The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-13

that we left North Dakota for New
York. When we got to New York we
took the steamer over the Norwegian
American line. The Norwegians are
very proud of that line. 1t is financed
entirel, by Norwegian capitalists in
this country and over there. The cap.
tain of our steamer had been for years
in the japanese navy. He was in COM
mand of one of the great warships in
the Russo-Japanese war. The steamer
carried 1900 passengers, who were 60
ing over to the Fatherland, for the
purpose of taking part in the one-hun.
dredth anniversary of Norweg gian indie.
pendence.
We sailed from New York on Friday.
One Sunday we were Just little south
of where the Titanic went down. Fin.
ally We were north Of Scotland and
then we could see the rocks and hills
of Norway. At last we went into the
fjord leading to Bergen. The captain
had to hold back the steamer, because
they were sending out a reception
committee and some of them were not
ready. We had been on that steamer
nine days.
Bergen is a most interesting city,
and it seemed everybody was out to
meet US. They fred cannon without
any balls in them. was glad Of that.
The people were just splendid to US
and on shore gave us reception.
Next day people came in carriages,
twenty-five of them, and took us up
to one of the private homes there.
T.nen the committee came down lit
tie later in the day and gave us a
drive. They were divided because we
could not all understand their Ian
guage. Many could speak English only
fairly we'll. They had splendid ban
Quet for us with part of the addresses
in Norwegian; part in English.
Then we went to Tronhhjem. The
great bulk of fish caught at Trandh-
jem goes to Spain, Italy and southern
Europe. It is wonderful town they
have built up on that industry. Nor
way is not good farming country be-
cause of its rocks and hills.
In Trondhjem is one of the Oldest
cathedrals, a magnificent building we'll
worth going through. There is also a
palace where the king goes occasional
ly. All kings are crowned in Trand-
hjem.
We left Trondhjem to go to North
Cape. We could hear all kinds Of Ian
guages on our steamer, Norwe gian,
Swedish, Danish and Russian. Many
could speak English to some degree.
Nearly all could speak French and
German. The scenery in Norway is
something wonderful.
At every place that we stopped we
found people from North Dakota. |
met one man from Darlington. Sev-
eral people from here got on the boat
at Trondhjem. We had little can
non on our steamer and when We
crossed the Arctic Circle, they fired
the cannon.
We went to a Lapland village in
little carts. The Laplanders have not
done as much as our Indians have in
western North Dakota. They are not
very cleanly either. They had about
1000 reindeer.
At North Cape we saw the sun at
midnight; it was exactly due north
according to compass. Just as it came
midnight the captain fred a cannon.
My daughter, Dorothy, took pictures at
midnight. They are just as fine as
could be taken here at midday.
From there we went to Christiania.
There we saw great crowds Of people.
There were 5000 or 1000 North Da'
kota people there. We went there to
present the bust of Lincoln for the
people of North Dakota.
The bust was designed by a former
pupil of this school, Paul Fjelde. Mr..
Smith Ster.nel, who saw the bust, was
in the civil war for two years and lat
er became Lincoln's body guard. He
said that the bust We presented to
Norway was the best likeness that he
ever saw. (Applause.) had letter
from the people in the east who cast
the bust and they said it was one OF
the finest models they had ever had
for casting. We should be proud OF
this young man because he is from
our state.
When the statute was presented
there were thousands Of people pres
ent. The Storthing was there in
body. All the cabine! officers we're
there; also many people OF promin- !
ence, doctors, professors. ministers
and others. Part Of the exercises