The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-28
NORWAY.

While whistles in the factories and
steel mills roared aA crowd of more
than six thousand persons cheered,
Miss Florence Krabbe, Bowen high
school girl, broke bottle Of <ham-
payne over the PROV OF the steel
freiShter Sigfrid Fostenos when it slid
down the ways into the Calumet river
| at One Hundred and First street, Chi
cago. The big freighter, which will be-
gin it's maiden voyage to Norway in
about six weeks, was built by the Chi
cago Shiphuilding company for the
| Norwegian Transportation company at
| cost of 100000. II was embla-
zoned with Norwegian and American
'1aSs as it was launched, and it's first
trip will he through the Great Lakes
10 Montreal. where it will load freight
to be delivered in Norway The Sig
frid FostenOS is the first boat to be
launched at South Chicago since the
Maria. a Great Lases freighter, was
launched there nine years ago.
Miss Molla BjurSt,,dt of Norway re-
! tanned her title of woman tennis cham
pfon Of the United States by defeating
Mrs. Edward Raymond of New York
in the challenge round of the women's
| national lawn tennis tournament and
| added another championship to her al
ready long list of tennis honors by
| capturing the wOmen's national doubles
title, paired with Miss Eleanora Sears
OF Boston. In the sir giles Miss Blur
Stedt defeated Mrs. Raymond. 60. 81.
1t was the shortest challenge round
| match ever played in the 81 years Of
| the national tournament. The players
were on the courts less than half an
hour, and the contest itself lasted
| exactly - minutes. Miss Bjurstedt
and Miss Sears defeated Mrs. Ray
'nond ana Miss Edna Wildey of New
York in the final round of doubles
after hard-fought contest. The
score was &c, 60, 1913.
A majority of the stocks Of the
Christiania street railway company,
| which for many years PAST have been
in German hands, namely, Gesellschaft
fuer EleAtrische Unternehmungen
Berlin. have just passed into the pos
! session Of Norwegians. The law firm
Of Eckbo & Rygh had the honor of
| negotiating the deal. All the stocks
of the other street railway company
OF ChriStania. namely, Christiania
Elektriske Sporvei. have always been
owned by NorwegianS.
The labor union of Kragero called Il
| mass meeting for discussing the high
| cost Of living. The attendants agreed
to request the CITY government to buy
wood in large quantities next winter
! so as to he able to sell 1t at reduced
prices. The city was also asked to
go into the fish business for the same
purpose, and the national government
| was asked to prohibit the expectation
! Of mackerel
Fifteen \crwegians lost their lives
In the Titanic disaster. The for
| eign department has just received
ST,413.G1, which is Il part of the in
| demnity awarded to the relatives of
the fifteen. The money was sent from
the White Star line through the Nor
| Wegian consul general IN New York
The Norwegian Rabbit-growing as
socation has 200 members Arrange
ments have been made for establish
Ing rabbit farms. where the different
species of rabbits will be raised for
the market.
me Norwegian steamer Prosper III
| has struck mine and sunk. The first
o[1cer OF the vessel is believed to he
'Ae only survivor. She sailed from
Newport News May 20 for La pal)ice.
France. The Prosper III was of 4 o97
gross tons. 1874 feet long. and was
built in 1912. She was owned in
Drammen.
The Norwegian bark Artensis, while
bound from Glasgow to New York ran
ashore IN fog near the Toms river
coast guard station on the New Jersey
coast
Inc number of taxpayers in Stayan,
ger increased from i4,GO6 to 5000 in
one year. The wealth of the CITY in-
creased from $19,150,O00 to $50 GOO, 600.
But the increase OF the taxable in.
comes was proportionately far greater,
| rising from a little over 100000 to
almost $6'coo,oo0, or $50 per cent. The
StaVanger Aftenblad makes the fol-
lowing comment on these figures ."rha
| taN''oie income has more than doubled
III TWO years, and the taxes levied have:
almost doubled. The city budget reads
| like fairy tale" =. 8