Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-02-10

are establishing relations which will
outcome of the war. The Norwegian
American line, hardly more than a
year old, pioneer in the field of d.
rect transportation between Norway
and America, has been obliged to
charter seventeen vessels to handle
all the business that is offered. With
the five vessels owned by the COM
pany this new concern is now con.
trolling twenty-five oceangoing ves-
sells. Norway is not self-sustaining
and must obtain foodstuffs from other
countries, particularly beef and grain
products. America, if not the only
source of supply, is at any rate the
most available. Just at present the
balance of trade may be in favor of
the United States, but without any
question there is certain to be a great
increase in imports from Norway and
doubtless from the other Scandinavia
an countries. They have many things
that America needs. The voyage
back and forth is entirely safe from
mines and warships, both for pas
sengers and freight boats, as since
the war began our line has abandoned
the former lane just north of Scotland
and taken new route far beyond
the danger zone"
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Norwegian societies, civic and
religious, were represented at a meet
ing in st. Paul recently to arrange
for the collection of funds for the
maintenance of Norway's building at
the Panama exposition. The fund
will be completed by May II, when
it is proposed to celebrate Norway's
independence day with a big demon
stration in the city of St. Paul. DR..
H. G. Stub was the principal speaker
at the meeting. He was in Norway
when that country was induced to
make an appropriation for the ex-
position on the understanding that
her emigrated citizens in America
would contribute to the maintenance
of the building, and it is in further
paign for funds will be inaugurated
from now on. New York, Brooklyn,
Seattle and other cities are raising
similar funds. The Norwegian COL
ony of San Francisco has raised $1O,-
900. Norway's building is in process
of erection and will be opened during
the early days of the fair.
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The memorial gift from Norwegian
Americans to the people of Norway,
amounting to about $4,000, has been
considered by the storthing and a
committee has proposed statutes for
the management of the fund. This
committee proposes that the interest
be added until the fund amounts to
about $4,000. From that time 70 per
cent OF the interest shall be used
from year to year, while 80 per cent
shall be added to the principal 1t
is understood that the fund may be
increased by gifts at any time. A
temporary committee of five mem
bers is to manage the fund until the
storthing has established board of
trustees, which will take effect in
1916. Suffering of various kinds will
be entitled to aid from the available
funds and the payments shall be
made on the Fourth of July every
year. This plan, of course, will not
be in force until ratified by the
storthing.
Unique among all the monuments
in the world is the "bautasten" or
monolith raised at Finsen, Norway,
to the memory of Captain Robert
Scott, the i'll fated Antarctic explorer,
who lost the goal of his ambition
Captain Scott was not a Norwegian,
no Norwegian was connected with
his exploration, nor was Norway
identified with him or his expedition
in any way. But Norway loves q
brave man and when Haugesund's
opened subscription lists the re-
Spouse was prompt The monument
stands not far from the railway sta
ton at Finsen.
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Johan Boyer, the author, has re-
ceived the very fiattering offer from
the LIE Temps of Paris to go to
France and furnish a series of ar
ticles regarding the real feelings of
the Germans toward the French. As
Stunning that the war means some
thing it would seem to be rather
peculiar mission. It amounts to q
suspicion on the part of the French
that the rank and file of Germany
are, after all, in sympathy with the
present war against France.
j. j. i.
DR.. Edward Bull recently gave a
lecture in Trondhjem on French and
German socialism. He lectured to q
large audience, more than half of
which was socialistically inclined.
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Rol Thommessen, Phi. D., has been
appointed assistant editor of Tidens
Tegn, an old and we'll established
newspaper in Christiania.
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The Free Masons of Stavanger are
contemplating the erection of q large
five-story building on the so called
"I-okkeveien."
MARION s. NoREL1Us.
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