The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-15
svm'mAnv or IMPORTANT HAP.
j. l. PENlNGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
"ssume OF the Most important Events
IN Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the ecandInavlans
In America.
NORWAY.

unteer automobile corps for the army.
me present war has amply proved
tae necessity of the automobile az
part Of the equipment of an army in
the field. Automobiles have been used
only occasionally at military maneu-.
vers In Norway, and the government
Aas rented them at the rate of SIG
day. In case of war all automobiles
would, OF course, be requisitioned for
the use of the army; but automobiles
Will be OF little use unless the officers
acquire experience in handling them
beforehand. The plan is to pay the
volunteer automobilists seven dollars
day for the use of the machine, the
understanding being that the owner
and his chauffeur are to ride in II.
The owner is to furnish new tires
when needed, but the government will
furnish the oil.
Jaderen, the rugged lowlands in the
southwestern part of Norway, used to
Do famous for the great number Of its
singing birds in the warm season.
During the past few years the birds
have been more and more rare, and
now it is claimed that Jaderen has
fewer singing birds than any other
section of the country. The reason 10
said to be that they are hunted more
relentlessly than before in southern
Europe, where they stay during the
cold season.
A man at Jelo had about $175 in the
bank. But the war made him so
nervous that he thought he would feel
safer if he kept his money at some,
80 he took the shining coins and put
them into a drawer in his commode
at home. A few weeks ago he came
to the sheriff and told him that the
| money was gone. The sheriff kept an
eye on all suspicious looking people
in sight, and he finally thought he had
struck the guilty party. He postponed
the arrest, however, until the next
day, and he had reason to be glad be-
cause he had made haste so slowly,
for just In the nick of time the man
| who claimed that his money had been
stolen appeared before the sheriff
with an expression of cheapness in
his face and told him that he had
found the money-the package had
dropped behind the commode.
That it is dangerous to change the
name of ship in war time Is the
moral drawn by the Norwegian Ship.
ping Gazette from the attack upon the
steamship Davanger by German SUBJ
marine. The Davanger formerly was
peared on the ships papers. The cap
tain of the submarine stopped the
Davanger and demanded the vessels
name and nationality He also asked
for the ships papers. When he OBJ
served the conflict in names he de-
clared the Davanger not only was sail
ing under false name but false
flag. He gave the crew IS minutes
to leave and then fired upon the
steamer.
Kr. Petersen, an employee at the
Sarpsborg electric power station, and
a merchant named Said, after series
Of experiments covering a long period
OF time, have at last succeeded in con-
structing an electric stove which ex-
perts have declared to be great i'm.
provement upon former electric
stoves. BY means of a weak current
large quantity of heat can be pro-
duced up to 400 degrees centigrade.
The invention has been patented in
Norway and the inventors will soon
have it patented in the leading indus
trial countries of the world,
Some statistics have just been pub
lished with regard to the enlistment
Of young recruits for the army in
1913 The district of Fosen was at
the head of the list of fresh recruits
with 1875 per cent Of the young men
of military age. Stjordalen was at the
foot with only a little over so per
cent.
The Norwegian mail steamer Venus
has arrived here minus the larger part
of It's cargo, which was thrown over
board, the captain asserted, under a
threat of a German submarine CON-
mander that otherwise the Venus
would be sunk. This is the first time
that a German submarine boat is re-
ported to have permitted vessel to
escape under such terms.
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The city of Skien has 1868 taxpay-
ers. The assessed valuation Of the
property is about $5,500,000 and the
total incomes almost 100000.
Messrs. Storm and Monsen, revival
lists from Stavanger, have returned
from a trip to Sreden. The result
was satisfactory. One of them said:
'In Stockholm over five hundred per-
sons announced that they were saved.
Several sick people we're cured" Mon
sen used to be cripple, and he claims
that ho was cured by means IF