Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-29
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There is scarcely any section in the
country in which timber lands have
increased in value during the past
years. 1t shows plainly that peo-
is in timber lands and many who sold
their timber for almost a song ara
deeply r~egretting ii says the Gud-
brandsdolen. For example there was
the Sveum property in Vingrum. which
was sold the other day at public auc-
ton. A few years ago a Mr.. Fischer
this valuable estate for 3d.
900 crowns He bought 1t for an ex-
tremely low price. During the years
that he has been in possession OF the
place he cut timber on the property
to the value OF more than $4,000
crowns and later sold II to a timber
dealer by name of Kverum for $4,000
crowns. Kverum sold timber from the
property to the amount of more than
20, 0 crowns and then sold 1t to Ivar
Sohus for $4,000 crowns. The latter
in turn realized something like $4,000
crowns and the other day the very
same property was sold at auction for
rs, 900 crowns. This is true of a great
many guards" and had the owners
who were in possession OF them some
ten or twenty years ago and who sold
them for little or nothing known how
timber property and lumber was going
to rise in value they would undoubted-
ly have held on to their properties.
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When the representatives Of the
Norwegian government arrived in
Siam TO take part in the recent coro-
nation festivities, which were held in
B~angcock, they were very well re-
ceiyed and were guests of honor to
the emperor during their entire So
journ in that interesting little land.
Upon their arrival they were met by
a Siamese band, which played the Nor
wegian national anthem and Norwe-
gian folk songs. Norway'g representa-
tives We're Chamberlain Lowenskiold
and Captain GulbTandsen. ab
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The old cabinet resigned the other
day and the following is the new cabi.
net. which has been formed under the
leadership Of General ], X. M. Hratlie.
former minister OF war. The port
folios are distributed rs follows: Pre-
mier and defense, General j. X. NJ.
Bratlie; foreign affairs, Johannes Ir-
gems; justice, Professor Frederick
Stang; agriculture. NJ. Euge; ~fnaace,
Friedrich Knew public worship, A, ],
Liljedahl. commerce, A. o. Lindvig::
labor, p Braenne. --..
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DR., Gerhard Armaner Hanson, the
worlds foremost authority on leprosy,
is dead at his home In Bergen, aged
seventy years. He had been confined
to his bed for several months by tho
weakness due to advanced age. He
celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
July % last. II is largely due to the
efforts of Armaner Hansen that Iep-
rosy practically has been driven from
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A Norwegian landscape painter IS
having great sticcess in Russia. His
name Is Kan Krohn and he is now
specializing in Russian landscape
painting and is meeting with great
success. He is getting handsome
prices for his paintings and Russian
critics are very complimentary regard
ing his work.
Fishing in Kristiansand and vicinity
has brought splendid yields recently
and there has been more sill caught
this year than last yea over 10000
barrels Of fish have been caught and
prices have reached 8 crowns per
barrel.
The International European Young
Peoples association will hold it's next
congress In Christiania during the
coming summer. Delegations are Ok
pected to be present from all countries
In Europe and from the United States,
China and Japan.
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Announcement has been made OF
the engagement of the author, Herman
Wildenyeg. to Miss Gisken Andreasson
OF Harstad. Mr.. Wildeveg resides In
Christiania and is a very forceful and
prolific writer.
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A company with a capital OF 10000
900 crowns has been organized for the
purpose of improving the industrial
conditions of the Danish West Indies.
With the opening of the Panama canal
the company plans to deepen the har-
Dor at st. Thomas and make 1t a great
international harbor. In this company
the East India company, the United
Steamship company of Copenhagen
and a number of other private per-
sons. commanding plenty Of capital,
are interested. 1t is believed that the
Danish rigsdag will give it's sanction
to the contemplated project.