| Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of tho the mot most important events event in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america DENMARK after lengthy negotiations the tha cabinet and tho the farmers have at last arrived at an agreement with regard to the polish laborers laD orera who spent the summer un imer season in denmark and found it practically impractically impossible to return to poland on a account ot of the war the plan to ie to let them stay in denmark special winter quarters have been provided for them on tho the farms and they get potatoes and milk free of 0 charge it if any help Is needed on oil the arms where they stay during winter they the shall have the tha first chance to work the farmers are well pleased with this arrangement As soon as they tart start heir spring work they have help bell on hand so that they will not need to advertise for help far from homo home on the other hand the Po landers make no complaints the danish government Is making representations to the british government in the matter of delays in cable communication between denmark and the united states these delays which are believed to constitute a detriment to danish commerce are supposed lup posed to be due to the british cen worship torsh lp travel across the tha boundary lonebe line between denmark and germany Is getting getling more and more difficult at lerg erg sommersted ersted and police romen have recently been added to tho lie force for tho the purpose of 0 relieving he men of the delicate task of making I 1 thorough personal search ot of women who wish to pass the dangerous line SWEDEN par far back in the hie woods near tho the boundary of finnish laumark were recently found two human skeletons tied lied to trees close by were remains it f reindeer skeletons everything pointed to a fierce struggle the skeletons are ara supposed to have belonged to so called noetta lapps who had been caught stealing deer and tho the nomad finns who owned tho the leer had tied the thieves to the trees ind nd left them to starve or freeze to death the neitta lapps are said to be very apt to steal deer and tho the nomads hate bate them as a class according to tile the reports of the lie labor unions there were contracts be bc tween employers and employees which expired at the end of the old year nese hiese contracts affected the position 3 f nonunion and union men no serious troubles were ex at the expiration of tho the con facts tile the situation produced by the war putting a damper on the minds of those who might be inclined to make mahe a stir the government food commission has requested the cabinet to make practical suggestions with regard to the use of potatoes in making bread the government baker bakeries leg have been making experiments for tile tha purpose of finding out what proportion of 0 pota toes the soldiers can call stand without detriment to their physical well being beliey the swedes seem to move very ver carefully to in this matter 4 the memorial ass association ocla of minneapolis ordered a statue of gunnar the famous swedish composer to be erected in Alin minnehaha park A model of the statue itself will soon be cast cael in bronze our authority says the exceedingly cee ree beautiful artistically inspired statue may be raised in minna batia park early next spring 0 |
