, planted
the fame of their race firmly in the
respect of mankind for all time to
come.
But I was going to put before the
readers of The Mirror an article ta-
ken from a Norwegian paper about
Across the Backbone of Norway
Hoping the readers may find it of as
interesting nature as | have:
Like a spiral column from top
to bottom across Norway stretches
chain of rugged mountains, open
ings here and there in the range, in
terstices between the vertebr@ as il
were, allow a mountain pass to wind
its way across.
1t was by means of these roads
(aside from the sea- that east anC
west Norway in former times kept
up their connection with each other
But it was not an easy method Of
communication by any means. The
mountains were high, and the mar
row roads were steep, distances
great, and progress slow. The
crossing involved considerable ex
pense, some time and both exertiol
and danger. Therefore it was onl,
the more enthusiastic and hard,
tourists that ventured over thes
mountain passes. Those who di,
take the risk however, were well re
warded for their pains.
But a great change has take
place. and at the present time
large and increasing stream of trav
ellers pour over the county iron
Christiana to Bergen. 1t is perio
of only a few years that has see
this great revolution of trav 9
brought about by the constructio
of railway over these mountain
1t is no longer difficult thing t
cross the mountains. Thanks to th
perseverance and skill of the Nol
wegian engineers, it has been mad
easy for tourists to make the tril
there being only one sacrifice dc
manded: that of having to riseEa lii
tie too early for person ON his VI
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

The horizon opens up little and
we make out Mountain Peaks in the
distance. Suddenly we rumble under
the first snow shed built to protect
the entrance to tunnel. As we
ascend the snow sheds become fre-
quent and one begins to observe
snow drifts which have withstood
the sun until mid summer.
If we take survey forward by
putting our heads out Of the win
dow, we may trace the line for miles
and miles up the valley as it winds
along, marked by fences and snow
sheds.
Up, up, we go. 1t was hot when
we left the city, but now it has be-
come very cool, and when early in
the afternoon we step down to the
platform at Finse. the highest sta
tion on the road. we are chilled.
Finse is built by a1ake and standing
by the waters edge, we see to the
south the stately Hardanger Jekel
with its mighty snow-covered top;
around it are smaller satellites
cleaning white in the sun. Many
of the glistening drifts-they tell
us have been undisturbed for hun
dreds of years.
The warning bell calls us to the
present and we find our seat again,
the whistle sounds and again we
move forward, still going upward
through myriads of snow sheds and
tunnels short and long, until at
length we reach the summit, thir-
teen hundred meters above sea level
There on the waters of the Tango
wand we see ice yet remaining IN
thin crusts.
/ We are elated to feel that we
are SO high aloft, and you imagine
even in the stuffy car, (Norwegiani
have an extreme horror of keeping
a window OPEN that you can recog
nize and taste the fresh mountain
air you have read so much about.
/ Meanwhile we roar through an
other tunnel, and commence the de,
scent. It is a long roar. through
tunnels, then snow sheds, tunnels
and snow sheds; a grand outlook
And SO 1t goes. if / should keep or
writing tunnels and snow sheds t.
the bottom of the page, there would
not be sufficient space to describe
the tunnels on the trip.
1t is almost half-past four and VIZ
are due in a few minutes at Myrdal
and you must be sure to get place
by window on the right hand side
of the car. Here we are just il
time, the train slackens speed anl
comes to halt as we glide out O
a long tunnel.
For a minute we stand in awe(
silence, for far, far down below us
, we look into the depths Of th,
Floam Valley sheer drop Of hun
dreds and hundreds of feet. 1t
, tremendously grsnd. On each sid
the mountains tower high, Will
deep down at the bottom littl
,, river rushes off in hurry -towar'
the sea.
All too soon the express moves OF
! and in moment we enter into th
depths Of another snow shed an,
tunnel. But after penetrating thes
we arrive at Myrdal.
Let us use our ten minutes her
! to the best advantage at the lunc
counter. After bolting few sand
wiches and swallowing glass 9
milk, we may have time to glance q
the road which runs steeply dow
/
J from the statioA into the valley q
. the Floam, whibh we have just ad
mired, and on = noted hotel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

is only twelve miles from here to
the Sognefjord. Turning in the
other direction we see the railway
track as it curves, and then plunges
straight into the side of massive
mountain. There is another tunnel.
and it looks to be very long one,
and sure enough it is, as we find
when we go through it. 1t is over
four miles in length and our guide
book has a long article about the
famous Gravehalsen Tunnel. The
lamps in our car by the way, have
been burning all day. We breathe
freely again when we come out in
to the sunlight once more, but our
rejoicing is premature; more snow
sheds more tunnels.
| However, the wild and rugged
/ scenery between Mvrdal and Voss
for this portion Of thestrip is won
derful kaleidoscope to the sight
seer, and it is also somewhere along
here, that with maliciously loud
roar we pass through the last snow
shed, to our great relief.
/ With no stops the train hurries
on to Voss, which we honor with
our presence about 6 p. m.
| A bitter disappointment meets us
here, we find in the lunch room that
they have actually given us sour
milk to drink. 1t is terrible! In
our minds the reputation of Voss is
ruined forever, and nothing good
we have read before or since about
this village can remove our preju-
dice.
i From Voss to Bergen the railroad
is not new, but we find it none the
less interesting for all that. Fol
lowing pretty foaming river as we
, make our way along the foot o1
, high stern cliffs we reach a ford
! and here the sturdy frowning head.
lands appeal to our viking spirit
Something moves within our breast
as we realize that here were ma.
tured, and from out these fjords sci
forth those hardy Norsemen of old
Nor are their descendants today lesl
J bold, for you find them sailing ev.
cry sea.
Through swarms of tunnels we
, finally approach the end Of oul
| journey. 1t is nearly nine O'Clock
, but the sun is still up, and when Al
length the air brakes sigh wearily al
) we come to stop on time at the
station of the old historic city o.
) Bergen.
2 The total length Of the railroad il
/ but three hundred miles and of this
twenty miles are tunnels, O.
f which there are 1874. The line alst
crosses fourteen bridges. The con
structional work entailed the exca
j, vation Of thirty-six million cubi,
e feet Of earth, and twenty-eight mil
: lion cubic feet Of rock on the higl
s mountain section. The consump
e tion of dynamite ran up to million
e eight hundred thousand pounds
9 There are fifty-fve stations between
d the two terminal points.
OF the fourteen bridges there j
q one in masonary having a span. 0
e one hundred and fifty feet, and an
d other being five hundred and sixty
e six feet in length with eight sevent,
foot spans.
ell Owing to the exposed nature O
b the line in the upper sections aboy
I the timber line. extensive fencin,
# as defense against drifting snos
it was necessary beside the track
d These screens are almost continuou
# for sixty miles between Wyolffel
1 and Gjeilo. The line passes throug
Ell wilder stretch Of country than an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

Man may declare he is the lord of
creation, but all the same he fears
his wife above everything else should
he happen to reach home very late
at night. Recently a certain hus-
band arrived home much later than
usual-from the office. He took off
his shoes and stole into the bedroom;
but vain precaution, his wife began
to stir. Quickly the panic-stricken
man went to the cradle of his first
born and began to rock it vigorous
ly. What are you doing there,
Robert?" queried his wife. i've
been sitting here for nearly two
hours trying to get this baby to
Sleep" he growled. why, Robert
I've got him here in bed with me-"
said the spouse. And he never said
another word all night.-Nil Des-
perandum.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

Senator Nelson, who is of Norwe-
gean extraction and is proud of the
fact, told the following story:
There was a meeting held to decide
whether the Bible should be used as
text book in the Minneapolis
schools. AS the voting stood even,
for and against, 1t required the vote
of certain person, whom we will
call Yenson. When asked as to
which way he would vote, he re-
piled that never having read the
book, he was not in a position to
say. However, it being Wednes-
day, he said he would buy one and
report the following Saturday. Sat
urday came, and Yenson came in TO
the meeting; laying ponderous
volume of the Bible on the table he
said: 'Yentlemen, / puy dem book,
and read him twice since Wednes-
day. He bane no gued, he all
the time speaks of St. Paul, and
never once mentions Minneapolis.
Cut him out. Mil Desperandum.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

only departure from strict simplicity. White voes
with stunning borders made whatever may be
the palest tint in the border especially good model
showing skirt draped shawl fashion, the points
hanging either side of the fronts and the back show
ing single point In the This style shows TO
advantage all is also used for most
of the bodices.
In most of these gowns sleeves of lace are shown
and these either transparent provided with
the thnnest lining OF mousseline Lghness is the prin
epal aimed these wolfe gowns and TO accom-
pish this the supple of satin is used for lining
them. and OF the bodices free from whale
bones belts anything OF the nature In fact some
have their bodices mounted TO chiffon IN
place OF satin sufeiently heavy two
thicknesses used
Taffeta is having great much II not more
did year In spite OF all the efforts OF
the majority OF the dressmakers TO introduce all kinds
shades into these froeks black and dark blue
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

are supposed and do hang after the fashion
OF capes or II they caught It single Invisible
hook placed well below the waist
great many ehiron cloaks show large, soft
ing hoods made of lace, crepe or silk These
are frequently most elaborate affairs partly
with embroidery finished about edges fringe
puffs or ruies Most OF these hoods are really
like eapes, for they long enough
and they extend the so as to cover
completely the top OF the They are graceful
ana especially becoming to slight ngure
Beside brocade and stripes many coats seen
OF changeabe tRfetas and chiffon, both plain and
changeable Many Of these simply foundation for
lovely embroidery, which executed in silks
others In ribbon others in and stin
and many In woods These not necessarily follow
particular period in style but are intended
solely charming OF any summer cos
tune Those of chiffon generally quite loose fitting
and sleeveless being like tuncs, but much shorter In
fact they frequently over tunics either of
muslin of embroidered batiste bringing into
three distinct materials all delightfully."- com
btned
With the advent OF weather a great many vore
taffeta, and light summer silk gowns have appeared
The voiles the lovely OF ALI for they
In charming colorings many OF them are pat
termed and bordered with and unusual de-
signs As rule they up contra sting
shade OF silk satin nearly always they are
trimmed with lace and satn according TO whether or
not they intended TO be dressy.
Finely dotted Voes the pale tones are fashion
able up simply morning frocks They are gen.
orally trimmed with bands OF satin show
suimpes and underseeyes OF me lace this being the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

stil continue to be frequently seen than anything
else Black takes the lead of all the coors
almost every combined with quantities of white
which completely takes away from any
Inc nat which has been chrstened for the queen of
England is most ohio and delightful little affair
was probably chosen out of compliment her we'll
known prediction for all OF small head coverings
1t is eapote shape with a rounded droops
at either side like helmet There is the niest posi-
BILE brim that turns back IL is really nothing than
an apology for brm. for line Of velvet
colored straw TO relieve its line The trim
ming is always the matter whether the hat is
white black, pale color 1t consists a shaped
aigrette. which extends the front from to
II is quite high in the center. inches and
only four five at the sides is shaded from deep
yellow 10 white the tips only being the latter color
IL actually does resemble a big lovely soft crown
and Is naterng to face framing IL in these gently
waving feathery pumes The prettest of the models
OF white straw with line OF black velvet mark the
brim andin white with velvet 10 match they charm
ingly youthful looking and smart
White hats the things of the moment and the
trimming consists OF imitation feathers made or
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

Gown having an
underskirt OF black
crepe de chine,
mounted on a
( o u n d alton OF
white silk. The
upper part is OF
b ] a @ K chiffon,
through which the
white II n 1 n G
shows, and this is
banded in white
taHeta. The lower
band OF taneta
shows a bias fold
OF black velvet.
ana a similar fold,
but wider, appears
on the undersE1rs.
The neck AM
sleeves ez the
gown are 61,sb ID
with heavy biaok
silk fringe, and
the wide girdle L.
a combination OF
crepe de chine ana
velvet. Model from
Beer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02
PAGE FIVE
HoW's THIs2

We offer One Hundred Dollars R.
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o
We, the undersigned have known +
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe MIN perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. Walding. Kinnan & Mar.
win, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
testimonials sent free. Price, 75c per
bottle Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02
THE SECRET OF
SAVING IS HABIT .

ONCE BEGUN, you will find
II an easy matter to deposit
small sum every week in this
bank.
In a short time the practice Of
RESERVlNG a portion Of your
salary or wages for YOUR saw
lNGs ACCOUNT will become
second nature-automatlc al
most voluntary.
II will be NO HARDSHIP to
deny yourself unnecessary lux
uries"-your PRIDE in your
steadily INCREASING BANK
BALANCE will far OUTWEIGH
passing pleasure Of SPENDING"
You can begin the experiment
with s1oo or more. Try the "bank-
step exercises" now, before your
good resolution is lost.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02

For sale-One new standard visible
Oliver typewriter Inquire at this of
flee.
Wanted-Wheat, oats barley, eggs
and poultry at Isaac Smith & Co,
rs West Center. THE Seed store. "a29
Nebeker, Hart, Nebeker 6 Thatcher
have moved their law offices to ia
~ Main St., Logan. If
Miss Nan Nibley went to Salt Lake
Saturday to attend the production of
The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth
Night by Sothern and Marlowe.
Lost--A gold watch and fob some.
where between the Utah Independent
Telephone office and First North on
Main street. The word "Elbert" is en-.
grayed on outside of watch and on the
fob. Return to this office and be re-
warded. If
II dollar is as good to you as II
is to the other fellow spend yours at
the Bankrupt sale. The Blue sign
where you get the worth Of two for
every one.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
aSFS5S}EitsfatSsfHS
: ,tAs,ssiI.9lIA.IAss&AlsSsasA2GG&

See those $4,000 Suits for $3.50 in
Newbold's window, for one week
only.
Lost-Shawl in the Second ward; a
gray. Return to n. A. Larson Hard
ware m2
George w. Shovel came in from the
Curlew valley to attend the horse
show.
Funeral services over the remains
of VIM. c. Hawkins, were held in the
Sixth ward chapel yesterday.
James L. Batemau of Richmond,
took first prize for farm team under
fifteen hundred pounds with. his beau
tiiul team of roans.
Mr.. Floyd Rose of Millville and Mise
Lilis Thorpe of Providence, were IN
tied in marriage in the Logan tenn
pie recently.
We understand that the Uncle
Sans Cleanser company has been Civ.
en- the contract to furnish cl snnser
for cleaning up the new Utah Hotel
in salt Lake City.
The baseball game was won by
Wellsyile team. Score ~ to /. Logan
played a ragged game throughout and
got her only score in the last innings
when Stoney did the stick work that
scored the run.
See the baseball game at the b. Y.
! u H., L. y. I. VS.. II. I. =. MS Is lnt
Campus tomorrow, Wednesday, at 4
p. M, Z. A. c. VS.. u. Y. c. This is the
second game of the series of three
b. Y. c. won the first game. m2
The L. A. C.-B. Y c. lecture com
mittee has engaged Miss Maud May
Babcock of the University of Utah to
give reading before the students OF
the two schools next Friday evening
at p. IN.
DR. j. A. Widtsoe will give a lecture
on Fraternity to the elders of the
Sixth QQuorum Thursday evenig, May
4, at the Fifth Ward meeting house
All other elders of Logan are cordi
ally invited to be presentd M
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02

The student body election yesterday
at the A. c., resulted as follows: lh
Roy a. steven, president; Miss veda
Hunsaker, yice-presdent; Anna Math-
ison, secretary; Ivan Hobson, editor
in-chief; Executive committee: /. b.
Ball, George Game and We're Martin.
eau.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02


County came to the horse fair.
ana harness. Apply at this office.
p.
- - "
"
h,,roo,o,, 90 So,,, r,rst yost. xo
"D
went to Ogden Saturday.
SIX weeks old pigs ior SAFE ENQUIRE
i''' mo" 'o'''''' 0''' "' van
den saturday
Look for the Blue sign. II 10 the
a, Al u G.
Mr.. ed. Peterson. formerly of Logan,
but now of Richmond, left Saturday
mornig for a trip through Nevada.
Frank A Reynolds, NJ. D., Practice
limited to eye, ear, nose ana throat
oii'''' NV" VA Wv" ''e'
M. d Smith nbvsician. and sur
COOS, ors,oos o,,a,. Cordon Jawalrv %
pbores. 1rdorondent % RelI 100 mo;
The Wilson, one Of the jeadina Ho
tells Of Salt Lake City; rates $1.0o pei
Gay and upwards MUSIC curing inca
your neiohbor will be better dres
sed than Won for less money If yol
vie, The nj, R.rkrunt sale Pc wis,
AID rot vo,r,s eu,nIv The Blu,
Front a. North Main
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02
THE CHEERFUL VIEW.

AS man was created for health,
so was mankind created for happi-
nes,, and to speak OF its misery
only is TO say words that soon
arc forgotten. Why not speak as
though mankind were always on
the eve Of grea, gertrude, Of great
joy1 Thilher. in truth. is man led
by his instinct, though he never
may live to behold The long wished
for tomorrow -MaeterIinck.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02

Newbold has started new sale on
clothing. ma
The Relief Society officers meeting
of Cache stake will be held Saturday,
May 6, at o'clock in the Tabernacle