The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-09
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The servant girls of Kristiania now
have started a newspaper of their own.
The name of Ytoe Holmedal, north
OF Bergen, has been changed to
"Fjaler."
An earthquake lasting several Sec
onds was noticed a few days ago in
southeastern Norway.
A mountain of flowers were piled
upon the grave of Bjornstjerne Born
son in memory of his 8Oth birthday.
The Socialists carried the city cleo
lions at Notodden, giving them a ma
jority of the members of the city coun-
Gil.
Many men are out of work in Ber-
gen, most of them being carpenters,
bricklayers and shipbuidlers. Only
last summer the demand for workmen
OF these kinds was greater than the
supply.
Hammerfest, the ~northernmost city
In the world, is going to build an ad-
dition to its school house at a cost of
$13,500. The city is also going to
make other public improvements for
$4,000.
About $4,000 has been raised for
airships for the army. This does not
include what has been raised in Ber-
gen, Trondhjem and Drammen, each
of which cities is going to have one
aeroplane of its own.
An engineer named Bjorne Hofseth
writes from Finmarken, the northern.
most part of Norway, that the govern
ment seems to be %neglecting this Sec
ton to an almost dangerous extent.
In some settlements a large majority
Of the people are Russians, and they
look upon themselves as Russians who
are only making a living in Norway.
The writer points out the distance
from the northern portion of Finmark-
en- from the res of Norway by stating
thai the city Of Vardo, for instance, is
farther east than Constantlnople, and
nearer to Greenland han to Kristlania.
The Russian government takes special
pains to be in close touch with the Rus
SLAMS living in northern Norway.
Mrs. Hulda Garborg mas written a
book which no doubt will arouse a
tempest of opposition among the
new" women. ELI" is the name of
the book as we'll as that of it's central
figure. Eli was a good deal OF a new"
woman herself. But in the course of
time she found that she needed a
stronger person than herself, a person
that she could not boss, a brave and
hrm and fearless man. Eli expresses
her views clearly enough in a letter to
her fiance. Thanks, thanks, because
am yours, because you have opened
the gates OF life to me. Because you
are beautiful and strong and mighty.
and because l am quite foolish and
nlled with an incomprehensible and
quite compromising humility and
pride. Thanks, because | can, with nv
whole soul, call a person my master"
The landed property of Norway is
being cut up into small parcels at a
rapid rate. The number of holdings
large enough to deserve the name of
farms" was 100000 in 1890, 1862, 900
in 1900, and 1873, 900 in 1907. The in.
crease in IL years was 80, 900 or rs per
cent. From these figures one might
Jump to the conclusion that the aver.
age size of the farms have been re-
duced But such is not the case. The
new holdings are generally very small
and a considerable proportion OF these
are really only gardens of different
sizes. Taking only holdings paying a
maximum tax of u cents, the lumber
increased from 98,2S2 to 1O1 ,292 dur
Ing the years 1890-l907. But another
computation will show this still more
clearly. Taking only the holdings pay
ing a maximum tax of 81 cents, the
number decreased only from 1926 to
46,211-a comparatively insignificant
reduction. Nor has the multiplication
OF holdings reduced the cultivated
areas of the large farms, this is al.
ready demonstrated by the fact that
the average cultivated area of each
farm was larger in 1907 than in 1865
In spite of the tens of thousands of
new holdings that sprang up during
that period. Though the new holdings
are of modest dimensions they are Of
vast Importance to the social and
economical development of the u
try.
Heavy storms, the most evere in
a generation, have been raging at
southern Norwegian ports and a great
lumber OF vessels have been COM
PEELED to remain in the harbors. Sew
eral ships have been lost. Wrecks
have occurred where those who gath
cred on the shore were unable to give
aid to n passengers and crews.
Seventeen ships riding at anchor at
Horton, have been unable to sail for
a month.
The two new tronciads for which
$4,000 600 has been appropriated are
to be built by the Armstrong company.
Scotland.