Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-17
Norway.

has had many able defenders and
Henrik Wergeland. The census of
1910 gives the number of Jews then
In Norway as only 1,045. They have
three synagogues, two In Christiania
and one In Trondhjem, all being ortho-
dox. In the capital there are a num-
Der Of Jewish young peoples societies.
both religious and social in their char
acter. The Jews of Norway are not
wealthy as a rule, and live for the
most part in the poorer districts Of the
principal cities. AS In other countries,
very few Jews live In the country
Their occupation in the cities consists
mostly in selling fruits and tobacco
and in factory employment A Chris
tiania correspondent says that most
of the Jewish immigration to Norway
Is from Russia and Poland. while q
considerable number come from Ger
many, Denmark. Sweden and Finland
All speak the Yiddish language. a mix.
ture of Hebrew and German. although
most Of them use the Norwegian Ian
guage also. Their children attend the
public schools, where, however, they
do not take part In the classes In re-
ligion, as they receive instruction In
religion and Hebrew from their own
teachers. Commenting on the relation
of the Jews to the rest of the people
in Norway, the Tidens Tegn observes
that Norway stands almost alone
| among the European nations In its
freedom from hostility to the de.
scendants Of Abraham. This may In
part be accounted for by the fact that
they play but an insignificant role in
| competitive life and as q whole belong
to the poorer classes.
The government seems to have won
its fight over the wireless contract
AS will be remembered, the ministry
entered into tentative agreement
with the Marconi company, and they
appealed to the storthing to ratify this
contract, on the ground that 1t Is the
most advantageous possible. The
committee OF the storthing, to which
the question was referred. has recon.
mended the ratification Of the agree
ment, and It is probable that the
storthing will act accordingly. In line
with this contract, the government will
erect wireless station at Stranger
to connect with a station at Boston at
q cost Of s550.000.
According to reports from Trondh-
jem. another million-dollar mining con-
Germ IL about to start active opera
lions In Norway. Its field of operations
will be In Grong in North Trondhjem
amt, in the region of Limingen lake
The new concern, the recently incor-
porated Grong Mining company. is
capitalized at 5000, 900 francs, or about
81 100000. The Grong district has
been the scene Of extensive prospect
ing by the Norwegian ElectroChe
ical Industrial company during the
past two years, and the results have
been very encouraging. A few months
ago the company succeeded in getting
the necessary financial backing, and
now plans are being laid for the be-
ginning Of extensive operations. One
Of the largest cableways In the world
road system will be built. Buildings
for housing Of several hundred Ia
borers, for ONCE purposes, and for
storage rooms will also have to be
built. Already large force of en-
gineers and workmen are engaged In
the preliminary survey. An unwonted
activity is now manifestlng itself all
through this hitherto almost uninhab-
tied mountain region.
Two interesting events in the news
paper world of Norway have recently
taken place simultaneously. The one
was the celebration by the Oldest
daily. Nordisk Intelligenssedler, of It's
one hundred and fiftieth anniver.
sary; the other was the suspension of
Dagens Liv. Norways youngest daily,
published by DR.. Alfred Erikson, the
intrepid socialist leader. whose bitter
war with the socialist organization OF
Norway has been one of the interest
ing political developments during the
past year. DR.. Erikson was expelled
from the socialist organization be.
cause Of his refusal to comply with the
rules and regulations laid down by It's
officers. and he started the new daily
in order to have an organ. However,
the issue DR.. Erikson had was not big
enough to float new daily paper. nor
was he able to present anything spe-
cially new to the reading public, and
the suspension of the paper was inev-
table. OF course, the socialist organ
ization leaders rejoice over their OPP
ponent's discontinue, but he has great
force and ability, and he may yet be
able to render them serious injury.
The king, the cabinet and the stort.
ting all went with the Kristiania Fjord
as far as Bergun when the steamer
started for its first trip to America.
They all had time never to be for
gotten. Now sarcastic Joker pro
poses that a medal be made In mem.
DRY Of the event, the badge to carry
the following inscription: King. Gov
eminent and Storting Showing the
NorweSians the Way to America"
They're All Doing II.
New Congressman-What can I do
for you. sir?
Salesman (of Statements Anecdote