Show v SCANDINAVIAN NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP HAP- S IN FAR OFF NO NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Resume of the Most Important Event Eventt In Swed Sweden n Norway NorYa a and d Denmark O Of Interest to the S In America t t NO NORWAY Y Old Marte Boe floe of Fron Gudbrand dalen has sent a rare and very beau beau collection to Doctor Sandvig for for forbis his bis national museum at l The The lady who is eighty years old says in the letter accompanying the gift I send you two linen sheets made of hemp and spun by my great- great r about the year 1700 A Ared Ared Ared red woolen kerchief spun and woven by my grandmother Gun Guri and sewed sAwed by her daughter when she was wasa a I. I little girl Look at the fringes they are matchless A pair pail of socks knitted by Marit Boe eighteenth century century century cen- cen cen cen- tury a very rare piece of work An embroidered table cover spun and made mad by bi me me- These things I turnover turn turnover turnover over to the museum as its property It is needless to say that the gifts were gleefully accepted by Doctor S S CA C A schoolteacher named l has discovered the remains of no Jess than six dwellings from the older stone age on the small Island n near ar He also als found remains of of three dwellings from the latter stone ston age At t one ne place there were several bushels of chips and among these he also found found a number of readymade flint tools such as scrapers knives augers and arrowheads Besides these Mr found over fifty stone tools of different kinds S Some me slate tools were of a form unknown to archeologists The large quantity of flint tools and chips make the find very Important important import import- ant In view of the fact that flint tools wOre were were comparatively scarce in Norway in prehistoric ages S C S SIt It is a ticklish matter But it is of such immeasurable importance that it should be mentioned in these columns at Vat least It is this Norway has passed a law which gives illegitimate children the opportunity of growth and development with a name on a apar apar par with those born in wedlock The Illegitimate Norwegian child now has the right to take its its' fathers father's name If It it wishes wishes It now has equal right with the leg legitimate children in the matter matLer of inheritance nce No other part of the so called Christian world has yet dared to ta take e such a radical step as the Norwegian in this mat ter S S S SA A bill Introduced in the provided for compulsory arbitration of labor conflicts The intention of the bill was to aid the laborers But ButIn ButIn Butin In the course of time the labor organizations organizations were solidly arrayed against i It it As a final trump the tbs l labor bor organizations organizations representing workingmen working- working men resolved to go on a national strike In case the bill was A as passed The were supported by nonunion men so that or the the- bulk of the workingmen of the country country country coun coun- try were pitted against the stor hing This was too much The did riot not dare dare to fight this force and so backed hacked out Iut as gracefully as possible C S There was a very serious fodder r V famine in last spring Last fall the farmers realized that they would not have enough hay to carry their stock stockS through the winter and so they began to buy hay early in winter During January and February from twelve to fifteen carloads of hay north through Lillehammer every day and about tons of hay haya hayand hayand a and d straw was wa shipped into this locality locality locality lo lo- lo- lo during the season season Most Of the fodder was shipped in from nene The rhe cost to the farmers Is said to have averaged about 23 a ton 0 e eThe The general manager of r f the railways railways railways rail rail- ways ways of Norway while on a a recent visit to Petrograd said to a Russian newspaper reporter that the Norwegian Nor Nor- government is anxious to es es- es- es a commercial route between and England by way of Nor Nor- way He suggested a steamship line Una between Bergen and Newcastle The Norwegians are re in hopes that sleeping cars with through trains will soon be running between and Ka Ka- rung Sweden on the Russian border S S V The Fredrikstad Iron works has received orders for no less than thirteen thir teen freight steamers from a er in Sweden Their tonnage Is if Isto Isto to vary from to S S S steamship companies and others who take fake care of the tour 1st traffic are prepared for a dull seaon seaSon sea Son on this year jear on account of or the war Some foreigners who vho have rented fishing rights In toe rivers are ex expected expected expected to send wounded officers ii in III their places M- M pleasure steamer A viii ill be out of commission S 'S S S The number of telephone calli calif made In Norway r during the ar 14 was 6 70 OO The The n nun r r 1 of ot telegrams dispatched d dunn durin dunne durine e same samo mo time tinie was waa 3 |