Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
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A strike of the engineers Of the
Norwegian steamboat lines is in
progress. The engineers had sup
posed they could tie up all the steam
boat traffic in the entire country. as
their organization was well estab-
ished and had plenty of funds. June
20 was the time set for the announce
ment of the strike, but to the sur
prise of everybody the steamboats,
have kept IN moving right along. In
the first place the navy department
had anticipated the strike and sent
officers and engineers to mar all the
ships of the chief mail steamers
around the coast. Secondly, the sup
ply of able marine engineers, willing
to work, was much bigger than any
body had suspected. In the third
place, the country is so full of motor
boats, large and small, which are
manned by their owners that the
strike cuts no figure whatever.
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An American globe trotter, Mrs.
Harry HUMPHREYS, arrived at Chris
tiania recently. She was engaged in
the feat of walking around the world
on a wager of $4,000 that she can
complete the trip in four years. She
started from New York, walked to
Montreal and Quebec and from there
to Nova Scotia and New Foundland.
After crossing the Atlantic to Glas-
gov, she has walked through Scot
land and England. She landed at
Christiania some fourteen days ago
and walked to Christiania at a very
fast gait. She makes from thirty to
forty miles a day and looks robust
and healthy. But globe trotting is
not a lucrative occupation any longer
and Mrs. HUMPHREYS does not meet
with the receptions necessary to be-
come famous and nobody seemed to
care to hear her experiences.
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June z, Norway's second great Holt
day, YVES observed in Christiania this
year, when a great "folkfest" was
held, which was attended by thou
sands Of people and at which time
several prominent men Of the country
delivered patriotic addresses. In for
mer years a subscription of money
has been taken for some good cause,
preferably for the poor children of the
city. This year the money subscribed
amounted to not less than %, 900
crowns and 1t will be given to de-
serving old people. These festivals
are growing in popularity from year
to year and inasmuch as money is be-
ing gathered on such occasions for
worthy causes these folkfests have at
tracted much attention throughout the
country.
Miss Boughild Gunderson, one of
the best Norwegian singers of the
present day, intends to visit the Unit
ed States this fall. She Is principally
going to Los Angeles to visit rela-
tives, but will give a few concerts in
the cities where there are Norwegian
colonies. 1t is doubtful that Norway
has as yet offered as good an artist
to her transatlantic countrymen as
Miss Gunderson, who Is only twenty
six years old, but for two or three
seasons sang as prima donna In some
Of the leading operas Of Germany.
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The Norwegian storthing has appro-
priated a subsidy Of 1000. 900 crowns
to the . new Observation-Disclosures
steamboat line, which by this means
has gained a firm foothold for the fu-
ture. A large number Of the banks
in Norway have taken stock In the
company and 1t seems as II this enter
prise has at last been brought safely
into harbor. 70 so much confidence
in its soundness has been established
that the funds. still lacking, will un-
doubtedly be provided either here. In
Norway or abroad.
Warm summer weather has set In
and these are beautiful days in Nor.
way, with nights that hardly turn
dark except for a couple OF hours
around midnight. The stream OF
tourists has commenced to arrive and
all the hote.s are filed to their ut
most capacity.
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DR.. Philos 8. schmida-N Nielsen has
been elected professor Of Psychology
at the high school Of Trondhjem.
Professor Schmidt-Ntslsen has for q
number of years been the teacher OF
the same subject At the Chrtstiania
high schools.
MARION 8. NoRELIUs.