The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-11-18
important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North, Sc
Iected for Scandlnavlans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN oDLAND.
Norway.

A dispatch from New York says lib
four Norwegian bankers arrived Il,
recently. They were leading fir
ciers of Christiania and Bergen. UTe
their arrival one of them, Emil y.
plus Dahl, said: 1--WE are here -iHior
vidually to better the financial be,
rangements between Norway and
United States. Immense purchas
the Norwegians have been made lama
United States since the war sta few
and they must be paid for. TIL
one item alone of 100000, OC,tv or
ships In this country for Norw,
Then there have been purchaf.
railroad stocks, iron and steel. IN the
way has been obliged to buy ieenaw
country many things she TO
bought In Germany. There were ..d
Norwegian steamship masters ~
Bermensfjord who will take ov
sells built in this country for dough-
Norwegian firms. Capt. Hjallsiness.
nryue IS going 10 seattle 10 100 glass
% 800 'o factory
aooh hu,,t ~ Co. Euono,so" ken by
Gabriel HOfgaard, formerly
William Cramp & Sons Ship herman
CINE Building company Of Phila
came representing four Noi w.ro
shipbuilders to take over fou
ton vessels being built in Phlla
Portland, Ore. and Seattle..w Bay,
Ole Fred Hansen is on his
Japan to take over steamsh.. was n
chased there by Norwegians. a
and daughter are travelling wi
Captain Hofgaard said that VAS d
gians do not believe there can
slump in shipping for year after the
war, even If it should be abruptly ter
minated.
Among the numerous fishermen VIII,
have made more than good wages dur
ing the war were two young fellows
who met a Jewish peddler on tn
steamer carrying them back from Fin
marken to milder climes. The peddle
wanted to sell watches to them an,
offered them substantial timepiece
with or without gilt edges. The fish
ermen took glance at the goods an,
told the peddler that If he had onl
such Junk" as that he might as wei
throw the whole outfit into the sea
The Jew bent his head to one side an,
said: Dear me, maybe you want gol
watchesH 1t did not take him lon
to produce solid gold watches costin
several hundred kroner. "Why. thi
Is the stuff to offer fellow" said on
of them, and they selected heavy gol
watches, threw their old ones into tn
sea, snapped the new ones to the end
of the chains, paid for the goods wit
a number Of hundred-kroner bills, an
walked away as though nothing ha
happened.
1t Is reported from Winnipeg tina
Christian Leden, q famous Morse eS
plorer, has just reached that city afte
three years passed among the Eskimo
In the shadow of the North pole. Ledel
obtained valuable collection of speci
mems for the Royal museum at Chris
tiania and the Victoria museum at OF
tawa. His expenses were shared b.
the king and queen Of Norway an
the Canadian geological survey. TIL
Eskimos are peaceable, he says, bu
are vindictive IL mistreated. He say
the North American Eskimos spea
the same language as those of Green
land, where he has made extensiv
explorations.
A Morse Banking institution, know
as the Scandinavian Trust Company @
America, will soon be established |
New York. 1t will have capita
Of S2,5OO,OO0, and will be establishe
by syndicate Of Norwegian bank,
the principal of which are the Centra
Bank of Norway and the Norwegia
Credit bank. The purpose of the ne'
bank will be to facilitate business bt
tween Norway anti the United States
and the Institution Is cordially We
coined In America.
A syndicate has been organized
Trondhjem for building tramwa
from the city to tAe beautiful mouI
tain known as Fjsldsater. The lir
will pass through many romantic l.
calities.
The American athletes, who hay
been touring Europe, engaging in col
tests with European athletes, were vi
torious over the Norwegian athlete
Mt the contest held recently. IT
Americans won all but one event
A tourist and information Office wi
be opened in the United States-pr
sumably at New York-by the Norw
i - h.