Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-01

their national independence amidst
generally propitious circumstances.
Both at home and abroad the two
main principles of the constitution
have been upheld. A democratic
form of government and an independ.
ent people have been created, and In
the midst of this work patriotism has
been strengthened and supported In
way that cannot be overestimated
and to which each national event of
later years-as for instance 1905 and
at the jubilee of the university in
1911-has given unqualified expires.
sion. The industrial awakening which
began in the Nineteenth century
has been continued. From one end of
the kingdom to the other we see the
advance of extensive industries. Wa
terfalls and mines-twO of the most
important possessions-have been the
objects of keen speculation, whilst
the conQuests that have been made in
these domains have been utilized ra-
tionally and theoretically. At this
point in history Norway finds itself
in the center of it's industrial prog
ress. It stands out as an important
fact that the new industry has given
fresh direction to politics and we add
that it put an ineffaceable mark on
literature by the introduction of the
industrial worker into the novel and
on the stage. It has also been of
vital importance in creating a deeper
understanding of social questions,
while at the same time it's daily life
has assumed other forms under the
influence of the numerous new condi-
tions of existence and the ever grow
ing rush and intensity that are al.
ways in the rear of modern invention
and requirements.
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When Governor Hanna of North
Dakota arrived in Norway he was &C.
corded unusual honors, not only by
the citizens of North Dakota now Wis
iting the little kingdom, but by the
Norwegian people as whole. Every
body, according to reports, looked
forward with pleasure and apprecia-
ton to the intended visit of Gov
ernor Hanna and the state of North
Dakota is getting considerable ad-
vertising on account of the visit, this
being the first visit of an American
governor while in Office to a Scan
dfnavian country. The governor will
present on behalf of the Norwegian
and other citizens of North Dakota a
statue of Lincoln to the government
of Norway. Governor Hanna's pop
ularity among the Scandinavians has
before been recognized, but his con-
sent to make this long trip in the
midst Of a political campaign in his
home state has gained him thousands
of friends among the Scandinavians.
The governors family is in the party
of twenty now in Norway. It is pos
sible that he also will visit Sweden,
where he will be equally welcomed
by the people.
An International conference unique
in history convened in Christiania
recently when delegates from the
United States and Russia, Norway
and other Northern countries met to
frame government for the worlds
one country without flag-the Spitz-
bergen islands, commonly called No
Mans Island. William K. Collier of
New York and Fred X. Nielsen, as
sistant solicitor of the state depart
ment. are the American delegates. It
was not until the memory Of men still
living that the island was found to
hold valuable coal deposits. It is de-
void Of vegetation and has little or
no animal life. During three months
of the year foreign coal miners work
the rich deposits. Throughout the
rest of the year silence reigns over
the frozen, rock-bound wastes.
The great Coldeving estate In Hele-
land, famous through its historic ira,
ditfens, has recently been sold to ST.
gurd Knudsen, an agricultural scien-
fist Of Bergen. The purchase price is
unknown. This big country seat has
been in the possession of the Coldev-
ing family for several hundred years,
contains several hundred acres of
valuable land and timber and Is ideal
~ situated. ..1-.
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II It takes money to hold an EXPOSE
ton. Norway had reckoned on $780,
900 crowns for the exposition at
Christiania, and now 1t is found that
3,200.000 crowns will scarcely do. The
exposition managers are already
afraid Of deficit.
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King Christians daughter Mar
grethe is to enter the university next
month. She 10 the first Danish royal
princess 10 study for university
degree. MARION 8. NoRELIUs.