Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-01-14
NORWAY.

A lady In Stavanger proved herself
to be a new" woman the other day.
Einar LII, the editor Of a paper called
The First Of May, wrote a violent ar
ticle against her on account of lot
terry she was conducting for the bene-
fit Of poor people. The next day she
went to the office of the editor and
asked him who was responsible for the
article. He admitted that he was re.
sponsible. "Will you take 1t back?''
she asked. mo" Instantly she doubled
up her fist and boxed his ear as hard
as she could. He called for witnesses
But she was quicker than he, and
called as witnesses the other people
In the building and explained the
whole matter to them of her own ac-
cord.
Certain capitalists are said to have
secured an option on parts Of the
Tisleia waterfalls in Valdres. Olaf
Moe has written a vigorous protest
against selling the property before the
government has chance to buy 1t.
He says: mo person living at the
present time has any idea OF the i'm
portance of this waterpower to the
country and to the industrial life of
the settlement in the future" He
claims that the Tisleia offers the great.
est waterpower in the entire Drammen
river system.
To pick two crops of pears from the
same tree In one year as far north as
the central part of Norway, is some.
thing very rare indeed. But such a
thing actually happened on the farm
Of Ole Eide Of Gloppen last year. He
has pear tree which blossomed in
May, and in July he picked some ripe
pears from It. The tree blossomed
again. and late In the fall 1t gave a sec
ond crop Of pears which were perfect.
ly ripe.
New York.--A sailing vessel ar.
rived in port today whose crew did
not know there was q war until
signaled outside the harbor by a Brit.
ish cruiser. She was the Norwegian
bark Padang. She left Padang. Su-
matra. on August IL. with cargo of
coffee, and the British cruiser was the
FIRST vessel she spoke to during her en-.
tire passage.
Mrs. F1eischer, widow of the late
Rev. T. e. F1eischer Of Bjornor, has
established foundation for the bene-
fit Of the parish. The amount Of It is
about $500. The interest is to be
added to the principal until the whole
amounts to $3.50, after which four.
fifths of the interest shall be spent In
the interest Of education and for the
relief Of distress in the parish.
p. c. Skanche, a merchant at Me-
havn. has built a telephone line at his
own. expense from Kjollefjord to
vikhavn. This win be Of great benefit
to the fishermen of the Laksefjord dis.
tricts and vikhavn, where shoals OF
herring often approach the shore with
out any chance for the people to
spread the important news at once.
At Hadeland water is so scarce that
nearly every farmer has to haul water
for some distance. At one farm four
horses are kept busy in hauling wa
ter.
Responding to urgent demands from
the people of Finmarken the govern
ment has resolved to establish govern
ment depots for keeping supplies of
-four at vadso, Mehan, and Hammer.
fest. The people of that part of the
country are afraid that the war may
shut of the importation Of food.
The work of draining lakes and
marshes is going on at FIVE different
places In Smaalenene. Over 500 acres
of rich land will be reclaimed, and
the work win cost about $4,000. or
about S25 an acre.