Morris tribune., 1912-02-09
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further purchase of water power Last
year the government purchased the
water power of the Tveite river in
Bjoreid for 10000 crowns; the water
power on the Skjonheim estate in Ul-
lensvang for 5000 crowns and also the
water power of the Usteely and Bardu
rivers. In this way the government
is gradually buying up and harnessing
the water powers Of the country, thus
giving ample opportunity for inviting
manufacturing interests to locate in
Norway.
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At the annual Holmenkollen event
this month there will also be balloon
contest in which balloonists from
Sweden, Denmark and Germany will
participate. The meet has been much
advertised and several thousand per-
sons from all over the country are
expected to attend. The Holmenkol-
len event is an annual affair. which
includes contests in horse racing on
the ice, ski jumping, skating, etc.
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The London Times in a recent issue
contains a very interesting article en-
titled "The Home of the Ski, in which
the author gives an account in detail
regarding the progress of the ski sport
as it is conducted in Norway at the
present day. The article is richly
illustrated and contains many points
of rare interest regarding this form of
winter sport in Norway.
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1t appears that the conditional open
ing of the pulpits of Norway to women
at this time was largely due to re-
quest made last summer by Miss Anna
Shaw, an American lady, who toured
In the country last summer, giving lec-
lures on wOmen's progress in the suf-
frage movement
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A promising young Norwegian sing
er, Miss Magnhild Rasmussen, recent
ly made her debut at the opera in
Mannheim, Germany. as "Senta" in
''The Flying Dutchman." Her success
was phenomenal, according to German
musical critics who see in her com
ing opera star of the first magnitude.
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Jachim Hansen exported last year
more than one million crowns worth
of mackerel. to New York paper
published in New York in the interest
of the fishing industry. known as ''The
Fishing Gazette" refers to Hansen as
Europe's "mackerel king"
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The storthing will. in all likelihood
make an appropriation of at least
100000 crowns for the so called
America Line, the establishment of
which has now come to be regarded
as national undertaking so far as
Norway is concerned.
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The Norwegian Teachers associa-
tion, national organization has now
more than 1,1OO members The asso
citation will this year hold it's annual
meeting in Christiania,
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A new professor of religion and on.
other one as professor of the rigs
maaT" is to be appointed at the Uni
versity of Christiania
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The National theater has On it's pro
gram the vaudeville piece entitled
"Abekatten," one of Heiberg's latest
and most popular productions
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The customs receipts for the year
of 1911 amounted to over 55,5OO,OO(
crowns
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daring Danish woman explorer
Nine. Demant-Hatt, graduate of Co
penhagen university, has come bach
from Lapland with a deep liking fol
Lapps, the picturesque nomads o.
Arctic Europe, who for thousands O
years have retained their ancient Gus
toms, mode OF life, dress and language
They abstain from intermarriage will
outsiders and in their simple life keel
aloof from most of the influences O
civilization. Though a woman of ex
tremely refined habits Nine. Demant
HIATT has faced the Northern trials
living with the Lapps themselves fo
various periOds-one extending to fif
teen months-following them ON thei
long wanderings, sharing their marrow
tents, drinking ten to twenty cups o
coffee at sitting and partaking o
sundry very high" dishes. Through
all this time Nine. Demant-Hatt ha
learned to love the Lapps and shs
pleads warmly their cause against tht
nations who in many ways are en-
croaching upon their time honore'
privileges and ancient boundaries. Sh
is, in fact, SO fervent in her defens
of her friends that the Norwegian
minister in Copenhagen, DR.. Hagerup
has found it expedient publicly to pro
test against some of her assertions.