Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-06-24
Important Events IN Sweden.
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
interesting items From the Three
Great Kingdoms OF the North So
lected for Scandinavians and
Their Descendants.
by MARTIN w. oDLANO.
Norway.

Telelaget. the society of Telemark
ings In America, will at its annual
meeting this month, take up the Ques-
ton OF starting movement 10 erect q
monument In honor of Aasmund OLAF
son Ninje on the campus Of Park Re-
gion Lurther college, situated Mt Fer
gus Falls. Minnesota. The monument
will take the form OF life-size statue
OF the great poet. erected on huge
pedestal, and will cost between $3,0O0
and $1,000. The statue will be re-
plica of the statue to be erected at
Skien, the principal city of Telemar-
ken. Norway, where vinje was born.
II will be work of real art. executed
by Gustav vigeland or utsond, the
famous Morse scnlptors. and will be
equal. If not superior. to any statue
hitherto erected by Norwegians Of
America in honor of great Norsemen.
A. A. Trovaten, president OF Tele.
laget. and Torkel Oftelie. the Sagas-
kriver, are two of the enthusiastic adj
vocates OF the proposed vinje statue.
and there Is little doubt but that the
society will reach favorable decision.
as Vinje Is the idol OF all Telemark-
ings of America, and Ii is certain that
the money can be raised II Ia pecu-
liarly appropriate that the statue
should be erected at Fergus Falls. as
that city is becoming one OF the Gen.
tiers Of Morse culture in the northwest
and 1t was near Fergus Falls that Olaf
o. Vinje, the poets only brother. lived
for over thirty years. and several OF
his descendants reside at or near the
city.
| 1t Is reported from Stavanger that
Alfred Ellenberg Salvesen. a Morse en-
! gineer in China, has recently been
awarded the decoration of the Chinese
order Chiao-Ho by President Yuan
| Shi Kali Salvesen Is the son Of Cap
tain Salvesen Of Time and Ii thirty.
one years old. He was educated In
Germany as electrical engineer and
| studied wireless telegraphy. A couple
of years ago he was sent by the Tele-
funken company TO China to make
| wireless installations there. Since his
arrival there he has erected IA great
and at Marking he established a
school for the instruction of Chinese
| officers In wireless telegraphy. He
| has had over 100 officers as his pupils,
4 who are now distributed all over
China. II is in recognition of his serv-
1 frng in ustr al hot tho
| Chinese government has awarded him
| the recent honors. Until recently Sal
vesen has been in the service of the
| Telefunken company, but now he has
| entered the service of the Chinese gov.
eminent.
A Christiania news report says that
| decorations of the order of ST. Olaf
have recently been awarded to Mrs
| Fredrikke Marie Qvam, who was made
| knight of the first class, and Trygve
Gran, who was made knight of the
| second class. Mrs. Qvam was the or
ganizer In 1896 of the Norwegian Wo
mans Sanitation society and has rem.
| dered her country great service in i'm.
proving hygienic conditions through
out the land. Lieutenant Gran is the
Morse military aviator who last July
80 few across the North sea from
Peterhead. Scotland, to the Jaederen
coast Of Norway, thereby setting the
worlds record of $50 kilometers for
continuous fight over water.
Another expedition to the Yenesi
| river region of Siberia will be fitted
| out In Norway this summer. For sew.
eral years past such an expedition has
| been sent forth from Norway every
| summer and much valuable informa-
ton concerning the inhabitants of that
region has been gathered. Two years
| ago the distinguished Doctor hansen
| accompanied the expedition 1t Is ex-
| pected that this years expedition will
| be even more successful than any of
| it's predecessors, the conditions being
| exceptionally favorable, so 1t Is said.
| The ice situation is better known and
the new wireless stations established
by the Russian government will be
| OF great assistance.
Miss Abbott, a wealthy American
| lady, who has been spending part OF
each year In Norway, has provided In
| her will that upon her death her villa
| at Balhoim shall become the property
| Of the Red Cross society. However,
| II must not be used as hospital and
| therefore about the only use the So
| ciety can make of 1t will be as a place
| of recreation for nurses.
The var insurance bureau O. Nor.
| way has given out statement which
| says that Norway has lost twenty
| vessels of all classes since the war
broke out The value OF these vessels
is placed at 100000 crowns, or
about 81 800, 900. But in spite of this
heavy loss, Norway has profited more
than she has lost, go far as commerce
is concerned, for Morse ships have
| been kept exceedingly busy transport,
| ing goods at high rates, and the fish.
| ernen have sold vast quantities OF
their products at fabulous prices.