Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-05-11
NORWAY.

l'orrrs aard. near ssarpstors, has a
special privilege to sell whisky II is
a vested right granted 10 the place
by a Danish king over one hundred
wears ago. The people OF lhe com
ml,nity are opposed 10 tho business,
but the privilege is above the wish
OF the people The property is now
Owned by a lsnglishman. and he is
flashing the surrounding country With
whisky He is a member OF the
| British parliament, and as such he is
his country,
a dispatch from llammericst states
| that the Porsa and Nesterdalen copper
mines, formerly owned mainly by FIX
/ Premier Christian Nicholson, have
been transferred to IA syndicate backed
interested in the business. The trans.
fer is OF grea, Importance to the sur
rounding districts, for it is expected
that the promising ore beds will soon
be worked on a large scale. The deal
includes two waterfalls which are
capable OF producing better light and
motive power for the plants.
Mrs Caroline Alexander died in
krstania AT the age OF so years. She
is survived by four sons and one
daughter namely John W. Arctand
en- Il Well known lawyer who lived in
Minneapolis for twenty-five years:
Capt a y Arctandcr: Ludwig Are
/ Rev. o G Alexander kristania, Nor
i way, and Mrs Karen l.ange, Eds
4 void. Norway Mrs sArctander was
born in Stockholm. and her husband
who died in 1873, Mas Instructor at
the Skien Latin school Mrs Areiander
was a niece OF Ludwig Nobel a Sw ed
ish inventors and a cousin Of Alfred
bounded The Nobel lnsate and made
provisions for awarding S2on.poo every
year as Nobel prizes.
I)l. sigurd lbsen has written a Very
valuable new spaper article on The
question Of womanS rights All over
/ the world, he SAYS, there is tendency
. TO grant greater privileges to the Won
!, en-. Formally, they may be put on AN
; equal footing With men Then comes
the great test Will they Try 10 com
pete with the men on the same level
and along the same line as the men?
! ri they do he thinks they are doomed
i to falulc because they are not Sc
! able as the men. But if they mark
= out new lines OF progress. hey are
r bound to make their work This i
4 Indicated by what they have aecomp
a lished in modern times Personal
! bravery and physical strength give
g the man superiority in The eyes oil
primitive races But during the past
+ one hundred years The interests 81
: the loving mother have been heedeC
4 as never before, the modern woman
G has made the world more altrulsiic
r III the women proceed along thes'
e lines they are bound 10 score glsa
victories in the future
I, l.. S. Swenson, formerly American
Y minister to Switzerland. Who fa
e been appointed munster 70 Norway Z
g succeed Herbert II d. Peirce, has az
$ rived here for the purpose 81 arrans
u ing with WIT. fstlItt w 'is7ti4Ait3 VI i'7
N in June The new minister espresso
e himself as delighted with his appoint
ment. as he is the son of Norwegian
e parents and speaks the language iln
II emily.
i Some Norlland students are CORN
d to sail their own boat across The Nolt
e sea on their Nay TO the celebration Q
n the millennium OF the eslapllshlneh
OF the tuchy OF Nornandle
h. The strike in the IRON and meta
W works has proved disastrous from IN
r start Many orders have already gon
1t 10 the Germans, the employers los
" money. and the families 81 BE stfit
p ers must suffer.
lie IN Nordland and Tronyo llibefqAiosl
is three times as frequent nov as lhl
is ~ years ago, and in finperklh IN
,e figures are five times as large as TN
e. lty wears ago The average annual i
s. crease of new cases was l33 durin
e the wears l9ol-l9o9 The currencie
s. have appropriated $4,000 year ff
I'd running a saratoridm, which Is pa
lily needed