Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-13
VOLUME XII.
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.


in connection with the unwilling
of the John Ericsson national
monument in Washington, D. c.,
May 20, is an exhibit comprising
a number of articles that at one
time belonged to the famous
Swedish inventor whose name
has perpetuated itself in Ameri-
can history because of his con-
struction of "the Monitor"
Among the objects of the exhibit
will be found a large number of
Ericsson's earliest machines, es-
pecially those for which he OBJ
tanned patent rights in the period
between 1887 and 1856; there
will also be models of the Fries
son propellers, his hot-air engine,
automatic pump, etc.
GeOrg Rander Dead.
Georg Rander, born at Helsin-
ger, Denmark in 1916, died at
the Danish Home for aged in
Brooklyn, N. Y, last week. He
was originally a sailor, later be-
came a shipping broker in Scot
land, where he resided for num-
Der of years, and in the latter
part of the nineteenth century he
came to the United States sett-
ling at Weehawken, N. j., where
he entered the real estate bust
ness field. Mr.. Rander was
elected justice of the peace of
his district and was also ap-
pointed recorder. He had been
conspicuously active in the social
life among his compatriots in
Greater New York and held var
ious prominent offices in So
cieties of which he was a mem
Der.
Sixty Years Old.
Last week, "Skandinaven"
Chicago, the oldest Norwegian
newspaper in the United States,
celebrated it's sixtieth anniver-
sary The paper which is pub
lisbed in weekly, semi-weekly
and daily editions, was founded
in May, 1866, by the late John
Anderson whose sons now are
the owners of the plant. Victor
Lawson who later became the
publisher of the Chicago Daily
News, was associated with John
Anderson during the earliest
days of ''Skandinaven'. The
paper has for years enjoyed a
wide circulation, and has been a
prominent factor in the work
carried on for upholding Nor
wegian ideals and culture in the
United States. ]. Chr. Benson
has for years been the editor of
"Skandinaven".
Gustaf Hultqvist Dead.
Gustaf Hultqvist, former city
engineer in Oskarshamn and So
derhamn, Sweden, died in Stock
holm a few days ago. Because
- of his deep interest in choral
singing and of his leadership OF
some of the best singing societies
in Sweden, Mr.. Hultqvist was
affecticnately known as "Sveriges
saangargeneraP'. In 1924 he
visited the United States as one
of the two Representatives of the
Swedish Singers League to the
singing festival given in Chicago
by the Swedish Singers League
of America.
New Pear Experiments.
At the suggestion of Niels
Ebbesen Hansen, a native of
Denmark, who is the head of the
gardening department of the
state school of agriculture at
Bookings, S. D., Is acres of soil
have been added to the fields
of the experimental orchard at
Watertown, S. D. Mr.. Hansen
whose internationally known
speciality is the cultivation of al
Philippians to develop several
new pear varieties with which he
has been experimenting for some
time past.
To Norway in 1880.
The st. Olaf choir of North
field, Mimi, is planning to tour
Norway in the year 1880 when
that country will celebrate the
ninth centennial Of the inaugura-
ton of Christianity. and also the
martyr death of King Saint Olaf
at Stiklestad. The choir issrated
as the most famous college or
ganization of it's kind in the
United States, and has on a for