The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-16
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume OF tho Most important Events
IN Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to tho Scandinavian
In America.
NORWAY.

The original consignment included
1000 boxes Of pork, 5000 barrels OF
lard and 300 barrels of oil. It is gen.
orally believed that the provisions
were sent from the United States in
the expectation that they would be
taken care of by German agents and
re-exported to Germany, but the Nor
wegian laws forbid this. The govern
ment has disposed of a portion of
the provisions to meet the expenses
Of storage, but the remainder is still
waiting for the importer or owner.
Attempts to smuggle contraband ma
terial through Norway continue, but
they are completely frustrated. it is
declared, by the vigilance of the Gus
toms officials. Some days ago Ger
man 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
It not been for the inspection by the
station agent the copper would have
escaped to Germany.
Buksnes, Lofoten, is the home Of
fisherman named Abel Eliasen, whose
life spanned the whole of the nine
teenth, and could still spare few
years for the eighteenth and twenti-
eth centuries. He was born at Al
stahoug in the year 1895. He can still
tell that in 1807-1809 he was herding
cattle for the parson of Vaagan He
remembers distinctly that towards the
close of June the snow was deep on
the fields. The price of rye was SIS
bushel. In 1872 he was on a fish
ing smack that sailed to Bergen with
a cargo of fish. On his way back the
smack was chased by an English man
of-war. But the owner of the smack
managed his vessel so we'll that he es-
capped on shallow ground at Breisuna,
south Of Aalesund. The man-of-war
did not dare to follow, but as q last
farewell fired several shots, which tore
the sail to pieces. Eliasen has been
married three times, the last time
when he was ninety-six years old. His
health is still good, but for a few
years past he has used glasses when
reading. He has lived under the reign
of nine kings, and is supposed to be
the oldest person living in Scaudi.
navia.
Tobacco has been raised on a small
scale in Sogn for Is years past. But
the present administration does not
look with favor upon this industry,
and a man who knows what he 10
talking about says: "The tobacco did
not rally after the frost, and today the
plow is cutting it's way through the
last tobacco field at this place. The
ground is going to be put to green
fodder. This little industry is doomed
to die by the high taxes at the present
time, and no reduction on account of
4 failure Of the crop. This does not
work. Twenty-Five years of trials and
struggles have come to naught." Those
who were interested in the business
score the government for its hostility.
The great tunnel between Rjukan
falls No. and Rjukan falls No. 3 has
just been finished. The length Of 1t
is about 10000 feet. The height of
the Rjukan falls is so vast that the
same water is used for running two
different power stations. The tun-
mel is to carry the water from the old.
or upper station, to the new, or sta
ton No. 2. It took Its men between
two and three years to blast the tup-
mel.
The American steamer Sirius, from
New York for Narvik, Norway, carry
ing resin consigned to Petrograd, is
still detained by British authorities, as
they insist that the vessel must be
taken direct to Archangel, unless the
owners secure 2 guaranty from
Sweden that transshipment of the car
go will be permitted. The Norwegian
steamer Artemis from Baltimore for
Gothenburg with cargo Of coal has
been detained.
The Mormons are still conducting a
vigorous agitation In Christiania, &C.
cording to a recent report. They dis
tribute tracts from house to house and
seek to induce immigration to their
promised land in Utah.
officers and crew Of the Norwegian
steamer Capto, which came to New
York from Cardiff, declared that the
vessel was fired upon without warning
by a German submarine in the English
channel on August IL. Two shots
were fired. it was said. The Norwe-
gian flag was then displayed and the
submarine disappeared. The Capto is
4 freight steamer. The first shot fired
by the submarine exploded on the
starboard side Of the bridge and frag-
ments of the shell penetrated the bow
Of q ifeboat and the steam ventilator.
The second shot did no damage.