Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

The chemistry prize awarded by
the Swedish Nobel Institute for the
greatest achievement during 1926 will
go to Professor Theodor Svedberg OF
the University of Upsala, Sweden.
This savant who acquired an inter-
national reputation long ago, was
lecturing guest professor at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1928. Incl
dentally, it is not very often that the
Nobel prizes are awarded to Swedes,
probably for fear that prejudice is
being shown since the founder of the
immense fortune the interest of which
is being spent for the Nobel awards,
himself was a Swede.
B3rglum OH the Job.
Gutzon B0rglum, an American
sculptor of national fame, who is the
son of Danish immigrants, now re-
leases an announcement to the effect
that the mountain monument on
which he is at work in the Black
Hills near keystone, S. D., will be
ready for unwilling in August, 1927.
The monument will include four fig
ures, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
and Roosevelt, each of which is to be
60 feet high The monument also
will include an historical tablet out
lining the most conspicuous events
during the life of each of these pres
idents. The cost of the entire mon
ument, including the tablet, will be
in the neighborhood of 100000.
Amundsen Coming.
Roald Amundsen who flew across
the North Pole in an aixship last
spring, is now on his way from Nor
way to the United States, and it is
announced that he will deliver a SER
les of lectures. Apparently the orig
inal plan has been changed, for it
was formerly announced that Capt.
Amundsen would come to America to
spend vacation with his friend,
Lincoln Ellsworth, in Colorado, and
that the lecturing about the Norge"
trip was to be done by Amundsen's
right-hand man, Lieutenant H. Rii-
ser-LarSen.
Has Disappeared.
Ingvald Key Rasmussen of Geneva
Terrace, Chicago, has disappeared
from his home, and it is feared that
he has committed suicide although
the reasons for such step are not
apparent Mr. Rasmussen is a nep-
hew of the famous Swedish woman's
champion and sociological writer, FL
len Key, who died early this summer,
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Rasmussen. He is q years old and
has for some time been employed in
the Santa Fe railway offices, Chicago,
as craftsman. Relatives have
asked the police authorities to SUI
pervise the search for the young man.
Want "Leif Eriksson''
Articles in orwegian-American
newspapers emphasize the desir-
ability of acquiring by purchase the
small vessel, ''Leif Ericsson which a
few weeks ago followed the Left
Ericsson route across the Atlantic
ocean. The boat went all the way
from Bergen to Philadelphia, and at
tempts are now to be made to secure
it, Rumor has it that the vessel can
be bought for $4,000, and it is intim-
ated that this amount will be sub
scribed among Minneapolis citizens
of Norwegian birth and descent so
that the boat may be sent to that
city for permanent exhibition.
Dead at Tacoma.
Erik William Eden of Dubuque,
Iowa, died last week at Tacoma,
Wash, where he was visiting with
his brothers. He was born in a viii
lage near Stockholm, Sweden, 63
years ago, and came to the United
States with his parents when he was
z years old. The family located at
Lansing, Iowa and later moved to
Caledonia MINI. Mr.. Eden came to
Dubuque when he was a young man,
and early became affiliated with a
railroad company in whose service
he worked until a few years ago fail
ing in health compelled him to retire.
H. c. Andersen Society.
A movement is on foot to organize
a Has Christian Andersen society
in this country, the dual purpose be-
ing to promote study of Andersen's
writings, and to collect a fund for
the construction of suitable build
ing to house all Andersen relics now
at his native city of Odense, Den
mark. Julius Moldenhawer, for many
wears one of the foremost dairymen
of America, now living at West Hart
ford, Conn.,, is the leader of the move
ment. So far, there has been no
published Indication on the part OF
the civic authorities of Odense that
a building for museum purposes is
needed, as the childhood home OF the
great fairy-tale writer is still kept
intact. and used as an Andersen mu-
scum.
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