Little Falls herald., 1914-01-30
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Governor Hanna of North Dakota
has engaged ten first cabin rooms on
the Kristiansfjord, which will sail for
:Christiania from New York June IL.
Governor Hanna will be accompanied
by his staff and expects to be present
at the great centennial festivities that
will be held In the Norwegian capital
next June. This will undoubtedly be
the first time in the history of the
United States that the governor of a
state with his staff will attend fes-
tivities in foreign land. The popu-
lation OF North Dakota is heavily Nor
wegian and of course it's citizens
have many things in common with the "
fatherland. The Norwegians are never
theless enthusiastic Americans and
their love of country is of a high pa
triotic order. 1t is expected that sew
eral thousand Norwegians will visit
the home land next summer and there
will be a monster excursion leaving
New York June II, which Norwegians
from all parts of the country, espe-
cially from North Dakota and South
Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
calculate joining. The work of solicit
ing funds for the enormous "mindes-
gave" they will bring with them is
being pushed with exceeding vigor
and it will be an impressive moment
for old Norway when her sons and
daughters from America will return
to pay the old flag a lasting tribute
of affection and respect.
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In one of it's recent issues the
Scientific American contains a detail
ed description of the new war inven-
tion of N. w. Aasen, Norwegian en-
gineer. The invention is described as
a terrible engine of destruction, max
ing the bravery and efficiency of the
individual soldier of less consequence
and tending, like artillery and Mauser
bullets, to make war the pitting
against each other of deadly ma
chimes. The invention is a grenade
weighing nine pounds, exclusive of
it's accessories, and contains 400 pro-
jectiles and twelve ounces of extreme
ly powerful explosive. 1t is buried
beneath the surface of the ground,
over which the hostile army is ex-
pected to march, and is connected
with an underground cable. When
the electric current is turned on the
grenade springs automatically three
feet above the ground and discharges
it's deadly projectiles horizontally in
all directions. The power of the ex-
are driven through a fOur-inch wood
en- plank and for several hundred
yards in all directions soldiers would
be moved down like grass.
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A large and extensive history OF
Norway from 1914 to 1914 is soon to
appear, accompanied by two large
maps, one of the northern and one
, of the southern part of Norway. These
maps will indicate the geographical
changes that have been made during
the past 100 years. The work will be
published by the we'll known historian,
Gyldendahl.
Among the missionaries that were
wounded recently by bandits at
Kwangchow, China, is Rev. G. o. Lii.
legaard, who was graduated from
Luther Seminary in St. Paul in 1912.
He is a young man who started out
! in the missionary field in China only
about a year ago.
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The "Hoire" party won out in the
recent city election in Christiania.
The so called Liberals joined hands
with the "Hoire' party and defeated
the Socialists, which, under ordinary
circumstances, is the strongest party
in the city.
Bjorn Bjornson, son of the late
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, is on a lecture
tour in Germany and has been re-
ceived by large and appreciative au~
diences wherever he has appeared.
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Bergen recently had an 100000
crown fire. The Bergen shoe factory,
a large creamery and large saw mill
were among the Industries that were
completely crippled.
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! The so called "Hypoteksbank" in
Christiania has placed loans amount
ing to over 100000 crowns In va
rious cities and communities in Ger
many.
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Captain Kock, Danish explorer, lec-
tured recently before the Norwegian
Geographical society on his remark
able journey across Northern Green
land at it's widest point. The ex-
pedition, consisting of four men with
five Iceland ponies. intended first to