Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-07-16
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGS IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST. -.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume of the Most important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the seandlnavlans
In America.
NORWAY.


Having visited machinery hall at the
Christiania exposition, newspaper
man falls into the following reverie:
Here we come to the conclusion that
we can accomplish nothing without
machines, but by means of machinery
the electric power. which has lain in
wait from the creation of the world,
can accomplish almost anything; this
power, which is new to us, lights,
warns, and transforms our old coun-
In an instant calls up large cities in
the widest, blacklist mountains, and
the new cities beam with a prosperity
and glory the equal of which we never
saw, But it makes us feel somewhat
uneasy. Our lofty mountains, our
swift rivers, which formerly shut out
prosperity and shed the gloom OF mel
ancholy upon our settlements, now
offer us all the riches of the world, as
though our fairy tales became a
reality. and every one of US we're spell
bound. Anxiously we ask: How can
we pass from our poverty to the
wealth of an Industrial nation? Can we
stand the transition without perish
dngY We are seized with fear while we
rejoice en- account of the great prog
.ress ushered in by the manufacturing
industries. And we ask ourselves this
question: Can we subdue the ma
chimes, or are the machines and the
capitalists going to subdue us?"
! The Haugesund Avis has raised
enough money for a monument to
Captain Scott at Finse. a famous
mountain resort Contributions were
made by members of the cabinet, the
istorthing and the geographical society
and by other prominent men in all
parts of the country. The monument
is to be rough granite shaft (bau-
tasten), 20 feet high. The names Of
Scott and his companions are to be
cut into the stone, and the other in
scriptions will be: 1.-THE South Pole,
January. 1918" and Erected by
The monument will be
ready this summer, and Capt. Roald
is expected to unveil it.
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Many interesting relics from the
Stone Age have been discovered at
Staldbakken. Nordmore. A few OBJ
jects we're found at the same place In
1909, and this led to more extensive
There are 40 stone axes
OF difIeSeat siSrfy ten net sinkers. ham
'mers, parts W grindstones and three
arrow heads, all of which seem to be-
long to the older Stone Age. There are
also flint scrapers, flint augurs, frag-
ments of pottery, an annular piece OF
soapstone, and an arrow head from the
Arctic Stone Age. Only half Of the
ground has been worked. This rich
find is remarkable because Nordmore
has been considered poor in antigua
rian relics from the Stone Ages.
\ A Russian protest against claims
made in Spitzbergen by Mr., Hoel, who
is subsidized by the university, has
been received from a Russian com
pany by the Norwegian foreign de-
partment. The, protest claims that
Mr.. Hoel and his companion, named
Staxrud, have claimed no less than
thirteen parcels of ground covering
coal, gold, iron, fossils, and perhaps
diamonds-in other words, everything
worth occupying In the vacant terri
tory of Spitzbergen. The Russian
company states that it cannot sane
ton these claims, inasmuch as they
are located in territory which has
not been worked
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iGulfport, Miss.--L0ss at sea Of the
Norwegian bark lngebjorg, which
sailed from this port for Rosario, Ar
gentina, two months ago, has been re.
ported here. According to the report
the storm-battered vessel was set on
fire after Captain Hansen and the
crew had been taken OFF by the Brit
ish steamer Hawkhead, west bound
for San Francisco. The cargo con
sisted principally of lumber and was
valued at $4,000
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! A religious sect known as the Bar.
rattians, have had convention In
Christiania. One Of the features OF
their cult Is the belief in the gift OF
tongues" The founder OF the sect
was an Englishman named Barrett,
who for a time was Methodist
preacher, but was repudiated by his
brothers on account OF his eccentrici'
ties. There was q tremendous rush OF
people to the convention and many
countries were represented.
The Toien free church In Christi
anita is one of the poorest congrega.
lions In Norway. II Is supported by
private contributions exclusively. The
income is about ive thousand dollars
a year. It is doing such splendid work
that many rich people living in other
parts of the city contribute regularly
to It's funds.
The Norwegian Total Abstinence as
ISOLATION will hold It's annual conven
ton in Drammen, August 90. The
delegates are expected to visit the
Christiania exposition in body.
Prince Regent Heinrich OF Holland
is going to make visit to Norway
this summer. After three days stay
in Christiania as the guest OF King
Haakon he will make voyage along
the west coast OF Norway, and he may
stop at some Of the larger cities.
The crops are in a very poor condi
ton In Gudbrandsdal on account Of DIR,
weather. The mountain pastures hav'
suffered the most. There is no watel
in the rivers and the logs cannot b
driven down to the sawmills.