Little Falls herald., 1914-01-23
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There is room in this country for
brass bands, form of music which
reaches the masses as does nothing
else in the world;'' says Emile Fran
ces Bauer i'll the Musical Leader, Chi
cago 1t would seem," she continues,
"as though there were warm wei
comes waiting for bands outside Of
the United States Marine band and
the :ousa organization, and that
splendid band, the Luther College
Concert band This, by the way, is
the only Norwegian organization OF
it's kind il tie country, and while it
is the idol OF the Scandinavian popu-
latioll OF the country it has admirers
III countless nul1b bcls among the music
lovers OF I'LL rat:onalities. The state
ment that the luther College band is
the only Norwegian organization of
its kind in the country is of course
due to the fact that the writer of the
above has been misinformed, as there
are seveca. bands in this country
made up wholly of NorWegians; but
that the Luther College Concert band
is the idol of the Scandinavian popu-
lation Of this country is not at all al
exaegeraticn. This band has been in
Nited to visit Norway during the cen
tennial exposition. The invitation has
been accepted and all arrangements
five members, siXty-one of whom are
undergraduates between the ages o.
fifteen and twenty-five years, some OF
whom pay their own expenses at
school, the arrangements which have
been perfected necessarily included
connected with the trip, which are con-
servatively estimated at $4,000. 1t
is through the liberality OF the ad-
mirers OF the band that the funds
have been guaranteed in sufficient
sums to make the trip possible. The
band will leave DEBORAH on April p.
It will give few concerts in Amer
lea at points Eetween Decorah and
New York and will embark at New
York on one Of the boats Of the new
Norwegian-Amercan line on May 5,
reaching Bergen, Norway, on May Is
and going by rail to Christiania to
he there at the festivities on May IL.
After a short stay at the capital a
tour will be made through Norway.
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The Norwegians claim the most
northern and most southern church.
The former is the Maaso or Gamvik
church in the icy regions OF Norway.
Next SIMMER q church is to be built
by the Norwegians at the whaling sta
ticn on South Georgia island, which
is 10 be tie southernmost church oc
earth. III this connection it may also
be mentioned that there is some talk
of building; a church ct Advent Bay,
SritzberHen. At this place from 200
to 800 men are found every summer
and the number is increasing. Every
summer ships visit the bay, carrying
tourist and business men. The Nor
wegian seems to take his church with
him wherever he goes.
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A wealthy Norwegian company is
about to establish commercial rela-
tiOns with Siberia, in accordance with
the plans CT DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, who
recently returned from Siberia. Every
year the company will send several
steamers loaded with European goods
to the north coast OF Siberia, and the
steamers will bring back Siberian
products, especially furs. DR.. Nansen
is of the opinion that it is possible to
overcome the ice difficulties. By
means of the Russian wireless sta
tons information regarding the ice
can be obtained
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The Norwegian authorities few
days ago received from the French
tribunal the decree of arrest and a
demand for the extraditiOn of Ferdi
nand Pinney Earle, the American art
ist, and Miss Charlotte Elerman
! charged with the kidnapping OF
f:arle's eight-year-old son from q
school in France. It is understood
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The American minister, Albert B
Schmedeman, said that the American
government would not oppose extra
i dition.
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Exports from Norway are increasing
at a most gratifying rate. England
and the United States are the coun
tries which Norway relies on mainly
| For her market abroad.
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Our government in Washington has
placed the seal of it's approval upor
| the general principle of the settlement
| by arbitration of all questions that
may arise between nations in the at
titude it has taken in the negotiations
of a general arbitration treaty be
tween America and Denmark. This
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