Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-05-24
NORWAY.

No one can tell what Road Amund
sens south pole expedition is doing
at the present time. He may be push.
ing for the pole, or he may simply be
making preparations to start next fall.
Fridtjof Nansen thinks that there
would be no sense in starting for the
south pole at this time of the year,
exposing men and dogs to the rigors
Of the antarctic winter, which lasts
thru our summer.
Ditlef Martens and wife, nee Smith,
of Bergen, have celebrated their diam.
ond wedding at the home of their son,
a banker at Moss. The bridegroom
is IS and the bride 80 years old. Both
of them are hale and hearty. His
parents died at the ages of "a and 80,
and he is himself the youngest of
twenty brothers and sisters. The par
ents Of the bride also lived to cele-
brate their diamond wedding.
The bautasten (granite monument)
which the people of Norway are going
to present to the city of Rouen on the
occasion of the millennium of the es-
Enlistment Of the duchy of Norman
die is % feet high and weighs fifteen
tons. Prof. Magnus Olsen has written
the dedication in the Old Morse
tongue used in Norway one thousand
years ago, and this is to be cut in
runes on the front of the stone. There
will also be a French inscription OF
the monument. The work of prepar.
ing the stone must be rushed, and four
men are engaged in the day and three
others at night. The plan is to put
up the stone in the botanical gar
dens Of Rouen before the millennial
celebration.
The impending labor conflict was
avoided, and there IL rejoicing all
over the country. At the present time
the men work 81 hours week, but
this will be cut down to 55.5 hours.
The wages are to be as follows: first
group eastern part of the country,
experts will have their pay raised
from "a to 81 ore Goo ore, or ono
krone. is about q cents); per hour
the second group (the western part
of the country, experts will have
their pay raised from % to IS ore per
hour; the third group (some specified
factories), experts will have them
from 80 to 80 ore, and in 1914 to 35
ore. A corresponding raise will bd
made for the apprentices and the
helpers. The above figures represent
the minimum rates. The women will
also get more pay in the future, and
the compromise seems to be a victory
for the employees along the whole
line. The agreement further provides
that both parties shall have q right
to form unions: that the employers
shall have full control of the work;
that the employers shall have wight
to discharge laborers whether they
are members Of uaions or not; that
no one shall be compelled to work to-
gether with persons suffering from
some 1oathsome disease, nor together
with VIGOROUSLY immoral persons;
and that controversies shall be settled
by arbitration.
The exposition in Kristianfa in 1914
is to be strictly Norwegian affair,
and no other nation will be invited.
But Norwegians in America, Africa
and other parts Of the world will be
invites. Ind received with open arms.
It now looks as If q large island. Hove
dozen, in the Kristiania ford will be
used for the exposition. This means.
that said island as well as many small
islands will be made part Of the city,
The municipal electric plant and
street railway Of Trindhtem did so.
well last year that the surplus for the.
year was $4,000 in excess of the esti-s
mates.
Rev. Alfred Erickson, the ablest5
Socialist in the country and the pas
tor Of the Vaaierengen parish, Krist-.
iania, is somewhat liberal in his re-.
ligious views. Now he is going to
have more or less trouble in his own
flock. A number of influential mem.
bers Of his congregation have organic
ed union on a strictly orthodox.
basis.
Prof. Odland Of the Free Church
faculty is coming to America in a few.
weeks. He will give q course Of lect
ures at the Minister'S summer school.
at Augsburg seminary. Minneapolis
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