The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-07-11
NORWAY.

The cabinet has permitted the open.
ing of two new drug stores in
Trondhjem.
A fire started by sparks from a loco
motive engine destroyed 1850 acres OF
timber at Berkenes.
An automobile line has been started
for public traffic between Trysil and,
Lordalen, by way Of Nybergsund.
The church committee has proposed
that women be allowed to speak"
but not to preach" in the state
churches of Norway.
The students union of Trondhjem
has bought the circus building and
the property will %henceferth be the
headquarters of the union. The price
paid was $13,50O.
Three golden weddings have been
celebrated during the past four years
on the Skaaden farm. Indvik, on the
west coast of Norway. All of them
bear the name Of Skaaden.
The laborers in the brickyards
around F%redrikstad wanted higher
wages. But instead of rushing into g
~ IAOy IOOh A4dCLC1S gully, duU
after negotiations lasting several
weeks the employers consented to-
grant a raise Of ten per cent.
For many years past Russia has &C
tually made special efforts to have
N~orwegians settle along the north.
western coast of Russia. But in the
course of time it was found that the
Russians we're in the minority in those
settlements, and now Russia is glad
to get rid of the foreign settlers.
Requested to give his views on the
outlook for a complete church union
of the Norwegian Lutheran bodies in
America, he answered.: "I can see no
Improperly in stating that, in my opin,
ion, as gathered from conversations
with large numbers of all bodies, a
union will eventually be established,
and that such union will be for the
benefit of the Lutheran church and the
Norwegian people. More than this
do not a to say"
The era Of general prosperity which
Norway evidently has entered upon is
cutting down emigration in a manner
which cannot but please the patriots.
The total number of persons that emf.
grated in 1910 was 1892, and the next
year it dropped to 12,486. The dc.
crease is still continuing. The total
for the first three months of this veal
was 2,190, as against 1856 for the cor.
responding period in 1911, and 1885
in 1910. The present good times are
largely due to the rapid development
of the enormous waterpower Of the
country.
The Lutheran Book Mission is a
society only ten years old. But it has
done a great work. During the first
year of its existence it distributed H.,
900 copies of a pamphlet. But the
work has been growing. and an aver.
age of 1000 copies a day. representing
1S different publications, are now be,
ing distributed in different parts Of the
country. All the books are given away.
Only books that are recommended by
the bishop of Bergen are handled by
the society.
Rev. Hans Nilsen Hauge, who is vis
iting the Norwegian churches in Amer.
lea as a representative of the church
and the king of Norway, recently said:
Il am glad to see my former coun.
trymen doing so we'll in America, from
an economical standpoint, but it is
more gratifying to learn that with
their material prosperity they also
have obtained a wider view of the
problems of life and take an intelli.
gent part in their solution. Their in:
terest In religious work is remark
able"