The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
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 we'll patronized, but
the traffic was heaviest on the line
between Christiania and Bergen. The
Roros 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 Christiania 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.
A good-sized city has sprung up at
the immense saltpeter factories at
Rjukan. It soon became difficult to
obtain good milk and plenty of it at
the place. Now the proprtetors 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 that
they need special dining room. It
is perhaps needless to say that the
equipment of this establishment will
be as modern as that Of any in the
whole world.
Inc city government of Trondh1em
has invited all Norwegian sculptors
to prepare sketches for a monument
of Olav Trygvason, 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
slxty-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 Sc. 600
to some public building funds.
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Maj. Gen. G. r. M. Stab and wife.
Amelie, nee Bretteville 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. Gen.
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
mad the reputation of being hospitable.
The so-called military woodcut
ting was finished in the early Dart of
october. Soldiers were taken from all
military establishments in the country
Tor chopping wood, and over a thou.
sand soldiers were chopping the wood
at the same time. military woodca1t.
ting" was carried on in all ANTS on.
cept Finmarken, the northernmost nor
ton Of the country.
AT an auction at Grand hotel. VfkerA
sund, the katfos cellulose factors
bought 400 dozen trees standing on the
parsonage forest, the price paid for
that much stumpage berg 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 h.
the war and the high cost of trans
portation it pays better to have such
work done in Germany.
The national debt Of Norway now
amounts to about $41 for every man
woman and child. The average in Sw,-
cen is $54. in Denmark only $50. But
Finland beats all the other Scanf1.
navian countries, having debt OF only