Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-25
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The city of Rouen in Normandy
presented through the government Oh
France a replica OF the beautiful stat
ue of Rollo, which was unveiled IN
Rouen a year ago TO the NorWeglans
Of America, through the city OF Fargo
and the state OF North Dakota. me
statue is OF heroic size and has been
cast In white bronze. Louis Hill OF
the Great Northern railway presented
TO the city Of Fargo a pedestal six
feet in height and a site was selected
for the statue in the Great Northern
gardens adjoining the depot, o
twenty feet back of a curying drive.
The position is a commanding one n
may be seen 10 best advantage oy al
over the Great Northern
road and by w~ayfarers up and down
Broadway, which is the prominent
boulevard OF Fargo. In connection
with the unveiling Of this monument
the observation-disclosures have Just
closed a rather remarkable sanger
fest in Fargo, in which a chorus OF no'
less than 1000 voices participated.
Saturday. July 13. was one mad whiri
of social functions, business meetings
musical programs and convention ses-
sions. The Norman-American On
gress opened its session at 10 a. M
the same day in Concordia college.
where Professor j. o. Ha, OF Column
bia university spoke on Patriotism.
Professor o. Tenning OF Concordia
college. Moorhead, read an exceeding
" interesting paper on Norwegian
National Traits as Represented oy
Bioruson in His Poems" and N. A
Hellebust of Aalesund, Norway, spoke
on The Development Of the Nor
wegian Language" Arrangements
were made whereby the congress here
after will be an annual affair, meeting
in connection with the sangerfest.
The organization will publish q saga
book annually and a campaign viii be
launched by the congress In the near
future 10 obtain funds for establish
ing a museum in Fargo, in which Nor
man-American relics and antiquities
VIII be on display.
Six thousand persons attended the
opening concert of the Norwegian
s~angerfest and the large audience
was immensely pleased. The fest was
from a musical standpoint a huge sue
cess. The Fargo celebration both so
far as the sangerfest and the congress
Is concerned, was a great c and
was the largest gathering of Nor
wegians that has met for many a day
on American soil. The Fargo celebra-
ton was in q measure an echo of that
held in Rouen last June. Rouen b
the ancient capital of Normandy, the
first abiding place of Rollo, and IL
was on the occasion OF the thousandth
anniversary of the ceding of Nor
mandy TO him. It's conqueror, that the
Rouen celebration was held. The
statue In Fargo is a replica of the
one unveiled June 8, 1911. at the mil
lenial celebration In Rouen and Is a
gift from that city to Americs and II
was because Of this that the French
government through Ambassador JUS
serand tent a representative to at
tend the exercises In Fargo, Monsig-
neur G. Maugras, secretary Of the
French embassy at Washington.
AS a result of several months work
by John A. Cade. president Of the
American Scandinavian society, ar
rangements have been completed for
an exhibition Of Scandinavian art In
New York and other American cities,
the coming winter. Almost every
painter and sculptor Of note In Nor
way. Sweden and Denmark has prom
ised to send works TO the exhibition.
and the kings OF The three countries
have agreed to act az honorary patrons
to the sections devoted to their re-
spective countries The exhibition
VIM open In New York on Dec. 10.
II Will go to Buffalo ON Jan. IL; To-
ledo Feb. %, and Boston March 4th.
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Bishop Falhre Catholic prelate OF
Chrfstiania, has by his holiness the
pope OF Rome been elevated to the no
bility and appointed as his special
representative for the Scandinavian
kingdom.
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A number of Russian army officers
paid a visit to vardo June %. There
were also at this time a number OF
Russian tourist vessels in vardo har-
bor.
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Denmark was represented at the
games In Stockholm by 400