Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of ane most important events in sweden norway and denmark of 01 interest to the scandinavians in america i NORWAY the viking expedition of 0 the nineteenth centaur Cen tur Is the title ot of a trea treatise tibe written b bl U S senator knute knuta nelson for the minnesota de pertinent pirt Parti ment nent at the centennial exposition in norway next summer kleng re erson leader ot of tho the first ant norwegian emigration to america and ole running his coworker co worker are extolled as heroes by senator knute nelson who nho likens to rollo hose bands ot of vikings settled nor mand and to generations later as the normans conquered england peer son was sent as a scout to america in 1821 ill hi a compa ot at quakers in sta StaN anger though was not a quaker he remained three ears then returned and got up the tion alon known knoon as the sloop party which aich salted sailed jul 4 1825 from sta laager in the sloop this part settled first at Kend kendall effi N Y on lake ontario but found this location unsuitable and started on toot foot to find another he walked 2000 miles traversing illinois and michigan and finally picking out the location in the fox valle la salle count illinois where chere the first NorA norwegian eglan colon in the united states made its permanent location gave great bernice sen ice in putting the new colony on its feet through it came a latr tide of 0 emig emigration which did much to develop and people the northwest est NorN norwegian egian amerl cans ought to erect a statue somewhere in the fox hier district to and RI running nning says senator nelson to commemorate their sern tees ices and heroism in the cause ot of emi gration gr atlon for the are our real heroes ind we me halo haie been their beneficiaries their saga raga is worth of the stud and attention of the norwegian people of this centaur he estimates that norwegians Norwegia ns have left the tha mother count country rj for the united states slid and that the emigrants and their de f ants now noi number at least 1500 an interesting lai lawsuit sult was as recently begun at the municipal court of 0 der ber gen jacob peterson an author who he usually writes under the name of ja cob ronne had received a collection ot of ibsen letters from his mother ibsen wrote the letters to a oung loung lady in bergen when he was twenty eien or eight bears pars old and that lady is still living as an old woman As the letters were here glien glen to peter son 8 mother he thought be had a right to publish them but at this juncture the old woman noman to whom the letters were mere written protested and ordered petersen to send the letters back to her this he re fused to do and a laNy lawsuit sult was as the result it riol now turns out that first tried to er E 11 the letters to the university ll li brar but that the price asked by him was nas coni considered dered too stiff dr sigurd ab ibsen b sell e n th the e 9 son oil of henrik ibsen has de declared C ilir d th that I 1 t b he will not permit the publication of tho the letters until he has found out their contents the commune oso of south uth laud land la IS try ing to salle the problem of procuring electric power tor for lighting and manu fracturing tac fac turing purposes said commune and the fluberg bluberg commune have bought waterfalls for almost 5 in the rier alier which forms the north ern era boun boundary darN of south land but it seems to be impossible to bu all the rights that are necessary ary in order to build a power station elation ot of sufficient ca lacity and expropriation proceedings will be instituted next spring the nature of the falls Is such that two tao distinct plans are practicable one of which would gise ghe 1000 horsepower ane other only the tee complete plant will vill cost several hundred thou sand dollars but the costs do not discourage the enterprising and pros berous farmers of the community oscar mattleson Math leson the No norwegian champion won aon the skating champion ship of the norad at the international meeting at Fi ri ogner near christiana mattleson Math leson captured the meters in 47 seconds the 1500 meters in 2 minutes ag 1 10 seconds and the 5 meters in 8 minutes 20 3 1 5 see sec ends tho the russian nas aas the 10 meters in IS minutes 47 3 5 seconds tho the king nas among the spectators the schroder spitzbergen Spitz bergen expedition of 1912 13 lost s asen ien ger man scientists and officers ania ana ano others nero v ero crippled tor for life now it Is proposed to put up i a monument in memory of 0 them on the north coast of the island and a house ot of refuge for future till alila bull building dang ma giai also be used by bourl tourists hu hunters t ra and scientists during fill the summer months A special tourist expedition nill alii go to to dedicate the monument and the house of refuge august next net |