Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-01-08
NORWAY.

the servant girls OF Kristlanla now
have started newspaper of their own.
The name of Ytoe Holmedal, north.
Of Bergen, has been changed to
"Frjaler. .s5. Ss...
An earthquake lasting several sec
onds was noticed a few days ago in
southeastern Norway. .5.. :.ys*zs.
Z, A mountain of flowers were piled
upon the grave of Bjornstjerne Bjorn-
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. >.. NJ 81 "a :sz@. s.s s. H.
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. *..:z " a.. ST.. .~.s=
Hammerfest, the northernmost city
In the world, is going to build an adj.
dition to its school house at cost of
$13,50O. The city is also going to
make other public improvements for
$4,000. 4 T.. ~ 80
= About $4,000 has been raised for
hirships 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
leroplane Of its own. ~: Ill. e. :. (
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 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 rest OF Norway by stating
that the city of Vardo, for instance, is
farther east than Constantinople, and
nearer to Greenland than to Kristiania.
The Russian government takes special
pains to be in close touch with the Rus
slams living in northern Norway.
Mrs. Hulda Garborg has written a
book which no doubt will arouse
tempest of. opposition among the
new" women. ELF is the name of
the book as we'll as that of it's central
figure. Eli was good deal of 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
drm and fearless man.. Eli expresses
her views clearly enough in letter to
her ffance. Thanks, thanks, because I
am yours, because you have opened
the gates of life to me. Because you
are beautiful and strong and mighty,
and because am quite foolish and
filled with an incomprehensible and
quite compromising humility and
pride. Thanks, because I can, with nv
whole soul, call 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 $4,000 in 1890, 1862. 900
In 1900, and $4,000 in 1907. The in.
crease in II years was $4,000 or rs Der
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
Ind considerable proportion of these
are really only gardens Of different
sizes. Taking only holdings paying q
maximum tax Of q cents, the number
Increased from 1922 to 1O1 .292 dur
Ing the years 1S9O-19O7. But anothe,
computation will show this still more
clearly: Taking only the holdings paw
Ing a maximum tax 81. 81 cents. the
number decreased only from 1926 tc
46, ala 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 i1ls186t
In spite of the tens Of thousands q
new holdings that sprang np durins
that period. Though the new holding,
J are of modest dimensions they are Is