Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-14
NORWAY.

The communion chalice belonging
to the church of East Totem. the silver
wafer dish, and the ministerial book
! were destroyed by fire in the sections
house. This is the second time during
the memory of old people that some
thing serious has happened to the
communion chalice of this church. In
The early sixties the church was bur-
glarized, and very valuable COM
munion chalice from the Middle Ages
was stolen, melted, and sold for trif1e
rs scrap silver. The thief was pun
tshed, and new chalice was ordered,
but now this is gone too.
At Anstad, near Farsund, a woman
died at the age Of 80 years. She lived
all alone in a cottage of her own,
which was located close to public
highway. She received liberal aid
from the poor-board and did not need
to suffer. A passer-by noticed that
the windows of the cottage were COW
cred with ice, and upon investigation
he found the old woman lying on her
bed half frozen. She was Immediately
cared for, but died the next day.
Small amounts of money were found
concealed In different parts of the cot
tage, the whole amounting to about
$40. But she could not afford to buy
fuel to keep herself warm.
Jakob Nordfjeld, Lapp who has
caused trouble between Norway and
Sweden more than once, keeps his
1900 reindeer in the mountains be-
tween Meraker and Vuku. But the
animals are so poorly cared for that
they are doing damage to the settlers
right and LEFT. Finally the matter be-
came so serious that the cabinet de-
cided to have the government take
care of the animals. The Lapp bailif
md the amtman of North Trondhjem
amt have been instructed by the ma
| tional government to take care of the
aocks of Nordfjeld. The immediate
aim of the authorities will be to reduce
the number of deer until they will be
TOO few to spoil the pastures and
| meadows of the resident farmers.
The following is part of newspaper
correspondence from Botne, in the
southern part of, the country: White
grouse (ryper) are very numerous here
this year. Along Mofjeld creek and
the willow bushes in storeng and the
Gronmark forest most of them may be
found During the last snowstorm
they moved down into the valleys.
Many of them are killed every day.
White grouse were seen on the table
In many a house during the Christmas
holidays. They are remarkably tame.
It is easy to get within fifty yards of
] them before they take to their wings.
The Norwegians are not so poor as
they used to be. During the past
twenty years the deposits in the saw
ings banks have increased 161 per
cent. The whole number of depositors
Is over 100000, and AZ out of every
100 men, women, and children in the
country have money. in the savings
banks. The deposits aggregate $780,.
100000, which is an average of almost
$137 for each depositor. For. every
person in the country there is $57 in
the savings banks. The earnings OF
the banks are very much larger than
twenty years ago. - y:
The city Of Haugesund, Norway, II
demanding an American consulate, ow
Ing to the rapidly increasing commerce
between that port and the United
States. During the past year $4,000
barrels of mackerel alone we're shipped
from Haugesund to the United States
and at least 1000 barrels Of herring
were also shipped to the same country
from that port
A dispatch from Christiania says
that the enormous earnings Of thu
whaling industry is again illustrated
in the recent declaration of 30 per cent
dividends by the Sandfjord, Suderd
and Norr0nna companies. These com
panies decided to build q permanent
station in South Georgia, where thu
raw material can be worked over.
I The companies also voted to sup
port Roald Amundsen in his e1pedi
ton to the North Pole next year, and
appropriated toward this purpose tn
sum of $1,000. Another company
"Sydhavet," had previously oontrib
utAd q like sum- ..s ~
Being such small nation, It Is i'm
possible for Norway to maintain /,
navy comparing in size and efficiency
with those possessed by the great pow
ers, but Norway has merchant ma
rine that takes a leading rank. til
growth indeed has been marvellous and
is sure to continue. A writer q
Christiania gives the following fact.
concerning the merchant marine:
IN 1870 the tonnage Of the Norwe
gian steamship fleet was only -. 90
tons. In 1878 Il was 10000, insa1Ss,,
100000 and in 1890 200, 1000. From
that time on the. tonnage Increased
enormously, nting IN 1900 to 500,
900 and II 1910 Is 500, 900. tons y &
expected that by the end q 1912 til,
figure will be q full million. The ton
j mage Of the sailing feet reached II