Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-06-17
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
or Interest to the seandlnsvians
In America.
NORWAY.


tiful collection to Doctor Sandvig for
his national museum at Maihougen.
The lady, who is eighty years old,
says In the letter accompanying the
gift: Il send you two linen sheets,
made of hemp, and spun by my great
grandmother about the year 1900. A
red wooden kerchief. spun and woven
by my grandmother, Curl Vegum, and
sewed by her daughter when she was
a little girl. Look at the fringes;
they are matchless. A pair of socks
knitted by MART Doe eighteenth CEN
tury); a very rare piece of work. An
embroidered table cover spun and
made by me. These things / turn
over to the museum as its property"
1t is needless to say that the gifts
were gleefully accepted by Doctor
Sandvig.
A schoolteacher named Numedal
has discovered the remains of no less
than six dwellings from the older
stone age on the small kirkland
island. near Christiansand. He also
found remains of three dwellings from
the latter stone age. At one place
there were several bushels of flint
chips, and among these he also found
a number of readymade flint tools,
such as scrapers. knives, augers and
arrowheads. Besides these. Mr..
Numedal found over fifty stone tools
OF different kinds. Some slate tools
were of form unknown to archeolo-
gists. The large quantity of flint tools
and chips make the find very import
ant in view of the fact that flint tools
We're comparatively scarce in Norway
in prehistoric ages.
It is a ticklish matter. But 1t is of
such Unreasonable importance that it
should be mentioned in these columns
at least. It is this: Norway has
passed law which gives illegitimate
children the opportunity Of growth
and development with name on a
par with those born in wedlock. The
illegitimate Norwegian child now has
the right to take its fathers name If
II wishes. 1t now has equal right with
the legitimate children in the matter
of inheritance. No other part of the
so-called Christian world has yet
dared to take such radical step as
the Norwegian storting in this mat
ter
! A bill introduced In the storthing
provided for compulsory arbitration
OF labor conflicts. The intention of
the bill was to aid the laborers. But
in the course of time the labor organi-
cations were solidly arrayed against
II, AS final trump the labor organi-
cations. representing 10000 working
men, resolved to 60 on national
strike in case the bill was passed.
The 10000 were supported by 10000
nonunion men, so that 100000. or the
bulk of the workingmen of the coun-
try. were pitted against the storthing.
This was too much. The storthing did
not dare to fight this force. and so
backed out as gracefully as possible.
There was very serious fodder
famine In Gudbrandsdalen last spring.
Last fall the farmers realized that they
would not have enough hay to carry
their stock through the winter. and
so they began to buy hay early In
winter. During January and February
from twelve to fifteen carloads Of hay
passed north through Lillehammer
every day, and about $500 tons of hay
and straw was shipped into this 10.
cality during the season. Most Of
the fodder was shipped in from
Smaalenene. The cost to the farmers
is said to have averaged about 1923 a
ton.
ways of Norway. while on recent
visit to Petrograd. said to Russian
Newspaper reporter that the Nor
wegian government is anxious to es-
tablish a commercial route between
Russia and England by way of Nor
way. He suggested a steamship line
between Bergen and Newcastle. The
Norwegians are in hopes that sleeping
cars with through trains will soon be
running between Christiania and Ka-
rungi, Sweden. on the Russian border.
The Fredrikstad Iron works has
received orders for no less than thir-
teen freight steamers from shipown-
err In Gefe. Sweden. Their tonnage is
to vary from 5000 to $500.
Hotelkeepers, steamship companies
and others who take care OF the tour
list traffic are prepared for dull sea-
son this year on account of the war.
Some foreigners who have rented
fishing rights In the rivers are ex-
pected to send wounded officers In
their places. Many pleasure steamers
will be out of commission.
The number of telephone calls
made in Norway during the fiscal
year 1894 was 6.270000. The num-
Der Of kilograms dispatched during
the same time was 3.s30.000.
Some farmers in Upper Svatsum,
Gausdal. have dubbed together for
the purpose of building power sta
ton. They have bought sawmill
and are going to dam up a lake and
use 1t as a reservoir. The plant will
cost $4,000 and is expected to furnish
1870 horsepower.
The Numedal Lumber company has
sold $4,000 logs to the state railways.
The logs are to be delivered during
the years 1916 and 1917. and will be