The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-01-16
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAvIANS
Recent Happenings in This.
Country and Abroad.
THOUSANDS live BY FISHING

lAUUSAkDS llVt BY f|SHIkG
Herring Industry the Most Important
in Norway-Swedish Socialists Agi.
tating Against EnIistments in the
Army-George Brandes, Literary
Critic, Cause Of Dissension at the
University Of Copenhagen.
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The herring industry is the most inn
portant in all Norway. The fish are
taken in larger quantities and have
greater value than all the remaining
water products combined. From TO-
COO to $4,000 men are engaged in her
ring fishing in Norway. TO most Of
them it is their mainstay and when
the season is poor one their lot is
not at all to be envied, although of
late the government materially aids
those who need help. Daily fishing is
the means of subsistence for more
than 10000 people in Norway. 1t is
conducted by peasants living near the
larger cities. They bring their catch
in every morning and sell it in an
vided by the municipality. There are
special tanks for live fish, which
bring much higher prices. The best
known of these markets is the one. at
Bergen, where every day, winter and
summer, thousands Of people come to
to the exchange of jokes, says Lud-
wig S. Dale, a Norwegian correspond
ent. The witticisms that are Incident
al to the dickering that Invariably ac-
companies the sale and purchase of
fish are interesting, to say the least
They sometimes keep it up for twenty
or thirty minutes and the noise is
deafening. Usually the fisherman
comes out ahead, both in the battle of
wits as well as in the sale, for he al
ways puts the price up SO high that
he can afford to knock off a little
There are four distinct kinds of her.
ling caught during the year. The
most important is the spring herring,
which is caught between Karmoen an!
Stad from the latter part of January
to the last of March. During this
period only full grown, spawning her.
ring are caught. Gill nets are used
for the most part, but during the last
few years seines have become popular
The purse seine is 500 feet long and
100 feet wide. 1t is lowered until it
reaches the fish, each corner being
connected with a boat. When filled
the top is drawn together, so that
when the seine is hauled in it looks
like pocket or a purse, hence the
name. The value Of the catch varies
from s1,oO0,00O to $1,500,OOO. From
August to November the so called
"fat'' herring is caught, from Stad to
Finmarken. This fishing is carried
on in the fjords and among the many
islands along the coast.
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Captain Roald Amundsen, the South
pole explorer, will visit Milwaukee
early in February and while there he
probably will be the guest of the Mil
Wal,kee Ski club at the big tournament
to be held Feb. 2 at Nagawicka. Off
Gals OF the club have received word
OF Amundsen's prospective visit.
Plans for the tournament are pro-
crossing favorably and judging from
the interest already manifested it is
predicted that the competitions will
be witnessed by from 5000 to 10000
persons. A high steel tower will be
erected in connection with the slide.
which will make the course one of
tho steepest and fastest in the North.
west. Skiers predict that the record
jump OF 142 feet will be equalled at
the Milwaukee meet and it is prob
able that the slide will, be ready for
practice in about week.
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A dispatch from Christiania dated
Jan. says: The next Norwegian
storthing will contain no women men,
bers or alternates and opponents OF
equal suffrage are gloating over the
unexpectedly poor showing made by
the suffragists in the recent parlfa.
mentary elections. Three years ago
three women ran for seats in the stor.
thing and six for alternates. This time
there were no women candidates for
seats and the seven women who ran
for alternates were overwhelmingly
defeated. The last legislature con
tanned one woman member
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A we'll known writer states that II
mas been estimated that there are
from 10000 to 10000 persons in Nor.
way who are afflicted with tuberculo.
SIS. Approximately between 5000
and 1000 die with the same disease
annually. About 1000 OF these are in
the prime Of life. The Anti-Tubercu-
los1s society has asked The govern.
ment authorities to have collections