Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-25
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 scandInayians
IN America.
SWEDEN.

Ing between Germany and Russia
through Sweden and Denmark is in
creasing from week to week The
number of letters was large almost
from the start. But the volume of
parcel post is assuming gigantic pro-
portions. Weeks ago about $1,000
pounds passed through Malmo on the
way to Russia every day. The average
weight of each package is about ten
pounds. A man who has hankering
for looking below the surface of things
claims that large part of the pack
ages contain pepper. He further claims
that this pepper is to be used in pre-
pairing a substitute for vodka, the sale
OF which is absolutely prohibited by
the government of Russia. A special
car is now used for carrying the Rus
sian parcel post from Copenhagen to
Malmo, and it is proposed to run the
car directly from Copenhagen to Ka-
rungi, on the Russian boundary line,
in the northern part of Sweden.
The city fathers Of Lillogda, Lang.
backen, Vastermyrriset, Attontiask
and Ledningsmar. in Norrland. recent.
ly had joint meeting and made an
agreement that anyone who opens his
house to gypsies shall pay q fine OF
1880 for the first offense and twice
as much for subsequent offenses. Not
long ago party of 80 persons who
had IA horses settled down In one Of
the above towns and stayed there for
two weeks. 1t was about all that the
inhabitants of the place could do to
get rid Of them. The members of the
gang would steal wherever they had
chance. and they often resorted to
threats to get what they wanted.
Lieut.. Col. Knut Reutersward and
wife. nee Lindstrom, recently celebrat
ed their golden wedding at their home
Vaxio. Their greatest joy on the oc
casion was no doubt the sight of ten
robust sons. Four of them have
chosen military career and are now
occupying prominent positions. OF
the other six, one is dentist, two are
business men, two are employed In
banks, and one is an arts. and is
married to Mathilda Jungstedt, the
opera singer.
The copper ore beds at Gnarp are
said to be even more valuable thar
the first reports indicated The loca
ton Is an ideal one with regard K
transportation by land and water
and it Is predicted that 1t will be pos
sible to turn out as much copper orc
at Gnarp as the entire output of the
whole country at the present time A
stock company owns the ground. Gold
is found also. but perhaps not in pay
ing quantities.
The ostrich farm at Rasunda, the
northernmost in the world, is not a
financial success. The proprietors
have not succeeded In raising a single
young bird, and four out of the eigh,
old birds have died The four that
still remain are eking out a useless
and expensive existence. The pro
prietors have commenced to raise
chickens. and this proved a paying
venture from the star.
The Novoje Vremja, the great Rus.
sian daily. was responsible for the
story that the Swedish gendarmerje
off3nare In Darsia tooJ ,1a~o..;oo 81
certain amounts Of money in the sub.
treasures for the purpose of paying
the necessary expenses of the gend
armerie. There is absolutely mo truth
In the story
The number Of serious accidents 70
Swedish ships in the year 1918 was
274 Two steamers with their crews
we're completely lost Eight vessels
were abandoned In the open sea
There were 70 cases of capsizing. and
80 vessels were grounded Ninety-six
lives were lost. Al of them in the open
sea
The bakers of Malmo found that the
use of potato flour for making bread
was more expensive than the use OF
Arain -four, and for that reason they
Hemorialized the riksdag to permit
the use of only grain -four for bread.
The voluntary rifle club movement
made great progress in 1914. The total
membership now exceeds 100000, and
100000 loaded cartridges were fired
at the regular shooting matches Of the
clubs during the year.
The Porjus power station in the ex.
treme north was completed few : VS.
ago and the king started the machines
by pressing a button in his palace in
Stockholm. Most Of the power Is to
be used for running the trains on the
railway crossing the northernmost
part Of the Scandinavian peninsula
Meat. butter, eggs, potatoes and milk
are cheaper In the northernmost part
of Sweden than In the southern prov.
inces. This never happened before,
and 1t must be due to the war in some
way.
DR.. Sven Hedin spent several weeks
near the fighting line in Flanders
and France. and the book which he
has written about his observations is
having an enormous sale.
Only ten out of the fifty-four mem.
bers of the city council of Malmo were
born in that city. A majority OF the
others were born in southern Sweden