Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-01-01
NORWAY.

northernmost portion of Norway, had
reason the hay crop was below the
average. but Of splendid quality. The
potatoes gave a bumper crop. They
are good and full grown everywhere.
At every house In Kautokeino there
Is a potato patch. and farming is max
ing a little Roadway all over. Last
year an agricultural society was or
ganized In the settlement. After all
this heightened talk 1t must be added
that there are two plows and five
horses In the parish" The manure
is hauled after the ground is frozen in
the fall, reindeer being used for this
purpose. In spring the Firms break
up the dung with mallets and scatter
1t. The people of Kautokeino are too
emancipated to monkey with party pol
itics. The last election was purely
non-political. The number OF votes
cast was 100. OF this number So de-
posted their ballots in person, the 9TH
ers sent In their votes. The former
number is very large, considering that
fiye-sixths of the voters live from 10
to rs miles from the place of election.
The only real issue was: Shall the
few people who live near the church
hold all the Offices, as formerly, or
shall the mountain Laps and those
living in fixed habitations at greater
distances also have something to say
in the local government? The result
was a decided victory for the lat
ter principle
A prominent educator has proposed
the division of the diocese of Kris
tiansand into two dioceses. There are
about 1900 schools in the diocese, and
this is too much for one superintend-
emit over 5000 items must be sent
out from his office every year, and by
right he ought to visit all the schools.
The superintendent claims that this
is more than one man can properly
tend to. He adds. however. that the
time may not be very distant when
each amt, or county, will have a
school superintendent of its own.
The Heggeli Tame Reindeer COM
pany of East Slidre, Valders, has de-
cided to butcher all of its 1900 deer.
Only a few will be killed at time
during the winter. The reason for
this determination is that the deer
have gotten into the habit of tres
passing on ground not belonging to
the company. 1t was finally found to
be practically impossible to keep them
within proper bounds. The butcher
ing of the flock does not mean that the
company will give up the industry.
About 1000 deer have just been
bought for little over $4,000 at Mos
joen, Nordland, and 1t win take about
three months to drive them to Val
ders. The new lot will be prevented
from getting into the habit OF tres
passing on neighboring ground.
Gov. l.. b. Hanna OF North Dakota
will in person present to Norway the
statue Of Abraham Lincoln. given by
his state on July 4. 1914, at Kris
tiania. Definite announcement of his
plan to make the trip to Norway at
the head of the state commission
which is In charge of the movement,
has just been made. In connection
with the presentation, Governor
Hanna has asked the navy department
to send squadron to Kristiania and
he believes this will be granted.
Governor Hanna says that he engaged
passage for his stan and himself
aboard the Bergensfjord. They will
sail to Bergen, and from there will
make cruise to the North cape. re-
turning to Kristiania about June 80
or July l. On Americas national day
the unwilling Of the Lincoln monu-
ment. the gift of Scandinavian OF
North Dakota. will take place.
The Nobel peace prize for 1912 was
conferred on Senator Elihu Root of
New York, and that for 1913 on Sena-
tor Henri La Fontaine of Brussels.
Belgium. formerly president of the
Permanent International Peace bu- |
reau at Berne, Switzerland. AS no
Nobel peace prize was awarded last
year, there we're two for disposal this
year, each OF them worth $4,000. The
report OF the committee, which was
read by the secretary. refers to Sena-
tor Elihu Roots work in the pacifica-
ton of the Philippines and Cuba and
In the handling of the American-Jap-
anese dispute. 1t praises his high po-
litical and international ideals. his |
prominence as statesman and his |
constant efforts to promote the idea |
of international peace.
DR. Drude johnson has been APP
pointed district physician of Alien. |
Last summer she 1lled vacancy at
DO, Telemarken. She Is said to be
the first woman appointed to the posi-
ton of a regular district physician in |
1t is said that $2,700,000 must be
spent during the next ten, years for
the construction of new railway
bridges or the reconstruction of old
ones. Most of them are in the east.
ern part OF the country
Captain Sagen has returned from
Sweden. where he followed Swed-
ish army during its maneuvers In
spite of the Swedish authorities. He
was detained for about month. He |
looked well. SO the Swedes must have |
given him lots of good stuff to eat dur
ing his captivity. The whole trouble |
was that the man really acted little
too fresh
The boy scouts OF Sweden are max
ms preparations for taking part in the |
Baltic exposition at Malmo next |
years