Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-22
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVTANS
Continued from Page u
Had His Doubts

IN command OF the d1rlglble
Norge" which flew over the
North Pole, upon his arrival at
Bergen, Norway, publicly stated
that he did not think the later
Commander Robert E. Peary ever
actually was at the Pole land he
seemed to have his doubts that
Commander Byrd was there. The
statement contrasts sharply with
those of Roald Amundsen, who
repeatedly has asserted his con-
viction that the two Americans
were the first to ever reach the
North Pole.
LOwden's Danish Impressions
Ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden
of Illinois has left the Scandinav-
ian countries after a visit extend
ing over several weeks; one of
his observations made in Den
mark-at a dinner given by the
American Club of Copenhagen
was that the magnificent civiliza-
ton characterizing the Danish
farmer ought to be transplanted
to the United States; s'the Danes,
in my opinion" he said on reach
ing Hamburg, come nearer to
solving the agricultural problem
than any people in history, and
they have done it by cooperation
and education. The Danish far
mer is the best educated farmer
in the world, and the most pros
porous. He has learned how to
avoid exploitation by middlemen,
and urban population by coopera-
tion." Mr.. Lowden visited at the
Datum agricultural school near
Odense, and also was a guest at
the Askov folk high school day
or two before he left Denmark.
Married 63 Years -.#
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bramer of Mar
shalltown, Iowa, last week cele-
brated their sixty-third wedding
anniversary; they are natives of
Sweden, were married in that
country, and came to Iowa in,
1871, having made their home on
a farm near Marshalltown ever
since their arrival in America.
Mr.. Bramer is sc years old, his
wife three years younger.
Many American Visitors
Copenhagen newspapers con-
tain detailed accounts of the Wis
it's of numerous American bank
ers and American physicians in
the early part of July. Among the
bankers were Bernard w. Ford,
associate of Bond & Goodwin
& Tucker of San Francisco, Ray
Morris, one of the high officials
of Brown Brothers, Wall street,
New York. The bankers declared
that all their business with Den
mark during many years had.
been carried on in an extremely
satisfactory manner, and that
they had never found their Dan
ish connections defaulting in any
financial ALLEGATION. Among the
physicians were several skilled
specialists from eastern Ameri-
can cities, and clinics were ar
ranged in their honor. .
Plan Postponed ...
The plan, sponsored by the
Observation-Disclosures, of arrang-
ing for group visits of Norwegian
American children to Norway,
has been postponed. 1t had been
the hope of the organization to
make the initial arrangements
this year, but it was found that
the plan had been launched too
late in the season. There is said
to be widespread interest in the
project, and it is possible that
the first group, leaving next sum-
mer, will embrace between IS
and 100 children, instead of as
first thought, 80 or 35.
sr Gets Fat Check ,.:
Harold Peterson is young
Swede who for some time has
been selling "hot dogs" in Den
yer; in his spare hours he applied
himself to the solution of inter-
esting electrical problems, and
the result was that he construct
ed an electrical generator requir-
ing much less water power than
other generators. The Central
Illinois Light & Power Co. the.
other day bought the patent
from him, and sent him a check
for $138,000. He has deserted
his 'hot dog" stand in the Glitch
Gardens in Denver.
HtHINJEGE EG NCs .'"r-Es.s