The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-29
.RERGH REAL INVENTOR
or DEADLY hlRAGs.IORG'
Famous, NOysyegiGM lnUent0r GNUe His Secret to
Kyug as a Token OF Fs1endszib-E7is Son,
an Anse,Ican Consul, Soon to HIsn
the NO11hauest

Special to The journal.
Grand Forks, N. D., April q. Maya
zines recently received In this city from
}N orWaY give an int resting account Of
Jorgenson rifle. which is used by
the United States army, as well as by
other nations, and the story is OF par
ticular interest to the northwest be-
cause the inventor Of The rife was the
father Of Robert s. s. Bergh, American
consul at Gothenberg, Sweden, formerly
resident Of this city, Minneapolis and
Est. Paul. ~ - 3 t.f :!:
Two Of his daughters live in this
i ia1 i monament 4a shown hereWitH which
was erected some time ago, in honor OF
Ethe man who originally perfected the
patent out of which the Krag-J orgenson
rifle was evolved However, the noun
ment was erected in honor Of other
achievements of the famous ,NlorWegi an,
Christian William Bergh, who in his
day was showered with Ilaurels by the
king Of Norway, and who, but for ms
% ersdfang and D Moa had
Of inventing one of the most deadly
weapons of modern warfare. :,
Christian Bergh. was a; major IN the
army of the king of Norway, serving as
do all the able-b bodied young smen,ef that
country. 1t was then that his IN
ventive genius, always active was
turned towards the, perfection OF ) a. Tlne,
and it was after, mony months OF study
| that he evolved the rifle that now pears
the name Of another. r. -:
Major Bergh held his invention Tor
some time, but never was .secret1ve
ahout st. :: He showed it to friends, and
experimented further with it, but never
took any precaution such as the laws
| of Norway and Sweden afford, nor alo
he obtain a patent or keep, secret a SIN
ole one Of the twenty odd Inventions
| that are credited to him in stories IRON
over the sea. :. =.
/ :, +, cave Away His Invention. i
/ One of Majof Bergh' s warm friendi
! in the army was a man named hFag
and for some acts Of friendship on TN
mart of Krag. Major Bergh turned owe,
! to him the invention. Krag lnterestet
Jorgenson in it, and a few shg e.
! changes were made, after which !. n!
! rifle. Was placed on the market, and s e
! eral years ago the patent rights for thu
\ country were sold TO the United SMte
eovernme nt for a handsome price. This
in a nutshell, tells the story of the IN
:, yention of the Krag-J orgenson rihe, con
-! s;dered the most i deadly inr n al
4 weapon Of the present day.
II Major Bergh was a man It OF rem renaa aas
able physique lie was as.a the ;f gta9n aoW
. @ aad h horses ssS bodily H. could If
man with his right arm and str 81 g
him forth as most men would q "a 2 sac sac
inc as major in the armies OF the KIN
t that :" he received a commission as GOV
eminent !; haT TN 1h ne' + 4
m MARIA y. tfat .eapacity frome 1881
: 1873 when & he died: He constructe
! many Of tbs famous mountain road
( Of Norway. and sweden, and. these So e q
today pointed t 9 VIII "a p51affb am Worfd
/ Co. ~ Monument to Bergh. I
4 The monument shown herewith! We
S erected on the. highest mountain q u, =
Z Norway and beside it is a road the
ii was constructed under: the direction {
Major Bergh while he was an eng1naeee
= The monument is about twice as mig