Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-23
NORWAY.


the stock in Etredal, Valdres. Bruin
seems to be particularly fond Of sheep.
King Gustaf of Sweden has dec
GRATED Captain Road Amundsen with
the Grand Cross Of the Order of the
North Star.
Mrs. Dagny Bjornson Langen, a
daughter of Bjornstjerne Bjornson,
was married at Aulestad, her fathers
farm, to George Saturel. a manufac-
turer.
Johan Halvorsen, director of the or.
chestra at the national theater in Kris
tiania, has promised to direct SYM
phony concert in Helsingfors, Finland,
next winter.
The town Of Lervik is experiencing
a great boom. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been invested in enter
prises which will furnish employment
for many hands.
Capt Amundsen has received poor
news from Argentina. He left his
dogs there to be cared for until he is
ready to use them for his north pole
expedition, but several of them have
died.
Captain ROAD Amundsen said to
an interviewer in Stockholm: "Be-
fore the Norwegian colors at the
South Pole fade the Norwegian flag
shall wave at the North Pole-we
hope"
Some hunters who were stopping at
the booths of mountain pasture in
Fyrisdal, were disturbed by a bear in
the night. The beast had entered the
enclosure where the sheep were kept,
and he managed to get away with q
sheep before the men reached him.
Four boys from Kristiania entered
a garden in Aker and helped them
selves to fruit. But the owner of the
garden 'phoned to the police, and a
patrolman came just in time to nab
the slowest of the boys. He was so
afraid Of future developments that he
begged the policeman to give him a
sound spanking and let him go. But
the policeman explained that such q
procedure did not belong to his pro-
fession, and the boy had to be dragged
into court.
A short cable announced some time
ago that Captain Roald Amundsen
had to postpone his intended expedi-
ton to the north pole one year for
the reason that he had no expert
oceanographer. This seemed a rath-
er weak excuse. But the cable proves
to have been correct. The Norwegian
government, backed by such authori-
ties as Fridtjof hansen, holds that
greater stress ought to be laid than
ever on a scientific investigation of
the currents and the ocean life of the
Arctic regions. Hence it was felt
that the man who is to conduct this
work should make special prepare
tions. Capt. Amundsen is going to
postpone his trip until the spring of
1914, and meanwhile he is to make
special studies In order to be able to
conduct this work himself. Capt.
Amundsen is looked upon as the right
man for this work, and this latest
plan is hailed with satisfaction by
those who wish to see practical re.
suits from all this pole hunting.
A. committee representing the city
Of Bergen and the surrounding coun.
try has devised a plan for bringing
the producer and the consumer closer
together for the purpose of reducing
the cost of living. The plan calls for
a central market for the sale of farm
products directly to the consumers,
and the city council of Bergen will be
asked to furnish a site for a market
hall. The committee also proposes
the establishment of public packing
house with a COW stable and a cold
storage room. All of these establish.
ments, says the committee, ought to
be near the center of the city.