The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-22
NEWS Of INTEREST y.
FROM SCANDINAVIA
Resume of the Important Happenings
In Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
Sweden.

Denmark.
Sweden.
Sweden has now lost l56 ships, with
an aggregate tonnage of 125,OOO TONS
since the beginning Of the war on &C.
count of the submarines.
"Stora Kopparbergs Grubeselskap,"
one OF the prosperous mining compa-
MES Of Sweden, recently declared a
dividend Of $50 crowns per share, and
issued to every old stakeholder share
of stock worth 1000 crowns. Copper
ore has become exceedingly valuable
as result Of the war.
a surprising thing TOOK place at
Bergslagstuna recently. The big min
ing corporation Of Sweden decided at a
general meeting to donate 10000
crowns toward the erection Of a
church for their laboring men at
Bergslagstuna. When the matter was
taken up for consideration the labor
ers opposed the acceptance of the gift
with much vigor and their wishes pre-
vailed.
Director Rant Of the Royal theater
Of Stockholm, is very indignant over
the new tax on theater tickets. He
was already paying a tax as director
of the theater, and now he will suffer
as a result of the reduced attendance.
The tax is even higher than that i'm
posed in Germany, which is at war.
The proprietors of moving picture
shows are also up in arms over the
tax on theater tickets and loudly pro-
claim that their business will be utter
ly ruined.
Hereafter the government Of the
United States is going to scrutinize
more carefully all immigrants who
seek admission as prospective citizens
of the country. The American lega-
ton at Stockholm has given notice
that all residents Of Sweden who in
tend to emigrate to the United States
must present himself to a representa-
tive of the American legation or to an
American consul at least four days
before sailing for the purpose Of get
ting his papers duly certified.
A. Westfelt, Swedish engineer, has
invented band saw for cutting down
trees. The saw itself is chain run
ming in fork-shaped steel frame, and
is worked by means of motor. The
whole apparatus weighs only $50
pounds. About 1900 saws have been
sold during the year, and it is praised
wherever used. BY means of a "sect-
or''-this is the name of the instru-
ment-a man can cut down $50 trees
and saw them into logs in a day. The
trees may be cut so close to the
ground that an average of almost half
can be saved in this manner.
Denmark
Much dried peat was destroyed by
a fire in the Brorop bog.
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Denmark has lost 1S5 ships on &C.
count Of the submarines since the be-
ginning of the war.
AS (; means Of saving light and fuel
1t is now proposed that the schools Of
Denmark hold their annual vacation
in mid winter instead Of mid summer
but the teachers and pupils do not
take kindly to the proposed change,
and it will probably not be carried into
effect.
Peat is now being used as fuel, in
place Of COAL on some of the railway
locomotives of Denmark. It is impos-
sible to obtain high steam pressure by
the use of peat, but in running freig
trains, where high speed is not essen
| tial, peat serves the same purpose as
coal and is therefore very welcome in
view of the coal famine now prevailing
in Denmark as we'll as in Norway and
| Sweden.
Norway.
It is said that Rev. Otto Jensen is
sure of being appointed bishop of the
| diocese of Hamar.
The house on the Kokvold farm in
Aursund must be charmed, for it has
been established beyond a doubt that
no person has died in that house in
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