Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
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Stock amounting to over half q
million crowns has been subscribed in
BorGen for the new American Sttarl-
ship company. The K~ristiansta! ben
has also subscribed for 5000 crown
worth of stock in the new COMPANY
The way in which stock is selling for
the new steamship enterprise at pres
ent il will not take long before the di-
feCtcrs will have the funds necessary
and can proceed at once to perfect
the arrangements in detail and pur-
chase and build the vessels that will
be indispensable for this important
service.
States Justice Bull will present
some new plans for recognizing the
Norwegian navy. Among other things
Mr.. Bull will propose to the storthing
to have erected two new naval sta
lions, one for Vestlandet, at Bergen,
and the other for North Norway, at
Narvik. He also proposes to fortify
the "Ofotbanen" and build two first
class battleships. Mr.. Bull Is an ex-
ceedingly brainy man and a diplomat
and chances are that the storthing
will listen very favorably to his propo-
sition.
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The German Steamship company,
which for a number of years has been
plying its steamers between Hamburg
and C~hristiania, and consequently
known as the Hamburg-C hristiania
Steamship company, was recently
compelled to make an assignment.
The company has of late been trying
to compete with the so called Son
d~enfjeldske line, but this proved a
failure.
H%arclou's recital in Leipzig recent
ly with Winderstein's orchestra proved
a genuine success. Only Harclou's
compositions were rendered and the
German audience accepted it all with
good grace and were even singularly
enthusiastic, says a musical critic in
Ch%ristiania.
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Gyldendal, the we'll known publish
er, has recently published Bjornstjerne
Bjornson's work, "The Legends of a
Century a work which the late au-
thor completed shortly before his
death. 1t goes without saying that the
first edition will soon be disposed Of.
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Coal prices in all Norwegian cities
and towns are unusually high this
year and thus far there has also been
a rather sever winter. Coal dealers
have been doing an excellent business
and have ordered double supplies in
order to supply the great demand.
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Among the many good things that
holiday literature brought forth this
year was the book entitled eft Liv"
GA Life"), by Johan Bojer. The work
has proven a most popular one and
the first edition has already been sold
out.
Hammerfest will rebuild its electric
light plant, a work which will entail
an expenditure of at least $4,000
crowns. The plant there at present is
altogether too small and a larger one
is needed.
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The so called "bristling" fishing off
Somdhorland is proving especially
prolific and lucrative. "Bristlings"
are selling at from 1h to 2 crowns per
liter.
The new telephone line between
Christiania and Bergen has just been
completed and is giving excellent
service.
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An exchange writer states that a
peculiar conflict has arisen between
England and Denmark. Danish artists
were invited to arrange for an art ex.
position at Brighton, and Williamson,
q Danish artist, was put at the head
of a Danish committee for selecting a
collection of Danish paintings. But
Mr.. Roberts. the English exposition
commissioner, notified the Danes that
the committee had to be augmented
by some English members In order to
prevent one Lideus in the selection of
paintings. To this the Danish COM
mittee answered: "Since strong an
tagonism has appeared between our
views and those Of Mr.. Roberts, with
regard to what is good art and what
Is suitable for exposition between the
two countries, we regret to state that
we mast discontinue the negotiations