Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-01-09
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! NORWAY. :.

Governor L. B. Hanna of North Da- /
kota will in person present to Norway
the statue of Abraham Lincoln, given
by his state, on July 4, 1914, at Chris
tiania. Definite announcement of his
plan to make the trip to Norway at
the head of the state commission
which is in charge of the movement /
has just been made. In connection I
with the presentation Governor Han
ma has asked the navy department to
send squadron to Christiania and
he believes this will be granted Gov
ernor Hanna says that he engaged
passage for his staff and himself
aboard the Bergensfjord. They will
sail to Bergen, and from there will
make cruise to the North cape, re-
turning to Christiania about June 80
or July 1. On Americas national day
the unwilling of the Lincoln monu-
ment, the gift of Scandinavians of
North Dakota, will take place.
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Rev. Christian Bang, bishop of
Christiania and primate of the Nor
wegian church, died at Christiania on
Dec 20. He was born in 1910. Bishop
Bang was at one time secretary to
the late King Oscar of Sweden, when
Norway and Sweden were united I'M
der one flag He visited the United
States in 1908 and called on Presi-
dent Roosevelt, to whom he brought
personal greetings from King Haa
kon. Later he attended the unwilling
at Minneapolis of the statue of Hen
rik Wergeland, which was presented
| by Norway to the Norsemen's asso-
citation. Bishop Bang delivered the
coronation sermon when Norway be-
slowed the crown on the Danish
prince, Charles, in 1905.
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| A larger number of automobiles
we're sold in Norway in 1913 than
during any previous year in the his
tory of the automobile trade. Auto
mobiles to the value of more than
| 100000 crowns were disposed of in
various parts of the country and the
outlook in this industry is even more
promising for the year of 1914. There
are excellent roads in Norway and
this helps the sale of automobiles.
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Week before last in Norway was
marked by storms all over the coun-
try. In some of the north and along
! the west coast the wind blew a hur-
ricane such as not even the oldest
citizens could remember. Many YES
sells foundered and the coastwise
steamers were held at their piers.
Two of the men on board the Nor
wegian-American liner Bergensfjord
were drowned at Bergen.
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The city election in Christiania &C.
cured on the day before Christmas.
The city is governed by a board of
municipal trustees consisting of
eighty people elected for three years.
The Socialists carried thirty-six OF
the eighty seats. This is a big in
crease over the last elections and the
result was due largely to the votes of
the women, who appear to be mostly
Socialists.
Johan Hoel, one of the government
stipendiates selected to study condi.
tons in Spitsbergen, has written a
long article for the Aftenposten
(Christiania) in which he strongly
protests against the manner in which
the Englishman, DR.. Bruce, attacks
Norway's contentious in Spitsbergen
: He characterizes DR.. Bruce's state.
ments as misleading and that Eng
lands interests on the island are not
in lead of Norway's.
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Professor Gerhard Grau has begun
a series Of Ibsen lectures at the Uni.
versity of Christiania and they are
proving very popular. The students
of the university attend in a body
besides a large number of city people
Professor Grau is regarded as the
most comprehensive Ibsen lecturer in
the country.
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The Anglo-American club celebrat
ed Thanksgiving by giving a turkey
, supper and dance in the Grand hotel
The American minister and the con
} sui general, with their wives, were
present. as also we're some eighty
members of the club.
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The London Times in a recent is
sue contained very well written ar
ticle on The Renaissance of OLE
Morse" 1t gives most comprehen
sive idea Of the linguistic fight thai
/, is going on at present,
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! It is said that $4,000. 900 must b
spent during the next ten years FOL
construction of new railway bridges
or the reconstruction. of old ones
: Most Of them are in the eastern par
g of the country.
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There are great many BARRIERS
out of work in Christiania, The. in
. PRODUCTION Of the American safet.