The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-17
TEST OF CITIZENSHIP
MADE EXACTINC
FIVE WE'RE REFUSED AND
THIRTEEN PASSED YES
TERDAY,

OF Is men who were examined in
the circuit court yesterday for ad-
mission to citizenship, lS were pass
ed, while the applications Of the 9TH
er FIVE were either denied or dis
missed for the time being The eN-
aminations were as usual conducted |
BY the presiding Judge, but in this in
stance each examination was also
taken up when concluded by Judge
Mcbride and carried on ~ great de-
tail by Henry B. Hazard OF Seattle
an inspector Of the department OF
commerce and labor
The presence OF Mr.. Hazard was a
great surprise to the applicants, as it
is the FIRST time an inspector has been
present at the examination Of apph-
cants in Astoria. The Inspector in
each instance endeavored to see il
the applicant was properly qualified,
il his witnesses were citizens and had
known him the requisite fiye years, II
he was acquainted with the form OF
government that obtains in the
United States, and other like mat
tiers,
Some of the men were easily nom
plussed under the questions rapidly
fred at them. Following are few
Of the questions asked some OF the
men:
who is the vice-president of the
United Statesi
Who is the vice-president elect9
who makes the laws for the State
OF oregon?"
who makes laws for the United
States Of America?
"You are Norwegian by birth,
you say; in case Of war between this
country and that, would you take up
arms against Norway
The questions were sharp and in
cisive. Some Of them merely showed
how little prepared for citizenship
some of the applicants were; yet on
the other hand some of the applicants
made good showing
The application of Lars Holme;
was denied. II was shown that hH
witnesses were not even citizens o.
this country, and for this and Other
reasons the court deemed him unfit
and unprepared to prove his resi-
dence in this country for the re
lquisite FIVE years.
The applications of Emilius Ander,
son was dismissed; denial carries
taint Of reproach with it, while a dis
missal may merely mean that th'
applicant is lacking only in some
minor way. The name Of Erik Ahc
was changed by the court to Jacot
Jacobson. The application Of Victor
Smith was continued That of Swar
Oien was dismissed without preju
: dice That Of John Erickson Darmals
was dismissed, as the applicant il
now insane.
: For the applicants the examinations
constitutional quite an ordeal, as th'
presence Of the inspector was an un
expected factor. The court room wa!
extremely hot, too, for while it was
: warm and balmy outside, all th'
windows in the courtroom were shu
tight and the heat from the registers
poured into the room as if it were
zero day. The applicants were most
I1y men who live in the open air, ant
consequently dress warmly, and i
was not alone the examinations ina
made the sweat pour down thei
iheeks yesterday. Probably the hea
was an ordeal as great as the test
for some of them. Those admitted
were as follows:
/. Herman Ginzel, Carl Hedlund, Os
, car Nelson, Erick Person, Nils Mag
!, nus Magnussen, Sam Gunderson
Emanuel Lofgren, August Erickson
Jens Johan Hansen, Charles Hud
son, SEVERN Halsan, Oscar Ander
son, Gustaf Alfred Svensson, Herman
Slotte, John Francis Thorburn, Knut
Aage Benstrup, Robert Lindenbergei
S Andrew Johnson Mass, George Ed