Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS r SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAPPENINGS HAP HAP- IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS fRO FROM THE OLD LD HOME HOMEr r Resume Reaume of the Most MOli Important Events In Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark Denmark- j. j Of Interest to tho the Scandinavians In America I DENMARK f Parish Priest Sorensen and wife f s have paid for putting up electric electr c VY lights In the castle church and have also given a fine chandelier andelle to lq tot i 1 the church hur h aI a I rc L j I The real estate union has plowed up part of a large tract of 1 heath land which the union owns at Orten The was was successful success success- ful and the whole tract will wili be broken with a motor plow next neat year i i A vote was taken in the commune of Randers on the question of f grantIng granting grant- grant Ing lug a bonus of to the proposed s- s Als Ale and Skelund railway The proposition pro proposition po was favored by a a vote of to This result makes it practically practically cally rally certain th that t the railway will be ber built In the near future r The Brorstrup farm at Norager which was recently sold by Krogh Krogh- Meyer to a syndicate affords a striking ing example of the rising value of f real estate The man who Just sold the farm bought It twenty twenty five years y ars arsago ago for Some time Um ago he sold part of it for and the recent sale brought him over He still sUll keeps five acres of the best bestland bestland land for his own use y The Germans have lately come to to- the conclusion that important documents documents docu docu- ments ments may be concealed In the tubes of bicycles The result Is that henceforth henceforth henceforth hence hence- forth no bicycle is permitted to cross t the line Into Denmark until It has been all taken apart so that every i- i cavity may be searched Five thousand dollars has been raised by private subscription In land for an aeroplane for tor the Second General command Lieutenant Stock- Stock fleth of the Fifth Dragoons of Randers s has been selected to run the airship He Is not go going ng to enter upon his is duties duties du du- ties until he has taken a course course atthe at atthe 4 the army aviation school In Copen Copen- A c hagen tJ 5 r 1 4 Aage was confirmed the theother the theother thep p other day In the Borglum cloister r church He was only fourteen years old ld but measured exactly six feet K and was well wen proportioned In every r respect Fortunately the officiating minister is also a six-footer six so that he did not need to look up to his pupil r r. r SWEDEN k I f 6 The authorities of the city of ot Bromma Bromma Brom Brom- ma have agreed that the city must do something to furnish work next win winter winter ter for me men who are threatened with It Is most likely that r the the city will put up two fiats fats at ata a cost costs s M r of of a about ou T The e buildings are planned pl nned for ab about ut thirty families I i A A new syndicate has bought most of the Va Vako bog bog near nea Hoko station on I the the S rg and r railway nc- nc ry for the purpose of ot pr producing d p peat t litter lit lit- ter tei and and- perhaps p peat briquettes tt The promoters promoters' expect to to borrow the government peat fueL fund set set aside for the encouragement of the utilization tl n of of peat at- at r for for fuel tuel and v. v her s A. A r i el Tin tn In Lower Lower- rf fornea a a parish c lne the northern part of the country there is pine a-pine tree from the top oft of which no po t fr less than nine church spires can b seen seen One of th them m Is n Fin Fhi land s i The The number of Swe Swedes les' les elli emigrating gi- gi rig rigIn ti In September 1915 was and 2280 for the first three-quarters three of the year year The figures for th the corres corresponding correspond correspond- corresponding on ing periods last year were were and respectively The running expenses of the Swed SwedIsh SwedIsh Swedish Ish navy is about one million doll dollars rs a month at the present time P r The Ludvika Ludvik parish sanatorium was wasi i- i burned to the ground a few days ego ago ago 4 There were fifteen patients In the building and the fire spread so fast that some of them were saved thelast the thelast last moment The l loss loss' ss' ss was was abo about t The rhe commune of Lower Torea bas has resolved to prohibit the manufacture of temperance beer on a business l' l sc scale le and pla playing cards In the open air A violation of either of these ordinances entails a fine of 13 1360 1350 60 The and Pits Pile railway was wal opened for public traffic October 1st let The city of was richly decera decorated deco dece- ra rated ed and flags were ware waving above many houses along the road There was no official dedication In the evening eve eve- J ping Ding many prominent citizens took supper at the city hotel Governor Murray and Bishop Bergqvist were k v among the attendants 7 z The rhe medical faculty of the Un University er- er city sity of Lund has recommended that a regular course In temperance be given at the university i ii J.- J. |