Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-11
NORWAY.

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 had
escaped from q French camp. Being
suspected of having Intentionally as
sisted the fugitives to escape, the her
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 discoy-
cred number of Viking relics of the
ninth century. They consisted Of
pair of large oval brooches of a noted
Scandinavian type, small brooch,
round, disk-shaped ornament with a
central boss and decoration of inter-
laced loops. a small buckle. 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 q
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 s2,500,0o0. The ships
win 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 1t has
given aid to 1910 Norwegians. The
society has fund of $4,000.
A company has been organized In
Tromso for running 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 year. On
account of the great fires, Bergen and
Molde will need from 70.OO0,0O0 to
90,000,000 bricks. But It is supposed
that the rest of the country will need
less than usual. so that the demand
will hardly tax the capacity OF the
brickyards.
The Haugesund Savings bank. which
was established In 1855, is going to
put up new building for its own
use at cost of 100000.
The seal has always been frowned
upon by the fishermen as their arch
enemy because he 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 fine oil. The result is that
II pays well to hunt the seal. In the
course of few months seal hunting
has given returns running up into six
figures on the dollar basis. More
than once 1t has happened that a
man cleared a. much as q thousand
dollars by Q -s4estaen itch. e