Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-03-13
Norway.

LII oLOIelVoQdl6u LueT0 are IL per-
sons each of whom pays taxes on prop.
erty valued at $4,000 or more
The communion chalice belonging
to the church of East Totem, the silver
wafer dish, and the ministerial book
were destroyed by fire in the sections
house. This is the second time during
the memory Of old people that some
thing serious has happened to the
communion chalice of this church In
the early sixties the church was bur-
glarized, and very valuable COM
munion chalice from the Middle Ages
was stolen, melted, and sold for a trile
as scrap silver. The thief was pun
1shed, and new chalice was ordered,
but now this is gone too.
At Anstad, near Farsund, a woman
died at the age of 80 years. She lived
all alone in cottage of her own,
which was located close to a public
highway. She received liberal aid
from the poor-board and did not need
to suffer. A passer-by noticed that
the windows of the cottage were COW
cred with ice, and upon investigation
he found the old woman lying on her
bed half frozen. She was Immediately
cared for, but died the next day
Small amounts of money were found
concealed in different parts of the cot
tage, the whole amounting to about
$40. But she could not afford to buy
fuel to keep herself warm.
Jakob Nordfjeld, Lapp who has
caused trouble between Norway and
Sweden more than once, keeps his
1900 reindeer in the mountains be.
tween Meraker and Vuku. But the
animals are so poorly cared for that
they are doing damage to the settlers
right and LEFT. Finally the matter be-
came so serious that the cabinet de.
cided to have the government take
care of the animals. The Lapp bailiff
and the amtman of North Trondhjem
amt have been instructed by the ma.
tional government to take care of the
flocks of Nordfjeld. The immediate
aim of the authorities will be to reduce
the number of deer until they will be
too few to spoil the pastures and
meadows Of the resident farmers.
The following is part of newspaper
correspondence from Botne, in the
southern part of the country: White
grouse (ryper) are very numerous here
this year. Along Mofjeld creek and
the willow bushes in Storeng and the
Gronmark forest most Of them may be
found. During the last snowstorm
they moved down into the valleys.
Many of them are killed every day
White grouse were seen on the table
in many q house during the Christmas
holidays. They are remarkably tame.
It is easy to get within fifty yards OF
them before they take to their wings.
The Norwegians are not so poor as
they used to be. During the past
twenty years the deposits in the saw:
ings banks have increased ISL per
cent. The whole number Of depositors
is over 100000, and AZ out of every
100 men, women, and children in the
country have money in the savings
banks. The deposits aggregate $780,:
100000, which is an average Of almost
$137 for each depositor. For every
person in the country there is $57 in
the savings banks. The earnings OF
the banks are very much larger than
twenty years ago,
The national society for the com.
batting of tuberculosis has been gen:
erously supported during its compare,
lively short existence. About SO;
900 has been given to the society fol
special purposes, and there is perma
uent fund of almost $4,000. y
=. The number of moose killed in Nor
way in 1910 was 1862. The North
Trondhjem amt was at the head OF
the list with 331. During the same
year there were killed 1,057 wild rein
deer and 1886 wild forest deer.
Bounties were paid for the killing Of
$500 crows in North Trondhjem ami
last year, n