Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAF IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events eventa in sweden norway and denmark of interest to tho the scandinavians in america NORWAY the return to tho the legislature of 0 a majority of the supporters of premier gunnar knudsen and the popular sup porter of the liberal policies points to a fulfillment of tha cardinal proposals of the liberal program a government monopoly of tile the grain industry advocates of this measure aro are certain it Is the only way to avert another emer gency similar to tins thal grain shor shortage at the beginning of oe the war to handle the proposed grain monopoly the appointment of 1200 special la is contemplated at an expense of about lUO OOOO a year it Is estimated that capital of at least will be needed conservative party leaders favor a protective tariff which would encourage home agriculture and thus thoy they believe assure tile the necessary supply of grain but this proposal which its ita originators argued would increase the acreage of cultivated land and make the country less dependent on imports was not supported by tile the voters at the recent election tho conservative plan to strengthen the national defense also was lost with the defeat of the party tho alio inference from the election Is that the majority of the voters believe in waiting until tile tho war assumes a phase that manes maime a stronger armament necessary before committing norway to such a program without affecting tile tho foreign policies of the nation fi tho the election signifies a decided chango change in tile tha direct direction lon of internal affairs the now new legislature Is expected to pass several social reforms of an important nature it Is considered likely tile the government may succeed in gradually assuming control not only of the grain industry but of tho the coal anil and sugar business tho peo people ale of as well as other are apt to lose things in ili a mysterious way out but now thesa people aro are in ili hopes of miral mizing the vexation caused by tile the disappearance of things of moro more or less pecuniary value in short a thought reader has bobbed up among them lie Is a fisherman who moved to the locality from some gome other polut at first the natives were in ili doubt a as to ills his ability as a seer acl sq one of his neighbors put him to the test lie he stole a cano from the thought render and concealed it as well as lie ho knew how but it did not take the owner long to find it and so ills his proficiency was established at once later on oil lie ho was wag in a position to demon demonstrate strato his skill in a more practical way A man mail honestly lost a keg of herring and the seer was asked to find it and he did find it though it was ws well hidden in a ano and naw now the people ot of feel that it something Is lost they need not go to neighboring settle settlements menta tor for a seer to astore restore the goods to their 0 owner IN n er tile the women in the danish settlements south of the german line aro are gradually getting accustomed to do nil kinds of work vork generally performed by nien men in almost numberless cases tho the farmers wife Is running tho the farm while her husband Is in tile the war and very often site she dunkee a success of it Afar married ried as well as single women who hardly ever took a spade in their hands are occupied in ili the building trades on oil farms on tile the railroads in short there Is no labor from which they shrink in all parts of the province women are engaged in the mall mail ser vico at Lav lavensky lavensby ensby a married woman hauls tor for tho the whole town from the he dairy and she handles the full milk cans calls with a dexterity which has haa callad ballod forth expressions of 0 admiration from strong nien men besides hauling milk this woman has also dono done much of tho the tall fall plowing on tier her farm the hunters report thet thero there are fewer white grouse as well as larger game birds but tile the hares are quite numerous many reindeer have been killed in tho the mountains af 0 tho the central part of the country comparatively few were killed hilled during tile the open season the foxes nrc are permitted to multiply at a rapid rate because their fur Is so cheap there are many wolves in the northern part of tile tha country bears are so scarce that it seems a pity to kill the few that are ara still left in the country A n new ew company in randers flanders bought a ship for almost Gf cOi from a mail who paid only a little over 1000 for it a year ngo ago 0 aless molla Mur burstedt of norway hodder of tile tha womans comans american national tennis tennia championship scored another victory in a series of exhibition tennis games which was waa COli concluded chided in han hall francisco recently by defeating mrs may sutton aundy who was waa once tb the champion the sedre score ras lob au 62 6 S 2 miss also defeated mrs airs hazen blazen hotchkiss Hotch Wight matin tho whaling company Syd havet cleared ovet evoi last cpr aril anil the received a dividend of 30 per cent |