Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-03-26

1875 at Stockholm It's products are.
frequently used by the royal family OF
Sweden as gifts to visiting sovereigns..
or other notable visitors. Bronze urns
and reproductions Of daggers, knives.
and curios OF the Viking age from
Swedish musuems; gobelin tapestry,
requiring two years to make, the work.
Of q leading Swedish designer: door
handles Of bronze and brass. lamps,
wrought iron condlesticks and carved
wooden bowls. q. =.. 5zs> d! (.
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In an odlcial communication to the
Minnesota legislature q few days ago;
Governor A. O. Eberhart urged that
Minnesota participate In the Norwe-
CLAN Centennial exposition at Chris
tiania in 1914 with liberal display
creditable to the state. .'The fair"
says Governor Eberhart, will repre-
sent the best achievements in SCI
ence, art, commerce and industry in
which the northern countries Of Eu-
rope, and especially Norway, have
been interested during the century.
There has been no exposition OF any
consequence held in the United States
In which the Scandinavian countries
have not participated with a credit
able showing and results have been
beneficial. Approximately one-fourth
Of the population of Minnesota is of
Norwegian birth or extraction and the
Norwegian immigrants have exerted
powerful influence in the settlement
and development of the state, contrib
uting largely to all it's social and Gull
tural achievements. 1t would, there
fore, seem to be not only a matter Of
just recognition of this important ele-
ment in the development OF our state:
but also a matter of social and com.
mercial advantage in our future de.
velopment to provide for such an ex-
hibit at the Christiania exposition in
1914 as is recommended by the Nor
wegian legation at Washington, D. G.
North Dakota already has made an
appropriation for a similar exhibit
and arrangements are being made for
a large number of exhibits from Min
nesota I would, therefore, respect.
fully recommend that commissioners
be appointed to represent Minnesota
and that. an appropriation be made
by this legislature for such an exhibit
at the exposition as may be appropri.
ate and in keeping with the indus
trial, commercial and educational ad-
vantages of the state" .E HE.
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The committee which has been as
signed the work of planning and pre-
pairing for the next national Norwe-
gian sangarfest, to be held in Chris
tiania, has completed it's first report.
The sangarfest will be held in new
'sangarhall'' on the exposition
grounds, which has stage room for
1,700 singers and a seating capacity
for 5000 people. Invitations have
been extended to singing organiza-
tons all over the country There are
about 300 singers expected from
America and all told it will be the
greatest sangarfest that has ever been
held in theNorwegian capital. Attor-
ney Hieronymus Heyerdahl has been
chosen president of the sangarfest
and Professor O. A. Grondahl will act
as director. M. Berchendotf will be
general secretary. .sssE.. s. s-.z.. ::
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| Wilhelm Krag, the Norwegian poet,
died in Christiania March Is. He was
born in Christiania in 1871, a brother
of Thomas Krag, the Norwegian nov
elist. The works of Wilhelm Krag
seem to be inspired by melancholy
pessimism. Among the best of his
productions are the volume of dig
to-" the poems ''Nat" and "'Sange fra
Syden," the romances ..Hjemve' and
"Den Glade Loitnant," and the dramas
"Vester Blaafjeldet," de Gamles
Julaften," Isaac : Seehusen'' and
isaac Kapergast."
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Utne, the we'll known sculptor, has
on exhibition in Christiania at pres.
ent monument of white Norwegian
granite entitled Peace which has
been very favorably commented. upon
by all the leading critics. The native
granite is far more suitable to Nor:
wegian climes than the imported
granite from France and other coun.
tries, and it is likely that Norwegian
granite will be used entirely in the
erection of monuments hereafter all
over the country. :=..sz 81: .5@z.
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A motor boat with seven fishermen
was lost at sea off Mold island a few
days ago. The unfortunate ones who
persisted in the sea leave five widows
and twenty-five children, all Of whom
were small and entirely dependent
on the fishermen for their support. /.
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During the year Of 1912 Norway ex
ported lat 900 kilos of sardinos, 81
three times as many as France, which
after Norway, is the greatest.sardine
and small delicatess coun
try in the world. sxsSzsssssSs ...
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