Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-03-18
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.


ing People From the
North.
In accordance with the author
ity imposed upon him, President
Coolidge has raised the import
duty on Danish butter 10 cents
per pound. In the proclamation
accompanying the presidents an
nouncement to that effect, he as
serts that Investigations have re-
vealed the fact that Denmark is
Americas most influential and
most dangerous rival in the field
of butter production and sale on
the world market.
John Olesen Dead.
John Olesen, a former sailor,
who for about forty years served
as bailiff of courts in Chicago,
died last week after having been
ill for a few days. He was a ma
tive of Egersund, Norway, and
came to Chicago at the age OF Is;
for ten years as a seaman and Tor
fifteen years as a skipper, he
piled the Great Lakes, hauling
lumber. In 1886, however, Ole
son went ashore, and became
a bailiff in various courts. Chief
Justice Harry Olson said of him:
HE could give orders-and did
to thousands of jurymen. And
he could take orders from super
iors but insisted on having them
official. And he minded his own
business. z .-.--
Barometer Well Liked.
The United States department
of agriculture is at the present
time conducting negotiations
with a Swedish concern for the
purpose of purchasing the rights
to make use of an aneroid baron
eter, inyented by. LzPaulin. a
Swedish civil engineer. The
Washington authorities have al
so asked Mr., Paulin to construct
special barometers to- give frost
warnings in the fruit districts OF
California, and, likewise, to adj
lust barometers to foretell tor
nadoes in what is known as the
cyclone belt of the United States.
Separated 81 Years. -.
Peter Moore-whose real name
is Peter M9ller-is a former sal
lor who has. piled the seven seas
of the world and who now is an
inmate of the poor farm of Los
Angeles county. Through the
merest accident the fact was re-
vealed that he is a brother of
Matthias P. M9ller, famous organ
builder of Hagerstown, Mary
land, and the two brothers who
had not seen each other since
Peter went away from Denmark
81 years ago, are to meet In
Maryland in the near future
There are plenty of reasons to
assume that the old sailor will
not return to the Californian poor
farm.
X. A. Won Lehnsburg Dead.
Karl A. Won Lehnsburg, 81
year old, died last week In Sc
attic, Wash. He was born in the
Hinnaryd district of Smaaland,
Sweden, was for some time a
Methodist minister, travelled ex-
tensively through Europe and
Africa; was for four years cura-
tor of an archaeological museum in
Jerusalem, and came to America
ten years ago. For some time
he. was writer on the staff of
Svenska Canada Tidningen and
the sefni-monthly Forum in Win
nipeg; the last two or three
years he eked out a living as the
author of religious pamphlets.
Karl Dane the Dane.
For some time the movie"
public has been familiar with a
star" known as Karl Dane, but
until last week it had not been
generally known that he was
what his stage name Indicated
a native of Denmark. "Bien" in
San Francisco has, however dis
covered that his real name is
Karl Gottlieb; that his home city
is Aarhus, Denmark, and that he
came to the United States eight
years ago, gradually emerging
from the status of poultry raiser
to that of a Hollywood star of
very respectable magnitude.
Is 1O2 Years Old.
Three miles north of Erickson,
Manitoba, lives Johan Krog who
is a02 years old and considered
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