Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-10-21
in FAR NORTHLAND
important Events IN Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North So.
lscted for scandInavIAns and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. oDLAnD.
Norway.

BY MARTIN w. ODLAND.
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Norway.
"A Stockholm correspondent OF the
Associated Press says that 1t has be-
come NO conventional to class the
\ Scandinavian countries together, MS II
tho only line OF cleavage was an acct.
dental geographical boundary. that the
visitor In surprised to discover the
fundamentally different points of view
and totally dissimilar attitudes OF the
two countries toward the war. Each
country on account OF its geographical
position and It's trade with both Eng
land and Germany hiss been In the
delicate position t,f trying TO continue
it8 commerce without counting the
disfayor OF both warring countries and
each country has grown wealthy with
the revenues from It's Increased ex.
porta for which It has becn able to
obtain fabulous prices. but these sim
ilarities are matters OK circumstances
The striking difference Ii one In M.
tionai spirit. Sweden bristles with
war talk. Knots Of war-mad people
gather In the hotels and on the street
corners, blandiahing Swedish. Ger
man, Russian papers. Norway Ii dit.
ferAnt There In no rising hum OF
war talk In Norway. II not actually
taboned. conversation about the war
In Mt least In bad form. From Nor
way the war seems to have receded
To n remote distance and whatever
disturbance she feels IL expressed In q
lower kny. People In this country
are most Interested In internal poll
tics. They are discussing the develop.
ment Of Norway's water power. tho
question OF national defense, the lib
eraI and conservative parties. and thu
coming election.
The Norwegian. line con.
tinues To add one ship after an.
other To It's list OF vessals In the a.
fort to keep pace with its growing
business. its latest purchase being the
5000 ton steamer, Keraniat. which
was owned by Greek Arm. II III n
comparatively new vessel, having been
built In Glasgow. Scotland In 1908. II
II 400 feet long and has speed of II
knots,
"A Christiania dispatch seys that the
Norwegian government has issued a
decree In accordance with law adopt.
ed last August. establishing strict reg
ulation over the expectation OF her..
ring until sufficient supply for home
consumption Id assured. The order
has been met with protests on the
part III tho fish exporters. who claim
that the restriction hits most severely
the poor fishing population along the
Western coast Of Norway,
Tho Norwegian society OF BOSTON
now has membership OF 335 and Ii
IN q flourishing condition. II II prob
ably thu oldest Norwegian society In
America having been organized In
1863. Its original purpose was to MD
Norse immigrants, but 1t developed
later into benefit and fraternal SO
ciety.
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An exchange sayn that fur animal
farm In operated at Hommersaak. near
EtAyAnKer. Norway. Although the
venture was only recently Uarted and
many OF the animals are young. II
xivea good PROMISE OF success Blue
foxes are raised In tho largest number
and SIS to SITS apiece Ia received for
tho fnrs, The farm Is managed by q
man named Godtfred Fuglestad
80
According To the Nerwegian-Ameri.
cAn. twenty-five months OF solitary
Sxlstenc4 we're spent by y Norwegian
named HaMkon Tranberg OF Christian.
sand, Norway, and a Dane, on the bar.
ron island OF Kerguelen, q French
possession lying In the South son be.
tween Africa and Australia. They had
been LETT there 40 guards at whaling
station. On the opposite side IT tho
island. hut separated from them by
mountains, were three Frenchmen, An
account OF the experience OF these
men was recently printed In Fran. y
Norwegian newspaper published in
South Africa.
The Socialists OF Christiania recent
u held q meeting at the foot Of the
TordenSkj0ld monument for tho puls
p0so Of demonstrating against mill.
tariam. TordenskJold was Norway's
most celebrated naval hero. and II
lc0ked decidedly inconsistent to have
i man standing IN a wagon close up
,to tho statue and abusing those who
10 sndeavoring TO defend the neu-
Ality or the country. Policemen
10 listening TO the speaker without
sforirg.
Denmark.
Increasing value OF real estate
ark II wall illustrated by the
1fS N 1kerriigaar1 1.-THE Skerril es.
4 in Bjcrre. COR $4,000 crowns,
q Ion n lo7 800 crowns more than II
a ~ for three years ago,
! y q ~ nehip company. vester'