Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-10
NORWAY.

While the mate and the cook were
on guard on board their ship one night
in the harbor of Bordeaux, France,
they noticed two men swimming
toward their ship They assisted the
men to get on board, let them have
dry clothes. and cared kindly for
them. The two men proved TO be
German captives of war who bad
escaped from French camp. Being
suspected of having Intentionally as
sisted the fugitiyes to escape. the Nor
wegians were arrested and kept in Jail
for three months When they were let
out they explained that they had had
hard time of it. They got only bread
and vegetables to eat. and their cell
was full of vermin. which disturbed
their rest in the night
Children playing on the mound
which had probably been raised over
the grave of some Viking leader at
Valtos in the Island of Lewis. one of
the Hebrides group, recently discov-
cred a number of Viking relics of the
ninth century, They consisted of a
pair of large oval brooches of a noted
Scandinavian type, a small brooch,
round, disk-shaped ornament with a
central boss and decoration OF inter
laced loops, a small buckle. a portion
of bronze chain probably used to
connect the large oval brooches and
single big amber bead. These articles
had become exposed by the recent
heavy gales in the sand close to the
sea at Valtos.
The people OF northern Norway are
taking the liberty to kick because
the pastor of the church of Kautokeino
is anywhere except in his parish.
His name is P. l.. de Ferry Smith.
which does not sound very Norwegian
Last summer the pastor served on a
commission appointed by the govern
ment to report on the complaints OF
Swedish Lapp nomads who wish to
pasture their reindeer in Norway, and
last winter he stayed in Copenhagen.
Still he is drawing his regular salary.
The Norwegian government has pur-
chased three motor steamers, the Ban
don. Chumpon and Pangan, from the
East Asiatic company of Copenhagen.
for the sum of s2,500,O00. The ships
will be employed exclusively for the
service of the Norwegian state supply
commission.
The Norwegian Aid society in Co
penhagen has celebrated it's tenth an.
niversary During its existence II has
given aid to 1910 Norwegians The
society has a fund of $4,000
Tromso for running a regular line Of
automobiles between Finsnes and
Bardo This will be the northernmost
automobile route in the world.
There are 10 brickyards in Nor
way, and they are able to turn out
about 250.000,000 bricks a year On
account OF the great iref, Bergen and
Molde will need from 100000 to
10000, 900 bricks But IL is supposed
that the rest OF the country will need
less than usual so that the demand |
will hardly tax the capacity of the |
brickyaIds.
The Haugegund Savings bank, which |
was established in 1855. is going to I,
put up a new building for its own |
use at a cost OF 100000
The seal has always been frowned |
upon by the fishermen as their arch |
enemy because be is so apt TO do dam
age in many ways The war has /
changed the reputation Of this animal
The price Of train oil has gone up
enormously, and the blubber Of the |
seal makes=fne oil The result is that
it, pays well to hunt the seal. In the |
course Of a few months seal hunting
has given returns running Up into six
figures en- the dollar basis. More /
than once it has happened that q
man cleared as much as a thousand
dollars by single catch