Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
NORWAY.

the radical portion of the Norwegian
people began to demand the removal
Of the Union Sign" from the Norwe-
gian flag. Early in the morning of a
18th of May some thirty years ago the
good people of Drammen were shocked
to see pure" Norwegian flag wav-
Ing in the wind above the Drammen
bridge. A rush was made for the rev.
olutionary--no. hold on!--the anar.
chistic piece of canvass. But at the
foot Of the Flagstaff stood Emilius
Eriksen, broad-shouldered and defiant.
He swore that the flag was to remain
in the air ss long as he could swing
an ak. and he actually held a shining
ak in his hand. No one had cause to
find out whether he was In earnest,
and as Emilius Eriksen remained at
the spot all day the pure" flag had
nothing more serious to deal with
than the tickle May-day breezes.
Those who took part in that flag con-
troversy some thirty years ago are
wondering themselves how they could
impute such tremendous importance
to the pure" flag squabble. Even in
the mind of Emilius Eriksen himself It
is gradually changing from a tragedy
to comedy.
How to get rich by trading in
horses. A farmer at viborg wanted to
buy p horse very badly. But he had
very, very little money. Finally he
ran across horse that he could have
for So. He made up his mind that this
was the horse for him, and he bought
It, To clinch the bargain he and
the former owner of the horse went in
to a saloon to take drink. They
were In no great hurry to get out
again. When they finally did come
out the horse was dead. Now. this
really seemed a streak of very bad
luck. But our man did not become
discouraged. He went to man who
was in the habit of turning all sorts
of uncouth material into cash. and
this man paid "a for the dead horse.
So the man who was supposed to have
sustained loss actually made one
dollar that the former owner of the
horse might have made II he had
Al,u IN as much as the owner number
two did.
A special stock census was taken in
Denmark last February. The returns
have been compiled sufficiently to
bring out the following figures: There
were $4,000 horses and colts, as
against $4,000 In May last year.
There we're 100000 head of cattle.
as against 2.416.000 a year ago. This
made a decrease of $4,000 in about
nine months. From July, 1914, to
May, 1915, the decrease in the mum.
Der of hogs was 100000. The low wa.
ter mark seems to have been reached
at the latter date. for there was an in.
crease of $4,000 from May. 1915. to
February. 1916. In the number OF
sheep there was a tremendous slump
from $4,000 in May, 1915, to 254.636
in February, 1916. All these figures
are misleading, for the May census OF
1915 included hundreds of thousands
Of animals just born, while the Febru.
airy census this year came before the
setting in of the spring births.
The isolated system of narrow
mountain valleys and fjords known as
Sogn has always been one Of the most
romantic portions of Norway. Its peo.
pie are witty and smart. but they lead
typically rural life. Now radical
change is coming. The immense
water power of the locality is response.
BILE for all this. Hoiangsfjord, which
has been quiet rural community
from time immemorial. will soon have
town OF at least 1000 inhabitants,
and by the time the industrial plant
of the valley is completed the popula-
tion is expected to swell to about 5000.
In Aardal the plans call for Industrial
establishments on still larger scale.
The existing factories at Vadheim will
soon be enlarged. Still other estab-
lishments are planned. one of which
is said to control several hundred
thousand horse power.
The Norwegian-American line has
decided to have all It's steamships
which sail between America and Nor
way enter Kirkwall voluntarily for in
spection of their mails in order to
avoid complications arising from at
tempts to evade the British authorities
by taking a more northerly course.
The company has purchased tramp
steamship Of 1900 tons to bring Amer
lean coal to Norway for it's vessels so
that they will be less dependent on
English bunkers. The steamship Ber-
gensfjord, which sailed from New York
May Is for Bergen, has arrived safely
by way of Kirkwall. where all Its mail
was removed and detained by the
British authorities.
Tytteberries Swedish "lingon") are
not supposed to keep long, and for
that reason they are generally rushed
to the market In the fall Of the year.
An exporter in Christiania kept a few
hundred barrels stepped in water dur
ing the winter, and early in the spring
he examined the goods. Experts de-
clared the berries were In fine shape,
and they were at once exported. Incl
dentally 1t may be mentioned that the
goods were intended for Germany. but
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