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failed to appear at Union Station
as originally scheduled, but it was
standing at attention at the Dis
trict Building when the motor
calvacade reached its destination
However, O brewery truck with q
1ve-piece jazz band backed ur
to the station plaza and rendered
slightly offkey. Take Me Out tc
the Ball Game" and Happy Day.
Are Here Again"
Players Appear Embarrassed.
The players seemed surprised
and somewhat embarrassed at the
reception, grinnins shyly at ont
another and at their wives wht
met them and rode behind the
open-top cars in gold-paintec
sedans. Photographers swarmec
over the place and, after swapping
Kuhel and Mr.. Griffith together
were delighted when the Nats
picked up Kuhel and rode him on
their shoulders.
The parade marshal was Mr.
Griffith. riding in the lead car
with Kuhel and Mr.. Mcdonald
In difference to the weather. how
ever, Mr.. Griffith insisted on sit
ting in the front seat next to the
driver, thereby receiving the pro-
lection Of the windshield.
In the second car rode Secretary
Edward B. Eynon. jr., secretary OF
the ball club; Ossie Bluege. direc-
tor Of the Mats farm system: Vice
President Calvin Grifith and
Broadcaster Bob Wolf. The third
bore Travelling Secretary Bill Rob-
ertson and the three baseball writ
ers assigned to the club. Burt
Hawkins Of The Star. Bob Addie
of the Times Herald and Shirley
Povich of the Post. Each was in
Itroduced by Mr.. Mcdonald at the
District Building.
The motorcade went from the
station down Louisiana avenue TO
Pennsylyania avenue and then to
the District Building.
Hailed ut Sylvan Theater.
Although the Mats are no higher
than fourth place In the American
| League standing. they were hailed
|as q far different ball club from
that which blew II OF its first
IA games and compiled q seven-
game losing streak. Two weeks
ago they were In last place.
Following the District Building
ceremonies, the Mats adjourned
to the Sylvan Theater on the
Monument Grounds to be well
coined by 1000 newspaper carrier
boys attending Nationwide saw
|ings bond drive.
On the teams arrival ut the
Sylvan Theater, the entire crowd
rose to its feet In a rousing well
come.
Mr.. Mcdonald called the players
|by name. and each one walked
across the stage to bursts Of ap-
|plsuse. Several carrier boys
sneaked behind the stage. pencil
and paper in hand. for autographs
Carriers Disappointed Again.
Manager Kuhel, pleading weari-
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n o home where there IL no
margin for emergencies and where
the constant struggle 10 make ends
meet results In an atmosphere Of
Insecurity and instability"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Unique Savings
Campaign Begun
BySwedish Youth

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish
Government is taking active in
terest i'm largescale publicity
campaign inaugurated on Septem-
Der Is by the Youth Committee
of the Peoples Savings Campaign
for the purpose of getting Swe-
den's 100000 wage earners be-
tween Is and 25 voluntarily to set
aside 10 percent of their gross
earnings as regular savings.
The annual income of this age
group totals kr. 000,000,000,
which would mean additional saw
ings of Kr 20O,OO0,OO0 (S40,O0O.-
900, per annum. Regular weekly
savings OF kr. from the age of
16 would give the individual party
a capital fund of Kr. 4.316 at the
age of 25.
Given Unanimous support
All Swedish youth organiza-
tons have declared their willing
ness to cooperate in the scheme.
Similarly, the Federation of Swe-
dish Labour the Association of
Administrative Employees as well.
as farmers organizations have
indicated their support. The Swe--
dish Employers Federation 8
counselling it's members to attend
to the necessary administrative de-
tails in deducting 10 percent of the
wages actually earned for deposit.
to the workers credit in a special
savings account. The Postal Saw.
ings Bank as well as commercial
banks will grant the current rate
of interest of 2.5 percent on these
savings. A motion for the provision
of a further one percent by the
State on the total amount thus
saved, credited in proportion to
each individual account. will be-
tabled in the Riksdag's next ses-
sion.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Scandinavian Pioneer OF Northwest Tells Life Story
BY Jack Henson

native of Sweden who left home 70 years ago to
dig gold not only accumulated good worldly wealth
on the Olympic peninsula but enduring brought
smiles of pleasure to hundreds of Port Angeles children
When K o. Erickson built and equipped Erickson playfie
four and gave it and it's fund Angeles
Tor the citys children, he showing his gratitude to his
home community He made shrew investment that pay
ing dividends in childish laughter and carefree fun
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both Indians and whites in those
days. He put in a stock of gene
raj merchandise, traded for furs,
and shipped mink, sea and land
otter skins to the st. Louis fur
market. He also bought and sold
Indian basket work.
Supplies were carried between
Seattle and the trading post by a
sailing schooner that anchored in
the lea of the big rock at the
site of the present river mouth.
Indians handled the goods to and
from the schooner in their canoes.
At one time Erickson had his own
sailing craft but it was wrecked.
The river mouth in those days,
the pioneer recalls, emptied into
the Pacific ocean through the pres
ent sand spit near Rialto beach.
Business Was Good
Rivers were the highways then,
and canoes were the freight and
passenger carriers. Mora, on the
Quillayute, was the key point for
transportation on the Soleduck,
Bogachiel and Calawah rivers, all
tributary to the Quillayute. Sc
la-lop, near Forks prairie on the
Bogachiel river, was the landing
place for that new settlement and
much of the back country. Erick-
son soon had branch stores at
Forks, Bogachiel and LaPush.
Three hundred homesteaders
were around Ozette lake early in
the COS, so Erickson sailed a
schooner around Cape Flattery to
Sandy point, near the mouth of
the Ozette river He built a ware
house on the beach there and
Indian canoes carried his stock
of merchandise to his new ware
house.
He also acquired 80 acres of
land at the head of Lake Ozette
near the river outlet, and Indian
packers carried his goods from
the beach to the new trading post.
The beach warehouse was near
Cape Alava, the most westerly
point of the continental United
States, where he owned land.
Mora became quite an import
ant settlement, with a postoffice
and a number of buildings. Erick-
son was named u. S. commission
er and registrar, serving II years.
In 1906 he was elected county
commissioner. He served two
terms, for a total of six years,
and was chairman of the board
the last two years. AS commits
sioner, Erickson started a road
program that he carried
out during the years he was in
office.
Erickson recalls that the Theo-
iore Rixon railroad survey party
had it's Olympic Peninsula head
quarters at Mora. From there
were carried to their far
away camps by canoes and Indian
packers.
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Extension of the boundary of
the Olympic National Fores
forced many west end settlers
from their homes, Erickson de-
clares, and he could see no fu-
ture for the area, so he moved
to Port Angeles in 1912. National
forest boundaries were shrunk la
ter to their present size, the old
timer recalls.
Some years after Erickson
moved from Mora that area be-
came part of the federal coastal
strip. Little remains of the once
thriving little settlement
Moves to Port Angeles
In Port Angeles Erickson bought
and operated the D. w. Morse gro
Gerry store on Front street. He
also bought and sold real estate
and handled insurance. Represent
ing the Pacific Savings and Loan
Company of Tacoma on the Pc
ninsula, Erickson learned the saw
ings and loan business and on
March l, 1928, organized the Port
Angeles Savings and Loan Asso-
citation, which he headed for 20
years.
Many buildings in Clallam and
jefferson counties, We're erected
with funds loaned on his recon-
mendation, he says.
An Odd Fellow more than 40
years, K. o. has occupied all the
chairs in that hodge
He is a life member of the Elks,
Masons and Shrine lodges.
Mrs. Erickson died II years ago.
A son, Kenneth Erickson, and his
three sons live in Port Angeles
A daughter, Mrs. Sybil Morgan,
and her son in Los Angeles, Calf
The Erickson home has been at
234 East Tenth street for the
past 81 years. 1t is almost a
mile downtown, but X. o. walks
it almost every day, getting on the
job at 9 or 9:15 a. m. He gives
personal attention to extensive
interests and keeps bu-
sy all day long.
Sums Up Life
Erickson has crowded many me-
morable experiences in the more
than 20 years since he left his
home in Sweden on a sailing boat,
to chase the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow in far away
places.
AS a boy and youth he was
often hungry. ragged and tired.
Those days instilled in him the
virtues of frugality and temperate
living, and appreciation of a haven
Of financial security.
Summing up his gifts to the
children of Port Angeles, X. o.
says:
Il am going to do more for
the kids. 1t is a pleasant sight
10 see the youngsters enjoying
themselves on the field with the
swings and other play devices. and
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and told him to go back home
But the lad had heard of gold
in The Murray river bed, and with
his shovel walked three days. He
found the river dry and no gold
in sight.
Back from Murray river, walk
ing along the road hungry and
tired, he took on job with a
Scotch sheep farmer. The pay
and food were poor, and after
three or four months there he
returned to Melbourne. He had
been in Australia year and found
no gold, so he worked his way
to New Zealand on an American
sailing schooner. There he found
that gold was all in quartz, with
none to be dug by a Swedish boy.
To California
From New Zealand, Erickson
worked his way to San Diego,
Calf, on a sailing ship and from
there, by various stages, to the
Sacramento valley, scene of the
famous 1S49 gold strike. But he
found the days of digging for
placer gold were over. Even the
dumps left by the forty-niners
had been worked over by Chi
neSe.
The boy went to work in a San
Francisco furniture factory for a
dollar per 12-hour day, and board
ed himself. He went to night
school and remained on the job
until 1884
1t was in 1884 that Erickson
first saw Seattle from the deck
of a sailing ship that carried lum-
Der to San Francisco from Port
Gamble The Yesler sawmill was
on the Seattle water front, with
the workers bunkhouses cluster
ed around it. Logs for the mill
came from woods in what is now
the heart of the city. City streets
were saWdust to cover the mud
in the winter, and dust in the
summer.
Returning to San Francisco as
a crew member of the sailing ship,
Erickson remained there until
1888, when he heard of a gold
strike in Alaska.
He came north again, but missed
the sailing of the monthly north
bound boat from Seattle. But he
heard of land that might be home
steaded, and was told plenty of
it was available in the Olympic |
peninsula wilderness.
Takes Up Homestead
At the Seattle land office Erick- |
son filed on a homestead on the |
Quillayute river, where the Dickey |
river empties into the larger
stream. He went to Pysht on the |
little nj a il steamer Discovery. |
Landing on the beach at Pysht,
he slept that night in a barn
owned by a man named Crawford, |
caretaker for the Merrill-Ring
Company, owners of the surround
ing timber land.
Few trails cut the wilderness
of western Clallam county IN
1888, so Erickson followed the
Pysht river up into the hills, cut
across the hill to the Soleduck
river and followed that stream
down to where it and the Boga-
chiel form the Quillayute river.
was haroh sometimes in
the rivers and sometimes in the
brush along the banks.
Reaching his claim, Erickson
built cabin on the west side of
the Dickey river on the banks
of the Quillayute. The Indians,
he recalls, did not want him to
S ettle along the Quillayute, in
their hunting and fishing area,
but they failed to brighten him
away.
He named his new home Mora.
after that far away birthplace in
Sweden. The young man started
buying sealskins from the Indians
and selling them to the Hudson's
Bay Company at Victoria. Palagic
sealing was big industry among
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31
Cooperative Laundries in Dem

mark. - An interesting feature of
the growth of the cooperative
movement is the development Of
cooperative laundries. Before the.
end of the year, Denmark viii
have built and in operation twelve
such plants. Additional eight are
being put up. The present pop
ular demand would require thirty.
and that number should be in op-
Grafton, it is expected, by the end
of 1851
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and chance to play he never had
as child. When he was the age
OF many of these children he
was sailing before the mast on
deep-sea ships, often ill-clad and
poorly fed.
1t is something that could hap
pen only in America-that child
born in a foreign land, with
nothing but his own initiative,
could rise through hard work and
native shrewdness to a position
in which he could make so many
little Americans happy.
Born On Farm
Born on a farm at Mora, Swe-
den in 1864, Erickson was one
of a family of six children. He
signed on as cabin boy on a DAN
ish brig before he was 10 years
old. Leaving his farm home for
a seaport town, he boarded the
Danish brig to work for a pound
a month, waiting on the captain
and keeping his quarters clean.
The urge to go to sea arose
from the boys dreams of gold
digging in California, Australia
and New Zealand. He had read
of the gold strikes a. few years
previously. The youngster thought
if he could get to those far-off
places he could start digging and
Become rich.
When the brig ended its voyage
at Shields, England, young Erick-
son went over the high brick wall
that surrounded the dockyard,
with his worldly possessions tied
in a handkerchief. He did not
know that sharp glass was en-
bedded in the top of the wall. He
was badly cut and his clothes
torn.
Staying in the shadow of the
wall until daylight, the little gold
seeker went to boarding house
operated by a Swedish couple
named Anderson. He had not
money, and could speak no Eng
fish. He was bleeding and tat
tered.
The Andersons said they would
get him on a ship sailing to Aus
tralia, and helped him sign on
as apprentice on a full-rigged
British ship. He got no advance
of pay, as customary, and went
aboard the ship with only the
clothes he wore.
Meets Kindly Mate
Aboard the sailing ship, Erick-
son was a member of the watch
of a kindly English mate who
took his part, taught him seaman
ship and English and gave him
clothes.
when l started thinking of do
ing something for the children
here my thoughts went back to
that old English mate of the first
big ship I served on Erickson re-
calls. when sailors ridiculed my
attempts to speak English, and !
my seamanship, he would say,
Give the poor kid a chance-he
never had a chance before. He
will come out all right in time"
1t was a keen disappointment
to young Erickson when he learned |
his ship was not going TO Austria
liam gold fields. Instead she carr
led coal to Spain, picked up car
60 of hemp in north Africa and
went back to England.
With a little money in his pocket |
and some new clothing, the boy
roamed the London docks until |
he found a sailing ship abound for
Australia. He signed as an ap-
prentice and was soon en- route
to Melbourne, in the land of his !
gold-edged dreams. When the ship
sailed back to England, Erickson
was not aboard, but was walking
Australian roads with a shovel
over his shoulder, looking for the
wealth of the famed Ballarat.
A two-day walk took him to
Camperdown where cousin, Gun
mar Matson. operated drug store.
The cousin gave him five pounds
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-10-31

the concrete roller skating rink,
and l enjoy watching the fun"
Reprinted from The Port
Angeles Evening News :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-15

EVANSVILLE AUTO b SUPPLY CO.. INC.
1923 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville, Md.
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rg,. J, Hssr r4yLos Asc N..e,l .y.,y ecdey .v...s
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First Junior College
Planned in Ethiopiu
h sy N. A.seeia.sd Press

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia. -
Ethiopia's first and largest high
school will become the country's
hrst Junior college next fall.
Under present government
plans, "a selected members Of this
years graduating class will form
the Junior colleges first freshman
class.
Z The school was opened in 1943
las the Emperor Halle Selassi I
High School and now has an en-
rollment of 265 students. They
come from Throughout Ethiopia
and Asmara In Eritrea. Board
and room and tuition are free for
the lucky boys who are selected.
With the exception of q few girl
day students, the school Is not
co-educational. Girls now attend
ing are studying a special pre-
medical course to At them as
physicians and surgeons assist
ants.
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dancing as a sideline. just for fun
The japanese love it.
For the last couple Of years the
pastime has been restricted 10 the
Southern islands. where Mr.. Niblt
formerly was stationed. but nov
he has brought 1t TO this Northern
territory.
On a recent week end, Princes
Takamatsu and Mikasa, brothers
Of the Emperor, were persuaded to
try II. In 5apporo for a ski meet
they visited the municipal audi
forum where Mr.. Eiblo and Agnes
Morris Of Philadelphia we're in
struct1ng 1000 japanese.
-Four young ladies provided ex-
pert instruction for the princes,
said Mr.. Niblo. The girls pushed
them this way and pulled them
that way with reckless abandon. ="
With the six-piece city hall band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-15
Big SteumshoveI Bites
Into Brituin's History

LONDON. - London's museum
cirators and biologists vince
painfully every time the big
steamshovel digs into the South
wark bank of the Thames and
tosses It's load into the waiting
dump trucks.
), Some of London's 18th and
18th century history Is being
dumped into the sea by the ton
los q foundation Is being. dug for
d new power plant.
IT'S very upsetting,," said A.
ia. Oswald. keeper of the Guild
hall Museum. He said his ey-
iperts occasionally have caught
Ielimpses of valuable relics. If the
contractors weren't workin 8
against time, the fragments could
be put together to give the savants
more clues as to the old city's
past,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-15
Shortage Of Housing
Blamed for Britain S
Hiqh Rate Of Divorce

LONDON, April IA (CDN -
Many young Britons are getting
that marrying yen again.
But q lot will think twice
because they won't fancy doubling
up with their in-laws.
In Britain young men now
marry at an average age Of 2e
young women at an average 231a
years. But they are asking for
trouble If they marry without a
place of their own to live in.
So says the National Marriage
Guidance Council which has 1000
reconciiiations to its credit out of
more than 5000 cases OF marital
disharmony handled since Its
founding.
1t was IN the latter years of the
war that the council came into
its own. Divorce figures had
climbed so high that people were
demanding something be done
about it and the government voted
the council $4,000 year for It's
work.
Figures Are Cited.
According to the 1947 figures,
for example, there we're 399.936
marriages In England and 5s.444
divorces. On that basis. If separa-
tions and desertions-often not
recorded-are added, 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 Of Britain's
marriages break down each year.
Joseph Brayshaw. an executive
of the Marriage Guidance Coun-
Gil, says many Of these broken
unions are the consequence OF
hasty wartime marriages and
marrying too young.
Under 20, no one has the judy
mert and experience he later
acquires" he says. He adds that
the strain Of living with in-laws
Is one Of the main reasons young
marriages break UP.
Mr.. Brayshaw admits that mar
RED people who come to the coun-
ell for help are of all ages, how
ever.
EugIand still Austere.
Marriage in austere England Is
often anything but bed Of roses
even for those who have their own
homes. The high cost Of living
means postponing having children.
It means, to, giving up the sim
plest pleasures, such as smoking.
A husband earning $2s a week, for
example. can hardly afford a pack
Of cigarettes day at cost OF
Is a week at British prices.
! Mr.. Brayshaw also has the rea-
son for that tendency OF young
British girls to haunt American
Air Force camps here in Britain.
The American male Is q much
more profitable catch these days
than the Englishman. He not only
has more money. He affords a
chance to escape drab England
for wonderful America.
And then. too. England's pretty
young things are fully aware that
there are more women than men
here-even If they can't exactly
quote the census taker. His figures
In June 194S we're 25,078.000
womer, to 1883 900 men--a sur
plus of almost 100000 husband
hunting females.
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u. 5. Square Dances
Win Favor Of laps,
Including Princes
By re Assceic.ed Press

) SAPPOEo,' Japan. April IA
From the hills Of atom bombed
Nasasah to the snow-clad peaks
Of Hokkaido. the cry Of Swing
your partners" rings out as Japan
takes to the square dance.
Responsible for the vogue Is
Winfield Niblo Of Denver. An EN-
ploye of the Civil Information and
Education section of the Military
Government, he teaches square
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-15
Business Census Opens
In z Virginia Districts
speeicl pispsseh 10 The Star

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. April
f5.-The Census Bureau. yester-
day began its count of business
firms throughout the 7th and 9th
congressional districts.
Wallace P. Wilson, district SUI
|pervisor, set UP headquarters here
with a staff of nine enumerators
to cover the "a counties. The sur
vey is to end In September.
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the Virginia reel like couple q
native vtrg1nlaris. said Mr.. Milo
Prince TakanatSu said after
ward ne liked the friendly at
nloSplasre" Al the dance. while
Mlxasa said ne q ltks his family
to lnin Inc fun sometime
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turning out recognizable facsimiles
Of Little Brown jug" % Sus-
anna" and Nellie Gray" the
princes won what the local paper
called "thunderous elspping Of
hands" from the spectators
The princes breezsd through
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Seven Candidates File
For Shenandoah Vote

SHENANDOAH. Va. April is
Mayer HsrTy A Ffx sr1 SIX rs~