The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
IN FAR NORTHLAND.
Important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North Sc
Iccted for scandInavIans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. oDlAND.
Norway.

BY MARTIN w. ODlAND.
Norway.
Seaweed burning In Norway Ia one
Of the interesting outof-the-way in
dustries recently described In the Uni
ted States consular reports. An enor.
nous amount Of seaweed Is deposited
on the coast by the waves in spring.
and in some places the weed Is cut by
boatmen. Two-wheeled wagons are
loaded with the wet. Shiny weed.
which Is taken up the beach and
spread out like hay to dry. 1t Is then
raked up In heaps and burned. The
ashes are exported to Scotland, where
they are used in the manufacture Of
Iodine, and sell for 1.3 cents a pound.
For the past As years seaweed ashes
have been exported regularly from
Stavanger to Scotland to the extent
OF 1900 tons and upward per annum.
This industry is an important source
OF revenue to the peasants who are
fortunate enough to possess riparian
rights. and attempts to purchase such
rarely succeed For a time the burn
Ing OF seaweed was prohibited through
the influence OF the fishermen, who
declared that this practice drove the
tish away from the coast.
A Berlin dispatch says that at the
request or the minister OF the interior
OF the German imperial government.
the provincial president of Schlesvig
has revoked the order prohibiting
Roald Amundsen from speaking in
the Norwegian language in the prov
ince. The action of the Schlesvig au-
thorities in prohibiting Amupdsen
from giving his lecture in his native
tongue, on the alleged ground that 1t
might serve to stimulate the anti-Ger-
man prejudices of the Danish speaking
population OF the province, caused
sensation in Norway and Germany.
The subject was eagerly discussed in
the press, and many of the German
newspapers and political writer's were
strong in their denunciation of the au-
thorities for their unwarranted pro-
cedure. The incident, however, Is
said to have served as good advertis-
ing for Amundsen's lectures through
out Germany, and the sale of tickets
was noticeably brisker following the
event
The Wide World Magazine says
that the remains of an excursion
steamer may be seen in a bayfield, 800
feet above the Lake of Leon in Nor
way. This oddly placed wreck is the
sole relic of a terrible landslip which
took place in 1906, when the whole
side Of mountain suddenly slipped
into the lake, raising great wave
over 800 feet high, which drowned
everybody living along the shores,
over sixty people perishing. The
steamer, which was moored on the
lake at the time, was carried on the
crest OF the wave over a perpendicu-
lar cliff and deposited, as already
stated, more than 300 feet above the
normal level of the water, over a quar-
ter OF a mile away from its anchorage.
1t Is torn and battered wreck, every
bit of woodwork has been wrenched
of, and the twisted steelwork testifles
to the force Of the wave which cast it
ashore.
DR.. Herman Fjelde of Fargo, N. D.,
has started movement for the pre-
sentation of bust of Knute Nelson
to the city OF Bergen. the distin-
guished Minnesota senator having
been born near that city. Doctor
Fjelde has laid the matter before Gov
ernor Eberhart of Minnesota. who
gives 1t his approval and who has
turned the suggestion over to J. A. A.
Preus, chairman of the commission to
arrange a Minnesota exhibit at the
Christiania exposition. There Is an
excellent bust of Senator Nelson in
the governors Office in the Minnesota
capitol, and Doctor Fjelde suggests
that the bust presented to Bergen be a
replica thereof
thor Of more than national fame, said
about Ibsen the other day: I'VE who
are in the heart of the present in.
luences which are making history for
the stage and literature In general
are hardly qualified to give an opinion.
But this much will say: The modern
stage owes much to Henrik Ibsen. He
was a personal friend of mine and a
remarkable man in every way. The
three-act drama which he has prac-
tically made for us Is an achievement
of the present day which gives Ibsen
an incisputed rank with such drama.
lists as Shakespeare. Moliere and
others"
Statistics indicate that SO per cent.
Of Norwegian immigrants In America
own their own homes. which is GER
tainly an admirable showing. being ex-
celled by the Dutch immigrants alone.
A per cent. Of whom own their own
homes.
According to vital statistics just |
published. 82S pairs Of twins were born !
In NORWAY during the wear 1910 6Q2