Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-12-27

the railway department is planning or
using 10000 cars.
NORWAY.
The railways of Norway have had
an extremely busy season. During the
warm season there was a steady food
OF tourists. and there was hardly any
decline during the early fall. All the
main lines were well patronized, but
the traffic was heaviest on the line
/ between Christiania and Bergen. The
korOs line drew more traffic than be-
fore. On some lines extra cars had TO
be used almost every day The arri-
val of the Jupiter, from England. at
Bergen always meant an extra train
from Bergen TO Christlania in the
night. On some lines the number of
sleeping cars passing In day exceed.
ed twenty. Most Of the passengers
were business people. On the line run
ming Into southern Sweden were many
people who went to Stockholm or Co
penhagen to have jolly time.
gOod-sized city has sprung up at
the immense saltpeter factories at
Rjukan. 1t soon became difficult to
obtain good milk and plenty of 1t at
the place. Now the proprietOrs of the
factories have commenced to build the
largest cow barn in Norway. There
will be room for more than 200 cows
on the main floor. and In the other two
stories the milk will be cared for. So
many people must be employed tina:
they need special dining room. Il
Is perhaps needless to say that tho
equipment Of this establishment wiz
be as modern as that of any In tho
whole world
The city government of Trondhiem
has invited all Norwegian sculptors
TO prepare sketches for monument
of Olav Trygyason. the founder Of the
city. The monument may be placed
at the market square and Is expected
to cost about $4,000. Dyre Halse
wholesale merchant. announced on his
sixty-secOnd birthday that he will be
glad to pay all the expenses connected
with the erection of the monument. At
the same time he donated about $4,000
to some public building funds.
Maj. Gen. c. F. NJ. Stab and wife,
Amelie, nee BrettevlIIe Of Christiania,
have celebrated their golden wedding.
He Is said to be the oldest officer In
Norway. He served in the army exactly
half century. from 1850 to 1900. Cen
eral Stab is still doing some work,
and his hobby Is the study of the his
tory of war Of France. He is eighty
five years old, and his wife, aged
eighty-three, Is managing their house
with great ability. They have always
had the reputation of being hospitabIr.
The so-called military woodcur-
tug" was finished in the early part OF
| October. Soldiers were taken from all
military establishments In the country
for chopping wood, and over a thou
sand soldiers were chopping the wool
at the same time. Military woodcuf-
ting" was carried on in all ANTS ex-
cept Finmarken, the northernmost por
! ton Of the country.
/
/ At an auction at Grand hotel, Viker-
sund, the Katfos cellulOse factory
bought 400 dozen trees standing on the
parsonage forest. the price paid for
that much stumpage being about S13,-
600
A large part of the street car tick
cts used on the street railways OF
Christiania are printed In Germany.
In spite of the difficulties caused by
the war and the high cost OF trans
portation it pays better to have such
work done In Germany.
I'he national debt of Norway now
amounts to about SAL for every man.
woman and child. The average In Swe-
den is $54. In Denmark only see. But
/ Finland beats all the other ScandI-
naNian countries, having debt of only
about Sll per capita.
|
Hans H. Holm's hat factory. in Chris
, tiania. the only one of its kind In Nor
way. has been closed For years past
II made no money. The tariff on hats
is low, and, what is still worse, those
who wear hats thiRk they ought to
have foreign goods. you know. Mr..
Holm started his factory In 1862, the
first one in Scandinavia.
|
Bernhard Satermoen CT var(lal sold
a famous pig at Gjovik. The animal
was only six months old but weighed