Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-11-07
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A congress of tourists was recently
held in Trondhjem, which was well
attended and of more than ordinary
interest. A number of important mat.
tiers were discussed and among them
the prospects of increasing the tour
list traffic to Norway during the win.
ter season. Mr.. Jewell of London said
that about 1900 tourists were in
Switzerland in one day last winter.
He claimed that the conditions for
winter tourists were as favorable in
Norway as in Switzerland and all that
was necessary was a systematic effort
to make the conditions known. What
caused special discussion was the dis.
continuance of return tickets by the
railroad and steamship companies and
the introduction of the zone system.
Private Secretary Peitsch of the
Observation-Disclosures Turistenverband
reported that that society had opened
school in Berlin for the study of the
Norwegian language. There was quite
demand for such a school, as many
Of the tourists who hoped to visit Nor
way wanted to familiarize themselves
with the language before they made
their visit
An attempt is being made in Bergen
to reduce the cost of living by bring
ing the producer and consumer closer
together. A committee representing
the city and surrounding country has
been at work and proposes that the
city council furnish a site for a mar
ket hall, where the consumer may
buy direct from the producer The
committee also proposes a public
packing house and a cold storage
plant.
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Norway's most famous singer at the
present day is Miss Borghild Lam
gard. At a concert given in Calmer
not long since the large auditorium
was filed to overlooking and her
wild with applause. A large number
of foreign tars have come to Chris
tiania to hear her when she appears
there during the fall season.
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Norway is said to have 10000 water
falls, all of which can be used to
greater or less advantage for power.
During the last several years a num-
Der of these falls have been utilized
and towns and cities have sprung up
in what was thought to be irreclaim-
able wilderness.
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Captain Roald Amundsen has post
poned his intended trip to the North
pole until the spring of 1914. The rea-
son given for this is that the Norwe-
gian government wants greater stress
laid on the scientific investigation of
the ocean currents and life Of the
Arctic regions.
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A large amount Of money has lately
been invested in different enterprises
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large number of working people to
the place so that the town is expert
encing boom at present.
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One Of the great Norwegian carica-
turists Is Henrik Lund. An exhibition
Of his paintings and caricatures was
recently given in Christiania which
drew great crowds and awakened
quite an interest.
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Karl Nissen and Fridtjof Backer-
Grondahl, the two famous pianists Of
Norway, recently gave a joint SYM
phony concert in Magdeburg, Ger
many, and were enthusiastically re-
oeived.
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The first boat of the Norwegian
American line of steamers will soon
be ready to leave the docks in Birken-
head, England. The time is set for
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