Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-27
DENMARK

Danish vulcanixing Company Is ex-
~perimenting with rubber pavement. on
some Of the Danish highways 1t. II
reported that rubber - pavement
material has been used with consider
able success in Belgium and France.
and the Danish state road inspection
board Is said to be favorably Impress
ed with the results obtainedatn those
countries For the time being q
stretch Of the road between Copen.
hagen and Kjoege is being "rubber-
On literary Mission
Five Danish authors have gone to
Norway for the purpose of giving the
Norwegian literary public an impress
sion sof the present state OF lyric
poetry in Denmark. The five mel are
Jeppe Aakjaer, Hans Ahlmann, Emil
Boennelycke, Sophus Claussen and
Hans Hartvig ~Sed0rn. They are the
guests of the Norwegian Authors So
ciety, n have arranged to give a
series of readings.
Cheaper Ryebread
The price Of rye bread-that variety
which is commonly known in the
United States al COMPREHENSIVE
ADOPT to come down., according to
Danish newspapers. The rye bread
2 sAA0SS CAPOAA1AACASON WILL "
imports from Danzig. and it is, said
that the quality Of this grain is very
high. while the price is considerably
under the standard now prevailing in
Denmark. 1t is thought that the
price per loaf will very 500 be low
cred about 5 Oere NORMALLY cores
ponding to about" 1 1-2 cents in Amer
lean currencyG lis
KronbOrg in Danger
Recent Investigations have revealed
the fact. that the old castle of Kron-
borg on whose ramparts Hamlet is
said to- have become lost in silent med
measures are now Being taken to
preserve the building. A popular ira
dition has. it that down in the base
ment of the castle Holger Danske il
seatedvthe legendary national hero
of Denmark. He has been sitting
there so long hat his white flowing
beard has grown into the stone table
in front Of him, but on the day when
the safety of Denmark Is menaced by
an outside intruder, Old Man Holger
will awaken, and he will arise with
such a terrific force that the table viii
burst. ~Thereupon, the legend says,
"he will call to arms all young men
between IL and so. and Denmark will
be saved from the foe" =.
Live Competition
Two grocery stores in Nykjoebing,
Falster, are the talk Of the town.
They are situated in the same block,
and rivalry between them has for
some time been very keen. Recently
it reached its climax when one of the
stores advertised: Twelve oranges
put up'a sign reading: tFourteen or
anges for 1 Krone, whereupon store
No. / offered sixteen oranges for !
Krone" STORE No. 2 came back with
an offer of eighteen oranges for i
Krone" and sc it went. To what ex-
tent this competition has developed
today is not known.
Forgot The Faucet
Two weeks ago passersby in the
hamlet Of Loekken noticed that water
was pouring and streaming out from
dence of a local business man In
vestigation showed that the owner
and his family had gone away on a
journey several weeks before, and in
the apparent rush to reach the train
had forgotten to turn off the water
faucet. The water had been running
steadily eve since.
Qualifications Demolished
During the world war the German
government built a number of fort
Jesse all the way across Slesvie
lowing the war;; the chain Of fort
resses extends from the North Sea
coast across the country to Hopstrup
south of Haderslev and have been ar
unpleasant reminder of former Ger
man rule. The inter-Allied commits
sion has now ordered the German
government to have these fortresses