Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-30
SCANDINAVIAN news
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the scandlnavIans
In America.
NORWAY.

the name of the first open air noun
tain school in Norway. 1t Is located
near Bergen, and the moving power
In this enterprise is H. E. Mohn. OF
Bergen. 1t is purely philanthropic
institution. It was opened year ago.
and its aims are: To give school
children who cannot afford to spend
the vacation in the country a free,
safe, and healthy resort. under the
guidance Of teacher; to offer young
people a winter resort where they
can enjoy skiing and other outdoor
sports; to offer a place of rest for
sick nurses, deaconesses, and teach
ers; and to run an open-air school for
feeble children in order that they
may gain strength. A little over 200
persons stopped at the school during
the FIRST year of its existence, and
the results are magnificent. Some
children gained as much as six pounds
in a few weeks. There Is dining
room, seven large bed rooms, kitch-
en-, dressing room, large attic,
cellar, n laundry. and large covered
verandas. There are also gymnastic
apparatuses, library, games, ham,
mocks, etc. Only about one-half OF
the number Of applicants could be
accommodated for lack of room.
Money will be raised for another
building, which Mr.. Mohn expects to
put up next year.
A steamship company having its
headquarters in Kristiania and
branches in London and Krasnojarsk,
Russia, has made an attempt to start
a new traffic between China and
Siberia on the one hand and Norway
and England on the other. The first
trip was made by the Correct, which
carried $500 tons of canned goods
and manufactures from Norway to
Yenisei. and took back 1900 tons Of
hides, furs, hemp, ETC.. to Norway.
Prof. Fridtjof hansen was on board
the steamer on her outgoing trip, and
he proceeded to the Pacific ocean. It
was demonstrated that goods can be
taken along this route from the In
terror of. Asia to Norway in about ten
days. The Russian government Ia
managing the new enterprise.
The Free Church divinity school in
Kristiania has an attendance of 40.
This school Is operated for the ex-
elusive purpose of preparing young
men for the ministry of the gospel.
The records of the postoffice depart
ment show that n new newspapers
were started in Norway In 1919. and
81 suspended publication, and at the
close Of the year there were 694. The
whole number Of copies of these pa
pers sent through the mails was 1885,
658,000, which was an increase OF ten
per cent. in one year. The number
of copies sent out from Kristiania
was 49,s02, 800; from Bergen, 6,544,-
200; from Trondhjem, 5,5s7 500; from
Drammen, 5,433,100; from Stayanger,
4,611,200; from Skien, 2,977,700; from
Horton 2.349,500 from Hamar, 1.946,-
900; from Gjovik, 1,s67.20O: from
Kristiansand. 1,627,S00; from Tons
berg, 1,193,300; from Kristiansund, l.
077,S00, and from Alesund. l,012.000.
The new kinds of beer containing
less than two per cent. OF alcohol
have been endorsed by the Norwegian
Order of Good Templars, the Liberal
Order, and the Blue Ribboners. These
organizations have a combined mem.
bership of 1912. But those brands
of beer have been prohibited by the
Norwegian Total Abstinence associa-
ton, the Independent Order OF Good
Templars. the Blue Cross. and tho
Railwaymen's Temperance associa-
ton. These four organizations rep
resent total membership Of 22S. 100
Kristiania is all on edge for It's CEN
tennial celebration next year. The
streets are being put In splendid con-
dition by laying creosoted wooden
blocks over the old cobble stone pav+
ments. making the finest kind Of a
driving surface.
Capt ROAD Amundsen, the pollr
explorer, is reported to have ordered
in Paris an aeroplane which he may
take with him on his next polar az.
petition. According to Frankfort
dispatch. AmuRdsen himself will take
his place in the aeroplane and make
his arctic dash through the air.
An electric water heating stove has
been tested in Stavanger. and those
who are in a position to know claim
that 1t is just the thing.
Michael Jorgen Nicholson. butch
er in Kristiania. has celebrated his
second silver wedding. He was born
In 1885, was married in 1855, and had
his first silver wedding in 1880. His
first wife died In 1887, and he was
married again the next year. He and
his second wife have just celebrated
their silver wedding. Mr.. Nicholson
has had Is children, FIVE by his first
and eight by his second wife.
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norway mas z1 steamers OF o,OUu
tons or mere. and "A OF more than
1000 and less tina n5,0O0 tons.
AS far, as known to the authorities,
there are 279 lepers, In Norway. OF
this number 173 are isolated in hos
pitfalls, and the others are suffering
from mild type Of leprosy, In 1870
there were about 1880 lepers in the
country. The medical fraternity seem
to be justified in their assertion that
It is only matter of time when the
malady will be completely stamped
out in Norway.
The commune of Grue has bought
the Grinder Safer forests for about
$4,000.