Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-09
IN FAR N0RTHLAND
important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North, Sc
tected for seandinaviars and
Their Descendants
BY MARTIN CDLkND.
Norway.

| Norway.
A dispatch from New York says that
four Norwegian bankers arrived there
recently. They were leading fnan-
ciers Of Christiania and Bergen. Upon
their arrival one Of them. Emil So
plus Dahl, said Eve are here indI-
virtually To better the financial ar
rangements between Norway and the
| United States. Immense purchases by
the SOrwegians have been made In the
| United States since the war started,
and they must be paid for. There Is
one item alone of S2OO,OOO.OO0 for
ships In this country for Nerwegians.
Then there have been purchases of
| railroad stocks, iron and steel. Nor
way has been obliged to buy In this
| country many things she formerly
bought In Germany. There were seven
| Norwegian steamship masters on the
Bermensfjord who will take over ves-
| sells built In this country for various
| Norwegian firms. Capt. Hialmar T.
Bryde In going to Seattle to look after
| seven vessels of 1900 tons each built
there and two vessels of 1900 tons
each built In San Francisco. Capt.
Gabriel Hofgaard. formerly with the
William Cramp Il Sons Ship and En-
CINE Building company Of Philadelphia,
came representing four Norwegian
shipbuilders to take over four $500
ton vessels being built In Philadelphia.
Portland. Ore, and Seattle Capt.
Ole Fred Hansen Is on his way to
Japan To take over steamships pur-
chased there by Sorwegians. His wife
and daughter are travelling with him.
| Captain Hofgaard said that NOrwe-
CLANS do not believe there can be any
slump In shipping for year after the
| war. even Ii IL should be abruptly ter
minated.
Among the numerous fishermen who
have made more than good wages dur
Ing the war were two young fellows.
who met a Jewish peddler on the
steamer carrying them back from Fin
marken to milder climes. The peddler
| wanted to sell watches to them and
| offered them substantial timepieces
with or without gilt edges. The fish
| ermen took Il glance at the goods and
told the peddler that IL he had only
such junk" as that he might as well
throw the whole outfit into the sea.
The Jew bent his head to one side and
| said: Dear me, maybe you want gold
| watchesr' Ii did not take him long
| to produce solid gold watches costing
several hundred kroner. why. this
/ is the stun tn offer IA fellow" said one
| of them, and they selected heavy gold
| watches, threw their old ones into the
sea. snapped the new ones to the ends
of the chains, paid for the goods with
II number Of hundred-kronerb bills, and
walked away as though nothing had
happened.
| II Is reported from Winnipeg that
Christian I-eden, famous Morse ex-
plorer, has just reached that city after
three years passed among the Eskimos
in the shadow of the North pole Leden
obtained valuable collection OF speci-
mems for the Royal museum at Chris
tiania and the Victoria museum at OF
| tawa. His expenses were shared by
the king and queen of Norway and
the Canadian geological survey. The
Eskimos are peaceable, he says, but
are vindictive If mistreatad. He says
the North American Esklmos speak
the same language MS those of Green
land. where he has made extensive
explorations.
A Morse Banking institution. known
as the Scandinavian Trust Company of
| America, will soon be established In
New York. 1t will have capital
Of S2,5ooooo, and will be established
by syndicate of Norwegian banks.
the principal of which are the Central
Bank OF Norway and the Norwegian
Credit bank. The purpose of the new
bank will be to facilitate business be-
tween Norway and the United States,
and the institution Is cordially well
coined In America.
| A syndicate has been organized In
Trondhjem for building tramway
from the city to the beautiful noun
tain known as Fjeldsater. The line
will pass through many romantic To-
calities,
The American athletes, who have
been touring Europe, engaging In con-
tests with European athletes, were VIC
torious over the Norwegian athletes
at the contest held recently. The
Americans won all but one event.
|
4 tourist and information office will
be opened In the United States-pre-
sumahly at New York-by the Norwe-
gian state railways. and one of their
representatives Engineer Rasmussen.
Is now In this country with that pur-
pose I'm ysnw Similar offices have