Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-16
NORWAY.

A company IL being organized fol
starting newspaper in Odda, Hardan
ger.
Extensive beds Of clay have beer
discovered at Narbo, and a large brick
factory will be built near Stranger 70,
developing the beds.
The Norwegian Live Saving com
pany has % vessels in operation along
the coast Of Norway. There was
deficit Of $1,000 for the past year, but
subsidy given by the storting was
sufficient to cover it.
No young birds have been Matched
at the ostrich farm at Rasunda, AMI
the present proprietors have decided
to close out the business as a finan
c1al failure. The former manager ol
the farm claims that he can make II
pay, and he is expected to buy it.
The promoters of tho new Norwe
gfan-American steamship line claim
that it will increase the tourist traffic
between Norway and America. The
steamers will take tourists from New
York to the romantic fjords and noun
tains of western Norway in about on(
week, and this inducement is bound
to attract many tourists who would
otherwise 60 to some other part of the
world.
Mr.. HOel, as representative of the
University Of Norway, has returned
from his Spitzbergen expedition with
very valuable finds. The fossils that
he discovered are more valuable than
any that have been found up there fol-
the past one hundred years. He found
six species which were supposed never
to have existed north of .Finnmark
Mr.. Hoel also struck warm springs
never known before.
The functionaries of the different
branches of the government are about
to organize themselves into a union
for the purpose of improving their con.
ditions financially. Mayor Knudtsor
of Kristiania is one of the leaders OF
the new movement. A deputatiou
called on the premier to have him put
the matter before the cabinet, and hs
promised that the demands of the gov.
eminent functionaries will be duly
considered by the cabinet. The com
mon people look upon this movement
with decided disfavor.
Excavations made at Store Dial, IL
Skjeberg, Smaalenene, brought to light
some interesting objects from the
bronze age. There are at least 10
burial mounds at this place, and in one
of these was found a bronze bowl in
which was bronze dipper and two
glass goblets. OF the bronze bowl only
the bottom could be saved, the sides
crumbling to dust as soon as touched
But the bronze dipper was in a finl
state Of preservation. One of the
glasses was whole, the other waa
broken into three pieces, which, how
ever, can be cemented together. This
find dates from the first century of the
Christian era, and is the first of it,
kind on record in Norway and Sweden,
while Denmark has one. In the same
mound were also found q number OF
small objects of gold and silver fibalos
ETC., and two massive finger rings OF
gold. The two glass 'goblets came
from the South. Some 1000 year, ago
they were conveyed from Italy through
the forests of Germany to Norway
They must have been used at great
feasts. When the chieftain died the
glasses were buried with his body and
covered with two layers of big rocks
It has not yet been ascertained wheth
or a man or q woman was buried al
this place. Not trace was left Of
the skeleton. The oldest objects Of
glass found in Norway before this fine
date from the third or fourth century
OF the Christian era. >.
The sugar beets in Jaderen loo1
fne. The tests that have been made
show a very high percentage of sugar
which proves that Jaderen has a sol
that il suitable for this plant. A farm
er who is interested in this experiment
said that the soil may be all right, but
he does not believe that Jaderen will
have any sugar factory for lack of Z
sufficient crop. It would require 2Ol
acres. In other words, 80 farmer,
would have to sign a contract to plant
an average Of two and a half acres 81