Morris tribune., 1913-01-03
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DR.. Isaac A. Hourwich recently pub
lished book on Immigration and
Labor, in which he calls attention to
q number of interesting facts with
reference to immigration from the
Scandinavian countries to America.
He says that prior to 1890 almost all
Of the immigrants from these coun-
tries were family men. who settled on
farms in the West and Northwest,
where government lands could be had
for the asking They were farmers,
or peasants, in the mother country
and they had no taste for city life.
AS farmer needs a wife anu CHI
dren to be happy, he brought with
him his family Most of the immi-
grants from Scandinavia during the
past two decades have been men of a
different type. They have come for
the most part from the cities of Nor
way, have been single men, and have
cities to engage In industrial work.
Hence it is that in the city of New
York there are now thousands upon
thousands of Scandinavians, while
prior to 1890 there were comparative
ly few. Likewise in Chicago the num-
Der of Scandinavians employed in the
shops and factories is vastly greater
than it was twenty-five years ago,
while on the farms of the Northwest
there are fewer Scandinavian new
corners.
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While agitation has been going on
recently anent the unscrupulous
monopolization of the oil business in
Norway by the Standard Oil company
there was a humble workingman the
other day who discovered petroleum
on little plot of land that he owns.
AS long as thirty years ago this same
| laboring man thought that the ground
about him emitted peculiar odor,
| but it was not until the other day
that he commenced to make investiga-
| tons and then he found after diligent
| digging how real oil gushed out of
| the ground. Experts have examined
| the product and have issued an Off
cial statement to the effect that there
are unlimited oil fields in the vicin-
| ity of Haugesund No sooner had the
discovery been made before volunteer
spectators made their appearance
and every one who owns a plot of
ground in that vicinity will be certain
to charge pretty stiff price before
they will consent to sell anything.
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There is no little trouble anent the
language question in Norway. The
four pathological members of the uni
versity commission, consisting OF
Professors Roede, Brekke, Ostby and
Hoegstad, have suggested to the eccle
siastical department that it appoint a
committee, whose work it shall be to
perfect plans for uniform spelling
or, in other words, that words" which
have actually the same meaning, al
though different in pronunciation
may be spelled alike The committee
it is suggested, should also have the
right to modify and simplify the
language, where it is regarded neces
sary.
The rather startling announcement
comes from avanger-famous anG
historic Stavanger-that the young
high school girls of that peaceful anC
historic burg are addicted to cigarette
smoking But according to very reli
able newspaper reports this is really
:. so. Goods of the Langfelt Business
College have actually been seen witt
their escorts lighting cigarettes il
tpublic. The habit fourished far more
some years ago, however, than i
does now, so that the sensations
indeed it can be regarded as such
comes rather late, ~--qye
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A London dispatch says: kin;
Haakon of Norway is becoming un
popular with his subjects and the be
, lief seems to be growing that he sool
will be discouraged by the storthin:
into giving up his throne. Just ate
Haakon left Christiania early thi
Imonth, with Queen Maud and Prime
lOlaf, for London, to do their Christ
mas shopping. the Republican part,
introduced a bill into the storthinl
abolishing all decorations about tn
only privilege enjoyed by the king"
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. An exchange informs us that TIL
receptions given Captain RoaiC
Amundsen in England were very cor
dial and the newspapers did not hest
tate to place the finder of the South
pole among the very greatest prod
ucts of modern civilization.
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The committee having charge o
the Carnegie hero fund for Norway
will soon be ready to award prizes
The committee is in possession o
the names of several persons whc
think they are entitled to awards fol
saving human lives.
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