Willmar tribune., 1913-09-24

the. attendance was not large espec.
tally in the summer. Skien's charcll
is large AMI i very nice one. The
pulpit and tho altar are made #
different color Of brickwood and also
the other furnishings inside.
One day we took q drive III as!car-
riage to the sluices and watched the
steamships pass through. We in in
tended to take the route that way
from Dalen to Telemarken and on to
Odda which is a distance Of l65 kilo-
meters but as it seemed to get colder
and look like rain we decided not to
&C that way. We*left on the fifth for.
Langesword on the steamship where
we stayed over night and changed
ships for .Stavanger to Haugesund.
Here Mr.. and Mrs: Abrahamson were
on the pier to meet us. We visited
with them and three of: Mrs. Abra-
hamson's sisters for two days and
then went to Stord0en for a couple
Of days. At Stord0en we talked to
! R. Frugard, Mrs. L. Granhill's faith
er. He was in good health and look
ed good for his age. He sent greet
ings to Mr.. and Mrs. Granhill.S He
had now rented his house to people
from the city, who were spending
their vacation in the country. As it
was Sunday we went to church and
heard Rev. Jersin preach In the
afternoon they had a wedding there.
We also went to Furuly where DR..
: Aalvik has built up a great prac-
3 tice. Furuly is on an island and is
a fine place. On account Of the dry
weather they were obliged to carry
;. their water from a small river. This
will soon be better as they were put
d ting in waterworks from stream in
the mountains, also electric lights.
y We had to then hurry on back tc
L Norheimsund to- see Mr.. and Mrs
: Sandven before they left for Will
u mar. They left here August 16, anc
9 we hope to hear that they reached
i Willmar safely.
On the same day we met Ole Klyvt
y who used to work at Bethesda
81 Homes. He asked us to visit him, sc
:. We left the 10th, by steamship fo1
- Porsnyr, where Mr.. Klyve met US
s with a boat and took us across the
bay to his home. We had nice
! time, as we spent the day with him
and his wife. He is nicely located
here but he said he would like tc
j see Willmar once more. He is now
buying and selling fruit and has
rented a store in Kappersvik for this
! business, which he conducts only in
the fall. Mr.. Klyve is a manzwhe
can make good wherever he is.
Il August 30th we started for an.
o other trip in company with Mr. ano
Mrs. l.. Sandven for 0istes0. This
e time we went to Odda in Hardanger
n where they were having a strike or
: account Of one man being discharg.
. ed. One factory was running bu
!, the largest one was closed ups 55(
% men were out Of work. Most ;of th'
: buildings are owned by the factories
- They have now ordered the work
70 men out Of their homes on two
- weeks notice. They think this will
7 bring them back to work. Many hav,
" left for other places to seek employ
J. ment. Odda is growing rapidly
. They are still building more factor
"a les.
vi On the 31st we got two. carriage:
i. to take us to Hanklisater, a distance
= of ~ kilometers: The first day W.
% drove to R0ldal about half way will
.e stop over for dinner at Seljestad
h It was grand drive along the noun
10 tainside. AS we got higher up the,
% used automobiles, but we preferre,
% te use horses for safety and this al
- so gave us more time to look around
"a When we reached a height Of abou
= $500 feet, we had to go down t,
II R0ldal about half ways, where W,
- found an old stave church, which. i
~ said to be the oldest church in Nor
# way. They are rebuilding it thi
- summer. R0ldal is known for it:
h great production of goat cheese. Be
h fore they built the railroad through
y, Odda, which is about thirty, year.
h ago, they had to carry the salt OF
i their backs from Odda over tn,
y mountain. This was about two hun
70 dred years ago.. Later they worked
. up road which permitted horse!
ard cattle. The people are so scat
- tered, some places it is IA miles t.
- the nearest neighbor over the noun
. tains but the people were more salts
fed then than they are now. +
II The next morning we started again
- up the mountain side. It was fogg,
: and this made the trip less interest