Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-29
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Farmers and other residents OF
the Aalen district near Roros,
Norway, have elected commit
tee to go to Canada for the pur-
pose of ascertaining what oppor-
tunities that Dominion may offer
a large number of Aalen people
who now are contemplating leav-
ing their homes. Economic con-
ditions in their part of Norway
have for several years been very
depressing, and as there seems to
be no indication of any improve
ment, it was thought advisable
to find out how Canadian con-
ditions are. Most of the pros
pective emigrants would have
preferred to go to the United
States, but the quota for the dis
tricts here involved has been ex-
hausted.
1t Does Pay to Advertise.
Gustaf Hallbom, a bank presi-
dent of Chicago, who, according
to his name seems to be a Swede
himself, during a visit to Stock
holm a few days ago made the
announcement that Swedes are
not by nature business men.
''They do not understand how to
ADVERTISE, he told newspaper
correspondent, and, to illustrate
his point he called attention to
the fact that Swedish canned
goods" which are perhaps the
best in the world"-are practi-
cally unknown in the United
: States.
sDutch" Anderson's Insurance.
A Rochester. N. Y, attorney
has gone to Muskegon, Mich, to
identify the body of Dutch"
Anderson, a bandit killed there
several months ago. It is at the
request of Danish insurance
company that the jurist has made
the trip, for it is claimed that
the real name of Dutch" was
Ivan Dahl; that his mother still
lives in Denmark, assuming that
her son is prosperous American
business man. The deceased ban
dit, if he is identical with Ivan
Dahl, the Dane, was heavily in
sured in the company mentioned
above and had made his mother
the beneficiary of the policy.
Enthusiastically Greeted.
The United New York Singers
an organization of Norwegian
choral singers in Greater New
York-who are touring Norway
are meeting with most enthusiast
tic expressions of welcome and
appreciation wherever they ap-
pear in concerts. in Norwegian
cities. This enthusiasm is so
much the more remarkable as
the territory had been toured
earlier in the summer by the Nor
rwegian singers of the Pacific
coast, but it seems, according to
cabled correspondence from Os-
10, that the people of Norway
can never hear or see too much of
the Norwegian singers from
across the Atlantic.
Pastor Retires.
Johannes Telleen, D. D., of Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, has retired
from active work as minister
in the Swedish Angustana Luth-
eran synod because of the fact
that he will be 80 years old on
August 1. DR.. Telleen, who was
born in Sweden, began his ac-
tivity as a minister in 1865 and
has served number of congrega-
tons in the East as we'll as in
the Middle West. He was thought
to be, at the time he announced
that he was retiring, the oldest
active clergyman in the August
ana Synod.
Helmar Andersen Dead.
Helmar Andersen, a civil en-
gineer of Chicago, died last week
AZ years old. He was born at Os-
10, Norway, and had received his
technical training at schools in
his native country. In 1904 he
came to the United States, and
during the last IA years he was
affiliated with the bridge con-
struction department of the city
of Chicago. Mr.. Andersen was
highly esteemed by his colleagues
and he was very active member
of number of Norwegian organ
izations in Chicago.
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