The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-17
NORWAY.

A company is being organized for
starting a newspaper in Odda, Hardan.
ger.
Extensive beds of clay have been
discovered at Narbo, and a large brick
factory will be built ear Stranger for
developing the beds. -
The Norwegian Live Saving com.
pany has % vessels in operation along
the coast of Norway. There was a
deficit of $1,000 for the past year, but
a subsidy given by the storting was
sufficient to cover it. aa:
No young birds have been Matched
at the ostrich farm at Rasunda. and
the present proprietors have decided
to close out the business as a inan-
cial failure. The former manager of
the farm claims that he can make it
pay. and he is expected to buy it.
The promoters Of the new Norwe-
gian-American steamship line claim
that it will increase the tourist traffic
between Norway and America. The
steamers will take tourists from New
York to the romantic fjords and noun.
tains of western Norway in about one
week, and this inducement is bound
to attract many tourists who would
otherwise go to some other part of the
world.
Mr.. Hoel, as a representative of the
University of Norway, has returned
from his Spitzbergen expedition with
very valuable finds. The fossils that
he discovered are more valuable than
any that have been found up there for
the past one hundred years. He found
six species which were supposed never
to have existed north of Finnmark.
Mr.. Hoel also struck warm springs
never known before.
The functionaries of the different
branches of the government are about
to organize themselves into a union
for the purpose of improving their con-
ditions financially. Mayor Knudtson
of Kristiania is one of the leaders of
the new movement. A deputation
called on the premier to have him put
the matter before the cabinet, and he
promised that the demands of the gov
eminent .functionaries will be. duly
considered by the cabinet. The com.
mon people look upon this movement
with decided disfavor. i,
Excavations made at Store Dial, in
S%kjeberg, Smaalenene, brought to light
some interesting objects from the
bronze age. There are at least ITO
burial mounds at this place, and in one
of these was found a bronze bowl III
which was a bronze dipper and two
glass goblets. OF the bronze bowl only
the bottom could be saved, the sides
crumbl1ng to dust as soon as touched.
But the bronze dipper was in a fine
state of preservation. One of the
glasses was whole. the other was
broken into three pieces, which, how.
ever, can be cemented together. This
find dates from the first century of the
Christian era, and is the first of it's
kind on record in Norway and Sweden,
while Denmark has one. In the same
mound were also found a number of
small objects Of gold and silver fbalos,
ETC., and two massive finger rings OF
gold. The two glass goblets came
from the South. Some 1000 years ago
they were conveyed from Italy through
the forests Of Germany to Norway.
They must have been used at great
feasts. When the chieftain died the
glasses were buried with his body and
covered with two layers of big rocks,
1t has not yet been ascertained wheth.
er a man or a woman was buried at
this place. Not a trace was left Of
the skeleton. The oldest objects Of
glass found in Norway before this find
date from the third or fourth century
Of the Christian era.
The sugar beets in Jaderen look
fine. The tests that have been made
show a very high percentage Of sugar,
which proves that Jaderen has a soil
that is suitable for this plant. A farm.
er who is interested in this experiment
said that the soil may be all right. but
he does not believe that Jaderen will
have any sugar factory for lack OF q
sufficient crop. It would require, 200
acres. In other words. so farmers
would have to sign a contract to plant
an average Of two and q half acres Of
beets every year. but he does not be.
lieve this to be possible at the pres.