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significant fact that times are i'm
proving in Norway. Economic condi-
tions show vast Improvement dur
ing the last five years and there Is not
man or woman who wishes to work
, that will not agree that this Is So
Both in country and city living con-
ditions are greatly improved and we
hear little or no complaint in any Sec
tion. The country districts have never
been as we'll off in Norway as they are
today and they are satisfied with their
condition, in spite of the fact that we
hear agents from America make their
claims to the contrary. A feeling is
beginning to evince itself all over the
country that it pays to work, that it
actually yields financial reward. That,
by the way, was feeling which was
not prevalent a few years ago. We
are approaching a better and hap
pier era and our people both in coun-
try and city. are commencing to feel
satisfied with their condition. That
BODIES we'll for the future.
There is nothing overlooked in the
Trondhjem cathedral. The latest news
from Trondhjem is that prominent
men. not only in that city but also in
Christiania and in other parts Of the
country, have recently proposed that
the altar table of the cathedral, which
was taken as booty of war by the
Swedes in the Seven Years war, be
bought back from Sweden and placed
in it's original position. At the present
time it Is kept in the Kopfng church.
Bishop Bang is in favor of offering
$4,000 for the sacred relic. The gov
ernment would undoubtedly be willing
to pay that sum and more, too, if
necessary, to restore it to the place
where it originally belonged.
The official report of the election
held in Christiania on Dec 1 has been
made. There were $4,000 votes cast
from population of 244,OO0. Twenty
eight years ago there were only 1,343
votes cast from a population about
one-half as large as at present In
1907 the total vote was 69,753. Women
can vote in Christiania and it was in
1907 that they for the first time out
numbered the men, having cast 36,130
votes, while the men had only 33,623
votes. At the last election women
cast $4,000 votes, while the men cast
$4,000. This goes to prove that there
is no country in the world where
democracy is making such rapid prog
ress as in Norway.
Because Sweden has agitated so
vigorously against participating in the
Christiania exposition in 1912 Consul
AXel Heiberg, In lecture before the
Christiania Polytechnic society, rec
ommends that the exposition be post
poned until 1920. Consul Heiberg is
the president of the National Nor
Wegian Forestry association. He also
advances as an argument that the
Danes would find it to their advantage
to participate in the Baltic exposition
at Malmo in 1914 and that under all
circumstances it would be best for
Norway to postpone the whole, mat
ter until 1920
Bergen is increasing in population
at rather significant rate. The pop
ulation of that city is 1919 In 1900
it was only $4,000. This is a pretty
good showing for a Norwegian city,
whose increase in population is rather~
slow in comparison with cities of
other countries. It must be borne in
mind that emigration has been sap
ping the country of thousands every
year.
Holiday trade in Christiania had not
been so brisk for many years as it
was during the recent season. There
is undeniably more money in the
country, and so far as Christiania is
concerned, the conditions among the
poor has improved vastly. The holi-
day trade was the briskest on record
for the past ten years, according to
the Aftenposten.
A recent landslide at Haga, on the
Drammen river, carried ten acres of
ground and a barn into the river.
With the exception of one horse, the
stock in the barn was all lost.
Twenty thousand tons of herring
were shipped to Sweden, Germany and
Denmark last year. In 1906 there
were only 1000 tons shipped to the
same countries.