Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-04-18
NORWAY.

Hotel accommodations are very
scarce in Stavanger. Day after day
there is not cot to spare at the
Grand, and the books show the names
of many who are waiting for a chance.
An elderly gentleman told his expert
ences as follows He wired some days
ahead in order TO be sure of getting
room; but when he arrived there was
40 room. He went 20 two other hotels,
but all in vain. So he had to return to
the train aud sleep i'm car which was
really too cold for him He spent
large part of the next day hunting for
hotel accommodations, He finally
landed in little boarding house near
the quays. The gentleman next went
to Sandnes. where there was no room
to spare in the hotel. This time he WAS
permitted to spend the night at the
Aalgaard factories.
A new building is going up at Hille-
yaag II is To be used as "a factory for
turning out new kind Of fishhook.
From prehistoric times 10 this day the
barb. or beard. of the hook has been
placed on the inside x the point of the
hook. August Thoring came 20 think
that the barb would catch better II il
were on the side Of the hook. He made
a number Of hooks and had them test.
ed, ara the reports were o the effect
that fewer fish got LOOSE from the
new hooks than from the OH ones.
This settled the matter che inventor
had his fishhook patented IL number
of countries and now company.
backed by ample capital, is 10 manu-
facture the Thoriug fishhook on lnrge
scale.
King Olav Trygvesson was the
founder of the city Of Trondhjem,
which for centuries was known by the
name of Nidaros tthe mouth Of the
Md river). Now It is proposed to erect
monument to him nj the public mar
ket place. Dyre Halse wholesale
merchant, has donated Sl3.500 to the
monument fund as a starter, All Nor
wegian sculptors and artists have been
asked 10 prepare sketches for the
monument. one thousand three hum
dred and fifty dollars viii be given as
premiums for the best sketches, and a
select few will be bought at the rate OF
almost 500 apiece.
Between 300 and 400 Swedes are en-
gagged In the building trades in Bergen.
Work is more plentiful in Norway than
In Sweden nj the present time. II IL
expected that many more Swedes will
come to Bergen by the time the work
Of rebuilding the burned portion of the
city is started in dead earnest The
people of Bergen are never in hurry.
but when they finally make up their
minds to start they viii be sure 10 do
things. and do them thoroughly.
Even the iallbrds testify 10 the cos
mopolitan character Of the Norwegian
capital the '"mber Of nationalities
represented running from half a dozen
10 dozen.
The net profit Of the Brager paper
mills for the year 1916 was about 100
per cent. and the stockholders received
u dividend OF - Der cent.
-Four persons who were walking
from Nois - Nordmiale on the Ando
island. were overwhelmed by q snow
slide IN a valley at Meta, One 81 them
A. I'D
he went on his way 10 get belly. lie
returned with number of men. vii"
began 10 dig for the three lost ONES.
one OF Them was dead hut he other
two were alive although thy had been
imprisoned in the snow for tive hours.
The Krozsiad cellulosa factories dis
rributed dividend of 10 per cent for
the year 1915.