Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-06-19
NORWAY.


the tiftieth anniversary Of its organ
ization May II. Two of the original
members were present.
At funeral at Kvadfjord there was
so much water in the grave that two
men had to stand on the coffin to keep
1t down while the grave was filled with
dirt.
The steamer Laugen was wrecked
near Larvik, and out of nine persons
on board only one was saved. He
chung to a wooden box until he was
picked up by some fishermen.
At Evenes, Oftoten, the value of the
taxable property was increased 80 per
cent by the enforcement of the new
law requiring people to report their
income according to their best knowl-
edge. Most of the communities show
handsome increase, but Evenes is
said to beat them all.
Fifty goats werc kept at the govern.
ment station in Brcim last year. The
cost of the feed, including pasture,
was $l8S. Forty-eight of them gave
3,15S gallons of milk. The best goat
gave 104 gallons, the poorest one 43
gallons. The cost of the feed was
about five and half cents for each
gallon of milk. II all the milk had
been turned into cheese the total pro-
ceeds would have been s443. To this
must be added the value of the young
kids, which were worth good many
dollars. Upon the whole, the result
indicates that it would pay to keep
goats in the backwoods where moth.
ing but grass can be raised.
Jules Payer, French scientist, has
bought the Norwegian steamer Loosen
for his intended expedition to Franz
Joseph's land. Captain Evensen, a
Norwegian, has been engaged to com.
mand the vessel. Evensenl was recon.
mended by hansen and Amundsen.
Collin Archer has built a movable
house for the expedition. The house
is to be loaded on the ship in Bergen,
and dogs will be in readiness for the
expedition at Vardo. Part of the
equipment will be an aeroplane and a
wireless telegraph station. The expe-
hANA0h 10 W opCllu luC hlulGI ~
Joseph's land, and the ship win return
to Norway. Next year the ship will
make second trip to the same place
to fetch the members of the expedi-
ton back to Norway. The sole aim Of
this expedition Is to make scientific
researches.
The director Of the Bank OF Norway
sounds a note Of warning in bis an
nual report. Norway has Just had
prosperous period, he says. Wages
have been high, and considerable
amounts of money have been saved.
But in order to profit by the good
times the people should understand
that the extraordinary rapid progress
of the past few years can not con-
tinue indefinitely. A reaction may
naturally be expected, and omens to
that effect are by no means wanting.
For this reason the government as
we'll as private people should endeavor
to economize SO as to be prepared for
the hard times that are coming. The
government should not embark on new
enterprises unless they are necessary,
and everything ought to be done to
encourage the investment of private
capital in legitimate business.
In the middle of May there were
5,119 fishing crafts on the fishing
grounds Of Finmarken. and the num-
Der of men was 24,73l, all of them
pulling out Goldfish in the light Of the
midnight sun. This was the largest
number of men ever assembled at that
place at the same time. A dispatch
from Baadsfjord says: The fishing
is magnificent. almost as rich us any
in the memory Of man. Loaded boats
arrive every day. 5000 men are busy
ON the water, and las merchants. are
buying fish. The traffic is huge on
land and water. The mail and tele-
graph services work under high pres
sure. The catch up to date is 10000.
900 pounds, while last year 1t was 16,
000, 900 pounds for the whole season
The coast steamers are days behind
time on account OF their heavy car
goes. The mail connections are very
unsatisfactory. Very good order pre-
walls among the men. We still have
regular winter weather.
An interesting find was made In
Lunde, Telemarken. In burial cham.
Der of masonry one foot under the
ground were found remains of burnt
bones kept in two urns. On top OF
one of the urns were $50 yellow,
brown and blue glass beads, which
must have constituted a string Of
beads. There was also rusty sword.
a beautiful bronze ring. and a globu.
lar ball with hole through the cen
ter of il. The university was notified
and the work was stopped until ex-
perts arrived.
King Haakon of Norway left to pro-
coed as far as Bergen on board the
transatlantic steamer Kristianiafjord
or the new Norwegian-American line
which sailed on her first trip to New
York. His majesty was accompanied
by several Norwegian cabinet min
listers and several deputies.
The soldiers garrisoned at the Gard
ermoen drill grounds. near Kristiania,
were requested to vote as to the Ian
guage to be used for the new rules.
Every one OF them voted in favor of
tn ordinary Norwegian-Danish book
language. This was mean blow to
the language reforms