Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS I 5 SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP HAP- P IN FAR OF OFF NORTHWEST i F ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Returns Resume Reaume of the Most Important Events r In In Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark- r. r Of Interest to the ScandInavians Scandinavian In America t t NORWAY II t I The suggestion made by ly the church 0 department that the national government government govern govern- ment publish text books for the public pub t lic Hc schools has caused a sensation among those who are in the habit of J contributing to the the school literature pf of Norway Halt Halt- a dozen writers of i knore prominence more than ordinary I fF FaIled called ailed a meeting at the university to the m matter It was stated t that hat Japan Is is the only country that makes akes the government publish the school chool books Japan introduced this practice in 1903 but It Is seriously opposed opposed opposed op op- posed by certain parties It was v pointed jointed out ut that textbooks published by the government would be neither better nor cheaper nor would they theyS' theyS S' S used to be revised less frequently S' S than books published by private parties par par- ties A society was organized for tor the purpose purpose of ot opposing the plan of the government Those Thos who had called the meeting were constituted as an executive committee A new meeting meetings s J- J was called In tw two weeks y y- y i I f. f t w f I A young peoples people's school Is to be built bunt In The cornerstone f was laid Just before Christmas The Theft x- x foundation has been built bunt and the school chool is expected to be ready for tor pc pc next fall The school Iso is isto 5 a f to o bs bG for tor or North amt But a yat alen alone contributed toP to P J Jh building fund It will be a strictly religIous school At a 7 similar school is to be built for Fin Fin- narken amt No less than 13 such young young peoples people's schools of a strictly v religious character are In operation in n different darts larts arts of the country and andall andall andall all all' of them have a good attendance More stress Is laid on religion in a these schools than in the so called P peoples s high schools which ong originated mated In Denmark 1 t The Borregaard saloon license dies N awfully hard Time and again it has been before the courts during the past 20 years Now a brand new suit has been started by the proprietors They have sued the state of Norway claiming the right to sell seU liquor In any quantity and to customers in any part of ot the country As recently J as December 9 1914 the supreme court court of Norway ruled that the retail liquor license issued February 12 12 07 to the owner of ot Borregaard a ahat at that hat time covers only the same ground ground as It did at that time Originally finally It entitled the owner of ot Bor- Bor Borregaard 4 only to retail liquor to local customers t t t tY Y Large quantities of hay are being exported from and 1 r to Sweden It sometimes happens that as many as 50 loads of hay maybe maybe may maybe be seen in a row on the road The houses in are crowded inthe In Inthe inthe the night with horses and men and J sometimes both men and horses have to suffer on account of a lack of adequate shelter t t t The lat late Berit Berlt Ness of made mode a bequest of almost 4 the I object of which Is to procure a lifesaving life life- saving sloop for use in that part of r. r Norway sh She also left to be given as aid to poor city children for forthe the purpose of affording them a chance of spending part of the summer sumo sum sum- o mer in the country 7 t The late Per Dahl of Elverum bequeathed be to a fund for the establishment es es- es 5 of a home for tor boys and ands s about to other charitable con con- cerns He also left lett considerable r Bums sums of money for private parties t of the RJukan The proprietors t power plant have ordered six generators genera genera- generators tors In Sweden for power house No 2 Each of the six will be of a horse power that Is the most powerful powerful power power- ful in the world i The whaling industry in South Georgia Geor Geor- Georgia gia is in a flourishing condition The TheY Y Ocean Whaling company which Is t In Larvik controlled by parties living produced barrels of whale oilIn oil In one month f- f S Silver has been found at a great depth In the mines in L y- y The mines are owned exx ex ex- ex- ex c- c r elusively by Norwegians x c The government has prohibited the of In nearly al all all alla F exportation copper a forms forms s The Milk Supply cornS company com corn S pany pany handled quarts o of milk in 1914 Almost one-fourth one o othis of I this quantity was made Into cheese F and pounds of butter was also made The price paid was from 3 to 4 cents a quart The percentage y t- t of butterfat determines the price In f each case This rule makes the d dairymen dairymen dairy airy men eager to produce as rich a milk as possible The company requires sanitary methods and handling of the tha 4 milk from the time It is milked un un- sal ill it n I is disposed of T. 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