Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-30
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNos IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden. Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the seandInavIans
In America.
NORWAY.

A large quantity OF provisions whlcn
were received In Norway last spring,
consigned to Armour & Morris. Chris
tiania," although these Chicago pack
ers have no branch Offices In this
country, still remain unclaimed. The
original consignment included 1000
boxes OF pork, 5000 barrels of lard and
300 barrels of oil. 1t is generally be.
lieved that the provisions we're sent
from the United States in the expecta-
ton that they would be taken care of
by German agents and re-exported to
Germany, but the Norwegian laws for
bid this. The government has dis
posed of portion Of the provisions to
meet the expenses of storage, but the
remainder is still waiting for the i'm
porter or owner. Attempts to smuggle
contraband material through Norway
continue. but they are completely frus-
trated. II is declared, by the vigilance
Of the customs officials. Some days ago
a German freight car with double
walls was discovered by a station
agent near Christiania. Space between
the two walls of the car was crowded
full of copper while the body of the
car was loaded with window sashes.
and had 1t not been for the inspection
by the station agent the copper would
have gone to Germany.
Rev. Ole Tobiaws Olsen, one Of the
most noted, most useful and most
popular men of Nordland. has Just
completed his eighty-fifth year. Since
he resigned as pastor of Hatfjelddalen,
in 1904. he has lived In Christiania. He
is strong and healthy and spends much
of his time out of doors every day. He
is native of Mo, Nordland, and began
to teach school in 1852. In the early
sixties he studied theology in Chris
tiania. and from 1873 to 1882 was en-
gagged In building railways. In 1883 he
became parish priest OF Hatfjelddalen
and during the next twenty-five years
he became one of the most remarkable
men of Nordland. He was intensely
interested in all kinds of human eff
forts, but he concentrated large part
of his energies on the development of
the means of communication of north.
ern Norway, He was the first man to
plan the Nordland railway, and so
thoroughly did he familiarize himself
with the topography of the country
that ttn line which he staked out on his
own account was finally found to be
the best one. Besides filling many po-
sitions of trust, he also found time to
do literary work. and he published an
interesting collection of Nordland
fairy tales.
i Gov. Sven Aarrestad, who for a
great many years past has been presi.
dent Of the Norwegian Total Absti-
nence association, recently expressed
himself rather strongly about the
drink habit Of the people Of Chris
tiania. The Christiania Aftenposten
turned its broadside on Mr.. Aarrestad,
saying, among other things, that he
had made improper use Of certain
statistics. Now Mr.. Aarrestad has
taken steps to bring the matter before
the courts. A few years ago another
Christiania daily contained libeious
article against Mr.. Aarrestad, and he
sued the paper and won the case.
The Norwegian government has
awarded to the Electric Boat company
of New York, builders of the Holland
type Of submarine. contracts for a
special type Of undersea boat to be
built from the company's design in a
shipyard in Norway. At the present
time all the submarines in the Norwe-
gian navy are Of the Krupp type and
have been built in Germany. Boat
builders in England, Italy, Germany
and the United States competed for
the Norwegian contract.
Maran Vangraven of Roros is one
hundred and one years old, and one
might suppose that she would be glad
to quit work for good. But old Maren
is of different opinion. One day
when her people were busy putting up
hay she took a rake and began to rake
hay with the rest of them. She did
not rush the work as she was wont to
do three-quarters Of century ago.
Her grip was not SO firm.
Jaderen has the largest rural cream.
cry in Norway. During the past year
the creamery received 100000 pounds
of milk. The annual output of butter
is about 100000 pounds, and that of
cheese about 100000 pounds. A new
cold storage building has just been put
up at cost of $4,000.
It is said that the city of Bergen has
an option on the Torfin water falls. II
the deal is closed the water OF the
river will be conducted to the Fykse
sound. where power station Is to be
built. The capacity of the falls is es-
timated at 10000 horsepower.
The torpedoing of the Trondhjems.
ford by a German submarine COM
PEELED the Ncswegian-American line
to buy another steamer. The choice
fell on the Spanish steamer Castano OF
$500 tons. The ship will be known as
Tanafjord.
The Norwegian Sick Nurses associ-
alton received request from the Nor
wegian colony in London to send some
nurses to tend to the wounded and
sick in that city. Three sisters have
already gone to London. namely, Rag
mild Martinsen. Marta Hegge and Anna
Taarland. All of them have had a
thorough training under the auspices
of the Norwegian Health union.