Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-10-22
IN FAR tORTHl.AND
Important Events n Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
sRlEFs FROM OLD COUNTRY
interesting ltems From she Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North se-
tected for sean6lnavIana and
Their Descendants.
sy Martin w. odland.


Norway.
According to reports from Norway.
\ place Of hE1nan hablsation dating
back 1900 years has been discovered
IN the shore Of Nordaas lake, near
Bergen. The discovery 81 the place
Ras made this summer by an engi-
aeer, who noticed that at certain
ipot the earth was hlackened and was
Enpregnated With carbon. on further
examination he found q number of
shelis, fragments az bones. and an ar
'owhead Of quartzlte. The place has
low been fully examined and valuable
inds have been made. The place Of
he find Is about thirty feet above the
Tater of the lake and lies on shelf
Ike projection of the mountain side
which overl0ois the lake A public
highway now runs By the place and
Immediately below Il II had appar.
sntiy been the camping place Of q
amily or o small group of people who
lad made their stopping place In the
shelter or tho mountain. Here hIazed
he campfire, while around IL were
seated the men Of the stone age con.
sunling their evening meal The ref.
lae from their banquets. such as
bones Of the deer. the otter, the eel.
and OF various birds and fishes, and
shells OF crabs, oysters, and snaIIs.
were found In profusion about the
place. Remnants og implements OF
The chase and Of household utensils
we're also found. These included ar.
rowheads, fish hooks, ind primitive
irills and carving tools. all made OF
stone or bone.
As viii be remembered, the govern.
ment has prohibited the usa OF all
fcodstuffs In the manufacture or
liquors, and protest was registered
BY the potato-growing districts. but
the authorities announce that the or
der win stand. The growers fear
that they will lose the market for
their products. but the officials de.
clare that there are enough potato
meal factories to take care OF aIl 20.
Eatoes offered for sale.
The centennial exposition OF Nor
way will close October IL, few days
earlier than originally planned. when
the fair opened II was expected that
the receipts would be one million
crowns. or s270,00O, and this amount
has already been taken Iii. but for
the war, the receipts would have been
far greater, as the attendance during
the months Of May, June and July was
much larger than expected, but the
war threw the people into a panic and
kept thousands Of visitors from Amer.
lea and other countries away during
the months Of August. September and
October
A war bulletin says that one OF the
leased freighters OF the Norwegian.
American line, the Vestfos, carrying
$4,000 sacks OF -four to Norway, was
stopped on Its trip near the Orkney
islands BY the British cruiser Drake.
A detchment of British sailors board.
ed the vessel to examine the cargo,
and being evidently In doubt as to the
destination OF the ship, they brought
the ship with them To Kirkwall In the
Orkneys. Here they got into tsle.
graphic communication with the prop
err authorities. and after having salts
fed themselves as to the Identity OF
the ship, they allowed II TO proceed.
A rather humorous dispatch from
Christiania says that driven to des.
peration by the law prohibiting traf.
fic in intoxicating liquors, the old top
crs OF ChristianIa have concocted d
new drink which has been named
suicide, The concoction Ii said to
be made from petroleum with the adj.
dition OF peppermint oil and other es-
sences. II is claimed that this drink
win drive o man insane I'm a very
short time.
1t Is announced ut Chrigtiania that
the Fylkan falls at GlomfJord In portli-
ern Norway Is being karnessed In the
service OF industry and IL expected to
yield 10000 horsepower when the pow
er plant Is completed. Most OF this
power win be utilized in electrical
smelling Of iron. Work on this prof.
ect was begun two years ago and
is now wen under way. The water
win be brought to the power plant
through tunnel about three miles
long. the mouth Of which win be about
one thousand six hundred feet above
the level OF the sea The project ia
promoted by q company capitalized
at three million kroner.
Another horse ship. was wrecked by
q floating mine In the North sea re-
Gently. The steamer Tromsoe went
down with crew OF 1B, two of whom