The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-01
Norwegian Royalty
To Visit Glacier
National Park

Norway's royal goodwill ennis
saries to the United States. Crown
Price Olav and Crown Princess
in country comparable TO their
homeland before swinging east from
the Rocky Mountains to their ac=
clamation by thousands of Norwe-
gian Americans in the Northwest
plainsland
The royal couple will, by their
own request, have a three-day
breathing spell in Glacier National
Park in northwestern Montana. The
prince and princess will occupy a
mountain-side chalet at scenic Two
Medicine Lake-the lodge where
President Roosevelt headquartered
in 1886 when he visited the park.
In special Great Northern rail-
way car, which will bear the royal
Norwegian coat-of- arms, Prince
Olav, Princess Martha and their re-
tinue are scheduled to arrive at Ola
cier Park station from Great Falls
at p. M, June 3.
They will be welcomed by Dom
aid S. Libbey, park superintendent,
and taken Immediately by automo-
bile over mountain roads to their
chalet at Two Medicine lake.
1t is probable that the royal cou-
pie will don rough clothing for a
hike in the brisk air along the lake
shore before they answer the sum-
mons of Indian TOM toms to an
elaborate and colorful christening
ceremony beneath towering flag
pole on which will fly the American
and Norwegian flags.
Prince Olav and Princess Mar
tina will be indicted into the Black
feet Indian nation at the ceremony,
for which the tribe has been months
in planning Indian names WILDE
conferred on the royal couple, and
they will receive special gifts from
the Blackfeet elders.
And, the prince and princess
should have on their dancing shoes
for the occasion. Dancing with the
Indians is part of the Blackfeet in
duction ceremony, and the TOM
toners really swing it.
Because the royal couples visit
to Glacier will be in advance of the
season, which begins June Is, the
indian ceremony will not be open
to the public, Superintendent Lib
hey announced.
While there will be plenty of
time for royal relaxation at their
chalet, the royal NorWegians will
visit the better known sections of
the park-Lake Mcdonald, Going
to-the-Sun, Logan Pass and Many
Glaciers. A short trip to Prince of
Wales hotel in Canada also is on the
official itinerary.
The royal party is scheduled to
leave Glacier Park the night of
June S on the Great Northerns
transcontinental Empire Builder.
Prince Olav and Princess Martha
will occupy the special car, loaned
to the Norwegian government by the
railway for the duration of the royal
couples visit in the Northwest.
A special diner will be attached
to the royal car to serve the fifteen
members of the princes retinue.
Prince Olav and Princess Martha
will dine in their private car
The Norwegian party is sched-
uled to arrive in Minot at 1925 a.
m, June 6, and will leave at 2.45
p. m. for Grand Forks, stopping for
a few minutes in Devils Lake. The
train is scheduled to arrive in Devils
Lake at CTS p. m. and in Grand
Forks at 9:05 p. m, June s.
Principal stations on the Great
Northern through which Prince
Olav and Princess Martha will pass
in daylight will be decorated with
Norwegian flags.
The royal couple will remain in
Grand Forks until noon, June 8,
when they will leave by train for
Fargo, arriving there at p. m.
From Fargo Prince Olav and
Princess Martha will motor to the
Twin Cities via Fergus Falls and
Alexandria, arriving in Minneapolis
June IL.