Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25

days ago announced from his pulpit
that he was going to withdraw from
the state church for conscience sake
NORWAY.
Some time ago it was stated that
the commander of the Fran had dis
covered that the ship was badly dam
aged by dry rot in the timbers and
had to undergo a thorough and expen-
sive repair before the expedition to
the north pole could be undertaken.
Besides this information he also an
nounced that the stores of canned
goods were in large measure spoiled
and unfit to eat. A newspaper reporter
decided to clear up this matter by
calling on Captain Amundsen. who is
staying at his cottage, a few miles
from Kristiania. The captain was
found in his coy parlor. He is look
ing rather thin, but healthy, and his
jovial face showed that the stories had
not caused him much worry. There
is no use of my speaking about this
matter at present" said the captain,
"as | do not know any more about 1t
than you do yourself. The expedition
to the north pole will start on time I'M
der any circumstances, as the neces-
sary repairs will be made in San
Francisco. AS to the provisions being
spoiled, 1t is only blessing that this
has been discovered at present, and
In such good time that better may be
provided. Just imagine the position
of my men II II had not been discov-
cred before we we're frozen fast in
the Ice. At present these questions
hinge only upon the question Of get
ting sufficient money to buy new pro-
visions and repair the damage to the
vessel. and | suppose there will be no
difficulty in providing the funds in the
near future"
The city council OF Fredrikshald re-
fused to grant any licenses to sell
wine or beer. Neither at the hotels
nor at the railway station will there
be any opportunity to buy those
drinks. Several persons in the city
have the right TO sell wine. and their
vested rights" will be worth good
deal under the present conditions.
The whaling season of the year is
practically closed. Never was so much
capital ted In this industry as in
1918, ali yer were the results SO
gratifying ompiled statistics show
that the G. med output of the Nor
wegian wi lg companies for the
year 1913 We $4,000 barrels of whale
oil. The out for 1912 was $4,000
barrels. and B 1000 for 1911. Those
who are engagI lin whaling state that
they never agai expect to reach the
record of 1918, q value of the total
out put being abe 100000.
Drammen, the fifth largest city In
the country. seems to have gone dry"
The city has about 1880 voters. of
whom a little more than 1000 took
the trouble to vote. But as most Of
these went on record against the
samlag. this had to go. The city went
wet" by large majority In 1897, the
last time that the question was up at
an election.
The Eidskogen commune offered to
grant free right of way for a railroad
through the settlement. But the sur
veyors laid out the line In such a way
that many big houses had TO be re-
moved, requiring an unexpected out
lay of ten to twelve thousand dollars.
This way OF doing business on the
part of the railway department
brought out unanimous petition from
the voters of the community to have
the line put where there are fewer
houses in the way.
Hans Grytaas, noted hunter at
sogn, killed eleven white grouse with
one shot Some time ago he was one
OF party that shot the biggest deer
ever known to have been killed In that
part OF Norway. It's weight being $50
pounds.
The city of Kristiania has rs acres
of ground at Sandwich, near the city
limits. The city engineer has pro-
posed to divide II up into lots, grade
the streets. build sewers and level the
lots. and finally sell the lots on easy
terms to workingmen who are to build
homes on them. The proposed i'm
provements would cost the city about
$175,000 II is estimated that II the
plan is carried out the ground will
comfortably accommodate population
of $500.
The Norwegian-African steamship
line has ordered two new steamers
of 5000 and 1000 tons, respectively
The field of operations win be the
seaports OF East Africa, and the
steamers will pass through the Suez
canal. Contracts have already been
made with English. Swedish and
French firms for carrying merchan-
disc. The chief Article of export from
Scandinavia will be lumber.
Il
Great damage has been done by vio-
lent storms which have been raging
on the Norwegian coast for the last
fortnight. Several ships have been
lost and all fishing craft have been
compelled to seek refuge. Five of the
crew Of the liner Bergensfjord were
drowned while trying to reach shore
in boat at Bergen. The Bergens-
ford belonged to the Norwegian
American line and sailed from New
York November IS. At Kristiania and
Fredrikstad the streets in the lower
part OF the town are flooded.
Her Excuse.
Don't you know. Emily. that 1t is
not proper for you to turn around and