Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-14
News 81 Scandinavia
Principal Happenings Of the Week.
IN the Scandi nayian Countries.
NORWAY.
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In Storelvedalen there are II. per
sons each Of whom pays taxes on prop
srty valued at $50, 900 Or more
The; communion chalice belonging
to the church Of East Totem. the silver
wafer dish, and the ministerial book
were destroyed by a fire in the sections
house. This is the second time during
the memory of old people that some
thing serious has. happened to- the
communion chalice Of this church. In
The early sixties the church was bur-
glarized, and very valuable COM
munion chalice from the Middle Ages
was stolen, melted, and sold for trif1e
as scrap silver. The thief was pun
lshed, and new chalice was ordered,
but now this is gone too.
At Anstad, near Farsund, a woman
died at the age Of 80 years. She lived
Eli alone In cottage of her own,
which was located close to public
highway. She received liberal aid
from the poor board and did not need
to suffer. A passer-by noticed that
the windows of the cottage were COW
cred with ice, and upon investigation
he found the old woman lying on her
bed half frozen. She was Immediately
cared for, but died the next day.
Small amounts of money were found
concealed In different parts of the cot
tage, the whole amounting to about
$40. But she could not afford to buy
fue1 TO keen herself warm
Jakob Nordfjeld, a Lapp who has
caused trouble between Norway and
Sweden more than once, keeps his
1900 reindeer in the mountains be-
tween Meraker and Vuku. But the
animals are so poorly cared for that
they are doing damage to the settlers
right and LEFT. Finally the matter be-
came SO. serious that the cabinet de-
cided to have the government take
care of the animals. The Lapp bailiff
md the amtman of North Trondhjem
amt have been instructed by the ma
tional government to take care of the
Jocks of Nordfjeld. The immediate
aim of the authorities will be to reduce
the number Of deer until they will be
too few to spoil the. pastures and
meadows Of the resident farmers.
| / The following is part Of a newspaper
correspondence from Botne, in the
! southern part of, the country: White
grouse (ryper) are very numerous here
this year. Along Mofjeld creek and
the willow bushes in storeng and the
Gronmark forest most of them may be
found. During the last snowstorm
they moved down into the valleys.
Many of them are: killed every day.
White grouse were seen on the table
In many house during the Christmas
holidays. They are remarkably tame.
| It is easy to yet within fifty yards of
! them before they take to their wings.
The NorWegians are not so poor as
they used to be. During the past
twenty years the deposits in the saw.
1 lngs banks have increased 161 per
cent. The whole number of depositors
i Is over 100000, and AZ out of every
! 100 men, women, and children in the
country have money in the savings
banks. The deposits aggregate $780,.
OOO, 900, which is an average of almost
/ s137 for each deposition. For. every
person in, the country there is $57 in
! the savings banks. The earnings Of
the banks are very much larger than
twenty years ago.
The city Of Haugesund, Norway. II
demanding an American consulate, ow
Ing to the rapidly increasing commerce
4 hofx hot ha SYYn{tAf
States. During the past year 13,00t
barrels of mackerel alone were shipped
from Haugesund to the United States
and at least 1000, barrels Of herring
were also shipped to the same oountr,
from that port
1 A dispatch from Christiania say,
that the enormous earnings Of thl
whaling industry is again illustrated
in the recent declaration Of 80 per csn,
dividends by the Sandfjord, Sudsr0
and Norr0nna companies. These com
8 panies decided to build permanent
station IN South Georgia, where II,
Il raw material can be worked over.
Il The companies also voted to sup
gOEk5s5 liz .e0ARN&A1
ton to the North Pole next year. m
appropriated toward this purpose th.
sum Of 4 81 900. Another company
"Sydhavet," had previously contrib
ntAd q like sum
Being such q small nation, It Is ia
possible for Norway to maintain
navy comparing IN she and eflciennl
4 with those possessed by the great Dow
ers, but Norway has . merchant nj
rine that takes q leading rank. Il
4 growth indeed has been marvellous an
Is sure To- continue q writer z
/ Christiania gives the following fact
conoSrning the merchant marine
~ 1870 the tonnage q the Nsorw1
!. gians steamship feet was only 90
tons M 1878 twas so inf s.
100, 900 and stn 1890 2e0, oloo. Frosnl
n that time On the, Il nnai dncreaee'
4 eno3fnmnousiy amount rs Sc 800 sto 800
II Is q /; Is i