Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-15
NORWAY

sentence when appearing before a
court-martial In the latter part of
April, but he was not, as is otherwise
the rule. denoted. 1t appears that he
had opposed an order issued during
the strike last year by General Vogt
to the effect that army officers were to
report on prevailing sentiment among
the workers" his attitude being hat
the army had nothing to do with what
he considered espionage against the
laboring class. When General Vogt
learned Of the ~lieutenant's attitude, he
cancelled the order Is far as Mr..
Christensen was concerned. but the
lieutenant not being satisfied with this,
published q series of attacks on the
was the result.
Waiting For the Million.
Lars Gunderson of Aalesund Is COM
placently awaiting the arrival of a
million American dollars. He has
been notified Of the death OF an uncle
in Milwaukee, Wis. who is reported
the Aalesund man. and as soon as
the money arrives, Mr.. Gunderson in
tends to sail for the United States to
take up farming on a vast scale. Ac-
cording to the Foreign Office at Chris
tiania, no official report of the beQuest
has been made. and some doubt is be-
ing expressed as to the g~enuineness Of
the information sent to Mr.. Gunder-
son-especially in view of the fact
that this is said to be the fourth time
he has expected q fortune benevolent
ly left by a deceased uncle. Only,
such fortunes never m~aterialized.
To Build Big School.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Funds has invited architects to
submit plans and designs for a large
The school will be built with money
bequeathed by the late Hedge vaer-
ingsaasen who was deeply interested
in the cause of education of the coun-
try district population. The two best
designs to be submitted will be award
ed prizes of, respectively, 5000 and
5000 Kroner.
ii. C. L. Goes Down.
Recent conferences between h au-
thorities and the owners of restaur-
ants in Norwegian cities have resulted
in a number of price reductions. It is
now possible to buy a bowl of soup for
so Oere, an order Of fish at LEO Krone.
a meat order at 2 Kronner, dessert, 50
Oere, etc.-approximately a reduction
of 50 per cent from prices prevailing
UAIk1l LWO WCCNS ago. AAOoC pE1CcS
apply to the flrst-c1aa restaurants
while the reductions for less luxuriant
establishments have been cut ropor-
tionately. g"
Chinese .Translationa.
Missionary Samet in China has e.
Gently translated a large number of
Norwegian hymns into the Chinese
language. according to an announce
m ant made hv fhn sHirOrf0r0 nf tho
Norwegian China Mission society at
C~hristiania. About IS hymns, orig
inally written in the Morse tongue,
are included in the collection. which
also contains a group of hymns trans
lated from English into Chinese. The
new hymn book containing these
TRANSACTIONS has appeared at Shang-
hal.
Diamond Wedding.
Lars and Ane Christofferson of
Kornsjoe recently celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary. They
have lived all their lives in and about
Kornsjoe, just on the borderline be-
tween Norway and Sweden, and have
never travelled. Lars C~hristorerson
a lost his hearing during the last
few years put is otherwise hale and
! hearty, and Mrs. Christofrerson is said
by her friends to look as though she
were so years old while as a matter OF
fact she is IS. They have had four
teen children, twelve of whom are liv-
ing; three sons have made their home
in the United States.
Noreis Maallag.
The society for the preservation of
the old Norwegian language. known
as "Maal" has recently held its an
nual convention. The society's name
is 'Norgis Maallag'', and at it's meet
ing representatives Of eighty local
branches were present A number of
prominent linguists and publicists are
members of the organization which
insists that the Dano-Norwegtan
tongue now in use, is not the original
language of the country. :
SWEDEN !