Show scandinavians OF CHURCH HOLD REUNION RE UNION over one thousand attend meeting and hear addresses by representative men of state from mondays standard over one thousand descendants of the norseman norsemen Nor semen attended the annual conference and reunion re union of scandinavians of salt lahe dails box elder and weber counties 0 latter day saints held sunday in the theatre at glenwood park the from the other counties began arriving at an early hour and at the time for the morning service there was scarcely standing room for the many who wished to attend from surrounding came whole families in wagons and carri aRCs and by noon the road in front of the park was crowded with rigs of all kinds and description glenwood carh made an ideal placa for the holding of the conference especially ally at this season of the year when the average church building Is hot and stuffy in the shade of the trees the children rested and passed away the time while parents attended the exercises in the theatre where they could enjoy the program without worrying about thie children there were services both morning and afternoon at both of which president N C flygare presided the morning service began at 1030 and opened with an address of welcome by president flygare who of the great pleasure that it afforded him to welca me the mans and their to ogden most of the service was in the scandinavian din avian tongue after the singing oi an anthem by the scandinavian choir of salt lake under the leader chip of willard the arlous speakers were introduced all of whom spoke briefly the program was ai follows aishe first speaker was adolph P korsgen Sors gen of brigham asty the first man to be baptized baptised sed into the mormon in denmark Den maik he spoke of tha changes that had token place since the time he was in 1850 JI agbert anderson sang a solo in danish elder hans J Christ lansen of logan extended the greeting from the saints in denmark to those present anthem by the choir president lewis W who bloke in english said that he had had the privilege of later day saints in the of the three nations of scandinavia and that he considered it a great privilege to be able to address the scandinavians who were present others who spoke at the morning session were judge charles N neil ion of salt lake and patriarch cluff one of the veterans of the i church the afternoon session began at three with a hymn by the choir after which prayer was offered by christopher folkman of plain city singing by the choir mountains shout for joy elder C J A who has but just returned from a mission to sweden extended greetings from that country the next speaker was judge henry who spoke in english he said it afforded him great pleasure to say to those who were present that in the ten years that ho sat on the bench aa judge of the second judicial district that but one scandinavian had been before him for sentence he also said that although be understood the language of his fatherland he could not speak as well as he would like and although he was born in denmark he was an american farst and a scandinavian din avian second and that be wa proud of his nativity state superintendent of schools A C alson Nl son also spoke in english and a high tribute to the literature of scandinavia saying that its literature was equal to any in tha english la nag by the choir W ew jensen of salt lake said tha thare was a time when the scan ravian vere made fun of tn utah 1 m now it would be impossible t arow a atone without hitting one who was connected with scan by marriage in support 0 t it he related that he had r f c bishops during the day who T americans and that when he had B KM them what they were doing at ali on forence they had told him that e were connected in one way or a i h r by marriage ties with i vian families i bedont A H lund of the first pi plency was the next speaker he so it hit ho was always glad to be at a ga tring such as the conference adi alt gave him an opportunity to w acquaintances that be had conned in distant lands ho had trav cad in many parts of the world but that he bad yet to find a place where he did not meet scandinavians palmer rendered the holy avy m swedish on motion of john lawrence of salt lake a voto of thanks was extended to the residents of ogden who had helped to make the conference a after the singing of an anthem by choir carl E peterson of og den offered the benediction and the conference adjourned between the meetings the scandinavian women of ogden served lunch to tho visitors and looked after the welfare of those ho were strangers in the city among the prominent scandinavians who were present at the conference were president anton lund of the first presidency andrew jensen salt lake presidents lewis shurtleff lff N C flygare and middleton of weber stake adolp P fore berg brigham city peter anderon ogden martin christophersen Christop hersen salt lake C A carlquist Car lauist salt lake president ollen stohl brigham city hance J christensen Chrls logan C M Nl elsen salt lake C L J hyrum carlo E peterson ogden C 0 folkman park city E J anderson salt lake parney P jeneen salt lake hence C brigham atty hance A peterson logan peter A draper J P lawrence salt lake judge henry ogden no such thing as summer complaint where dr fowlers extract of wild strawberry Is kept handy natures remedy for every looseness of the bowels |