Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-06-26
NORWAY.

spring up at the head of Romsdal
ford. But the name Of it has not been
agreed upon. There are two villages
close by, but their names are too long
and cumbrous for such q busy people
az the Norwegians of our day. "Rau-
mos" looks like promising candidate
for the new name. This means "Rau-
mas Mouth" which exactly fits the
situation, the new townsite being at
the mouth Of the Rauma river.
Some boys at Bud, Rowsdale, were
enjoying pastime which proved fatal
to one Of them. In a boat shed was
. rope which they. put under their
chins and swung through the air. A
twelve.year-old boy put the rope under
his chin, passing it up behind his
ears, and then kicked away the bar
rel on which he was standing, so that
he hung BY the rope. After little
while the other boys realized that
something was wrong, and they ran
to his home to tell his father. His
father came as fast as he could, took
the boy down, and sent for doctor.
But all efforts to bring the little fel-
low back to life proved futile.
"A tariff war between our country
and Norway has been limited at in GER
tain quarters. The Association Of
Flour Mills Of Norway has promoted
q strong movement looking to the
abolition of the Norwegian import duty
on wheat, and the Northwestern Mil
Ter has copy Of q letter from a Nor
wegian importer to Minnesota mil
Ter, setting forth the plan. A Mime
apolis miller estimates that If the
wheat import duty is abolished and
the duty on flour maintained, the Min
neapolis mills will lose a trade with
Norway of approximately 100000 bar
rels year. The Northwestern Mil
Ter says it would seriously affect the
market for clears were Norway to
take the proposed action. The letter
from Norway follows: "The duty on
wheat now is 60 ore per 100 kilos,
while it is kroner per 100 kilos on
wheat -four. This means that the ef-
fective duty against wheat flour is one
krone, because the domestic mills can
make as much as 80 per cent Of wheat
-four out Of the imported wheat. In
case the duty on wheat is abolished.
the effective duty against wheat flour
will be increased to 2 kroner per 100
kilos. In other words, II the domes-
tic mills succeed in doing away with
the duty on wheat, they will be able
to monopolize the home market for
wheat Hour and make the importa.
ton OF It impossible. Norway exports
q good many articles to the United
States. We will only mention the Nor.
wegian preserving companies, whose
existence to great extent is depend
ent on this export trade. II bill II
passed removing the duty on wheat.
the United States would be justified
In resorting to reprisals." The IRE.
prisals" suggested in this letter would
be much higher perhaps prohibi.
tive tariff on Norwegian canned goods.
At q farmouse In Osterdalen are too
cooperative cats. A mother cat and
her daughter gave birth to kittens
almost at the same time. After :
little while the younger Of the two
put her kittens among those Of her
mother. and now the two take turns
IN nursing the combined family, a
that one Of the mothers may be- out
hunting all the time.
The Swedish government recently
bought site for the Swedish legation
IN Berlin. The ground Is located It
the Thiergarten. and shortly after the
closing Of the deal another party Of.
tered $50, 900 moro than Sweden paid.