Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-13


of F. Melius Christensen.
''Styrbjorn Starke" Dies.
John Hallgren, a groceryman
at Hershey, Pa, died last week
at the age of So years. 1t was
not as business man that Mr..
Hallgren had become known
among Swedes all over the Uni
ted States, but because of the
lyrics which he contributed to the
Swedish-American press under
the pseudonyme of "Styrbjorn
Starke". He also had published
a book of verse. Originally Mr..
Hallgren was a druggist and later
a chemist, and his renown as a
poet in his native language was
based Upon work done in hours
! which he snatched from his busy
everyday tasks.
Bast Gets Sympathy.
The episcopal council of the
Methodist Church, gathered last
week in Washington, D. c., for
it's semi-annual conference, adopt
ed resolution to the effect that
Anton Bast of Copenhagen, Den
mark Methodist bishop of Scan
dinavia who recently was found
guilty of fraud and sentenced to
spend three months in prison
may have been careless in the
handling of funds entrusted to
him by the public for charity
purposes, but, the resolution
says, morally he stands &C
Quilted. In newspapers just
arrived from Denmark it is point
ed out that other statements of
a similar tenor made by Amer
lean Methodists, had contributed
considerably to the unwillingness
of the Danish government to
grant him a pardon. His status
as a minister has not been
| definitely determined, but, &C
cording to Danish law, his con-
viction automatically unfrocks
him as a ministr in a church
recognized by that law.
Attained 1O2 Years.
Some ten weeks ago it was told
in these columns that Johan
Krog of Erickson, Manitoba, had
celebrated his 102nd birthday
Last week he died. He was born
in Trondhjem, Norway, in 1924,
came to Wisconsin in the 'fifties,
settling later in Lyon County,
Mimi, and in 1889 in Canada.
Almost to the day of his death
Johan Krog was able to read
without using glasses, and his
memory amazed many who came
to ask him about his experiences
as a pioneer in the United States
and in the British Dominion. He
died suddenly following an apo
plectic stroke.
Claims Estate.
Oscar Silfverstrahle of Fort
Worth, Tex, has left for Sweden
where he will attempt to claim
an estate which he maintains was
legally left to him by an uncle;
the will has been contested, but
Mr.. Silfverstrahle thinks that
documents of which he is in pos
session, clearly establishes his
rights. He is clerk in a depart
ment store in the southern city
and has been in the United
States since 1911. The value of
the estate to which he hopes to
be able to claim rightful owner
ship, is given as approximately
half a million kronor.
Herskind iii.
Johannes Herskind of Copen-
hagen, Denmark, who has been
touring Danish settlements in the
United States eight times since
1904, two weeks ago was reported
seriously ill in a clinic near his
home city. At the time of the
reports, he was expecting an ope-
ration, and his close friends ex-
pressed fear for the outcome.
In newspaper interviews Mr..
Herskind said that if he re-
covered, he would probably make
a ninth trip to America, for the
journeys he had made among his
countrymen on this side the At
lantic had given him the most
genuine pleasure of his entire
career as an actor and a concert
lsinger.
Will Compete.
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht
Club of New York is planning to
send six-meter yact, Lanai to
Norway to take part in the inter-
national regatta which will be
held off Hanke in July. The
v.oaoc,