Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-01-28
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 Seandlnavians
In America.
SWEDEN.

| performed by Swedes anywhere in the
world. A few days ago the Order of
Vasa, one of the oldest orders Of
Sweden, was conferred by King Gus
tat upon State Senator Joseph A.
jackson Of st. Paul, MINI. The cere-
mony took place at the home of Carl
+. WATERSHED, Swedish consul at St
Paul. The decoration symbolic of the
order, a gem-studded gold star, was
pinned upon Mr. Jackson by Mr.. Wal
lerstedt. acting for the king in making
The presentation, which was a sur
prise to Mr.. Jackson. The decora-
the services of Mr.. Jackson as vice
consul at St Paul. which position he
held for a number of years previous
to his election to the state senate
last November. Sixteen guests were
present at the dinner given to cele-
brate the event. They included former
Governor A. o. Eberhart and Mrs. Ebr
erhart, Colonel and Mrs. David Wal
bron Of st. Paul. General and Mrs.
S. e. Olson, DIR. Victor Nilsson, Miss
Emma Nilsson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Floan Of St. Paul, and Charles A.
Smith, formerly of Minneapolis, now
living at Oakland. Cal
A boy six years old and a girl two
years younger, at Ocklebo. took their
sleds and went out on BY lake, though
the ice was poor on account Of
thaw. The girl broke through the ice
considerable distance from the
shore. A woman who was washing
clothes close by witnessed the acct
dent, but as the ice was too weak to
carry her she ran for help When she
returned the girl was sitting on her
sled weeping because she was so cold.
The children being asked for an ex-
PLANTATION, the boy said: Il pulled out
Hilda first, and then / pulled out her
sled" The people of the neighborhood
think the little fellow is entitled to be
remembered by those who have
charge of the Carnegie hero fund.
The Umea district court has set
tied" a controversy about the title to
the Hallfors water power in Ume
| river in a manner which does not
seem to settle" SO very much after
all The contending parties are the
government and the Mo & Domsjo
Stock company, and the verdict is
that the government seems to have a
better right to the north half of the
falls, and that the company has IT,
tie to the other half The costs are
also divided between the two liti-
giants.
young man who was drafted fer
service in the Nornbotten regiment
protested ON the ground that one of
his feet had been injured. The ply
sicians could not find any fault with
the limb, and it was proposed to court
martial the young man. Fortunately
for him a hospital doctor at Boden
took an X-ray picture of his foot, and
this showed that the big toe in the
foot had been broken. This was suf-
fcient to clear the man.
With regard to the meeting of the
kings of Scandinavia at Malmo. the
Socialdemokraten says: AT Malmo,
in 1914, the son of King Oscar ii puts
the finishing touches to the settlement
with Norway In 1905, which rebounds
to the perpetual honor of his father;
and at the same time a new and
broader union of peace is established
between the three Scandinavian coun-
tries on the basis of liberty and equal
ity"
The German press shows a general
tendency to look upon the meeting of
the three kings OF Scandinavia at
Malmo as a sign that those coun-
tries are going to unite their effort
to induce England to treat their ocean
traffic less harshly than she has been
doing during the last few weeks.
The Omega milking machine, which
! is manufactured by Swedish firm,
! received the first prize at London
dairy exposition. This gives strong
( color to the assertion that the Omega
is the best milking machine on the
market so far.
The government has prohibited the
manufacture OF alcohol and distilled
| liquors except for Industrial purposes.
1 The prohibition will be in force until
the latter part of May.
A single parish in Smaland export
ed lingon berries for $4,000 last fall
| Many families picked berries valued
at $1CO to $3.50 during the season. In
] most cases the berries are found on
the property of the pickers. SO that
the proceeds are all profits.
1 The mail carriers of the cities OF
Sweden have asked the government to
furnish them with electric pocket
lamps for using in dark Railways.
( where they often have to read num-
bers and names on doors where there
is no light.
Tidaholm went dry" with n ven-
geance. : There are no saloons, of
course. But the trouble does not
end there. There was only one hotel
in town. Now the keeper OF this will
close because 1t does not pay to run
1t unless he can sell liquor.
/ A husiness firm has been orPanized