Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-02-25

storthlng, Great possibilities are seen
In the utilization nf the wireless til the
fisheries. The uncertainty of the locn
tion of the fish shoals requires quick
communication between points along
the coast or on the islands, Iii order
that the fleets OF the fishermen may
be informed about the whereabouts al
the best fishing places This has lin
the past been done to some extent hy
cables connecting the islands and By
telephones, but the cost Of building
these has been prohihitive to their
widespread use. The portable wireless
stations will solve this prOhlehna. as
they can be provided at comparatively
low cost and can be moved from place
20 place rs The situation demands.
A new skating record was recently
set al the preliminary tryonts NJ
Trondhjeni, according to dispatches
from Norway The new record was
made hy sverre Aune la the E,B0p-
meter race. who made tho distance iii
8 minutes s3,S seconds. The previous
worlds record. held by Oscar Mathie
sen, was minutes 26.s seconds. The
new record will not entitie Aune to the
worlds championship, however. M lt
was made at Il preliminary eompets-
tion and not ia national Or interna.
ttonal tournament, as the Fules re
quire. Aune Hi only twenty-one years
old and Il employed at the Trondhlssn
post Once Confidence IA Expressed
that he viii be b worthy successor tp
Oscar Mathieaeu, the Morse skater
who has held the worlds champion.
ships III various skating events for
number 81 years
The Norwegian tourist hurean III
ilerlin Ii selnloisicial aifair 81 very
modest pretensions. Hut az the head
Of II Ii man who knows hls business.
He even knows what Ii of still greater
practical Importance He behaves Ii
such q manner that people like him
The bureau has undergone d striking
change since the beginning OF tho war.
Instead oE being 4 Norwegian ofilce IL
has become an International travellers
bureau which uegotiatsa passenger
tratIie between Europe and other parts
III the world by way III Norway. nv
means Of this once the Norwegian.
American steamship line ii becoming
q recagnized connection between TEn-
rope and America. From d purely ma
tional line Il IL becoming an interna.
tional one And Norway III surely not
the loser By the change
The steamship St, Louis. arriving
ct New York from Liverpool. brought
the crew of The Norwegian steamship
obidenae which left New York No
vember 81 with i cargo Tor Rotterdam
and was caught IN 4 gale and wrecked
on the English coast January while
on the return voyage. Her captain.
Johan Smith. and Al OF hts men weru
on board the St Louis According To
the men. the chip struck ground early
In the day and wireless calls for as
sistance we're sent out. These were
answered By tramp freigfter ard
the British destroyer Achesoa. the
tramp taking OF III of the men and the
war vessel the others, all Of whom
were landed at Kirkwall. Scotland. The
Obidense was last reported 10 be hard
and fast aground near Harwich.
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A ChristianIa dispatch says that
seven men were killed by q premature
explosion Of charge Of dynamite IN
che mine Of the South varanger conn
pany near KIrkeneas IN northern Nor.
i way. The charge consisted Of more
than two tons OF the explosive and the
blast rent the mountain side and pro.
dnced result like that Of a big land.
slide.
The winter fishing at Ffnnmarken
has proved q failure. Most OF the
/ Fishermen returned almost empty
handed and are In hard circumstances
financially. Those who are able viii
try their luck at the Lofoten islands,
The packing houses at stavaHger hays
had representatives at FinnmarIEan
buying up small herring. the price
they pay being 2.53 crowns per case.
One OF the English mines which
drifted to land at Sorlandet was ex-
ploded by the authorities there In or.
der 10 ascertain the effects OF the
explosion. The explosion was some.
thing terrific. The air pressure was
felt distinctly some three Englieh
| miles away, and pieces OF the mine
were hurled over 800 meters. Fish
were killed at distance OF 30 yards.
A granite monument. bautasten has
been raised ON the grave OF the late
Henrik John Dahl. who erected the
great high school In Sogn. II was
really Jakob syerdrup who started the
school Id 1870, But only fn 1874.
when Dahl became It's principal. was
school building put up, and II was
under his leaderghip that the school
really became a power Mr.. Dahl was
Ebly assisted BY his sister. Mette
Dahl
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