The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
y FRANCES MARSHALL,

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4, .hs oliye branch it is derived
a. ~ Srst name Oliver, Olivia and
sriNes peace. Yet the best
s'as gssrsr OF the name, to English
~ neople at least, is Old Iron.
5 e2s stsrn lighting Oliver Cromwell
\. r,s lord protector of the common
"A n England, Scotland and Ire
t; :.,ss three hundred years ago. To
Esrs the next Oliver in order of
&. i Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of
~ a 1872, whose message after
,.,t1s N Lake Erie-"We have met
ssmy' and they are ours''-is one
IA historic battle messages of the
II Moreover. the name owes its
'.Srity TO Olaf-a scandinavian
q meaning ancestors relic-borne
:. laso rime of warrior kings.
4 min who first made the name
y popular, one of the heroes of
..ysl times, was one of the twelve
:.{ia of valadins Of Charlemagne S
His tenacity and endurance as
<r,;or gave rise to the popular say
/ "a Roland for an Oliver which
ia dsy means to give as good value
= receive. The saying is founded
~ 6ye davs contest between Oliver
ie,oiher mediaeval hero. the giant
N n which neither for a moment
8 advantage over the other.
N fssi famous Oliver, whose war
4 5,tds we're sung all over Europe,
.aally named Olaf, a name already
IA north, which was rendered IN
In Europe sometimes by the
1.iiDsyian Anlaf or Olaf, sometimes
~ latin Oliver. III ever there
4 4 name Of warlike significance, 1t
f,tis same northern Olaf.
1hf I, Trygvasson, who died in 1000,
BIB was king of Norway from 995,
ID Of the most picturesque of all
{ afly fighters OF Scandinavia. With
nafher, his foster father and his
n bfother, he was captured by the
Es when he was fleeing from enc
! ii Sweden. The father was too
/ b command a price in the market,
RRls killed, but Olaf's mother, his
VI brother and he himself were sold
f1rs. The two boys brought as
q pnee big ram, and were later
\ for > coat and cape, and Olaf
Iats good hands and was treated
y. One day his uncle found him,
Eni,ed him, brought him and his
e brother and took them home
=, but commanded them 10 keep
3 birth and identity secret.
lttle Olaf was already brave and
rits, and regardless of his uncle s
ALTON he slew the viking who had
rIy killed his foster father and told
y one who he was. The penalty for
al1lng The public peace. as murder
allied IN those DAYS, was death, but
r7ten lnterceded for the boy. took
n1er her care and educated him as
~ec 9 kings son, in arms and
oI strength. When he was II
o!d, Olaf was given ships and
q he own, and set out TO roam the
. viking.
- years later, when Olaf was 25,
asN te Ireland and was there chos,
!M her husband by Gyda. the
ana beautiful sister Of the Irish
q as Gyda's husband, Olaf was
;es Christian, and later. when
~ ssised the government of Nor,
md become Norwegian king, he
We introduction of Christianity
lls subjects,
= Tas q drowned in battle against
y ,no mobiles who Joined the
saa swedes to depose him. But
ps legend, cherished by his ad.
slat he escaped death in the
sa ashore and finally wandered
ss.lne, where he lived for many
!ssn as a hermit.
AZ &S another fighting Olaf, sur
.ue saint or the Great, who fin.
4. -I oarlstianlzing Of Norway. He
I,;, 'sughty, impulsive boy, with
a -, ana the proveribal hot temper
y. E -, with II. Like Olaf l., he
IA yu' M az viking when he was IL
~ IN mnen be was 20. in 10l5, h
a n ''sii master of Norway as
nv rS'ss -, me work of Christianizine
AZ Il. Sy.ai II. used the only means
ass l'S end known to men of his
"a tbs b,see. When his subjects ac.
\ apa 'ru :, new teachings peacefully,
q s,fossvoa svoa' When they refused them
eeo them with sword and ar
~ ..leo IN an attempt to rccov