The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-14
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The late Mrs. Catherine Haslund
willed SIG, 1000 to a fund for the bene-
fit sf private lady teachers in Kris;
tiania.
A shark ran on shallow ground at
Sandwich, and some people managed
to kill him before he had time to get
back into deep water.
The Rene1at estate, Jelo, has been
bought by the Norwegian Women's
Total Abstinence association and will
be used as a home for female inebri.
ates.
Prof. Alexander Bugge, who is 40
years old and occupies a chair of his
tory at the university, has handed in
his resignation on account of i'll
health.
Bishop Bang is suffering from in
fammation of the veins and at pres
ent he is unable to put the finishing
touches to his history of the Church
of Norway.
The local government at Vik, Logn,
wants to take 40 acres of land from
the parsonage and cut it up into small
farms to be sold at cost to poor fami-
lies of the neighborhood.
Bishop Bang has offered to sell his
private library consisting of almost
1000 volumes, some of which are en-
tirely unknown outside of his collec-
ton. The bishop would like to sell
everything to n party, in order to
prevent the collection from being scat
tered to the four winds.
A number of Norwegian capitalists
have bought out the Bure Stock COM
pany OF northern Sweden. The deal
includes l35, 900 acres of timber land
and much stumpage besides a saw
and planning mill. a majority of the
stocks of the Orsviken sulite factory,
etc. The purchase price has not been
announced.
A farmer living a short distance
south of Hangesund raised SO, 900 head
OF cabbage last summer. He supplies
the city of H%angesund with cabbage,
and still has much left for the neigh
boring cities. The name of the farm
er is L.. W. Rossebo. He started on
a small scale a few year g now
he keeps 20 cows aud many horses,
sheep and hogs, besides raising large
quantities of vegetables of different
kinds.
Viking manners and customs are
not quite dead yet in the North. Dur
ing the field maneuvers in Stjorda-
len last summer a horse planted one
OF his hind shoes with such force in
the face Of a fresh recruit from Spar
len that deep cuts were left in the
cheeks and the throat, and two teeth
were Knocked out. The young man
coolly spat out the useless teeth,
mounted his horse, and took part in
the movements as though nothing had
happened.
Queen Maud recently gave an en-
tertainment for the benefit of the
women's military defences fund.
About 500 persons filled the large hall
OF the palace, where Mrs. Bergljot H.
sen sang vocal solos, the orchestra of
the National theater played, and a
humber OF moving pictures from the
z SuOWu, DuTluS
d pause refreshments were served in
the side rooms. The price of admis.
sion being 1910, the entertainment
netted a handsome amount of money
for the detences of the country.
Haakon Loken demands a rule pro.
hlbltlng foreign warships from pass
ing inside h forts at Kristiania, Ber.
gen, and Trondhjem. Last summer.
he says, a vast European war was on
the point of breaking out along the
coast of Norway. and just at that very
moment German warships lay inside
the forts. At the decisive m
four or five German warships might
have imposed any terms upon the
Norwegians, and the forts would have
cut no figure at all. A repetition of
this incident must be prevented. For.
eign ships Of war must be kept out
side OF the forts. Germany never per.
mlts foreigners to enter Wilhelmsha.
fen or kiel. 1t may be said that the
condition last year was accidental.
But 1t was a happening that looked
like a thought. The situation IS the
more dihcult because the. harbors of
said cities cannot be reached by the
jaws OF the forts. 1t requires skill
and tact to enforce a rule like the
one demanded by Mr.. Lokcn, bur ne
asserts that the country needs it and
must AVE it.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, saws:
With the battleship Minnesota stand.
ing by helplessly, unable to get
a line to the stricken steamer. the
Norwegian steamship Noruega and
the sailing ship Glenlui are in a dan.
gerous situation in the gale off Caro-
lima coast according to latest wireless
advices received at the Norfolk navy
yard. The steamer has aboard the
sailing ships crew, and the shin. de-.
serted and badly damaged as a result
of her collision with the Norucga off
Cape Hatteras, broke away from the
steamers tos line and Is now drift.
ing TO sea