The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-09-05

An OIL tank steamer ordered hy VII
helm Jensen, Bergen has, been
launched At Sunderland. England. N
displacement IL 10000 tons. II y %
be commanded by Capt. Ilaf Lie.
A modern oatmeal mill Il to b built
at STANCE station for preparing Hede-
marksn oats for the market Motive
power IL to be transmitted from the
Foselven electric power station.
The seal hunters have had good
luck this summer. Come sealing vss-
sells have brought back a. much A.
1880 animals, and 1900 In an ordinary
catch.
A bautasten crude granite mnnu-
ment) was unveiled July 80. on the
grave Of Bishop Wexelsen in the
Trondhjem cathedral cemetery. Mr..
Konow. q member OF the cabinet, was
to make the main address.
"A new translation OF the works OF
Henrik Ibeen 10 making its appear
ance In France. II is In 16 volumes,
beautifully printed and bound. and II
expected to command ready sale. -
lbsen's prestige In France IL thor
oughly established. The translator IL
p. g. La Chesnais. competent schol-
ar and Ibsen student. and the newspa-
pers Of Norway speak of his work in
the highest terms.
The hay crop was put up under un-
usually favorable conditions In the
northern part of the country. The
grass was heavy, and there was sun
shine accompanied by fresh northeast
breezes "a hours day. SO that the cut
grass was turned into crisp hay In a
remarkably short time for that part
OF the country. AZ the same time I'M
mense shoals of herring crowded up
to the shore, so that the people of that
part Of the country could make very
profitable use of their time.
Norwegian students who believe in
total abstinence recently held a con.
vention at Christiania. and the gather.
ing is hailed as evidence of new era
in temperance work in Norway, for
the reason that 1t marks the entry
into the work of the educated classes.
Hitherto the educated, as well as the
well-to-do. classes have held aloof
from the temperance agitation: in
deed, they have been hostile, while the
laboring and middle class bore the
brunt of the campaign alone.
A Stavanger report says that as the
reslt OF successful demonstrations
that the sugar beet can be grown In
southern Norway, a sugar factory may
soon be established on the Jaederen
plain. Experiments In the growing Of
the sugar beet were started three
years ago by German manufacturer.
Last year the results were highly en-.
couraging. and this year also the crop
Is promising well. In spite of the set
backs suffered early in the season
from drought and other climatic con-
ditions.
AS was recently announced, the
Observation-Disclosures line will have
third ship. II will be of 500 tons larg.
er displacement than either the Kris
tianiaf1ord" or "Bergensfjord" and
will carry several hundred more pas
sengers. 1t will be 530 feet long, 81
feet wide and will have q tonnage of
10000 tons. The type Of the vessel
will be similar to that Of the other
ships Of the same line. except that the
stern will be like that Of battleships
thereby furnishing space for 120 more
passengers. The new ship will carry
1.540 passengers.
II is reported from Bergen that the
Armauer Hansen, the deep-sea explor
ing vessel Of the Bergen museum. has
returned to this port. The vessel
started out on it, expedition the lat
ter part Of May under the leadership
of Professor Helland-Hansen. who was
compelled to leave the party on the
arrival at Lisbon, Portugal The sx-
petition was time continued under
the direction of Professor Hansen
Other noted scientists Of Norway &C
companied the vessel. and q large
amount OF valuable scientific data has
been collected from various places In
the Atlantic:
Before his departure from Chris
tiania Prof. G. X. Preus, president Of
Luther college. DEBORAH. Ia, arranged
with the J w. Chappelen publishing
company for the publication OF vol
ume on the Norwesians OF America
In this work Professor Preus will fol.
low the same lines a. In his lectures
delivered during the summer at the
University Of Christiania, and will be
attractively illustrated. While the
book IL intended for circulation In
Norway. It 10 also safe TO assume that
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