https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/54c2e003e33aac94d0529e87cd85c77d.pdf 434e675c167aba48871a628f7c233280 PDF Text Text Title: Other current events clippings scrapbook, 1925 Date: 1925 Identifier: p0562_clippings_10 Front Cover Page 1 Will Experience Thrill Of Lives, 1925 May 6; An Opportunity To Boost, 1925 May 21; Untitled, 1925 June 21; Norse Americans, 1925 May 21; A Stranger In Our Midst, 1925 June 11 Page 2 The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 March 20; The Centennial And The Wonders Of Minnesota, 1925 May 14; Battle Lake Review, 1925 April 23 Page 3 A Hearty Welcome, 1925 June 10; A Hearty Welcome, 1925 June 19; Living Flag At Centennial, 1925 May 14; Centennial Of Norse American Will Be Big Event In Minnesota, 1925 May 29 Page 4 Discourtesy To The President, 1925 June 19; Coolidge's Second St. Paul Adventure, 1925 June 11; The Norsemen Are Coming, 1925 March 17; Norse Celebration, 1925 June 4 Page 5 Norse Celebration, 1925 June 4 (continued); Kleng Peerson And The Pilgrims, 1925 June 19; My Word, 1925 June 10; Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 11 Page 6 Norway's Fourth of July, 1925 May 17; The Norse American Centennial, 1925 June 1; Welcome To Minnesota, Mr. President, 1925 June 4 �Page 7 Welcome To Minnesota, Mr. President, 1925 June 4 (continued); Gentlemen, The President, 1925 June 7; Untitled, 1925 June 11; We're Off Again, 1925 June 5; Untitled, 1925 June 9 Page 8 A Chance For The Swedes, 1925 June 11; Editorial Of The Hour, 1925 June 11; Untitled, 1925 June 16; The Norse Centennial, 1925 May 2 Page 9 The Norse Centennial, 1925 May 2 (continued); The Centennial, 1925 June 9 Page 10 The President's Mission, 1925 June 11; Untitled, 1925 June 11; A Contrast, 1925 June 11; Untitled, 1925 June 18; Untitled, 1925 June 18; The Norse Centennial, 1925 May 15 Page 11 Sturdy And Respected People, 1925 June 3; Norse Centennial Celebration Opens June 6, 1925 April 30; Untitled, 1925 May 29; Untitled, 1925 June 19 Page 12 Will Be A Big Celebration, 1925 May 26; The President of the United States, 1925 June 8; The Norsemen In America, 1925 June 19 Page 13 Untitled, 1925 June 11; We Are Settled Now, 1925 June 25; Are You Playing The Game, 1925 June 19 Page 14 An Lake City, Minnesota, 1925 June 2; Untitled, 1925 June 12 Page 15 The President's Visit, 1925 June 12; Why The President Should Come, 1925 June 8 Page 16 When The Norsemen Came, 1925 March 17; A True Norse-American, 1925 April 17 Page 17 �Norway and the Centennial, 1925 April 28; Talking Aviation to the People, 1925 May 7; Ambassadors of Trade Friendship, 1925 May 18 Page 18 Ambassadors of Trade Friendship, 1925 May 18 (continued); Minneapolis Invites The World, 1925 May 20; The Coming Historic Occasion, 1925 May 28 Page 19 They Have Helped Us Vastly, 1925 May 27; The Norwegian Singers, 1925 May 28; Hand-Clasping with Osio, 1925 May 20 Page 20 A Spectacular Home Coming, 1925 June 3; A Busy Day Ahead, 1925 June 3; Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 5; The Coming of the Norsemen, 1925 June 6 Page 21 A Continuing Migration, 1925 June 4; The Welcome To Coolidge, 1925 June 9; The Meanings of a Great Occasion, 1925 June 9 Page 22 The President to the Norsemen, 1925 June 9; The President to the Norsemen, 1925 June 9 Page 23 Secretary Kellogg's Warning, 1925 June 10; President Coolidge Praises Our Norse Citizens, 1925 June 13 Page 24 President Coolidge Praises Our Norse Citizens, 1925 June 13 (continued); A Huge, Expensive Toy, 1925 June 13; Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 15 Page 25 Norse-American Centennial, 1925 May 8; From the Norse-Centennial, 1925 June 12 Page 26 From the Norse-Centennial, 1925 June 12 (continued) Page 27 From the Norse-Centennial, 1925 June 12 (continued); Untitled, 1925 May 14; The Norse In Minnesota, 1925 June 5 Page 28 Untitled, 1925 May 20; The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 April 9; Untitled, 1925 June 11; Untitled, 1925 June 16; �Why The Fuss, 1925 June 4 Page 29 Norse Here 75 Years Ago, 1925 June 4; Norse Immigrants Came to Minn, 75 Years Ago, 1925 June 11; Coolidge's Body Guard, 1925 May 22 Page 30 The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 June 19; Norse-American Centennial, 1925 May 20 Page 31 Norse Men, 1925 June 12; Untitled, 1925 June 11; They Have Helped Us Vastly, 1925 June 11; Untitled, 1925 June 12; Minnesota First, 1925 May 14 Page 32 The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 March 28; Untitled, 1925 June 1; Norse-Centennial Celebration, 1925 June 8 Page 33 Untitled, 1925 June 17; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 12; They Come To Sing, 1925 May 31 Page 34 The Trade Tour, 1925 June 1; An Extra St. Paul Attraction, 1925 June 2; The Norsemen Osther, 1925 June 5 Page 35 Untitled, 1925 June 17; The Norse Centennial, 1925 June 12; They Come To Sing, 1925 May 31 Page 36 The Trade Tour, 1925 June 1; An Extra St. Paul Attraction, 1925 June 2; The Norsemen Osther, 1925 June 6 Page 37 The Norsemen's Contribution, 1925 June 7; The President Of The Centennial, 1925 June 8 Page 37 The President Of The Centennial, 1925 June 8 (continued); President Coolidge and the Norsemen, 1925 June 8; The Role of Host, 1925 June 9 Page 38 Mr. Kellogg Has Advanced, 1925 June 9; Progress Or Reaction, 1925 June 9; �The Northwest's Meeting Place, 1925 June 10 Page 39 Kleng Peerson and the Pilgrims, 1925 June 10; Tarry A While, 1925 June 16; Untitled, 1925 June 13; Untitled, 1925 May 29 Page 40 A Threefold Event, 1925 June 10; Back To Safety, 1925 June 18; A Real Orator, 1925 June 18; Norse Centennial, 1925 April 24 Page 41 First Norwegians Came 100 Years Ago, 1925 March 3; The Norwegian, 1925 June 11; One Man's Burden, 1925 June 12 Page 42 The Norse-American Centennial, 1925 April 23; Norse Centennial, 1925 June 6; Untitled, 1925 June 24; What A Pity, 1925 May 28 Back Cover � https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/a598b7126b44e97405e0fb5902d9b2ca.pdf b1cbcf4a0ae3482a23a9bfb9f7d326c6 PDF Text Text f�0j_; boi q NARA MSS Norse American Centennial Minnesota Press Comments 1925 4 t::.=-==---=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-r- SCRAP BOOK �Albert Lea. 'Minn �·llnn:,r-' THURSDAY, MAY 21, l9ZS Ada. Minn., Herald WEDNESDAY. MAY G, 1925 7-Mr. Hollis ,Lystad. l NORSE AMERICAN'S WILL EXPERIENCE THRILL OF LIVES '- People of this section who inten,i 'ti. take ill the Norse-American Cen- 1 tennial in�Twin Cities in Ju,,e will be pleasen ·ec"1•etary of the Navy has -:ioti O ,_ ' cers of the Centennial Committee the giant dirigible "Los Angles'' will , accompany a fleet of commercial planes from both the army and nevy I -o'opa1 tments. The plane "Shenall- '· . d� epult not be sent because ot I lack o� 4 r -, a\�a rMinn."i T - ,,: THURSDPY, 'AY 21, 19;.5 _ AiN OP:PO:RTUNITY TO BOOST Th No� i' �enn,ra.J is l'ess tb'an three wee/kl! 'aJw'a•y, and p,reparati•on,s, a1'e being �ade to ,eruterfain the greateo,t th1rong toot ev,e,r 1l11V'a<i' ed the Nmhwest. There wiH be people p, resent !from a41 parlts olf ,t,b,is, country an,d hundr-eds have afread'y ae!ft .E<Urqpean <po-1•ts for Min1nesota. . This wo<U-ld seem to 1b e a good t,�e fur the l!)eople of Minneso:fa to d'o some _tatking f?" the lbenafit o<f the vi·sftloi,s. It rs without qu�sti an � oippor'tun'ity for us to le't them k•no·� �ha•t M_mne­ sota ha' s and wha•t a great . s,tate 1't 1s. It a:s o� 1 such o<!c!;•s,i<Jns t'h at Ca'fifornians get in their dead- . Ji, esit work. Nothing plea• ses them mor, e thiacn_ to ,corner vvsilt;ors and regale thelln with the womdei<s olf the1-r ,st:ate. . . Oah­ ., Compared 'W'ifu the wlollJde�s of Mmnes• ofo, lfornia, ha<sn't any . F,o;r every asset cla 1· 111'ed by Cia1ifoTilnot, Minnesota can c'l'aim at least fi':'e a�d 1 ima!ke the daim .stick, moreover. But Oah'rorrn;,a ' innesO't'a hlasn't . 1:'here_ s has been e,cplo'i:ted am,d Ml the rub a>11d the difl'eren!ce. Mi1lfollls of Oa!hiJ'o>'Ma doi1Ta,rs-!tou;ri,sts' ,do'rnars,· by 'the_ way-have g':'ne to tell the wo' :rM all albou't the Weslt co,ast, to_!,11·1�g mo· re tom•ists to it, and- eaclh d'�.Jra1' ,has, pa1d b1!g retu1'1ls. Minneso'ta i1s · ap, pr-0acli1ng the da!y when it wiJ.r be e:>epJ.o'1ted. ,Meacnwhih,, such an event aJs the Norse-Americlan cenltena, ry should be gl'asped lby Mlncn,esotans to con'Vicntce thei•r .guests· ilh&t here ' · d i'S ,one of ,flie wor'l'd's wonder ' • l;t'h� (Minn.\ Tni'.Je" THlJRSDA Y. Jl.iNE 25, l'tlS �--� - -::======-=--=---/ . P resident O o o1idge's recent a,dd'ress at the !Min -; nesota .S'tate Fair grO!\lnds in oommemoiration_ of , those�fo.s-6!1 iilid @hlfklil'kd to the UJuted IS'tates a ihundred years -a,go, bas o�lled. :tiorth �­ bounded enthus-iasm in No'l"Way, wi h1ch 1s refl-e ctoo \.. � news disipatches, special aTti'cles and editori-a-1 � the No'l"Wegian papers. T Naturally Freeborn County takes an active interest in the Norse-�merican �entennial celebration which takes pl 1 ace at the state fair grounds m early June. The.early settlers of this commu n­ ity- 'N@P� laigety re':U',J from the Scandinavian countries with Norwegians predommafmg. There was a time, not so many years· �hen the Norwegian language was almost as common as iln ghsh and a person was badly handic apped who could not spea:R­ J th tongues For many years the "newcomer" was a common _ _. l� �ht. -Amvmg here Jrennile.ss, he~or she soon becam e used to the �ew surroundings and customs and in a surprisingly short space of lime, land would be acquired and a fann started. That these �orwegian farmers and tradesmen have prospered, we have but o lopk-ai'aund us to prove. Not only that but they have become tinericanizeG as few nationalities do. There are no better or more oy�l sons a rs on oday than those of Nor­ reg1a c�iiry. They are proud of the opted country and the older gener\tion are prou<!.of _ t}i.em. L------------------------- Alexandria, Minn., Echo THURSDAY. JUNE 11, 1925 A STRANGE,R IN OUR MIDST There was a ',decided contrast between the r�ception given to alvin• Coolidge, vice-presi­ dent, at the Minneso ounds in the fall lidge at of 1922 and that given to Pres the same place by the same 1people this week. It was the s•ame man who talked to them iMon­ day and who received their respectful atten­ tion, whose speech foll on inattentive ,ears less than three years ago and whose personaliity was so unpleasing to them then that they rude­ ly requested him to quit talking and let the :races go on. Calvin Coolidge has not changed at all. The difference is'-and it is a big one-, that he is now President of the United States. The office is entitled to i,e•spect and honor, no matter w'hat individual holds it, and what the Pl'esident has to say is of interest to everybody as indicating the lines on which our govern­ ment is to function in th eimmediate flllture. The "Coolidge myth" buiilt up d11ring the political campaign last year has been relegated to its proper place among the bedtime stories by now. People who thought that it might be true that Calvin Coolidg,e was an entirely dif­ forent sort of man than they had pictured him while he was vice-president, realize that they liav,e been victimized lb� clever press agent work. So the reception of the President when he ,arrived in St. Paul Sunday, with the city filled with visitors to the Centennial was, ac­ cording to St. Paul papers, nothing li�e that given to Roosevelt or Taft or Wi1�9n in the past. Those men were "human" and aroused enthusiasm for their personaliti-es, as well as --------the respect accorded to the great office they hore. President Coolidge, on the other hand, was "poliJtely" applauded but there, was no throwing of hats into the air during his speech to the immense crowd attending the Centen- nial. 'A generation ago it would have been differ­ ent. Then there were enough Yankees in the Northwest to have given Caclvin Coolidge a kins­ .man's welcome. They could have appreciated his peculiar personality and warmed to it. But that generati<ln is gone and their descendents are too far from New England in birth and training to care for the Yankee personality. So in a sense, Calvin Coolidge was a, stranger in .a: strange land this week. He is not kin to the pr,esent generation in the Northwest; he � �· 1>tranger in our midst. _ �. It is on s:rch occasions that Calif� mans get m their deadliest work Nothing pleases them more than t� corner visitors and regale them with • the wonders of their state. • Compared with the wonders of Min­ nesota, California hasn't any. For 1 every asset claimed by California Minnesota can claim at least five and ma�e th� claim stick, moreover. But Cahforma has been exploited and Minnesota hasn't. There's the rub and the difference. Millions of Cali­ fornia dollars-tourists' dollars by the way-have gone to tell the �,oriel all about !he West coast, to bring more tounsts to it, and each dolla r has paid big returns Minneso�a is approaching the day when 1t will be exploited- Meanwhile such an event as the Norse-America n centenary should be grasped by Min­ nesot ans to convince their gues ts that here indeed is one of the world's won��.itt!e t,ake 7M'inn .'i Revle-;-­ THURSDAY, APRIL 23, l!J25 1925 The Norse-American Centenial n ial, commemora ting the sai ling o f the first immigrants from Norway to America in 1825, will be staged on the Min nesota State Fair Grounds, J une 6,7, 8, 1 and 9. A rrangements for the use o f the grounds by the executive conmittee ot the Norse Centenn­ ial were completed at the last meeting of the State Fair Board. The four-day celebration is ex­ pected to bri n g hundr(}ds o-f thousands of people to t h e Twin C i ties, i ncluding high officials of both Uni ted States and Norway, President Calvin Coolidge h_a s infomed the execltive committee 1 that he will be present at the ' celebration, barring unforeseen complications. Many big features are planned I for the four-day program . A big 1 pageant will be presented deuj_c.t;­ i ng the early life of the pioneerf. Singiug by the world-famo us St. Olaf choir, under the direct ­ i o n o f Pl'of. F. Melius Christian · [ son, band concerts b y t h e Luther , College band of Decorah, in ad­ d irion to a score other big feat· ures, are bei ng planned by the program committ ee. S. H. Holstad of Minnea polis, is managi ng directo r for the Centenn ial . His o f fices are at the j Jlet Aotel. ' Terms. $2.00 per year vance. Entered a.s second class matter at po.stoftice at Battle Lake. Minn. Thursday, Apri l 23, 1925. h� 4 A N OUTSTAN ])JNG PION EER! r:l:a o-lev {Minn.) -r-n depe ndf'. ,. THU RSDAY. MAY 14, 1925 THE CENTENN�AL AND '.rHE WONDERS OF MINNESOTA With the o erican centennial at state fair grounds less than four weeks away, preparations to enter­ tain the greatest throng that ever in­ vaded the Northwest are going for­ ward with all possible speed. From all points of the compass the celebrants are coming. Already many 1 of them have left European ports ,.,. Minnesota. I This would seem to be good time for the people of Minnesota to do so�e talking for the benefit of the . . V1s1tors. lt 1s without question an 1 opportunity for us to let them know what Minnesota has, and what a great I state it is. I 'a In connection with the approac ng 01mtennial celebration of Norse-A er­ icans to X'Mw;j£@ it is of j£tere . to . note the kind of men and women !Who came from Norway and who blazed the trail for those who came after them and who have contributed so much to the development of the mid­ dle west from a wilderness into what it is today. One of the most promi­ nent men among the pioneers was Rev. Even Johnson Ho=e. Twenty­ four years old, he began his life work as a pioneer preacher in the forests of Wisconsin. These forests were swarming with Indians. There were no railroads in that part of the country and very few white people but Rev. Homme was a man of large vi­ 1 sion an d blazed the way for his coun­ trymen wh o gradually followed him and too� up the land which they clear­ ed of forest and stone and developed the soil and built their homes. He located the village of Wittenberg and gave it its name and this because his ! I field of activity until he died. He was a very large . man physical- ! ly He also had a big heart for the helpless, the sick and the sorrowing. He had a large vision and made great plans not only for the development of the country but for the develop­ ment of the Kingdom pf God in the country, Rev. Homme was born in upper Tel­ lemarken, Norway, October 17, 1843. In 1854 his parents immigrated to America. For a time he studfed at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and was ordained for the ministry in 1867. 1 1 Rev Homme was very much inter­ ested in children and his great heart yearned for the orphaned, and neglected and abandoned and other­ wise dependent children. He began agitating for the establishment of an orphanage and in 1882 he had gather­ ed enough means with which he be­ gan the erection of the first Norwe- 1 gian Lutheran Children's Home in America. He selected a very beautiful site for this institution in the pro­ 1 posed village of Wittenberg. This was 1 a two-story frame building on a high basement. The building was soon till­ ed with children and Rev. Homme was . casting about for ways ancl means of not only supporting the children but also of increasing thB capacity of the house. Rev. Homme was a firm believer in printer's ink. Soon after the child­ rens home bad been complermT-h.;­ erecte d another building which was ! to serve as a printing office and sev­ eral papers were edited and printed in that primitive shop. Rev. Homme discovered that tbe In­ dians were wandering about in the forests without Goel and without hope in the world and therefore he decided to build an Indian Mission House and tllis building was soon filled with In­ dian children. The Indians would al­ low him to have their children, espe­ cially in the winter time, but they told him that he did not need to teach them his religion. Their religion had been good enough for them and it was goocl enough for their children. It may be interesting to notice that now the Indians bring their children to the same school but now they are anxious to have their children taught in the Christian re!ig-ion. As stated before, Rev. Homme was a firm believer in printer's ink. He edited and printed a paper called "For Gammel of Ung,'• a Sunday s chool pa­ per both in the Norwegian and Eng­ lish language, the "Veisenhus" cal­ endar, and a paper called "The Chris­ tian Youth." The first paper publish­ ed "For Gammel of Ung" has been p;blished regula.rly for 45 years and is still being edited and printed at the children's home. '· Pastor Homme managed all these:; undertakings himself, traveling exten­ sively, did a great deal of home mis• sion work and edited his papers unf p Lutheran church of America conduct o the time of his death, June 22, 1903. " At the present time the Norwegian nine homes for the aged ..;_,ith a total capacity of 390 inmates and conducts seven orphanges with a total capa­ city of 881 children. Three rescue homes for girls located at Minneal)Q,______. !is, Fargo an d Sioux Falls, caring for about 250 girls and their· babies annually. It has also 24 city, slum and hospital missionaries in 14 cities from New York to Los Angeles and it QPerates the Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital in Chicago where i trains deaconesses for service for a 1 its charity work at home and fc, • Mission Work abroad. ·j The church is doing all this worli. on a budget voted by 'the church . amounting to $238,373.3 4 for 1924. �this north country an outlet for §: ------- A HEARTY WELCOME M ! nn}sota e-:Ctended a he� and cordial welcome to President Coolidge during his� the Norse nial in the Twin Cities this week. we come that � espoke confidence. It more than made up for the discourtesy ?f the �tate _ fair crowd !l- few years ago. It was a splendid testimonial to a nation's chief exe­ cutive who _has popularized himself with the public thru deeds rather than through words. §1-------- § FRi DAY. JUNE 19, 19.2.S Bemidii. Minn .. Se11tin l A HEARTY WELCOME Minnesota extended a hearty and cordial welcome to President Coolidge d uring hi�isit to the Norse QGPtep­ nial in the Twin Cities this wee"le" tE Was a welcome that bespoke confidence. It more than made up for the discourtesy of the state fair crowd a few years ago. It was a splendid testimonial to a nation's chief exe­ cutive who has popularized himself with th e p ublic thru deeds rather than through words. � ___ s Benso .. \l I THURSDA .., ,,. ., - �- . A"�t interesting and unique feature of the �ca.fr centennial at the state fair grounds next month promises to be th e "Living Flag. " This will be featured Monday afternoon, June 8, in connection with President Coolidge's address in front of the mammoth grand­ stand at tne Minnesota state f-a ir This "l iving flag" will b e gro unds. composed of 6 0 0 St. Paul chil dren, who will be trained for their parts under direction of Mrs. John 0. Lee. A spe­ cial stand will be built for the children� so all the tens of thousands of people may see it. 1. he children will be dress­ ed in the col ors of the Norse and United States flags-red, white and blue-most of them with reversible capes ( one color o n each sid e) . They will first appear as the Norwegian flag, while "Ja, vi el­ sker dette landet" is sung-and then at a given signal, the children will reverse their capes in such manner as will trans­ form the Norse flag in the twinkling of a n eye to the "Stars and Stripes." Be­ sides the m agnificent spectacle afford­ ed, th e change from one flag to the oth­ er will also visualize the ease and will­ ingn ess with which Norse immigrants are transformed into l oyal American ci­ tizens. This one feature of the dozens p lanned for the centennial will in it­ self be well worth the price of admis­ sion and is sure to l eave a vivid and lasting im pression upon all fortunate enuf +o view it. { '-living Flag At Centennial CENTENNIAL OF NORSE AM ERI­ CA N W I LL BE BIG EVENT IN M I NNESOTA The Norse American centennial, which will take place at the Minne­ sota state fair grounds June 6, 7, 8, and 9, will be one of the finest things is estimat­ ed that many thousands of people will attend this immense celebration, not only people of Norwegian !Jirtn, but of all nationalities. It is said the centennial will rival the state fair in interesting events. The purpose of this sentennial is ';o commemorate in an impressive '11anner the events which mark the oeginning of Norse emigration to this !ontinent and to pay a fitting tri­ Jute to the Norwegian pioneers of A.rnerica. Norse emigration to Amer­ ica began more than 100 years ago, in the sailing of the sloop, "Restaura­ tion" and the founding of the first Norwegian settlement in America. That marked the beginning of a real emigration from Norway to this country. The Restauration, or the "Mayflower of the North," as i t was called, sailed from Stavanger har­ bor July 4, 1825. After a perilous voyage through the English channel and by way of the Island of Madeira, they . reached New York October 9, 1 1825. Froi.n 1825 to 1836 only a small I number of immigrants arrived. ' The program of the centennial will include speakers and musicians of world wide fame. The president of the United States and members of his cabinet will represent the govern1 ment of the United States ; the pre­ mier of Canada will speak for the dominion of the north ; Crown Prince Olaf, the •premate of Norway, and Dr. Fritof Nansen will represent Norway. Some distinguished son of Iceland will represent the famous is­ land whe1·e the Norsemen settled a thousand years ago, and from where ,they sailed to America almost 500 years before Columbus saw the west­ ern world. . I �Buhl, Minn., Herald FRIDA • JUNE 19, 1925 DISCOURTESY TO THE PRESIDENT • • Last :\I on d ay Preside11t Coolid ge vi,;i1"ed the Norse-Amer ican Cent enni al a t tb..e State :Erir.,Qn n otable "'ather­ ing of g:ood eiti�eni- and the viRit by the presiden t was a v:ry fit­ l·in g thin g . But o n the pageR o f + h e daHy presR, i n the same issue that re­ ('Orded the presid 11 t 'R yis:it. was a pol itical di, cn:,:;sion by Da v id fJawrenre, appraising the value of the trip from a ,r,olitic�J stan d ­ point. th ro,,:ing np0n the visit of the president a pol iti cal ir-terpre1a tion . -- / w·" know 1 lrnt PrN,ifi"ill Cw, :d g·e <lor>R not wish that his acts,· his / word s, h is 1·011rt,,,,ir-s }, ' :n· •a s:1red by the standaros o t po1it;,iR . '1'h ,, p1' r <-i rl e1 1 •• vi-:it sl1 01 11cl hr ;,dvrn n o pol itical signifirance ,v!r n Jr, ,·rr . Tt '>Vas n ot a :,o1irica1 1mdrr+aking.-Grand Rapid :,, . HP -� - - -- --· ------11"'"--lm!--&lii;;,:;t 0 ,..his:h riTri �inn . fHUR DAY.. .!, COOLIDGE'S SECOND ST. PAUL ADVEN'IURE T �in -Ci ty p e opl e gave Pre sid en t Cool i dge a b etter gave Vi ce Presi d en t Coolidge,.� a cc ord­ _ mg to daily ne wspap er cc oun ts of th e visi t th i s ·wee k of Pr esid ent Cool i dge a t th e orse Centennial at Sa i n t Paul. r esiden O n th e form er vi sit th e th en • om e t o deliv er _a n address �o th e pe opl e at t e s ta te fair bu t was rud e ly mterrup te d m th e c ourse of his talk by p e ople who :wante d t o a tten d th e horse rac es i n st ead, n ewspape rs say. L ast. Sunday an d Mo nday th e crush of p e opl e abou t thr presiden t was so gre at tha t se veral we re ov erc� and I had t o b e tak en t o hospitals i n ambulan ces. _- 1 :ece pt10 n than th ey • Ci·o0ksfon. 'Minrl T "''ldt'lr FRIDAY. .!UN� 'i. 1 97.5 NORSE CELEBRATION. The Norse-.Amg ·sail �ennial celebra­ tion at the St'a're Fair Gro unds m1 xt week will «rid. not those whoa:re trying w-unuc.-... •····--r be one of the biggest events the Twin Cities have ever seen. THE NORSEMEN ARE COMING Prom�nent men from this co untry and Eu­ � the Norsemen a_re Long before Columbus came to Americ will be in attendance. The President of rope 1 d1sly not 1s general e fact · reput ed to have visited America, and th m on occas e , th · · g aga comn States and secretary of state United the , ar� they � June in � ver _ uted. Howe the leadmg· of the United States will both be present. Men g the Norse-American centenm al. Mmneapbeohs, the gathering s��ndinavian city 1h nrn �nibed States, will of the highest ran k in public life of Norway place. • , . will come and other countries also will con­ . of representatives many be will there gathering this At __ trib ute to the number of distinguished gu ests. royalty present, especially from Norway. The Crown Prince of and the King may be n'!"esent. There � Norw..r"will be prese There are those who do not appreciate the -wrrrl:>c rGprQsema.tives of royalt):' from other .,.candina,vian coun­ significance of this celebration and some even tries and from England. President and Mrs. Coolidge will honor look up it as a gathering of "foreh ners." the occasion and there will be governors, congressmen, and other distinguished people of our own country present. The Twin Nothing can be farther from the facts. Cities are planning to entertain 500,000 people at this time. The event that is being celebratec' is the A part of the program is to be a stupendous pageant de­ of the first shipload of Norwegia11o; to coming picting the history of Norse-Americans up to the present time, America, just one hundred years ago. with scenes from both countries, and showing the departure from Norway, the arrival and the development of Norwegian people The people of Norse decent in this coun­ in• America. are making this an occasion to rejoice try America owes a great deal to these Scandinavian immithe fact that their forefathers left the over . grants, admitted by all authorities as the best material coming to our shores. The occasion is one to cement the friendship of old country a hundred years ago and came to America with the Norse country, and that alone is of vast im­ America. It is a patriotic cel ebration, from portance.• Anything that builds and fosters amity between an American standpoint, for th e event com .. nat· rill ��----·-·"·=•= meo'rated is the coming of the people of the nationality named �o this country. b· �It 1s to prais e the foresight of the s � h ardy n io11 eers and to rejoice over th e good fortune 'tt hat brought them to these s hores that this celebration is being had. No race i s more America n ih s pirit than the Norse race. Liberty and freedom have always been household word s with them and they understand and appreciate American aim s and ideals to an extent not surp ass ed by any other people. That i s why they cel ebrate with so much enthus ia sm the event that brought their peo­ ple to the s e s hores a hundred years ago. America ha s done much for the Nors e p eo­ ple, but they, too, have done something for America. A s a class, they h ave contributed to the building up of the country and they h ave been among the foremo st to defend it in the hour of n eed. America ha s always welcomed the people of the Nors e race an d 'it i s to regis ter that wel­ come that the pre s ident of the U n ited State s will come to this celebration a n d participate · in it a s one of the speakers . The Nors en/en of America propo s e to sl-iow to th e world n ext week that thev pted !!lad th e:v "came over" and that th ei is that arts " the in lace p countrv hold s a and..�ver wil l be first Delhi, Minn., 'Build - • WEDN ESDAY.., JUNE 10, ,'.l.� My Word N O R S E M E N. nc- 1 , �f'rtte-r '(l\lfl n.) Reen.-' THURS DAY• .(t/NE 1 1. • 192,:, ( Norse-A merican Centennial The �eat celebr ntion j ust draw·­ ing to a close in the city of Minne­ apolis has bro ught the Norsepeople in this other stu into the lime lig t, and for this rea­ son we naturally co nstrained to ap­ praise them with reference to the contribution that ,the y have made- :ffia are ma-k ing to ·the worth while thhgs in American life. They have adued greatly to Minn esota's material weal­ th, having helped to break up pra:r­ i es and clear her great timber aren�. They have 1been abreast of the fore­ most in educ:ational life and leader­ ship, and are today among the m1, st prozressive of our people in this line. In politi,cal circles they have and are today playing a leading role. Among our most famous Senators and Governorn, their names rank high. They are a religious people, and have been very solicitous for the welfare of the church in their set�le­ ments. They b.ave been a rrogrcs­ s ive people in the way of ma kin,g public and private improveme11ts of a modern and lasting kind. If the cer:tennial celebra ;i rn ser­ VPS to brin•r a b e tter mu�ual <1pprc­ ciation o f thh c\ em1-nt in ou•· c: i Lizen­ ship it y; il] hav0. c: .,ne well. We h0tH:l tl & c it will in n o ,,.·,ty serve 1 0 r.'11 ke anyseparation b e tween our Norse Crookston, !�nn. L 21cl � citizens and the 1•est of us. Minne­ FRIDAY. vN.G ... !:I, J..S sotas population is made up of many n ational elements from other lands, These must not remain in any se11s e J KLENG EER SON A O THEPlf.:.G1<i i�. as senarate units but must be amal ; I:1 The Nor�al whi c,11 wa gamated into a whole body of Amn- 1 s cel l\­ brat ed in Min neso t a o n nati ona ican citizens with an American type . l s cale las f nation ality and genius. I n th:3 I \ wee k wa s rea lly t h e cu lmin atio n of a tho u s­ onew national :race that is rising· ou j and yea rs of Nors e adv e nt ure a this conti nent, the Norse blood is n d dev elop ment_ ; a grat eful , thou gh p erha p ne eded as one of its lbest el cmen L�, s tard y, re­ . but it must hencefo rth be willin.g to cog m�10n, of the valu e of the Nor se stra in in let its Norse pecularities be amal­ mer 1cal bloo d an d Vik ing ente rpri se s prea f gamated iµto the f abrjc of the Ame:-­ d­ i canism that is to be. America nm::;� �n g ove r a conti_n e n t. It i s mo st fi tting tha t in crease, and Norway must decrea.,.c, ::iu : h a cen tenm al sho uld be cele bra ted i n as far as Norwegians in this coun try M mnes o ta, � h i c h ha s draw n are concerned and we believe that 1 thes e buil der s . of our nat 10 the best thought of the Norse e le- / n al l ife in grea t er num ber tha n ments in our Amer ican civilization n y oth er of the two -s core st ates whi ch m ight � are striving for j ust that end. A'l J :1stl y hav e exp ec t ed to att rac t s uch a migra.-,.,.;i nati onal elements are being slowly 1 .._f.1o n. merged to the :f ormiog o f a new . ..:!�� • race, an American race. May the Norse as well as all other elements yield themselves gladly to the dutie,,, • pr ivileges and sacrifices of the Great Ame:rkan Exp erime nt. ( -- a-, ) connection with the �oming 1 I orse-Ame1·1can Centenm«l n, JS intenisiiug to n • then tic rec01<1 of a N orse immigrant in j Minnesota is that of Nib Nilson, born in M:odum, Nm·way, Jan. ;:l, 1830, wno 1 came to :6t. Paul in 184!, after having 1 worked for a time in the lead mines i{ear Galena, Ill, Nilson obtained work at a sort of hotel or inn known a s 1 "Moffett's Castle", near the banks of tne Mississippi 1·iver, approximately I where the new St. Paul Union station now 1,tands. The following spring · j he went to Stillwater where he work- I ed in a sawmill, remaining a resident of that l'ity until 1882 when h e bought a farm near New York Mills, Minn. He died there a few years ago. 1 I 1 · In J The first Norse woman known to have located in Minnesota was Miss Ingeborg L. Langeberg, who came to St. Paul with her brother, Around, in 1850. They were natives of Halling­ dal. Norway. Miss Langeberg was em plo:ved for about a year as a domesti� servant in the home of Alexande1 Ramsey, first territorial governor and second state governor of Minnesota. I It was during Ramsey's regime as I territorial governor that she was em­ ployed in the executive hou�ebold. to 1 Mis� Langeherg- then moved Fridley. Minn .. where 0he married a man named Clark, lr + r rPmovin<?' to 1\lePkP-r countv and still latPr to Min­ neapolis . I 0 �Oututli SATURDA • JUNE --------,_ , I wWIMi � o -ME TO 7-- Norway's Fourth of July Thi, is but one of se r- eral no t able auniversaries in the h i�lory of :N'orwa,r, but it is generally reganlcd as Norway 's " Fourth of ,Jul y. " On :.\fay 1 7, 1814, the :Norwegian constitution :'·as adopted, and the anniversary of that date 15 gcnr;-aJly observed as ihc Norwegrnn mdcpendcncc clay. Otbrr d ates in Norwegian hist ory, however, a rc of ontshmdiug importance . 'l'hc 'Ireaty of Y irnna, in 1 81 4 for example rravc Norway her inclcpcncknec l't:om De1 uu.a,·k.' 1'he country was c· e,·l,cd t o S,reden, and Norway ancl _Sweden were for many years goYerned by one kmg. Bnt the eoust i f ution of Norway, adopted in 1814, ,rns based l_argcl.v . on the constitnt io� �f �he Am�r�can 1·rpnblic a n d 1t was s o democratic m its prov1s1ons t lrn t it caw,ed c�irntant. friction with 1 he crown. t 'l'his friction continued until Jane 7, 1 905, when 1 la c e ts t;;:?t 1 ��.: e i� fte! tl�:r�1�������� ��t wcgian h ist ory as • 1 indepcnclence day, " but the � nn ivcrsary of the adoption of the, constitution 1s 1 he one gencra1ly celebrated . Herc in Minnesota " the seventeent h of l\fay" i s ,-ridely celebrated because of the large n umber of those of Norwegian birth or parentage who liavc helped settle this stat e. And it is a cclcbration with which all of American citizen s can he in full sympathy. The constitution _ which Norway adopted 110 years ago today, differed but litt le in principle, from the constitution of the American republic. ThP t meant that Norwcgian s who came to Ameri�a as pioneers were fitted to become American citizens with but little training. They knew and valued freedom for 1 hey had lived under a constitution like ours. 1 There i s therefore nothing in today's celebration t hat is not in complete harmony with the best-. Am erican i deals. A little later in the year the wegiari settlement in America "'.w :'M' 1 .-,!ije�•-� "·ith a celebration of international importance . ·'focJ.ay 's exercises, held in every city in which 1 here is any mat erial number of Americans of :.'\orwegian descent, will be a fitting forerunner of the bigger celebration to b� held later in the f �; t��� �-� Duluth, Min n.. Farmer MON DAY. JlfN E .l.: iszs � -------- ·-_..,-- ------- NIAL. THE NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENory of � � MINNESOTA, MR. p When Calvin Coolidge' president of the Un . S tate s, rea ch..._ � -- pesota to1;;9rrow on h lS way Mjn take part in the centennial cere'1,ration of the firs from Norway to this country· ' this stat immio-ration . 0 . . will welcome him at its threshold with open arms, an with its heart full of respect and affection for and con . • · ' · ·f1 d ence 1n, t h"1s rea1 Amencan wh o h as b een gu1 d e d t the leadership of the affairs of this country. The president will find himself in Minnesota.,.. ' . friends . among his . That would be true o� any other state that h e . . . . . might v1s1t ; but there 1s no other state where his welcome would be warmer or where the support he may look for could be stronger or more enduring. Out of one of the hottest political battles in its history, Minnesota • p lucked a handsome victory for • • • · · · C alvm Coolidge m the last presidential campaign. It did that because a majority of its people had confidence • · h"im, b ecause t h ey m h"Im, b ecause t h ey be 1·ieve d 1n recognize.cl his durable and useful qualities and because , they wanted him to have a chance to apply those qual. . . . . . 1bes to the affairs of the nation of which Mmnesota is a part. Not a word or deed of the president since his election has abated one jot of that confidence . On the other hand, every word and deed has strengthened it. If an election were to be held today, President Coolidge would have many more supporters and many fewer opponents in Minnesota than he had last November ; and among his stoutest supporters today would be many who were among his most vigorous opponents seven months ago. Minnesota is very proud today. It is proud of the president it helped to elect. It is proud of the sturdy citizenship of Norwegian extraction whose centennial has brought the president here. And it is proud to be host to the president, not merely because he is the p resident but because the president is Calvin Coolidge. Minnesota reJ· oices in the honor of this visit, It rejoices in the sturdy Americanism of the president-. in his high qualities of justice and honor and wisdom . . . . . . . . an d common sense. I t reJotces m h 1s vts1on, m h 1s grasp of the ideals and destiny of America and of America's p lace and duty in the world. hist .An imp orta nt milestone in the e d at the tl1e nite d Stat es wil l be celesbrat e !<'air Ground from Jun e 6 . .M"mn_e edth anr . 1 . to Afil() . to 9 mclns1ve JU .tion :i niversary of the Norse migrr of_ the roy • a '£he president and members ex• the m t . ���ily of Norway will take par o t her natio ereises and rep resentatives of to the peop�! will be present to do honor ?ra ble a shar:/ who hav e had so large an�l hont ion. Minnesota, happy to have the president as its . in the dev elop men t of this nathe litt . le s.h ip One hnndre<l yea rs ago is behind him in his great work. guest, of No,i:we· Restaura tion land ed, the first load e Sme e;; is behind him ..in his study of economy, of wise It shor "ian imm igi:.ants on Americanfollo '. em t� wed e hav s sand thou spending and of wise restraint in spending. then man y ?f Am enc an . and become an inseparable pardt idea of makIt is behind h 1m in his 1'd ea1s of improving the govfixe the liie '£hey cam e with resu lt that ernment service. • • • their homes here with! the ­ �li�y assume d their par_t < f t!Ie l.111r den of "-----��---------------------------e:nas well s, as i it t wha ca meri A in..,. mak e than fi_tjoyiu..,'"its- bene fits. It i s no mor seitlc cl JU they h whic in tate s the ting that a �reat such large num beri;; s'!ioul\l st � gecountry •. memorial of t heir arnval. ! n thi s _ co sms Thrse peop le with the1r i:acrnl ag� cul­ l1 1we been the grea test forc e m thest. ��Ih_ey _ tural deve lopment of the Nor thwe pram �s wel'e the pion eers who chan ged the are still they and s farm into ts and the fo!'es Ja�1d s carr ying on the wor k in �he cu� over lVIinn csota , W1sc onsm and l\11ch­ hern Nort of • Too much hono r cann ot be aecor? ed hwith such a recor d of ace eir prosperit �And it is behind him-in his purpose of using his influence to make Ameriaa a member of the World Court, and to put the power of this strong nation back of sound and sensible and practical projects to set up law and order and peace in the world in place of anarchy and disorder and the perennial threat of war. Welcome to Minnesota, _Calvin Collidge-presi­ dent of the United States. Welcome to Minnesota, Calvin Coolidge-Amer­ ican ! • Minnesota is with you and for you. Minnesota hails you as its guest, assures you anew of its loyalty and its confidence, and promises you its utinost in the support of every project for the wellf erica and all Americans to which you ma �:�f� i� �r Jh!!e�a;;:r�t�a�n�d�y:o�u�r:_1; m�i�n�d;�·_,__.g;a11J,lll·_.---� ,... __ ·--- r.- � i rrnont Minn., Ind�PFt1iie�• F�D4Y,. J.UNE .5,. 1925 _.1,.. -,.;_.; � --== WE'RE OFF AGAIN 'Gentlemen, The President' 'I'he president of the United States o.E America is a guest of the state of Minnesota today. Unfortunately he wil l not visit Duluth, but he is taking part in the N. wegian centennial cele­ bration in the Twin Cities. �----•-·· Even if this were territory politically host.ile to Mr. Coolidge, the citizens of Minnesota would be proud to pay tribute to the office he holds. But Mr. Coolidge, fortunately, hold.s the ad­ miration and respect of the citizens of this state not only as a president but as a man. We gave him a vote of confidence last November, and if the election were held today it is very likely that the vote would be even more decisive than it was. Mr. Coolidge has grown in popular esteem since last November. He "wears well." Up here in Minnesota we may have a little dif­ ferent blood in our veins from what they have in Massachusetts ' and Conneeticut. Minnesota was settled chiefly by Scandinavians, Canad.ians and Germans, while New England was settled, chiefly by men and women from the British Isles. But we all recognize moral courage, integrity, common sense, and plain, everyday homely vi.r- ' tues when we see them in a fellow American. Mr. Coolidge came to Minnesota as the particular guest of our citizens of Norwegian birth, but he will receive a whole-hearted welcome from every citizen · of the state, both because he is our presi­ dent and because he commands our respect and affection for his own�al qualities. Minnesota to�t'oasts-fl ay be an unfor. tunate worj,•fri. -view of the t •p eraturef the American re P • i:- ,, ,..., �i":1l1 ev . • 1 THU RSDA • z. Pr� Coolid2"e s;�'ke beiore the eznb]ed Nmi»,:u•"'J Monday at.the state f air grounds. The hardy Norsemen came in for a i;rood and well merited euology of praise. } Next week comes the Norse Centennial. We will all pour I into the Twin Cities in cro wded day coaches, or wrangle with other madmen for th e right O'f.w'W lY al� the highvv'ays ; w�/Jl ' find all the hote ls crowded and invoke all th e p u l l we have to g.et a cot in a hallwfay. We'll be jostled around with 100,000 others at ' the fair gl'ounds, groping and elbowing our way from one building to another ; we'll rush madly to see the Los Angeles as 300 m e n p u l l her down from t h e clouds. W e ' l l view t h e Norwegian May flower through the steam of rwch sweat, and quarrel wjth oth:er simpletons for the privilege of paying a big price to rent a bathing suit and wash off the dirt with Lake M innetonka water. We'll buy a little bad liquor on the presumption that it must be better than the home prod uct because it comes from a big town, _ and then we'll take the pledge again . · ith only a hide and some bones All tired out, wan and w left to remind us we once were men , we'll start home with the. jitney p i l ed fu l l of trinkets. Then we're j ust as likely as not to be do wnright sick for a while. Four days later , however, we'll appear on the stre ets with a big smile and declare with all sin�Jty that "It was wonde rfu l ; , we 're sure going to the fair, too. F::iirmont JV!inn, , t ct,, TUESDAY_, �Ul'{E 9, � bittc:pill for the Mil they had to write "Presi dent Arriv� 1 Paul sheets were . in their gl ory. ( was St. Pa ul and nothing else. �r:-,.,,rmo nf Minn., Ir- •"le.,erc' e,,· THU RiDAY, JUNE 11 H'25 A CHAN CE FOR TH E SWEDES The Swedes are out to p ut on a celebration that will m ke th e Norwe gian blo wout look l ike an imitation and they dd.p.'t m ean maybe. Being a good Norwegian, we don't be lieve they can do it b ut if the. Swedes aan eliminate one thin g in their festival we wil l attend. We woul d like to see them take the: commerc ialism, that spoi led many a Norwegian-American's visit to the Twin Cities, 9 ut of the Swedish affair_ From the time t he visitors l eft the trains in the Twin Cifrni3 " r ,.. ' • �'l. i ·Mo • - � l ast week until they tore themselves away they were beset by � �'-'. �-rur .::.�.. . • h uc ksters, curb merchants, peanut profiteers, penny ante ski n Did President Coolidge,' we wonder, hark back in game operators, and all maimer of pests wh o sought their n ickmemory to his last speech from the rostrum at the Minles and dimes. Along the streets l eading from the railway sta nesota state fair grounds, when he was h ooted down tions it was li ke running a g�rnntlet. The visitors, most of them e . crowd ? If s? he �ust have after �bwJ ,w;,a,r· .. fron'l small ttiwns and farms, were either too good natured or passed � internal co�hment to th e mcreasmg good too unfamiliar with city ways to pass unheedingly. They had to taste and cour�esy of north western crowds.-Fer gus Fal ls Tribune. stop and politel y decline to buy, or accept someth ing to escape. At the Fairgrounds it was as bad. Every turn meant that anSom e difference between president and vice presiden' other official had to be subsidized . A s president h e h as thousands o f fat j obs a t h i s disposal ; a To th e visitors this was expected . They kne w Minneapolis vice p re sident about all he has to dispense is "what the boy sh e and St. Paul and came thorough ly reconciled to paying three jat. " Still, President Coolidge is not i n an y way a b igg prices for everything th ey bought and being insulted for not Iman than was Vice-Presid ent Coolidge. b uying mo1,e. They handed out their coins for geegaws anu {. small favors and p etty concessions with good grace and joked �;;.':� ,-�, . ,,::, . good naturedly among the mselves about it. Gen era lly sp·e aking, Jl'ariba�i. �inn .. Newf; &ATQ���·MAY z� 19�5 their own pile had not been accu mulat ed in this fashion but ·� ,; ,. ·" :\. · \'_:_S:..,_ ·. - - the centennial only comes once in a h undred years. T .. If the Swedes will eli minate these pests and refuse to alTHE NORSE CENTEN NIAL. t low their celebrati on to be for many persons merely a chance to In connection with the coming line th eir po ckets, we wil l not only adm it that th ey have excel­ Norse-American Centennial to be held l ed t-4e Norwe,� �:t.h.e. w b,_��;y,.,Q,1;1.Q.,........,,.. ~,·········-�----, at the Mivnesgta State Fah- Grounds· on June 7-8-9, 1t"'iingl�f inter­ est to point out the. events which the ,::,.,;rmoni Minn.. Indepen<lt>i,• Cent.ennial comwemorat.es. THURiDAY. _JUNE 11, �925 The Cent.ennial observes the one , ?' hundredth anniversary of the arrival EDITORIAL �F THE HOUR I of the sloop "Restaurationen" bring­ 1 · , ' T )I (St. Paul News) Visiting newspaper men expressed some doubt as to the wisdom of Sec . Kellogg's address at the NQ!"se•Awecicar .,pn ­ vention Monday. One writer suggested that it might be consid­ ered a "discordant note" in Pres. Cool idge's frie11<!snip over­ tu res to the northwest, in that LaFol l ette mad e his campaign­ issu es to which many of the convention visitors conscientiousl�r su bscribed. The Daily News d oes not bel ieve the speec h was ill advis­ ed. If there is one thing a Norseman likes, it is courage . The men and w'o men who h eard Mr. Kel l ogg are of the type which prefers to have a statesman slrike straight out rath er than beat a bout the b ush. rrhe pleasant things the sec retary of state to ld the conven­ tion visitors had the ring of sincerity. If they recognize d in his references to "tampering with our confusion" an attack on La Fol lette, they m ust also have fe lt that he w.as sincere in that a lso. M any of us used to think that Mr. Kel logg was overcarefu l . H i s remarks while in the senate were al ways guard ed a n d carefu lly calcu lated as to effect on his party. That he now fearlessly utters th e things he feels is evidence­ to us that he has grown bigger. We bel ieve that his Norse,American auditors . will agre2 ing the first Norse immigrants to the United Stat.es. Its purpose is to show in an impressive manner the events in the Norse immigration to America and the things which these immi­ grants have accomplished in the land c,f their adoption. j There have been two important migi:ations from Norway. The first be­ gan nearly .a thousand years ago, • when many of the Norse war-lords, ea),'ls and patty rulers refused to sub­ mit to tJhe rule of Harold the Fair- ' Haired who had made himself the . 1·uler of Norway, and sailed away t-0 \ Iceland whei-e they founded a country ! of their own. The second lbegan a 1 hundred years ago when the sloop I "Restaurationen" crossed the Atlan­ ti.c to America, bringing into the Unit.ed States a numlber of seW.ers. The fil·st emigration was a migra­ tion of Norse chieftains, proud, wealthy and powerful, but because of the unfavorable conditions, they fail­ ed to establish themselves in the Unit­ ed States. The second was a migra­ tion of Norway's common people, plain simpl� and without worldly good�, but who bec;iu.�e of theh- in­ dustry soon made for themselves a pl<!,Ce in the new _world. · 1 1 �'l'he sai l ing of tlwsloop "Restaui·a- ! ty, N. Y., and What is tnie of t he Norsemen is l ater founded four ; tionen" marked the real Norse emi- other true of other rnces. Each race which Norse sett1ements in t h e west. j?ration to th e United States and He died in Bosq u e county, Texas, i n t has sent its imn\igrants to these thousands of N <>rsemen soon come to 1865, shores in large numbers has cn11Lriba11d is buried at Norse, in th(t 11ted something· to t he development of tl1e United States. They settle d in heart of the last settlement which he various parts of the country, the bulk the "! new nation. We are a polyglot founded. . Before his death he lived <>f them coming· to the agricultural • 11eople, a;id yet we nrc one re o ple. : to sections of the middle west, especially \ see his dream co me true, with the U can no longer be said in trul h wild prairie w here he slept the under il1 Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Min• , that there is no American race. If nesota. When the first •colonists came [ twinkling stars transformed into a it had not d evelope d before, the Am­ we th agricultural al region. Y to the United States, they purchased erican race e1nerged out of the bl o od Th second settlement founded by e a tmct of land in Orleans county, ' and carnage of the World war. New Yo1·k an d manv of them settled Peerson was the Fox River settlement One lesson is being· im pressed up­ in Illinois, w h ich was begun in 18/!<1 there. As the numbe:ts grew, this on the American race ,by the cenlc11and in 1836, after the rrival of tw o a settlement became crowded and great nial. That less9,n h as hcen p,r csent­ ships, "Enigheden" and "Aegir," a numbers moved westward. ed time and time again, but it has ird h settlement was t founded at Chi­ CircumRtances which led to the sail never come to the American neople as ing of the first shipload of Norse cago. Peerson later founded the ob.iectivcly as. in Lhe centennial. Texas settlement. ilnmigrants are inte1·esting, They had Presentetl briefly, th at lesson is The fourth Norse settlement \\tllS their beginning when Lars Lar son, a this: begun on e erson J Prairie, near Be­ ff Stavanger ship (!arpenter in th e D anIt · iF tH'.lt necessary for the i m ­ ish navy during the Napoleonic wars, loit, Wisconsin , in 1838 , the fifth at migrant citizen of this country west Muskego, of Racine in 1839 and was captured by the Britlsh and h eld to 11bando 1\ }]is national language a prisoner in London from 18 07 un - t he sixth a t Koshkonong, east of Mad­ and characteris'cics in order 1.o is'on, Wisconsin , in 184 0 . til 1814. After his release he entered hecome an Ame'r ican citizen. Considerable historica l interes t sur­ the employ of Margaret Allen, a Rather. to the extent that h� ,.,,_ Quaker, and was converted to the rounds the Muskego settlement, for tains the culture of !tis national it was here that the fast Norwegian Quaker faith. He later 1·eturned to • heritage and i m plan'cs i t inlto our Norway and succeeded in organi zing Lutheran church in America was b u ilt. nationa l life dJr,es he add to · our j It was dedicated in 1845 by Rev. C. a Society of Friends at Stavanger. Amel'1ican development. L. Clausen. This building h as been Becoming• dissaflisfied with condi D uring the fii:st d ays of permanent \ moved St. to a Anthony Pa1·k, St. P ul, tio,ns in thl;lir homeland, the Quakers 'Ame1· ;,.,111 col9nization, the English , · sent two men to A111erica, the new Minnes ota, where it now stands on colonists ,,were the dominating ele- I the ampus c o f the Luthe1· Theological , land of prom i se, to l ook for a new 11w,1L ·' Ev_en_ today, our language _is 1 home. One of them wa s Kleng Peer- Seminary. l'¼rgely that whic h t hey brought with ; From these beginnings the Norse son, the man who for 40 years was t hem, If we \v-0uld , be)ieve many of , the pathfinder fol' the Norse people settlei·s, i n , the Unite d States have tho,se who shp- �t for more American­ spread a l · tu l ))arts of the country. in the New World Peerson walked isn'f, every rate thit ·came here sub­ from New York to the trackless prai- ;-\ t the present time t�ere are. accord­ sequently to the English colonists, I g r. rie:s of the west and one night, while m t? D 0 . M. Norhe of Luth_er Col­ should have ab1111done d everyt h ing / l e h ecor a , Iowa, appQ·oxunately which their" national source gave them I s l eeping out in the open at some point � , D west of Ch icago. he dreamt that he , 2 ,5 0 0 , 00_0 persons of N�rse descent in and 'h ave become English. I the Umte? States. saw the wi ld prairies transformed in- l _ Most of them refuse d , and we can ' ,hese h , sto n ca l events will be com- , to a cult,ivated region, teeming with i 'I: now realize that it was well that they 1 , irrain and fruit and dotted with sµlen- ,I memora�ed lby ! l1e Norse-�merican , did so. Had every race w h ich came 1 Centenma l, Its importance · IS sh?wn did honses and barns, occupied by a left it� national characteristics at prosperous people. He interpreted , bY the_ f�ct co? gress ha� authorize d 'E l lis Island, and come here with noth­ the prmtmg of a special postage the dream as a vision and a token that ing except ·a n · empty head and heart · his countrymen should come to this l stamp, �hich will 3:ppear before the into w h ic h th e English characteristics • Cent�mua} celebra�10n. new land and settle, bringing it under 1 could be poured like water into. a con- 1 . It 1s an event of 1m))-Ortancc !\n d m cul tivation. tainer, the American race of tod ay 1 After t h ree years of investigation , terest not only to the No1· se -A111eri­ would not'• .be what it no w is. Nor cans : but t9 a l l American citizens, would it hivk been stronger. It would c he returned to Stavanger, giving glowing accounts of the new land. for it com1_n em?1·ates th e coming of have been weakened as a result to Many became interested, but they had a group of un m1g1:ants who have been such an extent that in our mind · it is po a tent _facto,1· m the develop_m ent no way to reach the land of promise. -doµbtfl/i if th1we :woulrl have been to- I the of Umted States and whose m fl u ­ Here Lars Larson again comes indav an Ame1·ica as we now know it. to the picture. He had acquired a ence has been keenly felt in many Th� United States owes its life and , ays. l ittle property which h e sol d and with ( its strength tod ay to those immi- 1 � five other men forme d a company and _ grants who left their homes across the 1 boug·ht the "Restaui-ationen" for $1,sea and came to her shores. From Faribauit, Minn. N' 800 in Norwegian money, engaging each she 1:eceived a contribution,­ TUESDAY. JUNE the captain and mate himself. to each she gave generously of her The slooµ sailed from Stavanger own. As �1;.sult_ _QfJhe interchangJ T . HE .• CENTENN IA � L. lharlbor on J uly 4, 1825, with 5 2 pass- ,. 'tliere has grown np a power which Perhaps_ no s�-�lscr•$l' 'm- the engers on board. After· a hard and today bas no peer among nations and stormy voyag·e the pa1-ty land ed at - northwest in recent years has attracta race, polyglot and "unassimilated" New York on October 9, 1 825. Every j �d: such widiii;'pread ii'ttention as the I thoug·h it may be ",1 the minds of one of the passengers landed in good Norse-A\nel'ican ceJitennial which is some, which is supel'ior to ·any race health, the party having been in- ,1 now ibeing held at the state fair that ever lived, mentally, physically pr t < Not h o m ls. only in t e Un i ted creased by the birth of a d aughter to and spiritually. Mr. and Mrs. Lars Larson, She was 1 Stl!tes, . but al�.o ,it; Europe th e event President Cooli d ge has seen the imnamed Margaret Allen in honor of the has dra wn 'attentfon, and' prominent portance of the centennial. He has , London Quaker woman wh o had be­ men of chnrc h a'nd state have come summed it up in a brief statement, friended her father, and later mar­ to pay th eir respects to the Norse- delivered yesterd ay, paying tribute to ried John Atwater of Rochester, N. America\/ pioneers . who lO0, years ag� the "unsung millions of the· plain Y., later a p rominent Chicago pub­ bcp:an their wbrk in th i s country. people" of all nations and tribes and The centennial is an event of trelisher. peoples: Kleng Peerson founded the N 01·se men d ous importance. It shows the "'l'hei'r Jives· h ve heen replete settle nt at Kendall, Orlea!!!l cOUI\• 1 part which one nationality has playw it h quiet, unpr £-entious, 1111cdcst ed in the development of t h e United \ but none 'the less heroic Yirtues. States. It demonstrates the influence From these has been com posed which a group of men and women can thc sum of that magnificent and exert upon a nation, even as great f wond,�ous adventure, the making a nation as the United States. 031 -------------------------------_ ----------___,.iL our 0>vn Amedca." �As ,�ith the Norsemen , so with a li ,__________. other people s represented within oU!jshores. They have all made their contribution . They have receive d much from the generous hand of Mother America , but from their hearts th� have give n freely in return, that which is far more ric h and worth y than material blessings , the priceless spiritual heritage which today is the birthrig ht of every American. American ism is n ot something w hich t he North American ,c ontinent gives to the immigrant. It is some­ thing th e imm igrant has given to North America. 0 '. · I 1 I �'Fulda . M:nn FRIDA • -' .' The N o rse Centen-n_. i � 1.�-'-·-- ,From the Minneap olis Journal. 'lhe government of Norway has shown lively apprec·iatlon of the Im­ portance . and sign!fl�nce of the j Am ·1can Norse Centennia l celebra­ tlo � the Twin Cities June 6 - 9, by des1gnatl elegates its two leading men-t he pr:mi�-lfl...,��,W-.�L-­ dent of its parliament. The premier ls J. L. Mowlnckel of 1 '.l' rondhjem and the Storthings­ presiden� ls Ivan Lykker of Bergen. Appropriately enough the one Is a. � ember_ of the Left or radical Pa.."'­ tles, while the ot:Jher is £rom the Righi or conservative parties. There ls also a fair chance that the Sto1·thing wlll authorize Crown Prince Olaf, who has recently attain - ! ed his majority, to visit America aod be the guest of Minnesota at the Norse Centennial. The only obstacle ls said to be economy, an is:iue as paramount In Norway as lo the United States. The crc:vn prince l6 described as a clharming young man democratic In his ways and tastes, � patron and participant In outdoor sports, and very popul2.r with the Norwegian people. The signal recognition of t-h e Norse Centennial by Norway shows that the ancient kingdom, however ,1 much it may miss at home the many sous and daughters it has glve11 to America, appreciates the historical significance of tihe centenary. Nor­ way in fact has had all through the �i,nturJ-t;S.... UJJ.�P.ei'•Y!l..� en�c�-.2 ver _ ,IU;J8: UM'>.,a ..iJa- -- -.;,IdlS !.lOl[.) d[ lH'J .Ia[J.x! J.[ UW'} UA\1/Q ,l,>:p,t::[- - - • ---·· • --- - - - O O ' [ i,; ) Jc SJ,l.lO.\'. S.rn rv A CONTRAST THE PR ESID ENT'S M I SSION � Two years ago when Calvin Cool­ I t is llot difficult to unclerstan 1 I iclgc appeared in an �ddress at the why President Cool idge across the co 11ti 11ent in spile of op­ Minnesota Fair Grounds he was hoot. • lent pressive he.at to pat the Norwegian 1 ed down. Rec fa1 en; on the hack at the Norse- 1 of the United State,:. Last Monday . A 1ue rican centennial in the Twin when he appeared at the same place Cities • • ' �d not ap- 1 he was accorded the greatest recep­ I pear there, we suspect, to ht d Nor­ tion in his political career, if not the wegian achieveme nts 11or t q, praise greatest ever given a p1e�ident of the i r valor and worth. That was not 1: the United States. The change in necessary. All thm;e facts are mat- ! the attitude of the people was clue l ten, of hi story. Any sixteen year old to two factors-one that he is not bo�· could have recited those fact;-; Calvin Cool idge, but the presideHt of w i th a::; much gratitude as the vresi­ the United States-the other that the clent d i cl. Had he come for the pur­ "blond sons of NgrwepP '1re by tra­ pose of paying tribute to the Norse, dition a reverential people ancl pre­ contributions to civil ization then he domi nated in the 1 00,000 throng that would not have swung his speech g-reeted him. It was perfectly proper making into gene ralities and uttered that he should be accorcletl a gener­ a stri ng of pl atitudes so youth-l ike ous reception. The position of presi­ that the onlinary burlesque pol itician dent of the United States when p l'op­ erly filled become� a true reflection oI Ii fc. There were no doubt other clc,sig-11-;. I The po · · • Out here i n the We::;t, espel:ia l ly, the ) _1· � ctecl. t.'e-r�u -r:Norwegian farmers have �how 1 1 gn.1ve J THU:k.SD sig-11s of revolt agai nst the iios� cs o f 1 lhc two old pol iti cal partie:-; and the / Those who imagine there is no difference between the W a l l Street regime. The s,gns have an­ Swedish and the Norwegian people shoul d note the frequently been foll owecl by orr.;anian­ ear 500-y nouncement' of the need of celebrating the zaiion that has caused the Fat Bo�·s of the behas It considerably. to worry niversary of the first Swedish visit, on the heels right. all It's week. last 101i'l'f.,,..-Nffl•fl!it!lift!ft''' Rnniversary come a seriou,: problem to find sonie and ter grea up build and her, anot antidote to counteract this tlangcrous Let them vie with one ta. neso Min and a eric I tenclency. If Preside nt Coolidge could .;:p.er things for Am t' ,\ pacify these hard-hand ed farmers T _ � I and cause them to forget their pl ig·ht is still gasping, but out of the other Merriam v. /Ex-Go while. worth be i t woulr1 certainly 'ide of his mouth. He says the outpouring of Americans That Cal came on such a mis,;ion j� I of Norwegian descent at the receRt Centennial at St. conceded. However, "the blond Rons Paul has amazed him by its greatness, ana: the lmticaof Norway" are su fficie,n tl�· i ntellicortions of material prosperity which accompanied it. His gent to appreciat e h is c1esign am! 1 mesRage. earlier gasp was due to the bonds owed by the state torectly interpret his youthful . ' � which nine-tenths of the Centennial celebrants I I I ay in e. One or the other gasp must have been wast� nerve force. Norsemen from every part of the northwest flocked i� u_n� eard� of numbers to t�ce!ltennial celebration in the� c1�1es las-" :week of the arrivai oMlie-fiffl"mrwegian im­ migrant� m the northwest. Special trains were crowded. Eve :y highway to � t. Paul p_resente� an unending pro­ cess10n of autom �b� les, carrymg �am11ies and supplies­ a n�w sort of prairie schooner, smtable for today's pros­ perity of the d�scendants of these early adventurers. And the best thmg about the travelers, by train and by a_u �o, was that they were all sturdy and loyal American citizens, who have become as devoted to their new home­ land as this pilgrimage of one hundred thousand of the sh-o wed they still are to the land their fathers left. ~ ,,. ..lVil � 1' tl,un� l"""·"-· '--. ;:..u Fau$, ...t.llu as -•..:_ _.1.._ 122! };... I I I �Special trains are being arranged for to carry the crowds from ' . all points of the compassr-fr:>m STURDY AND RESPECTED PEOPLE W innipeg_to�ya_ncouver, Can. , from I _ . Mmot, Grand Forks arid Fal'go , In 1807, one Lars Larson, a Norwegian ship N. D. , Chicago, :m. , Madi�on, Wis., ; carp enter, was captured by an English ship in Sioux Falls, S. D; , Decorah , Iowa 1 a war between England and D enmark. He spent and other cities. Automobile cara- I several years in England and became a Quaker. vans are also being planned from Returning to Stavanger, Norway, he converted many sections within reasonable ', others to his faith. driving distan_ce_ of the T_win Cities. i But the Quakers w ere persecuted . Some de­ he railroads .· west ·ot Ctii9-ago haTe cided to seek a new land where they might wor­ ship as they pleased. One Kleng Peerson had made a rate !lf ·9ne' iiid� 01i'e· .third for the round t�ip. E-.aa.t�rn roads � spent considerable time in New York and under are ex·pected to make·�~similar rate.J his leadership a hundred of his fellow country­ men came to America in the year 1 825. They t A world's fair will virtually be ' crowded into the four days' celecame in a small sloop, 5 5 feet long , which , , bration, The celebration has been braved the hardships of the Atlantic for 14 officially recognized bv four nations weeks. 1 the United States, ·· Dominion of In 1850 there were seven Norwegians in MinCanada. Norway and · Iceland, and 1 nesota, according to the census of that year. ,t,hese countries will all be officially 1 Today a quarter of tll.e population of the state represented. I are Norwegians or of Norwegian d escent. Dr. President Calvin Coolidge will , 0. M . Norlie of Lutller college, an authority, speak before the grands tand on says there are 525,000 people of Norwegian Monday afternoon, June 8, On the blood in this state. evening of that day, designated as The celebration of the hundredth anniver­ ' · Gov ernors' Night" it' is expected sary of the coming of these people to America 11 six governors of Norse blood at the Minnt.,oota e:!LACe l½!tir grounds is a fitting ·ill be present and make short ·ad­ event, in a well chosen place, at a w ell appoint­ resses. They are : Gov. Theodore ed time . Jhristianson, Minnesota; Gov . J. America has been good to the Scandinavian I. Blaine, Wisconsin ; Gov. 01;1,rl people, the Scandinavian people have been good l underson. South Dakota; Gov , f-Ol'. roerica,:_ \.. G, Sorlie, North Dakota; Gov. •. E. Ericson, Montana, and Gov . • , L. Whitfield, Mississippi. r.r, ... rl Ra0ids. Minn .. Revi ,,, WEDNESDAY... JUNE s. 19:.:;;; ffecte.r rMinn.l mrror. I THURSDAY., AJ?RIL M,. 19Zq lNorse Centennial Cele• The NorSA-Aroe..k,a�aj �brat& at the state bration Opens June 6 • fair grounds th first part of June will perhaps draw the l arg­ The Norse-American Centenni al est crowd the fighting twins will have ever h:a d. Some time c�tnibioA ::and exnosi t,ian at, llM! ago all hotel parking space was reserved and now the rail ­ Minnesota sta te fair grounds, be­ roads are- offering Pullm\an accomo dtions. Besides the large bween St. Paul and Minneapolis, on crowld, you will have an opportunity to see many notable June 6 to 9, w ill be the larges t , there, providimg you get close enough. gathering in Am erica in 1925. Those in position to know are _,_.i . ly est1matmg . . uuw various th e at- I tendance at from250,000to 500, 000 . ! � "nrirkb:, Mi •,1 .. "Pfo,,�r-r Prof. G isle l:Jothne, dean of the FRlDAY. JUNE J9. 1925 Scandinavian department, Univer­ sity of Minnesota, who is general i President Coolidge received a better reception recently in chairman of the Centennial commit- ] the Twin Cities than he did on his previous visit. The St. Cloud tee, returned recently froai a trip I • the real enthusiasm wai:-, .. into Canada with the infc,rmation ' J our� h.,2-_w ever, .th· 1 for M rs. c;oi'i7iie,which is very gallant, of course. that estimates made bV the Cana� dian Centennial committee indicate 1 _ r,, _ that between 30, 000 and 60. 000 , \ Norse-Canadians and other Canadians will attend the celebration, T I �J-l�1tchinson, 'Minn r ,.;iii FRIDAY._JJlNJi; ,19. i'vis (>f The Norsemen in America. - A 'l'I ON . JVILL BE .A BIO lYELIC BR n wil l like ly he the big Th e Norse-.A.merican ce ebr atio : kb rat ion ever helcl in the sta te, ge st and n ple, not only of l\fo rnes otn patriotic out-pouring of the peo -away lan ds. Lut from all ove r this countr. • and far state fair grurnls nex' Th e affair wil l be hel d at the king- all due pre p:m ttim month, and the Tw in Cities are ma ir gue sts. for the proper entertaimnen·- of the oad of :N orwegi ans lefi One hun dre d years ago a ship-l homes in the new Jnnd of the ir native shore to make their stur<ly stock tha t helped ir freedom, and fro m the m came the on earth-the Un ited State� t he making of the greatest nat ion nt that will be celebrated by of America-and it is this eve the people of many lands. cs-a steady­ The Norsernan is of hero ic characte risti has mingled he going mortal with a good end in view, and m inute he land e{l. with American life as a part of it from the igrm�ts who settled Min nesota has pro1ited b y: thes e imm ition s of the higln,t withi n its borders, and who have held pos es and thei r ado pt­ trust, and abvays to the credi of them selv . ed country. The y are always builders tion will be an elab­ bra cele ing The program for the com the Norsemen of an orate affair, depicting the dep arture oi thei r acti viti es right on hundred years ago, thei r landing and dow n to the pres ent time . first Yisit Ca!Y in Cool idge will make that a time for his w ill there to Minnesota as pres ideHt of the United Stat es, an<l busin ess anJ be many othe r men high in the socia l� relig ious, p - • ·cal affair s of life in attendance. Hihili . MOND ted States. a t of the· Uni The Presidenire are paying tes sta · United · __. __i.-.--,-----:- tri bu te wh o is Norsemen of the ent tes pre sid ent �f the Un it d Sta tod ay to Calvin Coolidge, rse entcnnial in the Tw in Cit ies . an ho nored gu est at the No thi s pn , roud becr u"e ·it b� olidge Minnesota i� pr oud of ty of purpose of Calvin Co nes ho d an ity cer sin the 1i 2 ves in great Sta te nds tor. Norsemen of the history of sta he als ide h hig the and an important -pa rt in the wh en th<! of Mi nnesota ha ve played yin g the m a merited honor commonwealth an d it is pa Country to pay a special vis it to this they President swings across the prnple how important a factor , • great state to tell the Norse of the United States. ent have been in the developm welcome to the President an d to thE. rty hea Minnesota bid s a ek. ing their centennial thi s we Norsemen who are observ In 1 8 2 1 the Norwegian Cleng Peer­ son la � ded in Amer1 a, an i 825 the ship Restaurationen initiated the Norse immigration in earnest. The centenary, celebrated in the North­ west this week, deserves the national attention which Mr. Coolidge's pres­ ence will give it. When Fredrika Bremer visited the United States in 185 ? she found nearly 40,000 Nor­ wegians already settled in Wisconsin alone. They were the advance guard of an army 'which, with Lief Erics­ son's pfoneering spirit, swept rapid­ ly ?:er the Minnesota and Dakota l'.rames. America now has a mil­ hon an d a quarter inhabitants of Norse blood ; and their contribution to our 1;ational character, traditions and ach1evem_ent is out of all pro­ . portion to their numbers . They and their fellow S'candina­ . vians have largely made the North­ west what it is. They may look around them in Minneapolis and re­ flect that this city of 400,000 people was marked by a single cabin seven­ ty-five years ago. They have turned the cold northern plains into one of the most fertile farming regions of the globe. In politics they have as­ sumed control of their section and left their imprint on national affairs. O� t of the last nine governors of mnesota six have been Scandina­ ans. . But for the untimely d eath o their great liberal leader John A hnson-like Knute Neison, of _ wed1s� blood-they might have giv­ their co'1,ntry a president. Com;m from nations interested in ex­ . pe iment, t�ey have taken naturally to o-operation and equal suffrage­ at times to the non-partisan league � the ideas espoused by Henrik h1 1'.stead and Magnus Johnson. The 1r cultural interests, suppressed _ durmg their years of struggle with r�w nature, have - steadily grown in vigor. The Norse in particular d o n o t forget that they c o m e from the la1:d of Ibsen, Holberg, Bjornson and lGrieg. Cu lturally, no stock has become m ore quickly Americanized than the Scandinavians. They have entered the c_ountry to make homes, to learn ngbsh and to rear their children to -.b atriotic citizens; they might eas­ �ve fo � ed impervious foreign j ies, ?ut_ it was n ot their nature. . R1 ;� m "The Making of an . r1can caught the spirit of this ted l oyalty. Yet it is not incom_ . 1ble with a sentiment of reverence d love for the traditions of the omeland. Th_e Norse feel that they h_ave a great history, dating from the time of the Vikings, and that the con­ qu �st of the Am erican Northwest is a_n mtegral part of it. They may well proud of their heritage and its I tr lantation .-New York y{& J::11!" �a �Tste, Minn.. Aova11e;o, • 1'.ff.H.R�DA� ITJNR ·u. - jci� Kt.rk11ovPtt ·tm.., ,, l �:.tr.n( ?' FRIDAY, JL'"NE: ::'.'.}, i�.:.,s at others should do unto you, do ye even so unto them. The e ration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the landing i . New ork of the first Nor gian emigrants to the Umted States, ] ;rnc, being held in St. Pau , 1§ � great event. 'J,rom all over the ; . tlmted States _and Canada, and from many parts of Europe, some- : thing like a quarter of a million people have gathered to do honor to these first of the Norse men to settle in America, and to the millions who have followed them. The president of the United States has thought the occasion of sufficient importance to come from W.ashin J.. ton to spend a day with them. It is peculiarly fitting that this celebra�?uld occur in the Capital City of Minnesota, a state that owes mucli�tness to the industry and thrift of the people of the Scandinavion countries. Originally explored by the French, afterwards occupied by the Brit­ ish, it remained for Americans of Sc-andinavian birth or descent to develop the agricultural riches of this state. The story of what they have done, of how they have changed the cheap cut-over pine lands of Minnesota into prosperous farms, is one for an inspired pen, not ours. That the value of the contribution of these races to the mix­ ture that is America is fully appreciated is shown by the nation-wide ! interest in this celebration. l:>r-d an. 'fr,• . .Pecnle' P;e!--h TI-HJ "s.-. J '\. • J J N:i:i: :25. 1925 0 • - d' .,.3 If WE ARE SETTLED- NOW , .,. Now that the Nox,.Q li3 it€ffl!.l� and the big million dollar dirigib� still on �4;9 U1:e Twin cities} it's exp�a.rrival de' .ved due to the radical weather that. is typical of Minnesota, we have settled clown to our accustomed place in the commu_ nity and are willj,ng to forgive and forget the continual ·reminder thaL we are not in a race that discovered Tulin_ nesot.a and the res,t of the American continent, and pursue our eventful way as behooves one who cares not a cracker for creed, nationality or color. We are alfherel and all Americans, s,o it matters not 'that we have failed to acquire the snoose habit which after all is an American invention and can • be charged to the Old English fam,.. iiies at that.-Renville County Journal . ARE YOU PLAYll'.J G THE GAME? ' . Dealers in farm lands in Minn' eso'ta are now face to face with a real opportunity to turn thous ­ ands o f acres o f M inneso t a farm lands . Every acre of cultivab le land in Minnesota would sell it­ self in time. But, why let t he lan d sell iLself ? A little salesmanship added �ill cause land, to be s o l d freely t h i s fall ;rncl during t h e comin g year s . ().pp ortun i l y is knocking at our door and i f we take advantage oi the situation t he land n10...-ement will soon be in full swing. The Norse-Amer­ ican Centennial celebration heldl. in: the Twin Cit res last week gave us an opportunity to note the in­ terest take n by outsiders in the agricultural advani ages o f t h is state. Many people from other states have called at the Immi­ gration Department requesting information regarding Minnesota lands . Several o f the ::;e were rent­ ers in other s tates who contem­ ·plate a · c h ange i n location next spring. In most cases these rent­ ers had. a full line of farm mach­ inery, catt le, horses, considerable pouHry and: some cash on hand. They were not -read:Y to buy at Lhis t ime, but preferred to rent a farm for one or two years with the ultimate view of purchasing. Many of these visitors will spend t he next week or ten days visit­ ing relat ives i n this s tale and while here they will be looking around for a suitable location. Owners and dealers o f farm lands , should be. on the alert to take I �Returning to Greenland Lrif tunwcl "ship" over to his brother Thorwald who sailed north and wc:=;t ,Yith tl1irty men and in the ycnr 1 002 winI . to · tered at "V iulanrl" wlwre the former be held in"'\'t!c. 'I!Iitn �...� nex t m< t h t'Xpcdition had sojourned. These last naturally re-awakens an interes t • t j n•mairn.'(1 in .\.nwrien two yrar� ancl the ol<l tn lrs of the valiant cruise s m "explor('{l t h interi. o r'' bow far no dertakeu hy the Danes and Norwe one can sa y. Possiblr some of them ians centu ries before Columbu i; s� ! read1ell tlt c :Hississippi. forth upon his celebrated voyag-e i 1· In 1007 Thorfinn . Karlsefne, fl search of a westward route to t h wealtb�• Iceluudie me1Thnnt. descencl­ , Orieut. ' ed from Danish, XorWl'gian a nd SwC'clHistorians have squabbled fo 1· yea r i,;h princes. and h i;; wife Gmll·i!la sail­ over the legends of early Norse .visit ('l1 to Vinlnn(l . That autumn a f'OU to America. From time to tim ,vas horn to them on Amcricnn f'Oil. "rune" stories have been found ,..,bi '' Snorri," the first of Enropcan blood have been wildly sung as incontrover to ;.:;iYe tongne to iufant 1 auH•ntations ible evi<lr11ce of those yisits and �s upon tlwse shores. b otly cornlemnefl as outrageous prank:-, , Tllorfinn reilla in,,,1 her<' thr<'c yea TR plnye<l upon the credulity of the sim- ,m d traffike<l with t he Indians. One ilk minded. of h i,: camps he uamec1 1Iu11. Tlle There can be no doubt that the r n ritan,; :-i:s: L'<'ntnri\'R later found the h � rlly Scandinavian adventurers com- I T n cli n us tnlliu� thnt localit, Ifonl). 1 brng the sea for their prey, discover- 'rlie Pnri1 n us l"'Jlt the tratli1 ion l'all­ . . :.-.rount II011P. ed Icelaud and Greenland an(], if / in the pln Pe these, then in o l l prot;ability New Here n lirnptly tlw stories of th<' Foundlaud, Kova Scotia, New England 1Tori-;e voyages to .\nwrica eC'a ::;ecl. and possibly l ands still further �iouth \Yh,v, no oue can do other tlluu gne,,s. ancl west, That they actually came tc, Po,;;;ihl,v 11w trips w<'rc n1111rofitahlc. America in the ninth century is not rerlainl:-· ther were Ia!Jorions to a de:­ so hard a thing to belieYe as that they grPe. <:ame in opPn boats similar to those IJi,-tol'iai1s grndgingl,v gi,·c the nwn mentio1wd in "Beowulf," earlieRt af from thP north rrpclit for any of this. thl' .Anglo-Saxon Epie poems of the : It iR claimed that the journeys were ' • sea. ; accidental. That they all came about / Most of the doings of these sturdy \ hy one of the first l>Ping blown off his adventurers is lost in the mist::; of , course from Ireland to G reenland. In lcg;ell(l arnl hnrierl deeply i n the 1mz- ; this connection it should he re�allcrl zliug bonsti11.�·s which characteri zed that Columbus was in search of a the report8 of all retnrne!l explorer,;. I· westward path to Cathay and that he I_t is u �rnu a slender thrcad of e:-tnh- inaclY rtently found a continent bar­ � _ hshed fa<.;t that the ent ire tale of the lj ing Ins way. rloings of the 1-orsemen in America It may be that :;;ome clay evidence , hang:;. )V'm be unearthed which the geogral n SG:3 a Dane named Ga nl ar fomiri pbers ancl t he historians cannot gain­ and named le-eland . E le ven yeu rs la t - say anti either Leif or Erik may er l1 ,g;o1 z· col011Jzed i t and m ade i t a snatch from the brow of Christopher rc•pnl)J ie. Itt 877 the moun ta in8 of Columbus that wreath of laurel which G n'enlaml '\\"PrP fir:;t seen by o 11nn- �as crowned hlm since 14!i2. , bjoru. In 08:1 a Xorwegian murderer, I 1 11::rik tht· Re<l, sailed thither from kc• larn1. As he was banished for b b crimes first from Xorway ancl later from Itelaml he no doubt sailed nn pm;t Greenland in search for a more congenial clime. , I n n.sn rB.i:irni Herjulfson-Bjami . in a jour11P. from Iceland to Greenland 1 ,vas (l riven ont oI his course a great distance'. From the fragments of the narrative of this ' trip ·which han, snr, Yived in IcC'lanct ic records geographers have reached the conclusion that the�' actually explored the sea coast a;; far as Long Island. In !)!)-! LL>lf Erickson, 0011 of Erik the Outlaw, bought the Bjarni "ship"' and with 35 men set sail over the same C'ourse. They ap1war to ban• , wintered not far from Xantucket a na . j• ('ape Cod. b'o me geographers esb11J, lish the plnee definitely as :\fount , Hope Bay. r4,�,liw,,�-.ll.i..J:.... ... --::.,,,,,.-=:;.;._______ MINNES his -=�----- I I The Norse-Am erican Centenn Celebratio n that was held in S Paul t�e week was great success fr om various stand ­ points. It n o t only brought togeth- l er the largest crowd of people ever) assembled at any one timc:i i n the: northwest, nearly a m i l l ion people being on the grounds, but i t brought out facts relating to deeds of personal heroism and public ser­ v ice by some of those sturdy pio­ neers that have never before been mac!o pub1i c' ar.id probabl't ne<:e·r would have been known had i t not been for this opportune time. In read ing some of the stories of per­ sonal pri vation , to i l and danger that these early sett-lers pass3d through, i t is"no�wond er that they have come to be among our most thrifty , i ndustr i ous ard patri otic citizens. It is as President Coo l­ idge said i n his address Monday afternoon, that " the hi story of Mi nnesota and of the' Northwest is i n no smal l part the story ; of: how the sturdy settlers from N orway made good use of thei r new oppor­ tunities and freedom. Everywhere they have been law-abid i 11g, mdus­ trious, and go.od citizensin the larg­ est sense of the term . They have been the friends of education, ad­ vancement and industr ial progress. It was a fortunate day for the United States when that small party of Norwegi ans turned the prow of the i r little ship toward the new world . " There were no si lly, sim­ per ing, men o r women i n that group and the sooner sJme of the present day imbibe some of thei r p i r i t and Jove for home and coun­ Y, the better it w i l l be�for ihe na­ and the chilclren yet unbo �'n . �._._._ -------� ... � !I �r l-uverne. Minn.. Jfe.-ald FRIDAY. lUNE 12, 1925- . . The sloop referred to has been called "the Mayflower I of the North," and its 53 passengers the "Norse Pil1 grim Fathers," although there were women among them. These pioneers established a settlement in Kendall, Orleans county, New York, and from them radiated the adventurous spirit that impelled to a later movement westward and northwestward. They had woven a Norse saga and they lived an American epic, the influence of which became one of the ingrains of the fiber of our national spirit. The President cannot well afford to miss this op­ portunity to deepen and broaden his conception of the many-faceted America of which his own life is an expression. Fo rtuna t el y, t he grra l ma j o r ity o f The Preside nt's Visit the people of this country are not a r '!'he Presi clent o! the Uni t ed States fl ict erl w i th the "in curnh.le teurlen c;y" was the gues t o[. Mmneso'.a for twenty- of seeing evil in e very ad, and, th ere tour hours t he fi:s_t o( tlus week. The fore. w i l l agree wiLh the M in neapoli�· 1 purpose of his visit_ was t o H ttend and T ri bu n e in its view of I.he Preside n t's thus extend recogmt1on to the N o rse- \ v isi t : Ameriean Cen tennial, and in so domg W e o f t he n or t h w <'st a rc not u n m i n<1 ' 1ot alone to those ru! o f llle urgc- t h at i n t l uc,•<1 llH· , ,,..,8• he die i , 0 ntr · t ou r citizPnS. in whose veins course ��':i'�U1� \'�;1"�� t �t;\':\ f!�1�--� ¥� e r fl� ::;�2 g the blood or the Norsemen , but to all l o g- i ,·,, t h e t est i m o n y o r h is p rc:se n ce of the people of our great common- �ii';s ;�•;1 i,f esJ� 11 11 �f i��1;•;�:!� ,1\���.�' \,,�:;: wealth. on o n r n a t i o n H l l i fe in t h e i r h un d red ocia o a ear l ion .c11 cl R P r v i c e. Hl' s f Hs Jn so.far as ,M r. Coolidge was con- yi s h nre to 111:u,i f<'st \ :s i n t e ,·cst in t lw cerned there was a com plete eschewal socie1 l a n d ma t erial haffa i r � of a pa r t o[ politics in h i s visit. I l e ca 1ne l o o f 1hre ·co u n try i n w hnsP w el fare h 0 1 l i M innesota not as a.n ind ividua I, 'but � � � ll 1��1��n ��\.;"S;3r:,:t . - H u • • 1clea ls fo r as the sovereign representative of th e s,, f yes anew l o t i ' 1 Un ited States-as th e l eader o f the ��1 t)� i d��11t · i c ·,. s t lrn { i h gu l <l r Nation. chosen as such by the citizens i peopl e t< •npt,, of t h t: earth . of t hi8 country-to give see111ly reco�- r 11 i (ion to an h istoric eYent frn uglll with t re m. endous benefits an(l a(! van lag es vA lo t h e deve l opment and advancement oe our country. Some people. of course, fi nd in the occas ion ca use for critic-is m . As is to he exIJected of those who lrncl them­ selves to carping cri ti cism, their com­ plaint is directed not against Mr. Cool­ idge's t·oming, ,b ut against tl1e manner of Il ls eoming. The fact· that he trav­ Why the President Should Come. cll erl in what was virtua lly a special train and lhat the railroad people look It is much to be hoped President Coolidge will be thP utmost precaution lo guard aga inst accident befal ling' the train ancl tlte able to come to the Twin Cities for the Norse-Ameri­ Presirlent, appears to them Lu so can centennial to be held at the Minnesota State fa•· ,. smaclc of royalty as to he orren sive grounds next June. to their democratic nat ures. Tu suc;h This centenary, in which the United States and as t hese it would be i clle, or course, to in vite attention to the fad that these Canada will be numerously represented, promises to precautions were not taken in recog- be one of the outstanding events of the year. Crown 1 nition o[ the honor attached to Mr. Prince Olaf of Norway expects to be here, and so does I Coolidge ' s position, but in recognition I Dr. Fritjof Nansen. Canada will be represented of­ of the importance of tho posit ion he I ficially by its premier or by a member of his cabinet fi ll.,; in his inherent · person ifica tion . ot' The occasion will be worthy of the presence and voice I he Americ·an governmenL ll likewise of the President of the United States. w-mlrl he useless to invile thr att en­ The people of these cities and of the Northwest t ion ol' these eritics Lo the fad that would be glad to see President Coolidge in the flesh U1eHe precautions were (al<en hy the 1 a i l roacl people w ithout the suggcs•• and to hear him in a more intimate wa1 than over the I ion or advance knowledge ot the radio. They have attested their high regard for him Pn,:,;irlen t. and wit h n o ot lwr l houghl at the polls . As it will do u:; g6od to have the President mingle t h 1tn 1 0 µ;uard the life of t he nw n w ho I by t lie w ill ot• t.h e pc-o plc is t.he em - i i personally with us , so it will be of service to the bocliment o[ our nat ional govPrn uien l . President to have a chance to study at close range 1 I B;,· the sa me t oken, w h a t cn.n one the cross section of American life and thought that ° ,m y of th ose who would clrng the her­ will b e presented to him. roll or 1wl i li co aeross t ile ''1 esitleut ·s No man at a distance has shown a keener interest p: 1 l h hetween Wa::;hington and t h e Twin C'il ie::i? As the New York in the welfare of the Northwest than has Calvin Coolidge. No man is readier to pay tribute to the TimeH ( Democratic ) well says : T l w l 'n•si,tcnt's t r i p Lo ,Vl i 1 1 n <•so l a pioneer builders of the country and to their sons and i 1 l uHlra l <' 8 o n ce more t' h1· i n c·ura h ! t• l1'1J11t' ll('Y <J f A1neriea u s t o l'P:td a po l ­ daughters who have done honor to them by doing i t i < "a l n 1 o l i \' ( i n every act o f a p n h l i c honor to the nation and the continent. The country t n a n . To 1nnst JJ('ople t h e t h i nµ; a1J­ ! l l'a n; ,• n t i 1·,,Jy s i m pl,•. Thc> r<' is to be owes a great deal of its development along material n <'l'J 1 t 1 11arv cei l' bra tion o f' t h e first1 i m - and cultural lines to the sturdy stuff that came out 111 iµ;n.1 t i cll1 ' o r .1� or8e 111en t o tht' L n i t cd Hta tes, w h ich rnsult e<l i n a <lcl i 1 1 �· a of the northlands of Europe a hundred years ago and s t u rd y :1 11<1 va l uable ra,·,· , • i c' m e n t lo to their descendants. <n1 1· pop u l a t i o n . VV hat <·n u l <l 1H• nHH't.. natural t han for t h e 1 ' resid,0 n t to t a k <' There was Norse emigration to America longer than part i n oueh a note-·w u r t h y (·0 111 111 p 1 n ­ ora t i o 11 ·? Yl't t \1e observ,,rs and t h e a hundred years ago, but it has been well said that "it . i n l ('rpre t 0 r R a r P al rcn.dy rea d i n g h i � hearL T h e y s e e h i m e m bal' l<ed u p o 1 1 a 1 was the sailing of the sloop "Restaurationen" (in 1>n l 1 l i ca l j o u rney. He is i n vad i n g- the 1825 ) , and the founding of the first Norwegian settle­ L,t J<'o l l <' l t <' co u n t rr. lle eply sig· 1, i fiea n l is l lw f.t<'t r t \i,it H0natnr l,rnrool. m ent in America that marked tho beginning of a real �n,· nrn C' J l t) in. or La Fo l l e t l (• a n cl H t ' l l ­ migration from N01'Way to this continent." The Twin l e n cNl lly the l a t ter to pol i t i ca l dea t h, l.s ac•co11111�u1)· i n g; Lli e 1 •resicl 0 n t . r:r h i ::i cities comprise the geographic center of Norwegian n 1 ak<'H i l ('P rta i n t o so1nP pe11 0 t rn t i n g- population in America, as well as the center of Norse 111 i n <l� t h a t M r. Cool irlg<e h a s a l ready bC'gun pt.a n n i n g the CongTPHSi onH l P i - art, learning and culture. There is no other collection 1;' c t i on s of 1H'Xl ,v ear a n d t h 1• l 1 r(•�i<h n t � i a l c..·an1pai µ;n o f 19:!S. P'ro111 s o xn1 a l l of Norse-American literature in this country the peer ·t 111 a t l c r is a g1 · en t fi re• k i n ,l letl ! of that preserved by the Minnesota Historical library. I I I ! l� :'. � / W l i i� tll/t � - I I I 1 1 �11 'Minneapons, '1\liinn .. Star FRIDAY, .]RIL !7, 1925 /fi,-.,.,e;i polis, Minn .. Mar Trib nne 1 U LSDAY, MARCH 1 7, 192.S l When the Norsemen Come. l Signs have been foretokening for a long time that the Norse-American centennial celebration to be held at the l\finnes.ota.."']nte Jair grounds in June will draw more visitors to the Twin Cities than anything else of the year with the possible exception of the state fair in September. Representatives of royalty and other dignitaries from abroad are expected to come. Governors from 1 various states will participate. President Coolidge can� ' not give an absolute answer so far in advance, but �nless something important interv-enes to prevent, it 1s more than probable that his schedule will be f.1) arran�ed that he can be preseut on one day of tM-< celebration. An important historic evei1t is to be commemorated-­ the arrival of the first shipload of Norse colonists 100 years ago with the nucleus of what is today a large ' element in American citizenship, and more ·particularly in the citizenship of the northwest. Normally, June is a delightful month in Minnesota. Fields, woods, lakes and streams are at their summer best. Weather temperatures are pleasant. Outdoor or indoor life is a joy. It is going to 'be a great opportunity to exemplify Twin City hospitality; to have the attractions of city • and country pass in review before many thousands who are not now familiar with them ; to show what Minne­ sota is in agriculture, in industry, in business erlter­ prise, and in its various social phases. Proud Minne­ aotans are pleased to call their state "the summer play­ ground of the nat.ion." It will be their privilege to tell these visitors why that description fits the case. They can tell the story as man to man, :face to face. Happily they can tell it without blushing because they ·have the undisputed facts to back them up. The people of the northwest have gone to much,.pains to tell the rest of the world that they are not "broke." ().f that fact, also, they have abundance of ocular and documentary proof, and it will be their privilege to J)ass :ilong the proof to the June guests, Those who have wrong impressions will be set right. Those who may have been skeptical of Minnesota's summer charms will be convinced, if they bllt kee their eyes and r;ars open. T�t the hospitality of Minneap �f it• city and people The 'l'rib ne on of this hospitality is not to be taken as a m matter of course. It is something to think about and plan for. The setting of the stage, natural and contrived, should leave nothing to be' ...<lcsired. We can be neat without being self-conscious. We need only to draw collectively on the native bent for friendlines and comradeship to see that the stage is right in its human aspects. There may he sym­ b01isms of welcome glowing with light, but the real, honest-to-goodness symbols will be in the neighborly outreach of individual· citizens. A TRUE NORSE-AMERICAN What is it that America does to pioneers to make them merican ? . . Ag�in and �gain has the story been tol d of a great figure nsmg m the wil derness .that was this country and buil ding for himself an imperishable monument of love and service for his fell ow men. So often has this been the case that tradition has come to term them the founders of the American stock. No matter whence they come these men seem to develop qualities that make them similar. and they are responsible for the remarkable homogenuity of the basic American strain. • ' The approaching Centenni migration to Americ;a draws attention to the early Norsemen who helped to bu-ild this Northwestern country. And outstanding- among tnem is the gigantic, towering figure of the man whose work laid the foundation for the extensive welfare institutions of the Norwegian Lutheran church in America. _That church now has nine homes for the aged capable of carmg for 390 persons, seven orphanages caring for 8 8 1 chil dren, �hree _re�cue �1o�es for �i!,'ls caring for 250 persons and 2_4 city missionaries m 14 cities of the country. It is spendmg $238,373 for the work in a year and is achieving a surprising amount of worl,{ with this sum. But all this work developed from the little orphanage started by a 24-year-old Norwegian giant, pioneer preacher in the Wisconsin wilderness when it was peopled with Indians 1 and fur traders. His name was Rev. Even Johnson Homme. It was at Wittenberg, Wis., that he built his two story . I• building that became the first institution of the church. He followed this with an Indian mission house; an acad1 emy, a normal school and a home for the aged until today the ; Wittenberg institutions in the heart of Wisconsin are models kind. • • of their -yvith his gigantic physical power as well as his inspiring . I ability as a preacher he actually helped construct many of lthe buil dings with his own hands. Is this man stranger to Abraham Lincoln and to the i count�ess m�n of his physical heritage who grew up in the I American wilderness ? : He is as truly bred and blooded American as a:ny of I the others. Remember Even Johnson Homme when you celebrate the rse American Centennial. 1 ----------- �Minneapolis, Minn. To ! r 1 TUESDAY, APRI!.. " , 1 • �orway and the,.i;e}!tennial The Government of Norway has sh� lively appreciation of the importa nce and significa nce of the American Norse Centen­ nial celebration in the Twin Cities June � -9, by designa ting as delegates its two leadi'.1g men-the Premier and the President of its • • :parliament. The Premier is J. L. Mowinc kel of '£rondh ­ jem and the Slorthin gs-President is Ivan Lyklrnr of Dergen. Appro11riatel y enough the one is a member of the Left or radical pai·ties, while the other is from the Right or con�ervati v;e parties. . . There is also a fair chance that the Storth­ Olaf, who h� s Prince Crown e authoriz will ing recently attained his majorit y, to,visit Ameri­ ca and be the gt/est of Minnesota at the Nome Centenn ial. The only obstacle• is sa !d to be economy, an issue as paramou nt m Norway as in the United States. The Crown Prince is described as a charmin g young man, democratic in his ways and tastes, a patron and participa nt in outdoor sports, and very popular with the Norwegian people. The signal recogniti on of the Norse Centen­ nial by Norway shows that the ancient King­ dom however much it may miss at home the man°y sons and daughters it has given to America, appreciates the historica l sig·nificance of the centenary. Norway in fact has had all through t)le centuries an intensive influence over the outer world out of all proportion to tts size and population . In th<i old Viking !la,ys �his influence �as wartially: exerted, � -- - - - - r . . . and its stirrmg story is written into the his­ tory of England, Irelan·d, F'rance ai:id other countries of Europe. The Norwegian· inva­ sion of the United States, beg·un a· century ago, has on the other hand been peaceful, but none the less has it proved a vital influence in American development,, It is, therefore, highly ap11ropriate that Norway should send to us in June h8r lead­ ing statesmen, and even,cont'3mplate the dispatch of young Prine� Olaf, who was a babe when King Haakon was invited to the throne of the recons tituted Kingdom in 1905, and who }1as thu s grown to manhood under the friendly eye ot the people he will one day rule. ►•• M'infte:l!J'&l�. Mi�.. �e. '7r(b-Vl'le 1 :M'.1,t�· �,- l!i;,!,f tr.._ - • THUt{SDAY - . - ,',,(',. • ,- . --=-�People. - . .:. · · , � is something more than • an e�terta,i�ing 4ectade to be thought of 'in connection .wth· the a.via- ' tion features of t o Norse-American. ce11tenr1ial cele­ bration in the Twin es · The educative aspect of the exhibition is of great importance. 'l'here is considerable aggregate interest in the north:.. west in· all phases of aviation, but this interest is not as widely embracing as it ought to be. The develop­ ment of aviation in thb last twenty years has been truly remarkable/ but wl1at has' been is after all only a foretokening of what is yet to be. 130th heavfer�than­ air and lighte,r-than�air tlying craft haYe two or three 111ain fu'uctions. One function has to do with nati<mal defense, anothe1• with commerce, and still another with •• mail service and passenger service. All these func­ tions are b1,rnnd to mcpand as the years g.o . 011, ' Tho northwest cannot afford to lack au active interest in _their enlargement. It cannot afford not to have a - participati)1g sl1are in the development. • It has bee1! possible to "take the navy to the people" l. only in ·a limited way. Battleships, .cruisers and ..other vessels cannot be moved inland. Interior folk who do not live on waters navigable for ships of consid,erable draft must go w:here these ships are if they wish tci see . them. Othe�wise the best they can do is to have occasional contact and comradeship with men repre-· senting the- personnel of the navy, or to see .motion pictures of naval ' doings, • When it conies to the aviation. branch of the. national defense, it- is possible to move both men a1� craft to where the people arc, whatever the latter's :habitat. With all the handicaps, the go"tl'ernment has been • enab,led to improve very greatly the acquaint;mce · of the whole people with the seawgoing end of th84 defense stru,cture. This fact is an earnest of the lar.g'f'lr thing that can be done to bring th� people in� an informed status in respect of the aviation arm. • GrE!lll.t work has been done in implanting in the public miI].d the • understanding that tl1e army, the navy and the. niarines are not things apart; that the army is the people's army, the 11avy ·the people's navy, and the other age.:n- ' .cies the people's agencies. ·. This has been a •decidedly helpful sort of popular education, and there . ought to . be. more, of i,t, . There will be more of it :for �'he north• west as a by-product o:f what is to go on at i:Jhe Norse­ American centennial June 7 to· June l3. In his mllingnqss to co.ope:r:ate . in mak,ing.. the aerial exhibiti<m of the centennial . celeoriition a ?JQtable. Stlccess, Secretary Wilblll' of the ·navy <lepa:rb�ent shows hirriself more the government official wit}l a vis,ion and seiious, pu�ose than a mere fellow citi�en 'dispose :. be inforested in-a neighborly fashion. He !reali importanee ·of having the widest possible p in tel'- · el'lt in and imderstandfng of the gover f wh,kli he is the chi�f•. _...;_ ..,....," ___ M'•�!'l��\ooll:s, Minn.. . . for. !:-1bi;i.,.. I\' ' , , MOND/i,Y, 1.iA}Z: ii. iszs ,,-------, MONDAY, MAY 18. 1025. Ambassadors of Tmde Friendship. Minneapolis business men are away on the.tr annua friendship tour. Their special train will carry then fat· and wide into North Dakota and thence bac1 through a beautiful, prosperous region of Minnesota, Primarily, the travelers will be ambass!adors of good v; ill and the spirit of co-operation l)etween city, town and rural district. It will be their privilege, too, to tell their hosts and hostesses en route something about l\Ii nneapolis as a manufacturing center and a whole­ }'a!e and retail mart ministering to the needs of a great tributary country. . In recent years some new and enduring ties have been woven betw,een city and cou11try in the northwest. There is a more active and pervading consciousness tha n ever before that a natural trade di strict is one great community in which all busme,sses are mutually-­ interdependent. Many influences have been at work to effect this change for the better. These are basically economic, but they have their strong infusion of the social. Not the least of the latter have been just such tours from- Minneapolis as that which is now in progress:' Railroads and interurban cars, good roads, hundreds of thousands of automobiles, including those used for bus service, have served to make acquaintances and friends of those wbo formerly were as strangers because of their greatei; isolation one from another. Common contact has developed the idea �f common interest. Nothing more beneficial could have come to µass for either the gr�at centers of population or the spa rsely , settled 11eighbo1·hoods. �One of the essentials of success in the business rela­ tious of producer and consumer, of buyer and seller, \s confid�nce. Another is good will, a third a friendly lnte �est m the other fellow's problems and his point of _ v�ew, and a fourth, not to be underestimated, is the pnv1l ege of face-to-face contact. All these things are · promoted when Minneapolis send,s forth a human cross­ s �ction of its business co!'lcerns t� meet and greet those with whom these concerns have dealings, and when the welcoming spirit is at par with the visiting spirit. This �ive and take in hospitality has been assured in advance. When this tour is ende� and recollections of it are �Lill vivid, tl1ere could be nothing finer than that the People of the towns visited should make their "party calls" by coming to Minneapolis for the Twin City Industrial exposition and for the.. Norse-A tennial in the week of Juve 6 to une 1 3. This is not to say, of course, that they will not be welcome wheneve: and as _often as the spirit Jnoves thein to _ _ come. 11..eepmg alive and vibrant the comradeships is lh� important thing. The whole of the agricultural northwest has a very i,ulJstantial economic interest in the industrial develop­ ment of the Nii'.t� federal reserve district. The farm­ ers and the residents of the smaller cities and towns _can do much to foster this growth along sound and Jogical lines by making known their special needs and �:equirements, and what trend their own activities are­ t dng. i\F�., WEDN JV. inneapolis exten ds to the wide worl d a cordial invita- / tion ·co come here for the Norse-American Centennial . C ome on, worl d. 'iV e are already furnishing your rea mig·1t find something else for you to eat. We can find lumber within a littl e distance to build you she] ter and we can furnish you enough lakes so that all may go i or a swim. Wel come world, the best we have is yours. ."fow is the time to gl an your visit to Minneapolis. You ma�· ful fill the wish of yea ·s a:.:i d at the same tim e pa_y your respects to the Norse stock that has gone a good way to make M in neapolis and Minnesota , even the n orthwest, what it is. ·we are about to cele brate the 1 0 0th anniversary of the lanc.ing of the first Norse settlers in Amel'ieia. >forsemen h ad been h ere before Col umbus. In fact, they wen the first. white men on the continent, in the year 1 000, mor� than 925 years ago. But those Norsemen who really made an impress on this cou11try were those who gravitated to the northwest and built u p the heart of the continent. An� they began coming to Am �rica in 1 825. �n that year Minneapolis was an Indian village. M ajor Lon 5 and Giacomo Be ltrami had just conducted their explor­ atio21s reaching the northern and western boundary of the state and the source of the Mississippi riv.er had only"just been discovered. There was a fort at Snelling but the northern portion of the state was still virtual ly in the possession of Canadian and • British hunters and trappers. Minnesota was a virgin wil derness. The Minnesota and Minneapolis you will see when you com e for this centennial is largely the handiwork; of the Norsemen who fol l owed pioneers of other nationalities into this section. City and surroun dings we put on exhibition for you that yo u may ju dge the Norseman by his creation since in a sense they may all be credited to hitn. Wel come, world, to the Norse-A��rican Centennial . _, MINNEAPOLIS INVITES THE WORLD Minneapolis. Minn .. Eve. Trib1 m� 'SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1g-zs SATUROAY, MAY 2.3. 192G. The Coming Historic Occasion. It becomes more and' more evident as the tin approaches that the Norse-American centennial in tl Twin Cities next monti1 ��ccasio1 Besides the president and the United States -111al·ii1 band, which comes to the NorthwesC Industrial shov there will be many distinguished visitors from thi country and abroad. There will be a real test of the quality and scop of the hospitality of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Tha the two cities will rise to the requirements of th, centennial and the Industrial show there is no reaso1 to doubt. Extensive preparations arc being made ii advance. These include the problems of adequat1 policing, attractive hotel and other accommodations' decorative schemes, transportation and the like. It is again coming ar-0und to a time when at leasl one of the national political conventions should be helc iJ1· this · part : o[tl1e co�ntry. The northwest has been an exceedingly interesting region of late in a political \Vay, so much so that more attention has been focused on jt than on any other part of the country. Theil is not likely to be a relaxing in this interest, despie the fact that the political face of things is undergoing a change. Indeed, interest will be maintained because of that change. The handling of the Norse-American centennial from what may be called the standpoint of the stage and i� setting will be valuable, if it be well done, i n persuad­ rng national committ es that. they need not hesitate on account of facilities to choose to come this way with a convention. If things go as they should go, Minneapolis will have before 1928 a convention hall capacious enough to take care of a national party gathering. The two cities are better supplied with good hotels than heretofore, and this asset probably will be enlarged within the next three years. Entirely aside from any future considerations, how- ,I ever, the Twin Cities owe it to themselves and their visitors to leave nothing undone to help make the cele­ bration next month an outstanding success in all its phases. The blood of the Norseman flows integrally in the citizenship of Minnesota. The Scandinavian influence is strongly felt in the civic life of all the great community whose nerve center is in this metro� politan area. The president of the United States has made it clear that hE; looks forward to the centennial as an occasion of great importance in the life of the nation. He wishes to imbibe personally and on the ground the spirit of the event, and he wishes that there shall be a. better mutual acquaintance as between himself and the country which, at the ballot box, has evidenced its confidence in him and his leadership. The centennial is now only a fortnight off. In that two weeks there is much to do to set the stage and polish oft' the general i:;reparations. Our prospective guests may assure themselves that a cordial welcome awaits them, and that their visit will be pleasurable nd profitable to themselves. �ttir,neapolis, Minn., Journal WEDN&SDAY, MAY ?7, 1 925 . They Have Helped l]s Vastly '....����� The imminence of the iii tc•nnial celebration i n th e Twin Cities 1 �o mind, with renewed force the truth of what !'resident Coolidge told the Daughters of the .American Revolution about the foreign-born in this country who have become American• lzl.d. The President said : We need not only to dl'aw the newcom­ ers into our social structure, but we need also to make the m contribute to i ts strength and beauty, We may gain much from them. In tho cliversification oC our cult ure, the broadening o!. our i nterests, the development of o u r li ternt ul'c and arts, the formation of a rounded, sym­ metrical national c haracter, they can hcltJ us vai;t!y. -n·e shall best serve both them and ourselves, if we shall fully recognize this mutuality of interest. 'Ihe Norse-American Centennial offers thi opportunity for native Americans and those cf Scandi ,avian blood to recognize their 111.u­ tuality of interest. No State in the Union ;,as been so fortunate as :M innesota in havin g so large an infusion of Nptdic blood in its population. 'l'hrough tho years t hese newcomers have contributed their strength to 1 1 he life of the State, because they ca me here as workers with the purpose of becoming 1 upidly Americanized. The history of :M innesota registers the in­ t1·1enee of several incomi ng streams of build• e.-s. Fil·st ca me the French eX!Jlorel-s who ,!'.,;Jowed the river channels, locat ed the i1::Jands and prairies, ancl left t heir impress in t; uch names as De Soto, Le Sueur, Radisson a•icl Hennepin. 'l' hen ca me the Down East Yankees, to become sturdy and resourceful i,'oneers i n every line or endeavor. In the period of development ancl expansion that t his opened thf;) Scandinavian immigra. ' tic,n started early and con tinued long. The i c haracter of the ea rly work of these new- I comers is descri bed hy the I n terpreter, which I tci· s of how on e Nor\\'egian settled years ago in the forests of l he Nort h. grubbed out the trees, built his family a spadous Jog house, t , l�ed his farm and ga1·clcn am! in twenty 'Y':[d"S snatch eel civilization from the wiider­ nlss and wrought out his 0ll"n affluence. This c·.,se is 11ot exceptional, bu L typical of Wh8t 111:i n y settler.� o( l\°(lr,;e bloorl, who ca me t o the :c!tate as (()ilcrs, hn \'C d0Jl(', They (' l l ( el'Cll j , onst ruetiYely into the life elf. :\ T i n ncsota, and j 1 1 many li nes haYe attaiujl positions or in, t! uenco and leadership. A Slate like Uin� cso is not b1,!ilt in a i T , .._� tai ned, pro uct o! lon,.,. sus ford,,y, but is the � uativ:s ancl n iVee bet rt effo tive co-o pera te and- Nation . . The best form oC Sta . tl1,·it which c,en. b01n • is t0n zat . a111 eric Am '"v -,11· 1cli I1g and of e sugges ts , from comes, as• Pre side nt Coo lidg , t\tucle for the , n and g1a l�lllt.ual appreci. atio ,· g l\1inn e­ m mal,m d1ar e tha t each has had �,e ta what it is today. ...-✓ .- � Minn eapolis is proud to welcome to the homeland o many of their brothers the singerB from the University o Osl o, capital of Norway. It has been 20 years since representatives of this organi zation visited here and many Minneapolis people remembei with parti cular delight their singing . That the present chorus shoul d come for the Norse­ American centennial celebration is p articularly fHbiiik "'Mi'!1ttettf561is takes occasion now to pay tribute to the visiting singers along with the tribute it offers to the Norse forefath­ ers who helped to hew this country out of the wil d erness. It is a characte1·istic of the Norr;e people that they delight to get together in singing societies, choruses and the like and this characteristic is manifest here as well as in Norway. In fact, the custom has spread to others beside the Norse in Minneapolis until we have many singing organizations. For this reason the music of the chorus from Oslo univer­ l'lity will be specially appreciated and it is to be hoped that e � ma � and woman in the Twin Cities will have an oppor­ tunit'NQ..!iear the visiting singers. THE NORWEGIAN SINGERS mm Minneapoli.s, Minn., Mor. Tribun e SATURDAY. MAY 30. 1925 Hanel-Clas :- The � ·orwcgian Students' chorus, which constitutes Lhe vanguard of foreigners and others who will attend the Norse, QJ • �entcnnial, is bol>h singing and SOEfalizmg its way ii� �he hearts of Minneapolitans. This human cross-section of the artistic life and culture of the University of Oslo is giving to us a fore­ view and foretaste of what the centennial celebration itself is to be. It is visualfaing agreeably the· tie between the Norwegian homeland and the land whose citizenship is so much infused with the blood and I spirit of Norway as one of the heritages handed down Crom those who made their first settlement in the United States a hund1·cd . ears ago. I The visiting singers have had Yarious tests of the quality of the ho�pitality and welcome of the people of Minneapolis. It is to be hoped t'rrey arc not dis I appointed fo this parti::ular. The local descendants of Norway progcnitorship are a busy company in the evc1·y-day life of the community, but they have time­ and gladly-to meet, greet and assure the visitors that the freedom of the city is theirs. The · ,veragc Minneapolitan cannot believe that any accounts of the charms of the city which may have gone from its resi<lents to Norway wcrn overdrawn, but it is tho privilege of the visitors to pass judgment on lhat matter as seems to them Tight and true. For their information it can be said that Minneapolis has on its regular summer garb; that whatever loveliness there is in its physical setting just now is seasonably customary and not specifically contrived for a state occasion. The lakes are here by grace of nature, Their environment is what the citizens have wished and decided it should be. The boulevards arc the realiza­ tion of a dream that has been long in process of ful­ fillmwt. 'l'hcy arc not even yet a completed thing, but they are well on. the way to it. For a community that was incorporated as a city less than three score years ago, '1:inneapolis is pro­ posed to the visitors as one of the outstanding object lessons in American civic anU municipal development. It is a striking suggestion of how much has been crnwdcd into a century and a half of national history. 'rhrough the students' chorus Minneapolis clasps . hands with Oslo and Norway. The world is more ·ntense than it used to be 1 but not so big when it comes opportunities for universal fraternizing. ��inneapoTis 1Vf WEDNESDA , J. ., l w5 A SPECTACULAR HOME CUMU� \J . Since the days of the stone age the rising youth has {ii-earned of going forth into the worl d and coming back l ater in triumph to his old home town. But never before, perhaps, h as one achieved this dream in the spectacular fashion of George W. Steele, Jr., of Min­ n eapolis. He who was little Ge orge Steele is now Captain Steele and he will command the gigantic navy dirigible Los An­ geles when it comes to Minneapolis M o n day for Norse Centennial. -. �f h as already crossed the Atlantic ocean in this great rigi airship and his command is now one-and- the l argest one-of the two great ships of this sort possessed by the United States. Perhaps G\')orge Steele once dreamed of coming back to Minneapolis at the head of a circus parade, but on Mon day he will have the privilege of distracting the attention of an au dience listening to the presi dent of the United States. His vessel of the sky will be the principal feature of the Norse-American circus and it is a kind of circus that few small boys have ever dreamed of. George Steele is a grandson of the pioneer, Franklin Steele, for whom a Minneapolis park is named. It is par­ ticul arly fitting that h e shoul d have the honor of bringing the great ship here and of commanding it. Doubtless Mr. Steele will reflect for a moment as he soars ver the city how different is his arrival here from that of • grandfather in the days of the steamboat a n d the ox-cart afrie schooner. e \r!�neanc is, Hir.n ., .,for T :-1 -•r • WED_NESD A Y, JUNE .3, 192� A. Busy Day Ahead. e citizen of Minneapolis, with the thousands of -v tors who will throng the city next Monday, who se s everything that he. should see, hears everything that he should hear, and does everythiP,g that he should do, will have to be a ball-bearing, twelve-cylindered centipede, capable of breaking sprint and non-stop records from dawn to dawn. President Coolidge will speak at the fair grounds. 'l'he Los Angeles will come in with the first pink streak of daylight at Wold-Chamberlain field. The United States marine band will play at the Northwest Industrial Exposition in the Overland building. The wonacrs • of th will unfold. The marvels of our industrial progress m e seen. Thirty-si x Norse Bylgelags will be in session. he most famous aviators irr the army and navy air services from General Patrick down will be in the air in a great aerial exhibition. The "most beautif,,' woman in the United States" will be in town. There will be hundreds of athletes of national reputation in a mammoth meet. Thousands of members of the National Association of Retail Credit ?tfen will arrive for their" convention. In addition Minneapolis will have i ts municipal election. We do not know just what to do about this. Certainly none of these events can be missed. • S ome p1an must b e worked out b y wh 1ch one can leap from crag to crag throughout the day ancl wind up in a blaze of glory at night with a record of having • peen everyw:here and seen everything. It will not do to forego voting to get to the hir grounds early in the afternoon to he ar Pr(•sident Coolidge speak. The president has just finished saying that there must be more interest in good local government and less dependence on the state. He has an all-seeing eye and there would be no comfort at all for the c itizen who goes to hear him without voting. The citizen who remains in bed while the L os Angeles, the greatest airship in the world, sails over the city ana 'noseii into a� while 800 l!oil!ler� at the ropes, is going to regret it the rest of his life. The only thing to do, apparently, is to cancel all engagements for the rest of the week and rest as much as possible, to see as much of the centennia: and the exposition as possible on Saturday, and to then lay out a program that will have you up at dawn Monday with a determination to see and hear everything, if it wears the cords off your tires and raises blisters o iiour feet. orse-A me rica n Cen ten nia l A1 eve nt oT illbie than ord inary i nter est all the eop le of the Nor thw estand' m i llion s i n p , ts of the U:nite d Stat esis t h e Nor se-A me ican . C cr:en_mal whi ch ope ns in t h e Tw in Citi es J ne 6 n ,vi i i clos e Jun e 9. It i s a cele bra tion f the � rst c � n cert ed effo rt tow ard Sca ndin avia n ettl eme nt m t h e Un ited Sta tes , and 111 • h ono r o f a n · h isto • nca l eve nt t h a t has proved a mag nific ent fact or . 111 the dev elop m ent and u pbu ildi ng of the Nor th1 weSt. �<iek ing l i � riy 0£ thou ght and acti on. chie fly the � ··o I i,,-� � to reli g10 s opin ion , a har dy bod y of Nor ­ � we,, ians left the ir nati ve land and in a sma ll sail­ boat bra nd stor m and stre ss and fina lly land ' ed on Ame·ucan · soi· 1 • They wer e the fore ru nne rs of h un c1 r � ds of tho usa nds of oth er Nor sem en, unt il _ Sca ndm avia n t hrif t and i ndu stry b eca me a pow er . · A men can agricul ture 111 and the oth er ind ustr ies. To thes e stur dy wor kers and God -lov ing peo ple the Nor thw est par ticu larly owe s muc h-as muc h as the_y _ owe to th e N rthw est. The y hav e plan ted _ � a citiz_ enry that i l lum mes the . t·ism cou nt1·y for I) a t no an cl progress . _T h� mp �rtan ce of this :Nor se-A mer ican Cen ten­ . o � t;1 1,i1 nat1 0na lly • reco"'-n ized , and an honor guest . h t/ ' oc t h e Pre side nt of the Uni ted Stat es, Calv in _ C<\o lidg . Oth er pro min enj: � _Jme n from thro uo-h out the nati ? n w i l l also parti cipat e in the note; orthy celeb ratio n. The even t will be one that will ceme nt more close ly the most cord ial relat ions that have f� r l � ng exi sted betw een the peop le of the Scan ­ d 1 �a v1an coun tries and thos e of the "Cnit ed State s. Minne • , Minn , journ:i' . SAT U RDA J.U N E 6, 1 925 their fathers and tell them all is well in the 1'The Coming of the Norsemen of the the Twin Cities .& 5I 1 S 7 tbe }Jr'"t New World, and to hear thf) Presiden t three days, America ls celebrating the centen­ Nation. What the Ccntend.ial means to the Diel of the first coming o f the Norwegians Norse-Americans themselves Is thus explained to America, a coming that has mean t even 'by Professor Gisle Bothne : more to America at large than to the Kor- , Tens of thousands of the present gen­ eration '\\"ill have visual ized the life or :,reglans themselves. the early Norse pioneers, how they Other great nations can look back upon the kbored and sacrificed that we might gain eoming of t he Norsemen to their own shores, "-'isdom, happiness and material comfort, and see how each such coming worked a no- , and lead such lives that Norway sbould not be ashamed of us and America should table change in history. To France and to not regret that she had invited us to her Britain, the Norsemen came in the long ago, ehores. with -arms in theh• han1s 'l' o Anwrica thev eame a hundred years ago, n ot with clanking ' But the celebration means Just as much to swords, but with I mplements of the wilder- lhe great mass of Americans who are not of Norse blood. President Coolidge considers aess-conquerlng pioneer. To the Cavaliers of Jamestown, to the Pi!- tt so hnportant that ho Is going to be here a-rims of Massachusetts, to Penn and his himself, on one of his rare trips west of the Quakers, to the Knickerbockers of New York , Alleghenies. The Government ls sending the at an expense of w. rresen t-day America owes great debts. But Sllghty airship Los Angeles no less a debt does America owe to the fear- a hundred thousand dollars. The United less and sturdy Scandinavians who pioneered ltates Marine Band, here for the Northwest Industrial Exposition, will attend the Preslthe Northwest. dent Monday. For the four days that began Within the memory of the living men, t 'ft.St region of which Minneapo lis I s now the today the eyes of the Nation will b e on the lll etropolis offered obstacles to settlemen t th1rt- hin Cities. And America at large ls _ going · were I n no way inferior to the obstacles en- to realize what a tremendous national asset eountered in t he V irginia o r Massachuse tts � as been the influx of Norse blood in the last of an earlier day. But the Norseman came, •�ury. _______ / and attacked those obstacles, and conquered. And today his children and his grandchildren are gatheri ng in the Twin Cities to view !or themselves the magnitude of his achieveof____________ d_ n_ th_e_ ro_m d_ t1_ on_s_ e_ et__ a_ eteg gr -1ne n ts _ _. t o_ _� __ r_ __ 1a_ ___________, t __ __ �. To 1!,:nal eanings of a Great Occasion Nors were the first to set foot upon the · soil of the Ameri contine nt. T y beat Columb us by nearly five centuries. . thers of us h ave little to boast about in the statem ent 1 t our ancestors were the first col onists since theirs were I e :first explore rs. The princip al differe nce betwee n the Norse coloniz ation j h ere and that of the Plymou th colonie s is two centuri es and the fact that the Norse are still coming over while the other stocks are little repleni shed by new migrations. In a few more c enturie s the Norsem en will appear be contem poraries of the Pilgrim fathers as indeed theytoare the Pilgrims of the Northwest. In the Minnes ota Historical Society museu m will be found relics of e�rly life among the Norwe gians, relics that only the shghte st from the relic s of Mayflo wer days. differ Their job of h ewing a civiliza tion out of the wild erness h er e was not different from that of the Massa chuset ts col­ onists, except that they were much more completely isolate d from the mother country and the proble ms of travel were far greater. No comfortable ship could land them directl y upon the shore which they expect ed to develop . It require d not only that ocean voyage but weeks of hardsh ips in overlan d travel. For th�se among other reason s it is fitting that on the l �Oth anmversary of the first Norweg ian colonists Minnea p0!1� and the great Northwest shoul d turn out with myriads of :visitors to do h omage to the Norweg ian people. The Norwe gian colonists had their share of the Indian wars a�d uprisings of which history is full in this country. They missed the great battle for Freedo m in the Revolut ion and the War of 1 8 1 2 but the rest of the great struggl e to make this into the kind of a country that all the world would • want to live in has b along with other 'Americans. The char of the Norse-A merica n citizen s in the rost of the p eoples UfaeiiRve mad e Americ a. And mneapo lis bids welcom e every Norsem a No man or friend of a Norseman for�ay; nial celebration and for al days to come. "ft.JESDA . ..., 1 ,1 . ....5.. _ THE WE LCOME TO COOLIDGE Compariso'ns are proverbi 1. lly odio�s. And yet 1t 1s altothcr fitting and pro per that the difference between, t �e eption accorded Presi d ent Coolidge at the State Fair grounds yesterday be not e d . Some have gone s o f a r a s t o state that t h e President's reception at th � �,AA�- �wri can Centennial w�s an in di�a­ t ion th at the �enf1men h�.s c11anged greatly durmg the brief time the silent New England er has been chief exec utive of the nation. Possibly it has changed . Possibly Mr. Coolidge personally is held in more esteem than h e w as a cou p l e of I "ears ao-o when h e was hooted Yigorously while h e was · ·� n d eavo�·ing to ad dress a State Fair crowd. B_ut we . do not believe any estim ate of th0 p ersonal esteem m wh1ch the chief executive is h e l d is furnished by yesterday's reception. ·w hen Mr. Coolidge came here to deliver his former ad­ dress he was a littl e known vice president. He appeared at a tirr{e when feeling was running high against an adminis­ tration in which he played a very sm all second fiddle. Yesterday h e ap peared as an el ected president of the Unite d States, and was received with the resp ect. every Ameri can owes to that high office. The tribute Mr. Coolidge received was a tribute to the office, n.ot n ecessarily to the man who holds it. Th ose who do not take off their hat:5 to the president of t United States regardess of his politics, are built on pretty al l dimensions. And most of us u p here are not b uilt that s� w , regardless of the advertisin g to the co ntrary ori ginating in r city counci l. 1 resident Coolidge may always be trusted o nenetrnte to the real significances of a great occasion, In his brief e.dclress of yes­ te rday he seized ·upon and brought into sharp 1 lief the deeper meanings of the cen tena ry which the Americans of Norse blood have been ccletw. ....,..·a ..!,.. iJ.i.: J Si. ______ What a, tremendous seq uel foll owed t he daring voyage of t hat frail barl<, the Res­ laurnUon, across the A Llanlic with its fifty­ two sturdy Norse adventurer:,! However ob­ :,cure and un important their landing -in Ne\<" York, after a perilous passage of fourteen weeks, may have seemed, the results that flowed from it lifted the event into a n his­ toric significance that is now seen in a clear lig·ht. Mr. Coolidge clid not fail to point out that the st udy of such events, stimulated by cen­ tenary celeb1-ations, /furnishes valuable "in­ Rpiration to high and intelligent patriotism." 'l'he Restauration, thanks to the attention fo­ cused on it by impressive observance of its centenary , now takes its place among his­ toric American symbols alongside the May­ flower of more t han two hundred years be­ fore 1t. Who -can rightly e:c;timate the great role in the making- of America played by the Norse newcomers of the Rcstauration and those that ha\·e followed them in a sloady stream '? vV ho can measure what t hey have ,done for America, or what America has done for them? And who can justly assess the reflex action on Eu!'ope of the triumphs such streams of newcomers have helped achieve in individual­ ism, in liberty, in democracy? President Ooolidge is impressed by t hese achievement1; of men of many and diverse national origins in America. He is impressed hy t h e fact that out of all these elements has been molded "a nation with the soul of a nation" and not merely "a large number of people in a large place." Not unnaturally, contemplation of t:his eth­ nic mi?acle ih America, moves the President to ask : "If fraternity and co-o peratipn are , possible on the scale of this Continenl:. among people so , widely diverse, why not on the scale of a world ?" It is an inspiring thought, inexact though the parallel may Ile. Surely t he exam ple of America, which has had such an intensive reflex effect on Europe, may well stimulate' the peoples of 1 he earth to seek the goal of lasting amity and co-operation. There are ob­ stacles in the path of this quest that have never existed in America-hinderments o f ultra-nationalism, o f ancient racial feuds, of economic rivalries, of land hunger not to be satisfied, of intolerances religious and social, and so on. The experiment In nation-making that has been so strlldng-ly successful in America, was made in a new land with none or few of the Old \Vorld's in hibitions. When the task of bringing all the peoples of the world togeth­ er into an enduring compact 'Of friendship and co-operation is faced, the difficulties in­ volved seem fatally complex and irremovable. Yet there is the dream, noble, radiant, utter­ ly desirable. America is fit to lead the way to its attainment by the power of example. Mr, Coolidge has made fine use of a great occasion to give this thought to the world, a seecl . though that may ,one day bloom into maturity and productiveness. �'.!f�nneapor S, I ' The President to the Norsemen. In his tribute to the sons and daughters of Norway who have builded character and strength into the national organism which we call America, President • Coolidge cast his thought into a mould large enough to discover to us pow this nation came to take on a soul and what kind of soul was created for it. No son of the N0Tthlo11d could have been nloFe generous_ in saying \Vhat has been woven by Scandinavians into our social, political and spiritual enti t.y. In this address the President revealed himself as one who has unshakable faith in a sane and righteous fuTther working out of the destinies of this country. • The spirit of adventure, and the challenge of unknown clangers, which first made men migratory creatures,• )lotably the men of Norway-gave way in time to nobler motives for seeking new lands. These motives included the yearn for religious freedom, for intellectual emancipation, for individual liberty and for improved . economic conditions. As the urge and spirit of democracy made their way in this country the fact had a reflex influence on the older countries, impelling them to\vard the ideal of popular sovereignty. Meantime, in this country, Pil, grim and Cavalier, and later the Northmen, found and ' ,vere moved by a common purpose of political and social unity, and a great nation evolved out of, first, a wilder­ ness, and then a congeries of more or less closely :telated and sympathetic settlements. '!'.he human contributions of Norway and the other i Scandinavian countries played a telling part in shaping I United States history in the nineteenth century. It was not altogether the pressure of econo'l11ic circum• Etances that divided the country for and against human bondage. Potent as a factor was • the Northland element, bringing its conceptions of individual liberty and becoming a part of our owi;i.. north. The Norsemen 1 belonged where they settled because climatic conditions were kindred to those to which they were . inured at l10me, but it was manifest that they also�elouged there by the logic of their thought processes. They believed fn equality of opportunity in so far as it could be served in imperfect human institutions. They believed that individualism should be allowed to exp�ess itself with­ out unnecessary hamperings. From the fact of an America achieving national unity cut of many and diverse elements, President Coolidge takes hope that there is something of the ,kind in store .for the world. "If fraternity and co-operation," he said, "are possi­ ble on the scale of this continent among people so widely diverse, why not on the scale of a world ? It is not a new thought, but it is a pro:foundlf engaging one. I firmly believe it is more than a chimera, feel it is possible of realization. I am convinced that our . . national story might somewhat help to guide mankind i toward such a goal. The,i;efore I urge the deeply l thoughtful study and teaching of our history." I The America- of today is essentially a product of the common people which tadtly agreed, !,;mg before it .decreed, that there should here be recognized no class or caste, and no aristocracy save that founded on character. The home and the family were to be indis• . I pensable basic institutions of oivic life, an d th ese mst1tutions, plus a due appreciation of things of the spirit, were to give fiber and shape to the governmental tructure . resident Coolidge addressed himself in particular to No men, but he included the world in the purtiew of hi r _ TUESDA_�•�- ���...,...,. P ' he President to the N82'§@2P633 In his tribute to the sons and:ughters of No� who have builded character and strength into the national organism which we call America, President Coolidge cast his thoug}lt into a mould large enough to discover to us how this nation came to take 011 a soul and what kind of soul was c1·eated f01- it. No son I o! the Northland could have been more generous in saying what has been woven b y Scandinavians into our social, political and spiritunl entity. In this address the President revealed himself as one who h!1s unshakable faith in a sane· and righteous further working out of the destinies of this country. The spirit o.f adventure, and the challenge of unknown dangers, which first made men migratory creatures­ notably the men of Norway-gave 'Way in till'le to nobler motives for seeking new lands. 'l'hese motives included the yearn for religious freedom, for intellectual emancipation, for individual liberty and for imprQved economic conditions. As the urge and spirit of democracy made their way in this country the f!l,ct had a reflex inflµence on the older countries·, impelling them toward the ideal of popular sovereignty. Meantime, in this country, Pil­ grim and Cavalier, and later the Northmen, found and were moved by a common purpose of political and social u1iity, and a great nation evolved out of, first, a wilder­ ness, and then . a congeries of. more or less closely reiated and sy1hpathetic settlements. The human contril:iutions of Norway ·and the other Scandina:vian countries played a tellh1g pa1·t in shaping I United States history in the nineteenth century. It was not altogether the pressure of economic circum• stances that divided the country for and against h�l,llan bond�ge. Potei1t as a factor was the �orthland element, bringing its conceptions of individual liberty and becoming a part of our own north. The Norsemen belonged where they settled because climatic conditions were kindred to those to which they were inured at hpme, b1.Jt it was manifest that they also belonged there by the logic of their thought proc�sses. They believed in equality of opportunity in so far as it could be served in imperfect human institutions. They believed -that individualism s.hould be allowed to expres� itself with• out unnecessary hamperings. • From the fact of an America achieving national unity out of many and diverse elements, President Coolidge takes hope that there is something of the kinci i'n store for the world. "If fraternity and co-operation," he said, "are possi­ ble on the scale of this continent among people so widely diverse, why not on the scale of a world .? It is not a new thought, but it is a profoundly engaging one. I firmly believe it is more than a chimera. I feel it ts possible of realization. I am convinced that our · national story might somewhat help to guide mankind toward such a goal. ,Therefore I urge the deeply thoughtful study and teaching of_our history.'' The America: of today is essentially a product of the common people which tacitly agreed, long before it decreed, that there should here be recognized no class or caste, and no aristocracy save that founded . on chai·acter. The home and the family were to be indis� ensable basic institutions of civic life, and these insti­ tions, plus a due appreciation of things of the spirit, re to give fiber and shape to the governmental 1t ture; P ident Coolidge addressed himself in particular o Norse n, 'but he included the world · in the pu of his n �M':m,eapolis � - · WEDNESDf � ..._,.;_ ) ' i-----.--- Secretary Kellogg's Warning. . Secretary Kellogg's address at the Norse-American I centennial celebration was a fine �iip�i� 'l,o�..,.._._..j il'4,w dft lile brTl of President Coolidge. Both paid tribute to the role r orwegians have played in helping America keep to 1 its ideals in government and civic life, and the head of the state department, who is ranking member of the cabinet, then turned his attention to the hostile secret propaganda that· has been turned loose in the . counti-y. This distinguished Minnesotan, like his predecessor, Mr. Hughes, has a habit of looking at thi11gs in a quiet,. philosophical sort of way. Neither of them is an alarmist, and both are given to understating rather than overstating facts of public interest. Mr. Hughes had occasio� time and again to inform his. countrymen about the secret assaults that arc being made on our institutio11s, and now we have similar testimony from Mr. Kellogg who has the · opportunities for enlighten­ met1t that Mr. Hughes once l1ad. Said Mr. Kellogg in his speech at the state fair grounds : "I have confiden�e in the stability, the character and patriotism of the American people, but the danger to our institutions by this constant propaganda against the government i_s ·not imaginary. I doubt if you are aware of the amount of destructive, revolutionary prop­ aganda which is being secretly distributed in this coun­ try by foreign influence." _ Not alone to alien infusion of dangerous doctrines did Secretary Kellogg refer. He had in mind also, and ·referred to, the efforts that are being made within the country to tamper with the organic law of the land. He uttered the solemn admonishment that our ·constitutional guarantees are legacies of the ages not to be dealt with lightly. The Bill of Rights is some­ thing more than a code laid down by the founders of the republic for the safeguarding of individual rights I against the encroachments of a majority. It refers back to Runnymede and to other historic events that long preceded the establishment of the American state. It is one of the fruits of much bloodshed and other sacrifice in countries older than our own. It was evolved out of a tremendous stretch and volume of human experience. There is nothing more impo_rtant to this country or to the world than a . faithful custo­ dianship of ·the principles of individual liberty enunci­ ated in the first ten amendments of ,our constitution. America l�as an obligation not only to itself but to mankind in general to steer a course close to that originally mapped out in the constitution. If it does ·,not meet that obligation, the hope expressed by Presi­ dent Coolidge about the part this nation is to play in the future shaping of the destinies of the world wiU hardly be realized. If the ark of tlie covenant of liberty is not safeguai;ded in this favornd land, it .:will have extremely hazardous going elsewhere. �ecretary Kellogg is to be thanked for his frankness in stating. the case as he sees it. s1dent Coolidge Prais :s Our Norse Citizen s ! The ::-.:orsem en of both [u rope a n d America occu ­ pic<l the e·���:T' th e stage her� i n the Northwest this · w eek. President Cooli dge cam e to Minnesota to make t h e princ i pal a d cl ress at the Centen n i a l c e 1 e b rat ion o f the Norsc-Amet'i cans, the reby focus­ i ng the attention of the en tire country, and of Sca n cli naYians i n Europe, upon th is hi.stori cal event of 1 �:Z�. H e gave un�tint ed prai,-;e tn the splendi d cit izenship o f o u r Norse-Americans, w h o h ave i n s o m any 1Y ays demon strated ho\\· complete may be the amalgamation of right-m in ded Europeans with our nat ional life. Only those who have l i ved here among them 1f or generations c a n app reciate how they have entered i n to agrint1ture, i ndustry, educa­ tion and civic actiYities. taking leading rol es in Federa l , state and local governments. The s u ccess of th·e - melt i n g·-put in the Northwest , .as tested and tried on se1·ernl occasions in times o f ,1·ar, ha·s shown conc lusi vely that we have de,·eloped a national soul and a spi ritual quality among those of ou r citizens who have come from d i fferent cou n tri es. This has been powerfu l enough to hold our people to a h i gh ideal in the t imes of supre m e trial. That thi subject had becom e an interesting and fasci nating study with the President was shown by the comprehen sive way i n which h e sketched the h istory of immigration from the Scandinavian cou ntries, going back as far as the first settlement of f celancl some nve centuries before Colum'bus came to this continent. As a l i ttle Norse republic it maintained itself for many centuries and devel­ oped a remarkable literature. The spirit of adventure has always been stron� jn these rac es. which accounts for their conti.nuciilg' wesbvard i n their explorations and settlement of­ new countri es. One in teresting fact pointed out by the Pi-esident was that t h e small s a i l i n g boat, the R estaurationen, which came to New York one hun­ d red years ago, 'bro11ght some iron in i ts cargo along with its fifty Norse passengers. Today Min­ nes-o ta lfa s more Norwegi ans a n d pro d u ces more ).--Ll:O.n tfum any other state. That America i s safe in the hands of these citi­ zens who constitute s w.ch a large part o f the pop u l a ­ tion of o u r n orthwestern states, is the s i n c ere be1 i e f of Presiden t C ooli dge. "Th e pledge of the Norse peopl e has n ever yet gone un redeemed," he tel l s u s . A n d t h e i r accom plishments i n science, i n statesma n s h i p a n d bu siness endeavor, as w e l l as i n our eclucationa1 i n stitutions, have shown th e splen ­ did q u a l i ty of th is class of our patrioti c citizens. The President ou tli ned t h e story of how some fi. Hy people had ori & inal l y come from Norway to thi s co untry, making the voyage to their future home in a s m a ll sloop. �Angeles returned to Lakehurst after its abortive 'start for the Twin Cities it was obliged to hover over its hangar for several hours with ­ · out landing because a fog had rolled in from the Atlantic and ob­ scured it from the view of the landing crew. As e vi dence that the airplane and not the dirigible, is the prac­ tical craft for navigating the atmosphere, none of the regular lines of airships which are operating employ dirigibles. Airplanes are used in the aerial passenger service between London and Paris which has been carried on regularly and successfully for several ' years. They are used in the transcontinental mail service of the United States and Henry Ford, the mechanical magician of the present age, is using airplanes anci not dirigi bles to carry light freight between his plants at Detroit and Chicago. If the lighter-than-air­ craft •were p ractical at all they would be more practical than heav­ ier-than-air craft for freight carry ing. Another reason why the airplane is more practical than the qi rigible is that it is built al ong natural lin es, being modeled after the bird with a small central body and large lifting surfaces, whereas the dirigible is like nothing else which has ever been seen in the h eavens above, in the earth b eneath or in the waters under the earth. Men who are in terested in using airships for useful purposes turn to the airplane. Only the United States govern ment can af­ ford to experiment with dirigibles. Our navy department doesn't care, apparently, how much money it wastes on these expensive toys because i t can, always get more money from the taxpayers. However, if the money expended by the government on dirigibles had been spent on airplanes and seaplanes instead, the navy would h a v e . • "'• ,,,• .,. i., "') Y );D ,U • � ·s�A,,T "- at least 1 00 more effective aircraft for use in time of need than i t A HUGE, EXPENSIVE TOY. now has. The future of aerial navigation lies with the airplane, not '' / l /The usel essness of the giant di rigible airships fo \;he..dirigible. � -� l c , u uw 'L attention popular to forcibly brot been has urposes ., � ; of the Los Angeles to make the contemplated flight to Minneapolis to attend the nci,sc Ceote� el ebration. The proposed flight � was widely advertised and many 'thousands stayed up all night to M"'p'l's (Minn . Farm.Stock&'Rom 111 see this "queen of the skies" arrive. But they watched in vain. MONDA.Ya JUNE 15, 1925 r­ The "queen of the skies" never came. I nstead, word arrived that, Centennial Norse-American on account of engine trouble, the Los Angeles had returned to its that the No�wegian T is par hangar at Lakehurst, N. J. Centennial shoul d h ave been held in Minnesota. Later it was reporied that the Los Angeles had been ordered Take away the Norwegian and other Scandi­ navian influences in the development of the mid­ to return to M inneapolis after making some repairs and would be dle northwest, and there would be but little left. back here the latter part of the week. Still later came word that They formed the main bod y of the great hardy i uj uries to the Los Angeles' engines had been found to be extensive army of pioneers that, in the latter half of the last century, made homes for them selves in the then and that the Shenandoah, instead o f the Los Angeles, had been or­ frontier country of Minnesota and Dakota terri­ dered to make the trip to the Twin Cities, but that it would take tory. We of today who move about swiftl y and two weeks for the Shenandoah to get ready. Its' gas cells were easily in our autos, over paved or fine graveled roads, viewing, in many cases, rural landscapes of all folded away and would have to be taken out and thoroly tested entrancing beauty, are too likely to forget how before being installed, the dispatches stated. Also, heilium gas t much we owe to the modern Vikings who pitted supply the Shenandoah would have to be removed from the Los their strength and will against the blizzards of the prairies, not on plunder bent as the Vikings of old, Angeles, put thru a purifying process and used for inflating the She­ but to build a new land, that we of today might be nandoah. happier and more prosperous. These dirigibles are, in fact, nothing but huge, expensive toys, good for exhibition purposes but useless for all practical purposes. Too cumbersome to be managable in a very high wind, they are only fair weather craft at best. M oreover, the great gas bags are likely to rip or burst when they come in contact with any obstacle and then the whole tremendous structure with its crew. of 35 or more men is almost certain to' be a total loss. Another difficulty with the d irigible is that of landing. The dirigible cant10t, like the airplane, land on any fairly level p iece of ground. It must either have a huge mooring mast to tie to or it m ust have a crew of 300 trained men at hand to bring it to the ground. Even with these accessories at hand it is often unable to effect a landing if weather conditions are not right. When the Los S 1 1 c h a 1 1 ap paren tly i nsign i tica11 L even t as their com i n g may hecorn e of great i mportan ce, the char­ acter of th ose cun cernecl deter m i ning its far-reach­ i n g i n fluence. T h i s year's Centen n i a l c eleb ra tion o [ t h a t h i storical oc.:urrence e m phasizes the fact t hat a pro fu u n J effrct is made u pon our coun try \\'hen s u c h a t h rifty. sturdy c lass of liberty-loving Jenple as those from the Scan d i navian countries ca\'l' thei r na t i \·e lands to establish homes in ,\merica . l 're-; i d e n t Cnol i dg, · appreciated his un u sual op­ portu n i ty on t h i s occasion to call attention to fun­ d a m en tal factors in t h e bu i l d i ng of a great and p rosperou. nation like ours, where imrni 0 rarion pl a_vs su i m porta n t a part. He said that one reason w hy he was glad to accept the invi tation to come here to the Northwest ancl addre s hund reds of t housa 1 1 cls of Norse-Am ericans was that it gave him an opportu n i ty to cal l national attention to the sub­ ject of our cou n try's 'ocial background . By a bette1· understan d i n g of this phase of the subject we will work ou L a sou n d policy of human relations with t h e world at large, and wi LI be h elped Yery much in solving some o f the most diffi cult prob lems of man­ ki nd. I ��!'!"1'Mta ''(Minn.r Mascot F-RIDAY, MAY $. 19io -----..orse-American Centennial � - NORSE AM:W-&flAN Crntennial cele­ THF bration at the State Fair Grounds next month will be one of the biggest events the Twin Cities have ever see�. �rominent men from this country and Eur­ ope will be in attendance. , The President of the United States and the Secretary of State of the United States will both be present. Men of the bighest rank in the public Hfe of Not;.., way will come and other countries r.lso will contribute to the number of distinguished guests. There are those who do not appreciate the significance of this celebration and some even look upon it as a gathering of "fcreig·ners. " • Nothing can be farther from the facts. The event that is being celebrated is the coming of the first shipload of Norwegians to America, j ust one hundred years ago, in this country "" The people �f Norse are making this an occasion to rejoice over the fact that t heir forefathers left the old country a hundred years ago and came to America. It is a patriotic celebration, from _an American standooint , for the event commernorated is the co�,in� of the people of the nationality named to":thiS:-i!-o.nntry. ·- _ 1 It is to praise the foresight of these hardy pioneers and to rejoice over the good fortune _ that brought them to these shores that \this celebration is being had. de�c�ht NO RACE is more American in spirit than the Norse race. Liberty and freedom have ,._ always been household words with them and they understand and appreciate American aims and ideals to an extent not surpassed by any other people. That is why they celebrate with so much enthusiasm the event that brought their peo­ ple to these shores a hundred years ago. America has done much for the Norse peo­ ple, but they, too, have done something for A�erica. •• As a class, t:1ey have contributed to the building up of the country and they have been among the foremost to defend it in its hour of need. America has always welcomed the people of the Nordic race and it is to register that wel­ come that the President of the United States - will come to -this celebration and- 7Jarticipate '( ..___ in it as one of the speakers. The Norsemen of America propose to show to the worid next month that they are glad th y "came over" and that their adopted c ntry holds a place in their hearts that is iI ,-.,-; r- 1,erff- � 1 v"'.: •.,. . FRIDA� • T , • 'I? From the Norse Centennial HE Norse-American Centennial which came T , to a clase hmt Tu esday has been pronoun­ '- ced one of the greatest�vents in the history of the Northwest. The attendance was record breaking, even for the Minnesota Fair Grounds where excep­ tional crowds are common. President Cool­ idge, when he spoke Monday afternoon, was greeted by a crowd that prob_ably was the lar­ g1;st ever assembled on the Fair Grou nds. For three days there were continuous pro­ grams at different places. Building after building was filled with people and every­ where there was some special program in progress. Tuesday forenoon was given over to greet­ ings from different nations and racial ele­ ments. The editor of this paper had been request­ ed to bring greetings from the Icelanders in America and we publish below extracts cover­ ing the major portions of his speech : MY FELLOW Americans and countrymen of the Northland : It is my privilege to bring to the Norse-Am­ erican Centennial greetings from the Iceland­ ic people of America. Let me say at the outset that the people whose greeting I am to convey are not to be blamed for this selection, neither am I self-appointed, but it would be more than passing str:ange did there not creep in at least one mistake OLl the part of the r;nanagement of an undertaking assuming the magnitudinous proportions of this Centennial-but let that pass. The people of Icelandic extraction in Amer­ ica rejoice with their Norwegian brothers and sisters on this occasion. They take pride in the attention bestowed upon the Centennial proj ect by the nation's chief executive and by the governments of other . nations and they feel that all this recognition is merited. The Norwegians and the Icelanders are not two distinct races-they are one and the same peo­ ple. They are of common origin, their tradi­ tions are for the most part identical, the racial atmosphere that surrounds them is the same and their religion and their political and social ideals are cut from the same cloth. We are one people and neither branch of the family has any reas:m to repudiate the other. �You Norwegians-you Norse-Americans, as you have chosen to designate yourselves for the purposes of this celebration-are commem­ orating the fact that one hundred years ago a few hardy Norsemen braved the billows of the Atlantic and came to America to found the first Norwegian colony in this land of the free. In 1874 the people of Iceland celebrated the fact that one thousand years ago that sturdy son of Norway, lngolfur Arnarson, effected the first permanent settlement in Iceland. The time allotted me permits of no details-.­ Suffice it to say that Iceland was speedily Ret- I tled, over a thousand years ago, by the uncon­ querable spirits who could - not bring them­ selves to fawn upon the fair-haired Harald that prosperity and peace might be bought by an act of subj ugation. They have been called stubborn and stiff-necked-but what could you expect, were they not Norwegians? The spirit of freedom and independence has had its abode in Norway since the first midnight sun broke in sptendour upon the native eye. It was from the soil of Norway, from the mountains and the fjords, that came the men and women who founded the republic of Ice­ land, of which President Coolidge spoke so elo­ quently yesterday, a republic that endured for four hundred years. And permit me to call to your attention just one significant fact in connection with this republic-it was a gov­ ernment without an executive. It had its par­ liament and its courts of law and justice, but no official head. I sometimes think that this peculiar arrangement may have been caused by the fact that these Norsemen tacitly avoided elevating any one·of their number to a pos­ i tion where he had the power of ruler over the rest. It was in a cradle such as this that th e little nation which we now call the Icelandic was rocked during its period of infancy. It was a cradle, if not made in Norway, at least constructed from material brought from therlce:' j If, was within the ionfines of this repubHc­ on the soil of lceland-thal to Eirik the Reg __ ;,as. born thelon\o whom he gave the name of Leifur·-he who in the year 1000 discovered America. Eirik the Red was a native of Nor­ way-an exile who found a haven of safety in Iceland. After being in Iceland for a num­ er of years, he married a woman native born f native parents-but, of course, of Nor­ stock� To this couple was born the son w ose destioy it was to discover the con­ tinent e now inhabit. I will merely mention the e • le of Eirik the Red from Iceland, his colon· ation of Gree·1 land at a time when Leifs still a youth and Leif's visit to N'.>rway e year 999 and his . return to Greenland following year when contrary winds drove s frail craft out of its course with the result at he made his famous discovery. Iceland claims Leif Eiriksson as her own-our brethren, the.Norwegians, also contend for him . Sometimes these claims and counter- claims lead to controversios. Personally, 1 feel that both the Icelandic and the Norwegian branches of the Norse family have each in their own . peculiar way incontestible claims\with reg�rd to this man. The facts are matters of history anJ there need arise no contention over them. Let the Norse race own Leif Eiriksson in com- · mon-there i$ glory, there is honor enough for all. But I am to bring you greetings from the Icelandic Americans. They are not !Hiinerou::;, neither are they mighty, but such as they are -- they never repudiate their origin, nor have they ever been found wanting in love f�r and loyalty to the principles that und erlie the gov­ ernment of the country of their adoption . Love of liberty is fundamental in the human race-the yearning for freedom is from the beginning and evn will be. Before Leifur Eiriksson discovered Vinland , before Christopher Col umbus landed on the island of San Salvador, the Norse race was struggling to realize the ideals upon which rests the government and institutions of our American Republic. Those ideals are eterna l in their nature and they have struggled for recognition among the nations, with varying results, ever since the birth man. The Ice­ landocs do not boast that they have, to any un­ usual extent, been entrust�d with the custody of these ideals, but they do claim that the Norse race, of which they are a part, has, through the centuries, not only stood commit­ ted to the cause of freedom but has been freedom's champion in the forensic arena and upon the field of battle. We Icelanders, like our Norwegian brethern, came to this country primarily to better our co�dition in a material way and to insure to our children greater opportunities and more abun­ dant possibilities for their advancement. Thanks to the richness of the resources and the realized dreams ,of mankind in the land �e that Leifur found, we have seen our prayers answered and our hopes come true. You are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the coming of the first group of Norwegian emigrants to America. Last year the Iceland­ ers in America held a memorial service to commemorate the fact that on the second day of August, 1R74, there was preached in Mil­ wauKee, Wisconsin, the first sermon ever de­ livered in America in the Icelandi'! language. In point of American settlement we are vir­ tually fifty years old where you are one hun­ dred. Several of our leading colonies date their origin from _a bout 1875. It was about this time of the year, in 1875, that Gunnlaugur Pjetursson and his family and Pjetur Pjetursson, a bachelor, drove up from Dane county, Wiseonsin, with a yoke of oxen, and settled on h0mesteads in Lyon c,)unty, Minnesota. These were the first Icelanders t::> make their homes in Minn esota. People of Icelandic birth and Icelandic ex­ tract10n in America number probably some­ thing more than twenty thousand-most of whom are domiciled on the Canadian side. It is for these twenty thousand people tha t I presume to speak ir, now extending greet­ ings to the Norse-Amerian Centennial. May I say to you that our hearts are filled with gratitude to the God of our fathers who di­ rected our people to this land of wealth and vision. We rejoice in the .progress that the Nurse race has made in America. We take pride in the achievement; the advancement and the progress of every kind that has been made by the Norwegian people in this country, in their one century of sojou·rn here. We come to you in the spirit of brotherhoq_d, extending the hand of lellowship, and we say to you : May the Providence that watched over you and guided your footsteps in these, the first hun­ �ears, continue to guide you to still lar­ fier ana better achievements in your futur e ,abors in the h,nd which our fathers so fit­ tingly named "Vinland the Good. " Monticf'tlo, Minn. . frne THU RSDAY., MAY 1 Fro m �all p,oints o.f the 0ompass the­ celebrants of the Norse-American Ceny, tennial, which is Lat 1o m1 we�� awa JI _ celebrants are coming. Alre ady -man { hav e left Eur opean . po:rits for St. Pau ­ Min of ple This is .a good time for the peo for ing talk ient nesota to do som e -effic t Minnesota and let our visit ors know wha it e stat t g-rea a t wha and Minnesota has to 1s. If Minnesota is big enough to rise to able the situation she s!h10uld be convince her guests thait Minnesota is­ one of the won der spot s of the earth com par ed with which California is not in the rac� 11 "f1rris. M"n i .. Trih wr.t" s. l !l2S THE NORSE IN-MINNESOTA FRID A.Y$ l�.JE · � -• In conne ction with the g�eat Nu-American centenni al which is t o b � h eld rn t he Twin bthJ§ &e,,i; . tics week , · given out by_ Dr • O• M • N orlie, of Luthe r colleg e Deco rah: Iowa , a re of interes t. He says that -the popul� tion of Nor -Amer.ica ns i n Minne sota is approx im ately 5 2 5 0 0 0 ' or ;: per cent of the st a te' s pop­ ul a tion more th a ' o_ut of every five of the state's inh a bit�nt s. Dr • �ir�:e 1s a l so autho rity . for other rn. terestrng figu res rel a tive t 0 M'mneso tans of Norse birth • or bloo"" 4. He estima tes that 2 1 4 ' 0 0 0 0f th em are breadwinne rs · 1 0 0 0 0 0 w�rk rng " on fa rms ; 4 0 , 0 0 0 in mecha ni­ ca l a n a, , ma nuf ' actunn g pursui ts · 20 0 0 0 rn . : ra des ; 1 4 ,­ ' 0 0 0 in transporta tion a nd . an eq ual < '.numb er rn domes tic servic e ,· 13 ' 000 m • c 1 encal service and 11 0 0 0 m . pro­ ' f essiona l service. Based o n ca reful rnvest . • igation by S am­ uel G• Iverson, former st ate audit . or, and others , i t is estima ted that 4 5 , 0 0 0 No . rse-America c ns in Minne sota own farms' with a n a cn, eage of more tha n 7 • 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 acres, a nd worth with unpro · vemen ts, more than $ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 • Not a �a d accumul ation for only 7 5 yea rs. , ' Dr. Norlle also "'o·ives th ese further figures rela tive . . to occupa, t10ns of Norse-Am ericans . • m Minne sot a : ret a il I merch a nts' 5 ' 4 0 0 '. t eache rs 4, 8 0 0 ; carp enters 4 4 0 0 ,. . g, 2 , 8 0 0 ; miners 2, 0 0 0 ,. . ' 1umberm . se rvice• PU b he 2 ,0 0 0 . ' ' ,,'t at rnn · a ry -engine ers, 1 6 0 0 ; b a nkers 1 , 0 0 0 . c1 , , . ergyme n, ' , 6 0 0 ; physicia ns, 6 0 0 ; nurses G O O '. techm. ca, l engineers . ' 5 5 0 ,· l awey1•s, 5 0 0 ,. insura nc e agents 4 5 0 ,. de n t1sts, . 300; ' professors, 3 0 0 '• pr1· nters· , v., 0 0 ,. e d I. t ors, 1 7 5. �now appears reasonably certainl! President and Mrs. Coolidge, Secretary o f State Frank B. Kellogg and p, party o ]' newspaper men, secret service men and others, will reach St. Paul early in the evenin g of Sunday, J une 7 . The n ation 's chief will go immedi­ ately to the Kellogg home which, un­ der the p ersonal directio n of Mrs. Kellogg, har; been undergoing a thor ough ovei-haul fu.,; in preparation for its distinguished guests. , __It is considered likely that all l\OC- 1 ords for crowds in the Twin Cities will be broken on the followin g d ay when the President spealrn at the ' state ,fair grounds. •Inasmuch as the President's ·St. Paul speech is an­ n ou nced as the first on his summer program, much interest attaches to his utterances at that time. I t is understood that no less than fi fteen n P.wspaper men, represe'n ting the fLf­ .i.OOll Je[l,din.g dailies of the country, will make the trip to St. Paul, which, I for twenty-four hours at least, is to j be the seat of the American govern­ ment. Nor will the President have a com­ plete monopoly on the spotlight. Some time •:.\'fonday Mrs. Co olidge is to · be presented a handwoven rug from Norway, the work of Mrs. Kari -�etta, a native of Romsdalen, but n ow a resident of ;St. Paul. The pre1sentation speech will be made by f rof. Gisle 1B'othne, head of the cennary organizatio n. t is expected that the presidential pa y will start the return trip Wa ington early ,M orlmt:Wb4 ffi.ii t.;i " , · , ' fHUR8D ; /- Tal-;s of ad'te ntur es and valia nt ��1 808 un­ ? erta ken by the Dan es, Icela nder s anr. Norw eg1 � ns wer e retold this wee k in Min neso ta ! 1sten ed to with great inte rest by the ,11any -vand is­ itors to the No.rs -�mer foan ce 1ten nir-i. � Lege nds 7 of early l'!orse� nca have enga ged the attent 10n of hllsto rian s for ages and, whil _ very � 1ttle of fact can be state d as to actu al dis­e cove r� es, t � ere can b� n o doub t that the hardy Scan dana v1an adve nturers discovered Icela nd Gree;11lan d and probably New Foun d1aE d, Novi� S �ct1a and the main land of America. Future h1st? ri_ � ns may be able to u nearth evid ence es­ ai hsh1 ng the facts as to the claims of Reds and � � . ..1 e1! :m nkson, the deta ils of whi ch are at pres ent osf m the m1'. st of legen d. • TT' l l , Fl? '· m:t"fa, Minn.. Tou �nal T H lJR�DA'i. r .-l� 1�� H,2j Now that the Norstc�"-t;e�n�n�if!a:Yf�c�e1re�b�r�a!1�o�n�1�a� s �p�a�s•�s':" e a�1� n"'o�...t"' s'.., _ tor;y a:nd . the Lfg ilIImbH ttmi��irigible is still on its way to the _ _ Twm Cities ; 1t s expected arrival delayed due to the radical weath­ er that is typie�l of Minnesota, we have settled down to our ac­ customed place m the community and are wHlinO' to forO'ive and forget the continual remind er that we are not ;f a race"'th at dis­ _ covered Mmnes ota and the rest of the American contine and pursue our e-'-:entf1;1l way as behooves one who cares not_ a nt, cracker �or creed, nationahty or color. We're all here and all Americ so it �aatters not that we have failed to acquire the snoose ans h;bit ,vh1ch after all is an American invention and can be charo·ed to /. 0 the Old English families at that. " / f'< ,/. ·es,m1an 0. J. Kvale extends t.o et!ch memters of the Hou.3,e I a cordial invitation to visit Min eso! a an to attend • "he Norse­ _ i:i �'. . nom . m I ..- "'1.Cr can Centennial the Twm Cities June 6 to 9: This i11vit �lt' 0 11 has been directed pe1 sonally t(• President Coolidge and T 1us aides by Governor ' heodore Christian ;on and the Legislature. 1 �--tt dress before the HousL, Congres man Kvale reteTred to 1 !Ylinnesotd c s �he I �m� of the Ten Thousand Lakes ; the Park Reg-­ l ion of the United States ; the Bread Basket of the \Vorld. That 1 • Min.,..esota is the Summer Pl-.yground of the Nltion ;" that slw ~v'""'v' .a cLi,, , Jhip which in he.:1lt:11, thrj,.i:t, intPHi gence aPd mor­ '; ; iity- CJJH1 0 'Je e,·ce1bd. Outside of this JYlinn�so..P is not much 1trerent chai, mo1.;t a11Y state in U,e Union. It rf'1kes a l'E.llow i'eer i 'de • c' iesty to fl, ink and know tlwt :i.\lirmesota. has produced a ·1 Corg1essmar- and Semi.tor (both Norsks) . who in point of intelli-1 .i: nce, h· ,Jtl1 ,.nd moral� are seco· 1d to rn ne i:ri Congress or els,�­ 1 1 i \, h :->1 e. 0 Ortonville Mi�r, THU " WHY THE FUSS ? Some the1'e ai-e who are stirrin • e-A • a heap of fu ss about the 1 ican Centennial, claimin6 tha te increased _ love. of t _ 0 1er� an ; strengthemng ..:the g1 i ties in that regard while loosening to f a degree the ties and loyalty to Artierica, the adopted land. j Why it is th;:.t anyone should be so narrow-minded as to raise this ques­ tion is beyond comprehension. Look over the broad expanses of the great northwest an<l one will fin<l form homes that bi-i11g credit to the world and : a large percentage of them represent I a life-time's earnings of Nonvegians through hard work in improvin 6 thet virgin soils of America. Can anyone I say that the hearts ?f these m en a_n<l women arn not beatrng for and W1th America ? Simply because peop1e of one na- 1, tionality are about to assemble to- , gether under the Stars and Stripes and sing some of the songs of their 1 mother land, meet prominient men I from there, and exhiibit various ar- 1 ticles of Norwegian make, is certainly ; nothing to cause alarm to some of the "would-be" patriotic Americans. It is to be doubted, indeed, whether those who are so alarmed over this • gathering would rally to the defense of America as quickly as the men al1{.l th€ir kin who are about to join in the greatest celebration in American - • historY 1ii 1m. •• H............... �;::;tl1'£]B I I �Y\f ;..u Osnfci , 1\U . ·� THURSY'� V ';rJ:\JE ,�. 1 925 .t�i• � ... l -,,. 1.• nT". Minn.� 7··ir,tn.P .)I. i u NO�: ::::�::; 1�2; Tn flus staite �s-apprnximate y 525,000, or 22% of the s,tate's population, more ,than one out of every five of -the state's in­ haibitants. Dr. Norlie is rulso authority for other interestin:g figures relative · to Minnesotans of Norse :birtlh or rblood. He es:ti­ mates that 214,000 o:f ,them are lbreadl\'l'inners ; 100,000 rworkin:g on fa11ms ; 40,000 in medb.anical -and manufacturing pursui,t,f ; 20,000 in trades ; 14,000 in tmns­ port,ation .and an eqool number in domesttc service ; 13,000 i oleriiical service and 11,000 professional service. ,Based n careful invesitigation by Sa: el G. Iverson, fo11mer state aud1 OJ:', nd others, 1t is estimated at 45,000 NOTse-Americans in in­ nesota own farm's, with an a�re1a:ge of more ,than 7,500, 00 acres and wo1ith, rwith :i:n11p110�­ men,ts, more tih,an $1,000,000,000': Not a bad accmmulation for only 75 years ! Dr. Norllie also gives rtJhese fumher figures relative to oClcu­ ipati.ons of Norse-Americans in Minneso,ta : nitail mePchants, 5,400 ; teaic:hers, 4,800 ; ca,rpente1is, 4,400 ; lumbering, 2,800 ; miners, 2,000 ; pU!blic service, 2,000 ; stationary engineers ; 1,600 ; hankers, 1,000 ; clergymen, 600 ; physicians, • 600 ; nurses, 600 ; technical engineers, 550 ; ·w­ yers: 500 ; insurance agents, 50 ; dentists, 300 ; pTofessor,s, �00 ; printers, 300 ; editors, 175. In connection with the co, TO MINN, 75 YEARS GO orse-American Centennial it is • tert : 11 Iii the first au entic In connootion with rthe rse·ecord of a Norse immigrant MinAJ1rnn can Centennial, wh1 rwas iesota is that of Nils Nilson, orn in S-0�CCCl!SIPMjy rnhageel Ill!!!' the :Moclum, Nor way, Jan . 2, 1 o , who Minnesorta Sta,te Fair G11ounds, came to St. Paul in 184 9 aft r having it is J·nteresting ,to note ;th ' - t ,the worked fo; a time in the 1 ad mines fir.st authentk recm·d of :a torse near Galena, Ill. Nilson obtainec work at a sort of a hotel or i 1 kno immigrant in MinneSJoita is that as "Moffett's Castle," near the ban of Ni!ls Nilson, :born in Modum, I of the Mississippi river, approxima Norway, January 2, 1830, who j ely w here the new St. Paul Unio :came :to St. Paul in 1849 afrte.J'..' tation now stands. The following having worked for 'a tiirne in the • s ·ing he went to Stillwater where · lead mines near Galena, Ill. Nilhev,orked in a _sawmill, remaining a son o'btained rwork rat a sort of resll:lent of that city until 1 8 82 when a :hotel or inn known ,at "Mod'hEV bought a farm µear New York fett's Casitle," near ithe banks of Mlfi s, Minn. Jie died there a few years ago. the Mississippi river, ,a:pproxiThe first Norse woman know to mately where the new St. Paul have located in Minnesota was Miss Union s,taition now stands. The Ingeborg L. Langeberg, who came to following spring he went to S1tilrrSt. Pa.ul with her brother, Amund, in I\Wllte1· where he worked in a saw1 8 5 0. They were natives of Hallingmill, remaining a resident of that cla.hl, Norway. Miss Langeberg was city until 1882 I\Vhen he lbough:t employed for about a year as a do3 farm near New Yo:r,k M�lls, mestic servant in the home of Alexanthis state, He died ithere a few der Ramsey, first territorial governor yea,11s ago. and second state governor of Minne' sota. It was during Ramsey's regime 'I1he firs,t Norse ,wmnan known as territorial governor that she was to have Jorruted in Minnesota was employed in the executive househ.o.lil. Miss Ingeiborg L. LaI11gebe11g, ]llfiss Langeberg then moved to Fridwho r•ame to -S:t . Paul l\'l']th her ley, M/nn., where she married a man ibro:ther, Amund, in 1850. They named Clark, later removing to Meek- ' were nati-ves of Hallingdaihl, er county and still later to Minneapo- : N'.orw,ay. :M iss Langeberg was lis. ! employed for aibou,t ,a year a:s a It was in 1852 that Norse immi- I domes,tic servan,t in ,the !home of grants began to come into Minnesota i Alexander Ramsey, first ,territorin any considerable numbers, but from then on fQr several decades iail governor and second sbate there w as a constant stream of them, governor of Minnesota. It was settling in southeastern Minnesota during Ramsey's .re-g:i-me as terand rapidly s<J,ttling fartl:\er north and ;ritorfal goverr·nor ,that she was �e<l �•ing, Minn,. Farme, west in this state. Goodhue county, ·employed i n t h e executive FRIDAY. MAY 22, !92.l which became one of the largest ancl household. Miss Langeberg then most prosperous of Norse settlements COOLIDGE'S BODY GUARD moved :to Fridlley, Minn., where in the state, was first settled in 18 52 • 'Pl.--est<mnt Coo1idire's iJody guard at the she married a man named GI._ , Scores of the finest farms in the ~ country are still o wned by dcscenlater removing ito Meeker counNorse centennial next month, a grnup of pickdants of those who homesteaded them ty and still later to Minnea,po![i:s. ed World. v\l':l:l'""'Wtenrrrs-of six-footers, all of ' "'in the 5 0 's. It was 1in 1852 ,that Norse 1,mNorse descent, will : 1k}ude Edward Barsness, '.li'l·om this modest beginning of migrants began to co�1e into the mayor of the city of Glenwood. Norse settlement in Minnesota, 75 Minnesota in any cons1dei,aible years ago it is no w estimated by Dr. This is doubly interesting from the fact numbers, bUJt fro,m :then on for o. M. Norlie, well known ftatistician that Barsness is edito1· of the Pope County several] decades there was a , c onOf Luther College, Decor:,,h, Iowa, Tribune, one of the strongest Farmer-Labor stant stream of them, settlilllg tbat the population of Norse-Ameriin southeas:tem Minnesota and cans in this state is approximately newspapers in Minnesota. rapidly ·settling f•amhe;: nonth 526, 000, or 22% of the state's popula- I Glenwood was formerly the home of Senation, more than one out of every five and west in this state. Goodhue tor Henrik Shipstead. During the \\7ar, Shipof the state's inhaliitants. Dr. Nor,county, ·wlhiClh became one of ,the I stead's house was painted yellow· in the dark lie is als.P. authority for other inter:laro·est •and most prosperous c:£ esting figures relative to Minn�sotans of ni!rht ~ by mysterious IJersons who thought Na;se settlements in 1the staite, of Norse birth or blood. He estithemselves to be · hundred per cent American was first settiled i n 1852. Scores 1 , lllates that 214,000 of them are breadand who considered Shipstead's affiliation with of tfue finest farms in the counwinners ; i oo , ooo working on farms; try the Nonpartisan league 4 0 , 000 in mechanical and manufactur• are still owned by descend' crowd ·seditious and· ing pursuits ; 2 0, 000 in trades; 14, ooo traitorous to the gov.ernment. Barsness in the 1arnts od' those who homes:tead ed in transportation and an equal numthem in the 50's. Tribune never allowed the people of Glenwood ber in domestic service; 1 3 , ooo in From .this modest beginnirng ' to forget their insulting treatment of Shipclerical service and 11,000 in profesof Norse settftements in M:innestead and thirnrn cional service. Based on careful in~ waxed warm in the old town. sota, 75 years ago it is rnow estivestigation by Samuel G. Iverson, forBut a year ago, some of the W. C. T. U. well Norlie, M. 0. Dr. by mated mer -�tate auditor, and others, it is women thought the Jaws could be a bi.t better known statistician of Lu:ther Colestimated that 4 5, 000 Norse-Ameri- ' enforced in Glenwood. They undertook to Qege, Decorah, Iowa, .th,at '-'Jh e cans in Minnesota own farms, with an acreage of more than 7,500 ,0 00 acres ipopulation od' Norne�Americans make the fighting Fanner-Labor editor mayor and --WOttli, WitTI improvements, more,__________________ - or the city by use of stickers. Others joined ---- than $1, 000 , 000 , 000 . Not a bad accuin the move, and Barsness was triumphantly mulation for only 75 years! elected. To even matters up, Glenwood has Dr. Noriie also gives these fnrthe· been electing B. K. Savr.e, editor of the Herald, figures relative to occupations c just as militantly Republican as the Tribune Norse-Americans in Minnesota: reth merchants, 5, 400 ; teachors, 4 , 80 is Fai·mer-Labor, president of the school board carpenters, 4 , 400 ; lumbering, 2,80 each year. miners, 2,000 ; public service, 2, 00 Some years ago, one crowd strewed tacks stationary engineers, 1,6 00 ; banke: 1, 000 ; clergymen, 6 00 ; physiciai in the roads when the other crnwd put on a 6 00 nurses, 6 00 ; technical engfnee political parade. Now World war veterans 5 0 lawyers, 5 00 ; of the Farmer-Labor persuasion take their 5 0 dentists, 3- 00:.;:,.. iioiip�•iiii... p • ters, 300 : 0•"-'• place as ~2.·uards of the nation's chief. Times s'M•@ 1a have changed. We are becoming more civil­ ized. Tolerance has taken the place of fanati­ cism. Reason has come back into its O-"L!).. And with Barsness in the body guard, Pres. ident Coolidge will be in safe hands while in our state. �'Re!d Wmg, lv!tnr.; -r f.'\:pub1La:; TUES;)J,. �'. J_ ... .::, • , u _.;l..; TH£ NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIALi The Norse-American Centlit,Q • :i-d as sn v-ast in it s scope, so vaTrect-irrifsi' i1atur e and so sig11 ificant in its historical im­ por tance that the writing o f a short arti cle on the subject, i n tended t o touch the high spots, becomes very difficult. There was such a bewildering array of things t o grasp the attention and such a m ultit ude of "high spots" every­ where throughout the celebration that volu mes could to be written--and undoubtedly will be-to cove r fully that momentou s unclert·a king. From the viewpoint of attendance it was perhaps the largest gathering of civilians i n histtory. All observers seem agreed that certainly no- President ever · addres sed so many citizens at one t i me. Thanks to t h e microphones a n d t h e am pl i fication of s ound b y the l oud speak­ er, the vast m ultitude heard the addresses as clearly a s i f they had been only a few feet from the speakers. Through ­ out the nation millions, no doubt _, heard the President over t he radio. From many angl es, indeed, was1 the Cen tennial and epoch making institution. The solidarity of the American republ ic, readiriess by those of Norse birth or decent to amalgamate wit.h t h e citi­ zenship o f this land, their ability t-o achieve in all dep•a rtmen,t s of .hu ma,n endeavor, their un flinching patriotism as �xempli­ fied both in peace and in war, and their whole-heartedness in everything that goes to make America free, happy and pros­ perou s-all o f this and much more was mani fested in every department of the festival that marked the h undredth anni­ versary of the active participation in American, affairs b½ those who made the Centennial possible. The historic fact that the Norsemen were t h e disJoover� ers o f American five centuries before Columbus set foot o n land i n the western world, something which i s n o lon ger qu es� 'tioned by intelligent peopl�, wasi rivitted fast and clenched by governmental authority in connection with the- Centennial, l eaving no room for further argument. By act of congress the government issued medals commemorating the arrival o f Leif Erickson. ' and his men jn t heir Viking Slhip in the year 1000. It i s the first time a 1�edal has been cast, w e are • �old, i n connection w ith a ny such enterprise. The postage stamps issued for the Centennial also carried a picture of the Viking ship. Furthermore, the President in his address at the Centennial dwe l t to -considerable extent on the Nor­ wegian discovery of America. He assumed, also, that the i.n athematician born o f the Viking parents in this country, had probably fu rni shed the calculations and information on which Col umbus based his judgmernt when that great dis .: coverer started to find t h e continent o f the western world. The -spirit of patriotic American ism which brought about the celebration 10-f the Norse-American Centennial permeates throughout the entire nat ion regardless! o f the anteccdants of ou r citizenship, and reaches lands across the sea where the people have the same problems in their development o f human institutions as we have here i n America, although i n some­ what di fferent form . Freedom .of speech, freedom of press, freedom to worship God according t o one's own conscience, opportun i ty to make of one's sel f the very best and to help create condition s for the highest ideals possible o{ attain­ ment-these are the things for which all liberty loving sou ls strive. And the possibility of s uch atta inm ent was clearly; shown a t the Norse-Am erican Centennial. R ..� woo ': WE r. N O RSE-AM ERICAN CENTEN N I A L. H E Norse-American Centennial celebration 1I at the State Fair Grounds next months 1 wi11 be one of the biggest events the Twin Cities have ever seen. Prominent men from this countl 'y and Eur­ ope will be in attendance. 'rhe President of · the United States and the Secreta rv of State I of the U '.1ited States :,-v m both be pr�sent. Men of the highest rank m the public li fe of Norw�y will come and other countries al;:,o will con . tnbute to the number of distinguished guests-;­ There are those who do not appreciate the significance of this celebration and some even Iook upon it as a J?:athering of "foreigne1·s." 1 Nothing can be farther from the fa.els. The event that is being celebrated is the coming of the first shipload of Norwegians to I America, just one hundred years ago. The peopl � of Norse �escent ii� this country I , _ are makrng this an ocass1on to re,1 0ice ove-1: the 1 fact that their forefathers left the old com;itry a hundred years ago and came to America. It 1 is a patriotic celebration, from an American • standpoint, for the event commemornted is / the coming of the people of the nationalit..1 named to this country. I It is to praise the foresight of these ha1·dy pioneers and to rejoice over the g·ood fortune that brought them to these shores that this celebration is being had. No race is more American in spirit than the Norse race. Liberty and freedom have a lways. ' been household words with them and they un- I derstand and appreciate Amerkan li1 111 S an(\i , ideal::; to an extent not surpassed by any etb_er I people. 1 That is why they celebrate with so much / enthusiasm the event that brought their peo- , ple to these shoi-es a hundred years ago. America has- done much for the Norse peo1 ple, but they, too, have done something for ' A merica. As a class, they have contributed I to the building up of the country and they have been among the foremost to defena it in its 1 hour of need. 1 America has always welcomed the people of 1 the No,nlk race and it is to register that welcome t:I1at the Presidirnt of the United States : will come to this celebr�tion and participa +. e i n it a s one of t h e speakers. The Norsemen of America pro-pose to show to the world next month that they are glad 1 they "came over" and that their adopted eountry holds a place in their hearts that is and eve,· 1 will be first.-Gunnar Bjornson. ' T I I II I I I l ._ . ._ ~ • ��"nvme n.llnn.)' 1'arme,.­ l?ed wood Farr , ,1' DAY. TUN •� 1 I_ R� F_ ..,,..______ , N O R S E M E N. THURSDAY. JUNE ll� 1925 0 • Th�r" Hayt,, Ii�i�d:::irs"��stly. . Th� }m�_inexjce< 9f t. h�lic,,N� · �l- .,�tfflrtfa( · -c€lebra ,_ t½?11}n �9-.e?f�in/:!ities p,r1rrgs -to ' _tp.mti Wi�}:i •:i;enewe(r �orc.� -, :t}re • -trutlJ,, o:f :w-hat Pre.�id�nt,CooJidge :�t'qld'c' the ;Daughter� . • .of ,· the c¾merican Revolution 'about ·the for,eig·n;born , Jn ·thii'- _ .country,, . w�� have· '·.Qe�om�\·. ����*niz.�1 ed. .The,_Pre$1dent sa.1d :, ·:0 • • -1 ' ' ' ' .We )��cCno(.. (}nl$'. (tb,:/draw ' ' # The r;·reat celeb1ation just dra,v­ ing to a close in the city of Minne- · apolis ha,s broug;irt t-h-e· No�people in this and other states very mu,ch into the lime light, and for this rea­ son we naturally constrained to an­ praise them with reference to trie coi1tribution that ,t hey have made ard I are making tc:\ the w�rth while thin.� s 1 in American life. Thcv have added I greatly to Minnesota's �aterial weal­ th, having helped to break up pra:r- I ies and clear her great timber areas. 1 They have 1 been abrea v of the fo1:e- I most in educational 'life and leadership_, and are today among the m<•st progressive of our people in this line. In political circles they have and are today playing a leading role. Among our most famous Senators and Governors, their names rank high. They are a religious people, and have been very solicitous for the welfare of the church in their set�l-e­ ments. They J;iave been a progr9S- II • sive people in the way of making public and private improveme1:1ts of , 1 a modern and lasting kind. i . �"nvme 1Mt11n.J Parmer THU:g,SD�Y. _j]JNE 11. 1".5.... �;- t' ,' '1?) • ..,, '}� ; ' I the ,�:ewcomer:s 'mto Qllr· soc�l , structure, but,'_w-e_ �nl¼ed, ·�so tp • mtlk;e th.em '. contijpute, �rt\) . ' i�s 0-. str.ength -and. \i,'e auty. ,:,. W·t? .m'ay. .gain much· from·ith�m'. In' the -dive.rsrficatfor(. of. oU'J.' • culture, · the 'broadening 'of our fr1te'r�!lts, the development of .our .·lite.Pa-' ture and. arts, -the formation of a rounded, symmetrical national character, they can help us vast. , ly. We shall b.est serve· · · hoth:•. ··· ' them and ourselves·, _if we ,sha:11 . fully recognize this mutuality o! ,, • interest.· ,' .. • • The Norse--American ;Centen­ nial offers this opportui)ity '. :for. . native Aniericans and those"., ,of blood to recognize . .·Scandinavian , their mutuality of .in,terest. No . State in the Union has been so fortunate as M innesota in hav­ ins- so· large an .fof.usion df Nor-r • die blood in its population. Through the years these new­ comers have contributed • their strength to the life of the State, because they came here as, workers with the purpose of be­ coming rapidly Americanized. The history of Minnesota registers the- influence of several streams of builders. First came the French explorers who fol­ lowed the river channels, ··l ocated . the islands and prairres, and left their impress in such names as , De Sota, Le Suer, Radisson and Hennepin. Then came the Down East Yankees. to become sturdy and resourceful pioneers in every line of endeavor. In the period of development and expansion that this opened the Scandinavian immigration started early and continued lqng. The character of the early work of these neweomers is de­ �cribed by the Interpreter, }Vhich tells of how orie Nor, wegian settled years ago in the , fq:rests of th e North, grubbed • o],it the trees, built his family a sp,a�ious log house, tilled l].is facyi and garden and in · twenty years snatched civilization from -the 'wilderness and wrought out his ovm affluence. This c-as9-is._ not �X£eptiopal, but typical of what m;my :§P.ttlers of Norse bl?od, {vho eaine to the State as tollers, have done. They entered l construct;j.veiy: into the lift:i of· Minnesota, a1id in many lines i have �ttained positions- o.f . in­ fluence and leadership. A State like Minnesota is not bunt in a day, but is the product of long sustained, co-operative effort between natives and for­ eign-born. The best form of State and Nation building and of Americanization " is that which comes, as President Cool­ idge suggests, from mutual ap­ preciation and gratitude for the share that each has had in mak­ 1 mg Mjnne8ofu': wffa-t' if is. t�. -Minneapolis Journal. j P-usb t:ity, Minn. , 'Po�� FRIDAY. JUNE 12, l�J� J.-- . The great Norse centennfrtl was enhan�by the presence of Pres­ ident Coolidge and Mrs. CuaH<lge, who as home guests of St. Panl's dis­ tinguished citizens, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg were given a genu­ ine friendly welcome, The president and his char.w ing lady quite c,;i>tivat­ ed the multitudes and their visit was timely and enjpyahle. M INNESOTA FIRST The Cent�nfary of the NorseW't.h the on':!ning of the Nor$e­ ' !Den H_el� .in. !h,e- �).f;iai this- week1 Amei-icR•n ce1tteH•1ia� at the Minne­ 1s a d1stmctI�- honor to Minne­ so n "1'ta-\ie fair grounds, Saint Paul, sota. It was only when the Je.ss than four weeks away, prepar­ Scandinavians tame and made a,t i0ns to entertain the greatest their settlemenl in great blocks throng· that ever invaded the North­ on_ the naked l!�airies that the 1 rrull'oad followett them and they west are going . forward with all established sc\,ools, churches possi1ble speed. , and towns and was not long be­ From aJl •points of the compa,;s I, fore both homestead and the the cele-br�hts a� coming. Alrea<ly alternate sections of railroad many of them h,.v., left H'uropean , land was tak�m up and sub­ P<•r,ts for Saint Paul. stantial improvements made on This would seem ot be a good �very quarter section. 1')'ature time for the people of Minnesota to ,.responded generously to everyJ do some talking; for the l;,enefit of . �ffort made on the part of the , the visitors. It is without question -�qsbandin3:n. A hundred years an opportunity fer us to le.t them 1s .. a long tlme but it is �bout know what Minnesota has, and what ,1?,ilf that �it?e since or shortly a f'"reat state it is� • a�ter the civll war that the first It is on such occasions that Cal­ regular settlement was made in ifornir•'1S get in their deadliest work. this part of the atate. A wonder­ Nothing _pleases them mor than to ful difference will be noted at rnrner visitors and regale tben, w i Lh this tirue in the transmission the wonders of their state, from the oxen to the automobile.­ Compare.cl with the wo11ders o:f age. Gen." U. S. Grant was Minnesota, California ha,sn't anv. pr{:\Sident the time of the great­ For every asset claimed by Cali­ est i.nflux of settlers to the fornia, Minnesota can cla•i m at least northwest. There has b.een a five and make the claim stick, more­ _great many changes in all parts over. But California has been ex­ of ·our country from that time p1loited a-nd Minnes0ta. hasn t. There's _ to · the present Coolidge admini­ the rub and the differonce. Millio11s stration. ' At that time we talk­ of California dollars, . tourists' dol­ ed. .in' terms of millions as . we do lars, by the way, have g rme to tell now ·of billions ,in the running of the wol'ld all about the West coa,st, the. state -Or,- national govem� to o:cing.. nwre- -toul'-i.-sts to it, aml ment. This i� a fast age .and if we • <lon't step too hard on the each dollar has paid big returns, ___,gas ,we. will , prob�bly land. as ___________________J 'M innesota is approaching the day ____....,. f safely m .the future as w1 have when it will be exploited. Meanw hile in the .ast. su,ch an event as the Norse-A meri-_ can centenaryi should be. grasped ,.PY: Minnes o.ta,n s to convince __their guests·­ that here indeed i s one of ·the world's _y::� wonder spots. ____ _. �i:,,,th tnn . Min n., Trtt-unr !HU RSDAY.. MAR CH 26, 1925 THE NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL The project for a celebration of the Norse-American Centennial in the Twin Cities, next June 6 to 9th has al ready met with such enthus­ iastic response, not only in Minne­ sota and the northwest, not o nly in the United States and Canada, but also in old Norway itself, that the success, of the affair seems to be already beyond question. There used to be a certain f.e el­ ing of regret in Norway, when the migration of so many of her .sons 1 and daughters to America was mentioned. It se,emed a great and irreparabl e loss to the old country. But that feeling seems, to have quite vanished in the swelling feeling of pride in th e New World achi evements and attainments of the Nors,emen. As in th� old Vik­ ing days, but by th e arts of peace rather than of war, the Norseman is making his way ev,erywhere. So I the respon.s,e of Norway to the invitation to the celebration has I been most gratifying. It is al ready ma·n ifesl that the affair is to have the happy ,effect of bringing together in unwonted union the people of this widely , -scattered strain of blood. Differ­ ences of politics, religion, soci.al distinction, bu.s ,in,e,s s, what-not­ all are forgotten in the impulse for a reunion of Nor.semen every! where. The promise of President Coo­ lidge to come .and participate, and the probabi,}ity that some high / representative of the Dominion I : government will be h ere, as well as the promi_sed coming of dele1 gates from the Norwegian Stort- t ing an·d government, give the cele­ bration the aspect of a re.al world affair. I 1 �•- Cloud, Minn., Journal-Pre!"� MONDAY. JUNE 1, 1925 St. Cloud, Minn 'rfr,,.. MONO Y_ JUN E 8, 192:, NORSE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Tens of thousands of Norwegians are celebrating the one hundredth anniversary at the state fair grounds- today of Norse group nmigration to the United States. It was on July 4, 1825, that the Restaura­ tionen sailed from Stavenger, Norway. This ship was smaller than the Mayflovver and brought a heavy cargo of iron and 52 peo­ ple, most of them farmers who first settled in Kendall, New York. But it was the W/ est that called them, and Minnesota in partic­ ular. , By quick stages they and their fol­ lowers sought their homes in Indiana ,. Ill­ inois and then in the great mid-west farm­ ing states of Iowa, Minnesota and the Da­ kotas. - To commemorate this anniversary high officials of :four governments are par­ ticipating, the United States, Canada, Nor­ way and Iceland. The navy sent a fleet of air planes, started the air ship, Los An­ geles and President Coolidge himself 11011ored the occasion and delivered a notable address at the state fair ground this after­ noon, in_ which he paid a great tribute to the Norwegian people and the part that they have played in the development of this nation. Referring to the fact that the little sloop that brought the first gTUUp o:f Norwegians to our shores also brought a cargo of iron, the President said that "to­ day Minnesta has more Norwegians and produces more iron ore · than any other state. " Minnesota owes much to this verile race of Northmen. They have taken a conspic­ uous and lea<ling part in its development. They came here seeking that freedom that they loved and in winning it they achieved their own- happiness and prosperity because as President Coolidge said this afternoon, they have given and kept their pledge to the Land of the Free. conven- 1 "'The ·T�n cities are to be host s to two big fine of the s t n enda desc the of ng tion s in June. The gatheri t o th e bers num large in me a c who s, _ Norse :(Qi:.efather Presi­ United States a hundred years ago. Attended byKello gg, dent and Mrs. Coolidge, and Secretary and Mrs.tclass any ers and intern�tional ir�.terest ou I 1 it will in numb the �tate . gathering of this character m the history . of of K1w�n ­ 'rher e will also be the International convention fellow sh1p, good of ians a meeting of the real builders es. t . of Canada and the United Sta I �Obs� i·vant men who attended the Norse celebration compliment our brethern of 1'r orwegian blood. "I never --s-a w so large a crowd so well qehaved. Among the hun­ d1 .ed or more thousand people I saw only one drunkP.n man, and he 'Yas a Greek. I presume he could find �o N 01·se to ?UY his booze and so drank it himself," reports one exper1e 1;1 ced travele_r. And ;y et they tell us tha t drunk­ enness has mcreased smce the saloons were closed. ______n__ St I' Cio1 i'1 - 'T::"'. ,, · ,,,.. . TH� NORSE CENTENNIAL. On October 9, 1825 the ship Restaura­ tionen arrived in America bringing 53 Nor­ wegians. This was the first organized group to emigrate from. Norway to the Unit­ ed States. It marked the first low wash of a great wave of Norwegian immigration which followed. It is in h<'nor of the one-hundredth anni­ versary of the event that President Cool­ idge went to Minneapolis to be present at the Norse-American Centennial. No small portion of the development and upbuilding of the Northwestern states is due to the ef­ forts of Norwegians or descendants of ' 'N orsernen. And no better class of people . ever sought a new home in America. rrhey 1. had within them the spilj.t of Americanism ' before thcv came to the new land and adapting themselves to the new environ­ ment involved no radical alteration of views or habits. They may take a justifi­ able pride in exhibiting what has been achieved by them in the development of a section of the United States where the mass of them is settled. The event also provided the opportunity for a great reunion of tliose Americans who have an ancestry dating back to Norway. That they take pride in their origin does not necessarily make them any the less Am­ erican in spirit or the less devoted to our in­ stitutions. - It has been to the profit of Am­ erica that so many Norwegians sought homes here as well a::; profit to the former immigrants themselves. St. Paul, Minn , Pioneer · res; SUNDAY, M 31, 1925 E l!'IF'l'Y-SIXTH ann iversary of Kormanna T HSangerkor, declared to be the oldest Nor­ wegian singing society in America, will be cele­ brated at La Cros:;e, Wis., tomorrow. '!' be sociaty was organized on Jun e J, 1 S69, at a picni c on Granddad's bluff, one or the Wiscou3in chain overlooking the land bench between the Mississippi and th o hi;i;h land east of La Crosse. The founder was C. R. J ackwilz, a cousin of Bjrnst.i erne D;jornson, Norwegian poet, The soci e t y assist ed Ole Bul l, al hb request, in a · :mcert at Madison in 1870 for ihe benefit of the University l ibrary, lt became a charter member of the Norwegia n Singers' Association or America w h ich was organized in Sionx Falls in 1 89 1 , and always h as been well represented in t h e national body . It was h onored at the Vl"orld':; l<'air in Ch icago in 1 893 and from time lo (ime its rcprese u l a t i l'es hare held h igh of­ fices in the n a1 ional :u,soci alion. Jl is lc8s lban a year ago tha t I lle Norwegian ;:J i ngers Assoc iation or 1\ merica held H;; biennial galllerin3 and son;; fE:sliv;i� in SL .Pv ul, apl)ear­ in;; in two concert s at the Audilodum with a chorus o( 1 ,000 voices. Now, \\t·_i',:Ll.h,�;....Cent:lffli!<'l-1 g this week anti ne.xl 1.he societies 1t·!l4. • or I.he association will be gathering here again. from l!ie standpoint or choral music the Cen­ tennial will bring together one of the greate:ot I congregations in history. Besides all t h e sing- ' 1ng. societies to be represented, Lhere w i l l be tile Academic chorus of Oslo, which airead .Y is l1ere, t he St. Olaf col lege choir, the Decorah col• lcge band, the A ugusl ana cJ1oir. t h e 'W aldorf col­ l eg e choir and I he Concord i a col l ege choir The Seandma lian peopl es al 1,1 ays h a ve bN· n suvreru r m l he ellora l ficltl. Their choru;;es are worl d Camous, and juslly so. When the No1 wegians came lo America il was natw·al, of course, that they should organize their singing societies here. The love of music and especially of the grandeur of the chorus came with them. Bu� that does not detract from the honors which go to the Normanna Sangerkor, u the first or all Norwegian singing societies 1 o be formed in / _ this country. 1'h e d"monstralion of musica l acMm p!ishmc111 t o br marlc lwr<' w i l l show w h a t e honor m r:inll. �7 St. Paul, Mirtri , Pioneer Press MONDAY, JUNE 1, 192.S The Trade Tour. St. Paul bll5iness men this week ill be out !'ailing on the folks in the country in ccordance wlth regular custom. During the vast twelve months our country neighbors have l:Jilfen vl�itlng na, an<l it ls quite in o-rder that W<1 should re­ turn the compliment. The �pecial rra!n, which w i ll leaw, SL raul this morning. w i ll be out for a week, ping � s fa r \Ye�l .o� Bismarck, and sf opping at more than 100 to,.,,ns PD 1·oute, V\'hile "\Ir t,-,uri�ts are on the road th�y will see tor themselves the splendid c·nndi"i"" ot the farms a.bout which we have been hMring M much pleasant news of late. The "!sit last year was paid under less en­ couraging auspices. Agriculture had been hav­ ing a. bad time of it, and th,. McNary-Haugen measure was on the table In Cong-ress. •.rhe business men of St. Paul, who had been. llghting J hard for the passage or this measure, had much in common with the conn.try folk to talk about, Since then a.grlculture bas bad a new lease or H t•. A good crop here, and 11. very poor one . elsewhere, gave us an excellent price, and th ere i� evidence that a somewhat similar condition, cnuplcd with similarly excellent prospects in the North-we.sf , will give. us another good price next !all. All o! ll'.hich means proapP-rity tor the farm, / 'ind towns, and consequently prosperity tor the citiee. The travelers may look forward to a. clellghtful week. We hope they will take with them St. Paul".s cordial invitation to visit us next week and ! >.kfl part with us in the celebration o! the 1\"orse Centennial, Besldes the celebration itself !here WJil be� attrac�lons. President Cool­ idge and Secretary ot-Sts.te Kellogg will spend next Monday In St. Paul as the guests of the Centennial. The United States Marine band, ono o! the most famous musical organizations in the world, will be here. The splendid. student chorus from the University or Oslo, Norway, a lrendy i,i In town. The gigantic alrsl1 lp Los . An!l'�le8 is coming, and will be moored at the Wold-Chamberlain airport, She l• one o! the ;;'?'<"at.est lighter-than-air cruisers i n the world, "nd worth going many miles to l!lee. Our trade tou.-I�t• hav11 much ot int.ereat to oftei:- • s 11. rea8on for eom!n,: to St. Paul next week. We hope that many thousands o! our country cou�lna will tak., a.dvanu.ge ot the oceaa!on. They will all be xnon than welcome. . 1 A n Extra St. Paul Attracti o n . Paul offers n�,;;:;-;:,:;;:;, au rn cl ion $ at . all . t1mes t o visito r.s on '. acat10 • n or business t rjps, . . a nd w11[ do so specia lly in t he week hegin n,ing Sat urday , With t he Korth west lncl 1 1 strial Ex po­ sit ion and the Xorw · eg-i a n Ce11 ! •" 11 n 1· ," • 1 celebr a t i on ·\ "�ii!iil!l ;; in t h is city. The ,�, . ri:t s iiii """ w i l l s u rprise even t h e l'"!ii<lc nt� <• c .S.t. Paul w · • !1 t h e �xtrn t and variet y o r t he prod ucts o f fac· orie, i n ;he o,'lhw cst. lt "l\'Olllc l be lla1·cl to name � an a 1·f icle o 1_ ne cssary comm on u.� e 'H' ornam ent or l u x u ry � that is nnl bein .:: made in t h is c i t � or In thia �cctio n. Every itcrn oE c.:Iotl1 i n g, fro1n boot!, to hats, or fron1 h e a d to her.I, every thing- t hat g;oes into the constl'uct ion or ,,u t fit l ing of a mod rn home, every kind of conve ynnce , ill­ � eludin g an aut ornob ilr, a t rolley or a ra i 1 1ioad car, e,·ery thing 11ecded in rt store' or o ffice, front desks to book,-:; and hnok<· asr·R, is being ' n1aUe in t h e No1·th ,vcst. ·1 r thP .'\1 orl h wcst 1YCr!'.': as iso­ latecl from t h e rest o [ ( hP wnrl,t as Tn lifu i n Y l ' 11 n ::1 n , C'h i n a , c:011ld J'H' r r ,·t hPl rss nu:i1 age Yery n kcJy, A � 'f h i s SC'il.son nm ny pr> rs:ons arc t a k in�. and p ract1c all.) all t he J'P1,t a n� pl(l nn i 11. :;, vaca t ion.Ci. r � o ma t t er how n1 any I i mes an OlH -vf.. town res­ rlo1t has ,• isttcd � t . r• a n l, hf' will � find t h ing ,q l n JnFtruct , R muse 0r profit hun i n B nnthc t· \s 'ill roads cente r in S t , Pa u l , ;t is t h e stop, in whatev•e r cl 1 rcct.io11 one n1ay s, Paul. M'nr; SAT !.1 The N '1° fle � 'or·s2meu con1P again t odav. Cct.Luries l\ go. we an, told, they crossed the Atlantic ir. rowboats. The first contingent in m ,ctel'n tlmes �ailed it in a bark not much bi1n;er. '!'hey came to Minnesota from the seaboard i n to,vboats via the Erie canal, on slow going lake vessels, on all mann0r ot craft, from barire 1o steamer, making time with the current ot the Ohio and laboriously ascending the 11lississii;pi. 'fh�y made long and co,it!y portages; they were haltP.l at the head or navi;;ation ; they tra,•�Jed overlar.d on foot, in covered wagons, drawn by hor�f- and sluggish oxen, sometimes in two- wheeled carts which hum ped over freshly made trails, creaking and sc-,·ecching In ! he hea ,·ens from lhcl• nnlubricated s x les as they l't'il\\ lerl I hrnu ,:.::·h V1.· ilrl'erness R ud o ,· e ,· prnfrie. rroday they ,;ome hy ra il � nd a u t o, a.nd. ye�. hy l i ner over t he .A l lantic. 'J'h r.-: fi t·st event on f heir Pl'Ogram is a demonstration of ultramodern facilities for transportation. 'l'hey watch the huge Martin bombers and the J N S-1 observation planes of the 109th Aero Squadron, the De Havi­ lands flying in formation and the specimens o! fastP.st aerial craft on earth, the pursuit planes 'Which go 200 miles in an hour, covering In min­ utes distances which took the Norwegian pioniers d.a.ys. 'l'he No1•weglan children Jle.wJ,i_tes in the J)eairie b1·eezes-but now this conYocation awaits t he coming M an enormous dirigible that in one da)· i ra ve1·ses halt a contine nt, /\eating smoothly o. nd s w i rl ly 01·.-r t he same hills a.n d valleys thrnl l p h w h l t h t he ra t·lr �01•<:;en, e n so t orturo11�1r st rug·�·Jrd. Thi:;. i� 0 1 1 T " d�y o r Q u i,·k a ccomplishm 11in t, or f• s t a nd � 1 1 1·p 1 rnnsporta tion a n� comfortable J1nn11; � nn ,1a ug· \it() t � "Vl·ho Pon;:,T e;;-atc here t oda_v a.i• knnw t h a.f th• riznr.s a nri ha ,·�shios fl/ thr �St. Paul Minn , Pioneer Presd Obs� rvant men who attended the Norse celebration . compliment our brethern of Norwegian blood. "I never _ a w so large a crowd so well qehaved. Among the hun­ � m·e d or more thousand people I saw only one drunkPn man, and he was a Greek. I presume he could find �o Norse to ?UY his booze ·and so drank it himself," re orts one exper1ei:ced travele_r. And yet they tell us that afunk­ enness has mcreased smce the saloons were closed. ______o__ _ St Clem" THE NORSE CENTENNIAL. On October 9, 1825 the ship Restaura­ tionen arrived in America bringing 53 Nor­ wegians. This was the first organized group to emigrate from. Norway to the Unit­ e d States. It marked the first low wash of a great wave of Norwegian immigration which followed. It is in h"nor of the one-hundredth anni­ versary of the event that President Coolq iclge went to Minneapolis to be present at the Norse-American Centennial. No small portion of the development and upbuilding of the Northwestern states is due to the ef­ forts of Norwegians or descendants of 'Norsemen. And no better class of people ever toought a new home in America. rrhey l had within them the spi1jt of Americanism before they came to the new land and 1 adapting themselves to the new environ­ ment involved no radical alteration of views or habits. They may take a justifi­ able pride in exhibiting what has been achieved by them in the development of a section of the United States where the mass of them is settled. The event also provided the opportunity for a great reunion of tliose Americans who have an ancestry dating back to Norway. That they take pride in their origin does not necessarily make them any the less Am­ erican in spirit or the less devoted to our in­ stitutions. - It has been to the profit of Am­ erica that so many Norwegians sought homes here as well a::; profit to the former immigrants themselves. SUNDAY, Y 31, 1925 They Come to Sing. l!'IF'l'Y-SIXTH anniversary of Normanna T HE Sangerkor, declared to be the oldest Nor­ singing society in America, wil l be cele­ brated at La Cros::;e, ·w1s., tomorrow. The sociaty was organized on June l, 1 S6!l, at a picnic on Granddad's bluff, one of the Wiscon­ si n chain overlookiug the land bench between the Mississippi and the high land east of La Crosse. 'fhe founder was C. R. J ackwitz, a cousin of Bjrnstjerue Bjornson, Norwegian poet. 'l'he �oci ety assist ed Ole Bul l, at hi:; request, in a - :rncert at Madison i n 1870 for the benefit or the University library, lt became a charter member of the Norwegian Singers' Association or A merica which was organized in S ionx Falls in 1 891, and always h as been well represented in t h e national bod y. I t was honored at the World':, Fair in Chicago in J R93 a n d from tirne Lo lime its represe n t at i ves hare held high of­ fices i n the na( ional ai;soci aUon. Jt is less Lb a n a yE'at a go 1 h a L the Norwegi a n ;C;i ngcrs Associal ion or Am erica ll elcl h s biennia l ;;a thcri1�.:; and song res livil� i n S t. Pc1ul, ap1iear­ rn;; in two concert s at Lhe AudiLodum with a . chorus of • J ,000 voices. Now, WlJ./J,.J�-AiEl!ltllffl"... g this week and next th e societies uia or the assoclation will be gathering here again. l<' rom tlfa standpoint or choral music the Cen­ tennial w� ll br ing together one of the greatest I _ _ congreganons in history. Besides all the sing­ t n i,. societies to be represented, there w i ll be the Academic chorns of Oslo, wh ich aiready is here, lhe St. Olaf colleg-c choir, tile Decorah col­ lege band, the A 11gusl ana cho ir. the ·w aldor[ col­ lege choii" Rnrl l he Concord ia coll ege choir . The Sc:au dina I ian [WO til es al vi· ays h ;i ,,e be�ll SUll l'PUJ r-i l ll l h,c ch oral fi el d. Their chcrn:;cs arf' world (amous, and jusL!y so. When Lhe N or­ wegians came to America il was natural, of cour::ie, that Lbey should organize their singing societies here. Ths love of music and especially of the grandeur of the chorns came with them. Bue that does not detract from the honors which go to the Normanna Sangerkor, a s the ftrst oT all Norwegian singing societies to be formed in I this country. The d"monstration of musical ac00m plisbmc11t f o b<' m�rl c lwre will show w ha t c honor mcnnR. wegian �T St. Paui, Mirtn., Pioneer Press MONDAY, J,lJNE 1, 192-E The T,ado Tou,. St. Paul bn5iness men this week wlll be out calling on the folks in the co\mtry in r.ccordance with regular custom. During the p!tst twelve months our country nelghbors have bf<m visiting ns, ancl it ls quite ln 01,der that we should re­ turn the compliment. The �pecial t]'.'aln, which w ill leave St. Paul this morning, w i ll be out !or a week, g�ing 11 s ta r West � s Bismarck, and stopping at more than 100 towns en route. While '>U!' tourists ar& on the l'oad they will see tor themselves the splendid cnndi'ian of the farms about which we ha,·e been hearing eo much plea3ant news of late. The visit last year was paid under less en­ com•aging auspices. .Agriculture bad been ha,v­ ing a. bad time or it, and the McNary-Haugen measure was on tho table ln Congress. •rhe business men ot St. Paul, who had been fighting 11ard for the passage or this measure, had much in common with the country folk to · talk about. Since then a.griculture has had a new lease of lit•. .A good crop .here, and a very poor one elsewhere, gave us an excellent price, and there is evidence that a somewha,t s!mllar condition, coupled with similarly excellent prospects in the Noi-thwest, will give us an. other good price. next !all, All of w,hich means prosperity tor the !arm� and towns, and conseq11ently prosperity f()r the citle$, The travelers may look forward to a. rlelightful week, We hope they will take with them St. Panl',s cordial invitation to visit u� next week and t ake part with us in the celebration ot the N'orse Centennial. Besided the celebration itself there will Ge'"lmtl!'t attractions. Presiclent Cool­ idge and Secretary of .State Kellogg will spend next Monday in St. Paul as the gnests of. the Centennial. The United States Marine band, on.e ot the most famous musical organizations in the world, will be here. The splendid student chorus from th& University or Oslo, Norway, already ii!<. In town. The gigantic alrshlp Los . Anl!'eles is coming, and will be moored at the Wold-Chamberlain airport. She ls one of the g-r�at.est lighter-than-air cruisers in the world, "nd worth going many milee to l!lee. Our trade tourl3te 11.av& much or \ntere•t to off.er as a rea­ &on tor cominit to St, Paul next week. -We hoi,e tht1.t many thousands o! our country cousins will t &ke 11.dvantage ot the occulon. They will 11.11 be 111or• t'han welcome. T)t, ' /'An Extra St. Paul Attra ction . ,, St. Pa u l offers num erous attrnc r ions at a l l t i mes t o visitors o n vacal lon or hu�ine-s 3 t rips .and will do so specia lly i n tl1e week: begin n1n� s aturclay, ,ith t h e NortJnvP-st In cl n stl'ial Expo ­ � _1 t10n ancl t e Korw egjan Cente .n n i rt.l celebr a t i on � \ lJ1 this city, The fnctusLlttr ShOW w i l l surprise even t he i·csiele nt s "'· .St . .Caul ,,; • \1 tbe exten t a d varie ty of 1 he prod ucts o r. fac�o ries in the � ortlrn·est. I t would be J1ard 1n name a n � ,-ticle � _ o nec essn.rv co 1nmon use. ,,r ornan 1ent or l uxu ry _ . t h at is not being made jn this city or i 11 t h i s sectio n. Every i t e m of clotpi ng, from boots l o hats, m· front head to heel, every thing t hat goes i n to the const ructio n or outfit t i n g of a n1od r11 home, every ki n(l of conve yance , ln­ � · cluclm g an autom obile, a trul Ley <ir a rai!t1oa d car, e\·e1,·yt hing neede d i n a stord or officc-, fron1 desks to books and bnol;c asts, is being i n1a tle in the No1th west. J r t h e Nu,·I Invest were as iso­ lated from the i·cst of t he worM as Tali(u in Y 1.: 11 n i n, C h i nn, cou ld J1 P\':'rt he]F -ss n1li1a ge very n icely. A lhis seaso n n1:1ny perso ns are ta king, and � prac! !calJy a l l the rest are r,lann J,,� ,·acalions. ' N o .n1atter how 1nany times an ota-uf�town res � � clE: n t J1as Yisitc d �t. ra'u l, hP w i l l find th ings to � instru ct, ::i.mus e or profit h1n1 in annth er ' \.� all roads cente r in St. f'a ul, i t i s lhe i:, , " stop, in \:>i· h a t cv·e r d i rection one nuLy •rhe- r1 ots2men con1c ag·ain t oday, Ce1",. Luries "-go. we are lold, • they crossed the Atla11tic it: rowboats. '.L' h e first contingent in m ·,ctern times �ailed it l n a bar!, not much big·g·er. 'l'hey came to Min nesota from the seaboard in to"lboats via the Erie canal, on slow going lakE< vessels, on all mann0r of craft, from ba rge to steamer, maJ,;.ing time with the current of the O l1io and labot'iously a·scending the Mississippi. Tlu:y made long and costly portages-; they were hal tP.t! at the head of nav i;•ation ; they . traveled overlar.c1 on foot, in covered wag·ons, dravln by hor�f- and sluggish oxen, sometimes in two-wheeled carts which bu mped over freshly made trai!s, cTeaking and sc-,·ecching to t be hea vens from the\• nnlubricated • :x les as t hey· ('nt\\ led t b..rou :·;:h w i lll'!:! rness and o v e 1· p1·air ie. 'l'oday they come by rail a nd n u f o, and, yes. hy l\ ner over t he Atlanlic. �l'h� fitist ev,ent on 1 heir program is a demonstration oI ultramodern facilities for transportation. They watch the hug·e Marlin bombers and the JN Sal observation i,lancs of the 109th Aero Squadron, the De Ravi­ lands flying in formation and the specimens ot tastest ael'ial craft on earth, the pursuit planes which go 200 miles in an hour, covering in min­ utes distances which took the Norwegian pioneers days. The No1:wegfan ...children..11.ex.J;;.ij:es in the· J)rairie breezes-but now this convocation awaits t be coming· or an enormous dirigible t hat in one (1;, y 1 ra v erses half a continent, floating smoothly o.nd swi.ft ly 01·er t h e same hills a.n d ,,all eys t1H0llgh ,·•t h!cl1 t'he N\ 1'1Y Nor.sernen �o t ortu ronsly st rug·�•lcd. 'rh i !:-i is 0 1 1 r d a y or QUi<·k a cco1nplisl1m•1t, or fo st ,wd su•·e t ran sportation anil comfortable �fln� ".nil •1� ugh1 e ts who ron;;;regale here t.oda." �.r know lhat th� J'i.1rors ::t nd ha,·O sh i pit:1 of t h e 1--------------------J �NE HUNDRED years! obscure beginnings of peoples, often little while in the slow process of forging em­ O pires from lands and populations, on this con­ tinent constitutes an era, an age of unparalleled development and accomplishment. It is no co­ incicleuc.- that this centun• or building in Amer­ ica is rocordccl as the century or Norse imml­ l;ralion. Tl•W::ftilil,I A lebration, observing hr. ftri;t todai• t he one-hundredth a n n i \ e rsarr comin;:; n[ the Norwegians may �s well oe dedl• cated to a review of lh,:, swift attainments o[ their adopted nation, iu which the)' ha ni pla) ed a part. islory of the Nor'll egians in America ds in symbols which, each in themselves , in one way or another, typify their accomOne might take the sloop. "Restauratfone n ; " o r its handful o f passengers from Norway ; or the first colonies in New York, Illinois and Iowa; or one of the thousands who carved homes in Minnesota's wilderness ; or the sub­ duing of the prairies of Dakota. Or one might take Knute Nelson, the immigrant boy who be­ came senator, or Haus Gerhard Stub, the son of an immigrant, or others of t housa11ds o[ men and women w ho t y pify t he service to this coun, t ry of their people. 1 Fifl )'·lhreP passengers on �- �loop h� I[ t h e size o r 1he Mayos' yacht, coming to a land ol which 1 hey knew on!;· by hearsa)', sailing 1 he Atlantic in quest or opportunity and freedom. What could be a better exemplifica 1 ion o( cour­ age and independence and de rol irm to t h � 'i:)r••.t things in life than that? It was only natural thal. 1.hcs!' courageous men and women anti their kin who followed ' when lhe iame of America spread in their land, should press forward t o the frontiers where the battle with ualure was beginning and where the reward,, if necessitaliu;; a greater struggle, were worthy of their willingness to strire. It might have been eiq,ected also that they wo11ld invade Minnesota where the pineries and Jakes, the abundant streams and lbe invigorating cli· mate approximated conditions in their home lands. Here they came bringing the courage which in ancient Limes made them the terror or the lands and seas, the ability to comport them­ serves in order wh.ich bas made the peaceable relations of the Scandinavian countries the mar• vel of Europe, a readiness to acknowledge 1he worlh of our institutions and uur government and a wiiling:iess to fit t he msel\'es inlo our scheme or things. So WP have here ill the Twin Cities, i n the stale which has the greatest share of the 1'or­ immigratiou, the Centennial celebration. r ds of thousands who followed the up lie "lt.estaurationen·,; and th!" s•Jns and daughters who swelled the numbers into millions, have their representatives here. 1 'l'he molher land is represented, as it should be, because the influx of people has given us a sturdy population and cernen led the ties or blood and friendship between it and this nation. St. Paul is proud to be . host of these people, proud of their accomplishments in which we share, glad of the forces that piloted them to America and to this city and state, proud of em and their sons and daughters and the gs they have done for this couulry of ours. s, .. .. ..:J fHE PRES IDENT O N THE CEN TENNIAL. ' � President Cooli�:-.n :i i, Hldr • · nrwcgian Centennial !clebralion. this afternoon t in SL Paul . d�part; 1n marR!_=ltl rle;rer. f t·,,in · h e l rnnr n [ -� 1 1 l 1 i s p r e v i ous , pcrch.:s, I l e p ru,cnt, n new ffl r�t or ll is rlia rnct e r and one nnt )'rl g:l i tn p :�erJ hy I l l e peopl e or 1 ll� Nnrt l1 wes1. } f r, rp­ ,rctl� a nun1)·•sicled r r ss. rompara hlc 10 t ha t round in Sa111uel Pepy�. whn, mM hod ical and e,act in business, :;i fted in stntecrnrt. carrfnl and t h rifty, succexsful in thn n1cina;:;e11H�nt and i 1nprovcn1 € u t of t h e 13ritish navy Llqw. rlment, s t i l l founu t ime The for phi lo::r�phizin.; and cunt r.:: rnplati,JJL President l1as been credited with a h�rd anti brilliant business act1mfn, 1 <,() told pHl,aps to permit t he :;rowlh of tl,c · ll u manizin:; i nfluence o( literary aud l1i�toric:al reflecl i o n . His add ress u neorr,r:; this pan of h i s m i nri n n d l c· r s ,,c; :-:ce a l i t l l e i 1 1 t o 1 t1� !Jr..�ut , , r ! hf" 111:i n ,·· 1 1 h Id:::; rl l'P:l lllS RIHI i m,1 ;.; i n i n ,r.! c., h i :.; sp,•,·11 l�d i 1 1 :ic:. ,�11d 1 1 1 :.i hon1•:�. 1 Y f•t lie dOPH n<JI. rn i I 1 () d r 1 Jp1nor ;-> lid j l l � I i f· f · t 11 th� Nor�(� peHple and rrd t P� t ll c i 1 l t 1 ::tory t'nim t h e� dtl } S "· !Jpn t lif'y \'d" l'P l'f.ir:'. a i r:..:; of t h r: :;t•rt� l o l lw i r dfh ,·11l lo Ameri<·a J fJfl yrars n go. J l e cotnpli lllPll t'..; willwnt f11 IM,m,-·11e:-:.:; and l 1 P. r:01n· menus without flattery. Ik speal;s for LIH, en· tire people wben he records tl,e debt of the Northwest in progress arJd prosperity to llrn in­ flux of a race which had as its two striking characteristics its lust for ad"enture and its h u nger for lar.d. I la, ing recited succinctly t lt e i r h i sl o ry and thei r �cr:<>mplisbmen ts, he per­ m i l s h i msel f to i 11cl 1 1 l;;� i11 a q u iet bit uf plul0.s opl i i r. 1 11g. H i :; c1s 1 il o u g l , lie \\f':l'P. i nd u l g i Hg i n a n ;1 r11t c·hair l°f.' \ <'l"iP, ynl �f)('ali i n :� ;l 1011d t hf'.' 1 ho11g:li 1 s t h a t arosf' i 1 1 h i s mind ,rn he con­ t cm p la l es l li e cnurse of a great me(•. He is nol content. to con fi ne h i mself i n ! t i s con t em p lation 1 0 tile Norse adl'en,lnrc. J r e sp 0 cu­ lales ll!l0n 1 he "riddle ot Uabcl ' ' wh i c h i s lo be foun<l only in tlle United Stairs, and is lifted hy the thought that ont or "the confusion of t ongues. the confiict or tradition, the , ariations of historical setting, I.he Yast d i fferences i n tal­ ent and t aste," unily l t as r· omc. This i n 1 i t es h i m to look into the social backgrounds o[ the country- t h e human �t ory or the unsung n 1 i llio11s of plain people-and there he i s a l his unexpected best. He cites thP m i xl 1 1 re of ",aces from a l l quarters o r l h e glouc, a n r l llie fears that Lile m e l l i ng pot would prove explo,; i 1 e rallJer t han t he , essel from which t 1 , c fi n e t emperecl metal of a uew nation might be <l rnwn. The dou l,I llrnt ! he l ; n ir ed Slt1 (e5 111ighl nwrc l ; !Jerome "a Jarg� n un1her of people in n l � rg;e placP,'' is lon,c. s i nce d i ssipalPd, and w i l h a slow wonder h e :i.slrn for l h e amalgam which hro 1 1 ghl. ahrlut. this miracle, Perhaps ii is to he I h e long-sought �phi losop her's stone, ,,·hich sball l) IPnrl t he " a r­ ri n g nations of the world i n 1 1 11 i ( )', a:-; 1 L has Llle lr n aliou als i n t h is l a n rl. J f is a long l ook i n to l11e fu t u re and 1 h al. t h e I ision may persist he lurns ll is eyes har.k• ward f o f hP n1w origin of all f.h e l'8cei,, 1 o the crad le or LlH' Aryan st ock, a n d asks if t h ose w hich were once one may not, i n t he appo i n ted ti me, becomP one aga i n 1 ll needs but Lhe elns il e amalgam wh ir-h H•un ited tlicm i n f h i s land, I o reun ite them elsewhere. 'l'o confirm l h e thou;;hL h e reaches out 1 0 Louch u p o n 1 h e caw,es for lhe m igral ion ct' races. "Man seems lo harn been from l lle bcgi n nin'g, lhe most mi gratory of animals," anq he en umerate� the reasons, cli• malic, ph ysical, political, social , religious and econ omic ( bat ba, e mo th·ated the great hegiras o[ lhe ages, unlil he comes to that \\"hich marked tile migration lo t h e New World. He fi nds the caw,e for that d i fferi n g from prelious moti, es. The New World went fort lt on 110 warl i ke con· The Col o n i es engagc>d i n "11 11 i nverted cn1sade-a C0 IHJ.lH?Rt will1011t i n , as ion a.1Hl with· 011 1. rorr-e." Thei r :urns were maf erhtl , spi ritual and i n t ellect ual Pmancipation. Thei rs was not only a "new country hut a rl ifferPnl. k i nd of cou n t ry.'' The races o[ ELt rope wrre le, ied upon Lo pop ulate our w i l derness w i thout 1 h e fi ring of a shot or lbe draw i ng or a sword. :F'ortifled wilh that aspect, I he prospect of I he future unity seems less di m and remot e. To those who llearcl him and th ose who read there is imparted t h e comforl of a greaL hope and t ile cou rage or a great aspi rati o n . Tile Yision fro111 the arnH:h 8 i r becomes nr,t OPly possible, ii becomes proba ble. ;rn" ! i f t l r experiment of the U n i t e<! Sli!tE>« if 1 t lt arl dnne not h i n g in t he way of pro,· i n g democracy a11d or l i berating man­ k i n d , hns done enou gh in prn, i n g t h e brolller­ hood of prnn a n d l lr nt the <, h i l ll ren ( 1 c ancient P-nemies can lie down in !)eace logelhe r. There is great. strength in t hat Lllough t, �here is pride in i L, Lhere is meat for t h at de termination Lllat is preservaLion means more to the world than_ lhe mere ex istence o[ the nation as such. Any man , i n the l ight of that Yision or destiny, mi;:;ht ded icate h i mself anew Lo the safeguard i ng and prolonging of ils c>xistence nnchanged. Thal ii, I.be t h ough t the Presi dent l ean,s. The n pu rpose. It is t rue as the president poir1ted out, that the li ttle band of Norwegian Quake rs, after a.l perilous journey across the Atlan_tic 100 years ago, real ized that they were commg to a land ! of in finite promise. Every member of that dauntless company of voyagers fe1t that i 1 this country, to quote Mr. Coolidge "Ci tizenship in the new world meant something that it had not meant in the old. It was seen that the new world offered something new. There was an increasing n:alization that manv burdensome traditions and in stitutions had som�how been shed. Here at last the individual was lord of himself, master of his own destiny, keeper of his own sovereignty. J Iere he was free." The hi story of J\1innesota and of the North­ west is in no small part the story of how the sturdy settlers from Norway made good use of the ir new opportunities and freedom. They subjugated the wilderness, became skilled and thri fty farmers. Everywhere they have been law-abiding, in­ dust riotts, and good citizens in the largest sense of that term. ,vith the tradition of freedom bred into them for many centuries they have a lways been the champions of free institutions ; they have been the friemls of educational ad­ vancement and of industrial progress. It was, as the pres ident says, a fortunate day fo r .the United Stat es when that small party o f No1:wegians turned the prow o f their little ship to,va rcl the new world, for they and thos e who have followed them, and their descendants are part and parcel of the great body of real Amer­ icans who love and cherish the constitution and all institutions that make for freedom, progre ss and good citizenship. St P:: ul. �'1n TUESDA , ., J, T i1 e Ro fe, of Ho st. Hrnec mrn spPak of �t. Paul, Minn., New� M ONDAY. JUNE s. 1 9'2.5 Z Pres. Coolidge is at his best when h-6 can s thoughts free from the restricting influences of political implications. Today was such a n occasion and the presi­ dent's address at the state fair grounds was felicitous in expression and altogether worthy of the great occasiou that i s responsible for h i s vi�it t o Minnesota. I President Coolidge and the Norsemen atrri:" ll ' . ti . E. :Vkdscn. trn pcri nte·nrlt'nt of tlie T� Ti i \"Cl" V:11lcy ll iOC:l"Sl .l(l l cl pru;i(lc,11t Of the N< �-. c:..; i.1n- D,u11,;1t J,;d tu.:u.1 ;i <,nal :e,ot iety, sveaklng Su d a :.' of i ntprJock i ng sc.()inl and spiritu:,t obl iga tio -0r Norw,, ; ,,n(I t lw ·11n i 1 ed :stat es, referred 'J" w i 11 Cit ies' husuit,:ll ity for ('en t01rnia l v i sit< :i then here. l t was Unt " islight tligrcs. "'' llicll could ,·cry ·well l>e cl(•Vl!]O[Jed to explai i,n, ne ,,r the ea;;e1·1:i,):;,· \\'itl, w h ieh the opportunit to ,•1� t crtai11 thls <.J)ll \"ocation is welcomc,l. Ho1:pit.� l i t y iRI' 1\ natural a t l rihule of t he �or "t"lcgian and his ·1,incl n,cl No r;:,•mc11, tl 1C' Swede: a n d D:n1es. 1 t wa�, i'l I.Ile pic·nccr days, as i t h now. •.11" < ·uunw� ,1 qual i t y not t:ontincd. Dut t he olcl !\l,n·s.c• in11; .u 1srrmt i;; in t llei t" litt lc log- calj ins or t;O<'c �h:u1Ue,i, tlid a pJIC.:,·:r to atl vanta ge in t he ic11mp1·chensi·�f1 i·apn cit�· o t' llo:s t . 'l'lic 'st 1·,u1g-er tl�l.n v;-ns greeted and wclc..;01nt'tl aR n. i�tiC�;t of hon ­ or. 'l'i1c le:z; there was t<J sh;. t·.: the· more cnger!y �t a ppea red to be- d i viclctL Th0 wayfn rcr was in­ vi.tecl i1i· am.d ·shown -.,'Jien, thl' tobacco box stood on t h e sllielf. He �va"' ;,ivcn fo(�d anll a heel, apd from th,: __coffee, p9t , al way� on the stove, came 1"ru g-i-a.nJt cups of coffee :<.s i1wxhaust ihl y as if the lt r-n ci·oatcd instead of me1·ely brewing t1uid. The finl' spontaneity oe the olLl ltor.pitality stilt is re •­ tn i11cd among the No1·scme'n. lt is , a pleasure to av,,,:c t hem, wl10 have pJayt•d the . host so often .and ,; � ell, for nppreei!ltive _guE>sts on this occasion. �Visiting newspaper men expressed some doubt as to the wisdom of Sec. Kellogg's address at th!) Norse-American convention Monday. One w•r .;agRl!s'ted that it might be considered a "discordant note" in Pres. Coolidge's friendship overtures to the northwest, in that Mr Kellogg . attacked the issues upon which La Follette made his campaign-issues to which many of the con­ vention visitors conscientiously subscribed. The Daily News ·docs not believe the speech was ill advised. If there is one thing a Norse- 1 man likes, it is courage. The men and women who heard Mr. Kellogg are of the type which prefers to have a statesman strike straight out rather than beat about the bush. The pleasant things the secretary of state told the convention visitors had the ring of sincerity. J f t}1ey recognized in his references to "tamper­ ing with the j ud_iciary" and "assaulting the prin­ ciples of our constitution" an attack on La Fol­ lette, they must also have felt that he was sin­ cere in that also. Many of us used to think that :!\Ir. Kellogg "·as overcareful . His remarks while in the sen­ ate were always guarded and carefully calculated as to effect on his party. ! t he now fearlessly utters the things he fe�s evidence to us that he has grown bigger. believe that his Norse-American auditors ,Yi gree with this. •· •. Paul, Minn., Pionee Pr0 TUESDAY, JUNE 9, l 2a PROGRESS OR REACTIO� Who can read Secretar,: Kellogg's addrei th orse Centennial without reftectlng th1 In America conserva as become the tl'lj liberalism while what passee for that politic; creed under the name of progressivism, haa b, come reaction? That certainly Is the cue if the protectio of the Individual In 'his religious, 110Utical an personal liberty is the true path to freedom tor the purpose of the men who presume to cal conservatism bad names is to assert tbe divln right of the majority, or the group which ca1 get Itself accepted as the majority, and to sub ject the individual to its authority, Such men do not understand American liberty In the name of progress, they propose to revers, the principles on which freedom wu establlshec in America. It is the business of an intelligen1 conservatism to resist this movement, to shoVI that it is motion not forwards but baekwards and to carry on the very worth while program of conserving the l iberalism that is alive In the American system of government. It was not the purpose of the men who drew up what Gladstone said was the greatest docu• ment ever struck off by the mind of man at & given time to give the majority unlimited powers over the individual. The Constitution was to be the bulwark of the individual with \1 1S rights nny of the majority. Such it has been for nearly HO years. Only now do men come forward to say that this ls all wrong. Actuated either by malice towards this principle or Individual liberty and a desire for class dic­ 1 · tatorship, or by an impatience with constitutional methods which blinds them to the considerations I or principle, they want to give Congress power , to do whatever It pleases with the religious, I political and personal liberlles or the individual. Any majority Is 1 o be empowered to destroy I freedom o! worship, or to do anything else no matter h ow fatal the result for liberty. J More than that, the idea that states have rights and that local autonomy and local self­ government is better than & bureaucratic, cen­ trallzed government is to be denied. Congress is to become the sole judge or its powers, and the right of Minnesota, or New York, or any other state to go Its own way despite the liking of Kansu, California or oth'er states Is to be abol• ished. No state is to he allowed to do what It pleases. No individual is to be free to live his own life. All must bow to the majority. This Is what Senator La Fol lette's plan for scrapping the Supreme court cornea down to, for without the court, the Constitution Is worth- r less, and w ithout the Con:;tltution, a majority of Congress need · stop at nothing. Can w� doubt that a majority would use its power ? r St. Paul. MTnr, .. Disnl'!tel· WE�ESDAY, JUNE 10, �_. · The Northwest ! s Meeting Place. St, Pa_ul'a ability to take care of great g,.th­ erlngs ot people never hos been better illustrated than In havin� at the same time the No1·wegian. -ortlnn,st Industrial lmmlgra\lon c�nten •xposlt o a ;-isit ot t he President ot the l'nited StntcR, within its limrts, a<td tit<! Twm , Cit y airport events in a 1h·lng field closely ad.la· cent. A i1 four would have taken place at t he ea me time hut for the accident that temporarily deterred the coming of the airship Lo• Angeles. l'? W cltlCR are as well equi ppe<l as St. Paul to accommodate such vast assemblages 'rs the c1·0,.·d of 83,000 Monday at the Fair grounds. There I• no other in the Northwest, The Ov!>rla nd build- , ,; tng and the .Auditorium arc unequaled fo � /\door ex positions. Several of the large facton � s.lstJ have space In their dining rooms for_ big bn 1uet• of a civic n ature. The Capitol rotunda also lends Itself tor gatherings or a semi-official character, such as the reception to President Coolidge. The concourse of t ho new Union depot also may be JH'Csst-d into scrYice, when 11qt tnte.rtertng '\\'Ith hs normal m,cs. The F�ort Sncllh1g reset vatiou otters ampl room for mflitary n1aneuvers Qll a.. .:rent scale. Wh ita Bear 1:tke is big enough for ever );' kind of •�uatic events. Lexington ball park Is the biggest of its !<ind In the Xorthwe,,t, l!.S well as the home ground or the champion team or all but the two 1najor leagues in the U111ted States. Thcae accummodatwaa f<>&'- -bi.._.aa.....i.1a.1.,.._ n re supplemented by the abundant termlnnl fa­ cilities ot the railroad! in St. Paul, making ready ingress a,nd egre�s !or manr thousands of occa• 11lonc.l guests. The Minnesota Ti'a nsfcr yards h�ndle, and arc able to handle, lmmenae quan­ t ities ot freight. Passenger services of all the rail ro!Mls c.re poolM in the Union d�p.ot, relieving the t raveler of. a.Jl worry a.bout making train con. necti&ns, State and transcontinental highways from every direction lea.d into St. Paul for auto­ mobile tourist s, all but one such road entirely paved from the point where it crqsseM the city· limit s apd t hat one soon will be on 1'\'est ScvFrom every p�int of ,,icw, St. Paul h:-- bent its d uties or hospl t " !ty to �'"". + I";;.u 1 . lfinn F.- . Advoc,,• --===-·� ··_E.u,.'l: E D J\Y...JJlNE 1 0, 192., St P Kleng Peerson and the Pilgrims The Norse "centennial" which is being cele- 1 brated in Minnesota on a national si:!ale this week is rea1ly the culmination of a thousand years of · Norse adventure and development ; a grateful, though perhaps tardy, recognition, of the value of the Norse strain in American blood and Viking enterprise spreading over a continent. It is most fitting,that such a centennia1 should be celebrated in Minnesota, which has drawn these builders of [ our national life in greater number than any other of the two-score states which might j ustly have expected to attract such a 'migration. The great . migrations of the world are what have shaped its history, in every land, and the Scandinavians have swarmed to America and to the central northwest in s�ch numbers and in such a steady stream as to entitle the movement to the dignity of being tenned a migration. If 1 the Pilgrims of the i\!Iayflowe1·, leaving their native England and sailing across the ocean to a new and little known land in search of freedom and hard work, was a matter of national impor- 1 tance to the United States, it was likewise a mat­ ter of national importance to the United States that half a hundred Norwegians left Stav-enger Oll' July 4 a century ago aboard the Restoration, and came to a little known frontier in search of freedom and hard work. The prairies and the forests of the Mississippi valley were almost as unknown to the w.orld a century ago as were the coasts of New England three centuries ago. The forbidding land to which these Norwegians came was as primeval as the Plymouth Rock. They fought the elements, , -grubbed out reluctant fields and gardens; hunted the wild game, froze, starved and struggled on, in the same way that the adventurers of the May­ flower had done before them, though in the in­ tervening times the land of the Pilgrims had been covered with cities, and had become old with the habitations of man, while the sons and th€ daughters of the Vikings were still building log . houses or sod huts on the plains, or piowing un- • der the virgin grass in the first steps towards . the building of more cities and extending the : sway of civilization over an untamed empire. Our school children ought to be ta.ught.,;_,and • here in Minnesota particularl;l'., though its nation­ al importance should drive :he information far beyond our boundaries-our school child1·en ought to be taught the _name of Kleng Peerson along I with that of Cotton Mather, of Ole Rynning along with that of Captain John Smith, the story of the Mayflower and of the Restoration as eimilar 1 events of nation-wide significanee ; the voyage _ of Columbus in of Lief Ericson in 1002 and that 1492 as human efforts inspired by equal d�ring_ and high ideals ; for while the generations of the, pilgrims have raised up statesmen and industrial leaders, so have the generations of the Scandi­ navians who have been streaming across the sea · for a century, given us senators, and governors, journalists and preachers, and in the ienerations yet to come their blood will he mingled together and a composite race of upstanding, liberty-lov­ ing m en and women will look back tQ these two origins, proud of both, grateful to both for the quality of mankind that they bequeathed to this new world, wherewith to build a civilization d('.di� cated to religious, political and industrial free- [ I T arry a W h i le. "-..-.,���lieiGtlij.Mll!iMllien"t!t:>-ended b11t of the thou sand s who came here to atten d many . will rema in for several days at least . Even the , Cent ennia l has llot dwar fed inter est in the inter­ national conv entio n of the Xorw cgian Lutheran church o! Ame rica, meet ing in the Audi to�·iu m '1':here in 1917 it came into being by merger qt the three synods, acco mplis hed large ly thro1.1 0-h the i ufluc nce ot R !!v. H. G. �tnh Wi-th cit,'>- 1'!!g71 _ far and assoc i ate mem bersh ip excee ding 649,000, j its schoo ls and colleg es In America, its missi on- ' aries in Zulu, l\fadagascar, China, India and Per­ sia an,l its thous ands of churches on this conti­ nent, the conve ntion represents- one ot the most virile of reli gions organ izati ons. Many ot the visito rs here for the Cente nnial are .stran gers in the Twin Citles . Durin g the Ccnte·nnial program a 1111 the meeti ng of friend s, places of int erest llet·e an(l ln our e11Vil'Ons which delegates lo. n g may l1a,·e pla!ln ed to viRi t per­ lrnps have bPen nf'gle ct 0t1. ·w1iet her or not thl'Y are remai ning to attend 1.he churc h convc n lion, , Cente nnial Visitors may fin1l it worth while tQ. I Qe ]ay depart u e. People from the North'l\·est- wili � be Interested m the Ind ustrial exposi tion which I ·n itself ls exemp lary of the progress of a cent th ey have j ust bel'n celebrating. '.!' lie 'l' win , '. • (' 1' t 1 : ::i' 1·e Coger to 1n·,,1on g thP role r1[ h ost. It . · ng one. 1 s a i:i j I 0 I t. I P t. Paul, Minn., Midway NSATURDA� JUNE l� l� , ] The past weekwas alm� com1 plete frost for "Our" Mayor. The· managers of the Centennial I pzl'f bration simply'Jlri,r� ignored both "Arts" and President Coolidge was receive 9 and entertained during his ! stay with us by such men of minor ;public position as Secrietary of State Frank B. K-€ Ilogg and Gov. Christian­ son. "Our" Mayor did SU(!Ceed, how I eve.r, in s9ueezing int � a newspaper n ,c�ure with the •p?,eSldent and his I �etpion', com:m;i;tte,e\ tak\en at tJi<; , depot. It was what you might ca•ll . poor sled<ling for "Art"-01 the City j Hall. St. Peter. Mfon.. Herald FRIDA�. MAY_?9_ " i:, It is but natural that Njcollet county should take an active interest in the N'o se-Ame 1 an centennial , which is to be celebrated at the state fair grounds early next month. Hun­ dreds of the early s�ttlers of tlic county were recruited from the Scan- , dinavian countries, and many of them 1 came here direct from Norway. They came to the Minnesota frontier when the Indians still inhabited this sec­ tion, and it is hard to real 'ze that such a degree of advaneement has been brought about in a period of time relatively so short. Much of th<> material prosperity that Nicollet county and Southern Minnesota now enjoy is due is due to their efforts, for there are no more progressive communities than those in which the Norwegian farmers and tradesmen established their home,;. A great majority of them came to this country with the fixed purpose of remaining permanently, and few nationalities I became so quickly or so thoroughly Americanized. They readily adapted themselves to the conditions they found in the new land, and history shows that men and women of Nor� wegian ancestry have :vlayed impor­ tant parts in the upbuilding of A meri­ ca. Nicollet county is proud of its citizens of N orwegian descent, and rejoices with them c\'er the cen­ tennial. �!:=: I p WE;,J • A THREEFOLD EVENT. Tho very general appreciation of the N orwegm..An\e1:wan, ce.utennial this week, tho general public 's usual reaction to which was rttthcr well voiced by a Twin City newspaper which said, in effect, oh, well, we 're all more or less Norwcgian any \Vay, is further shown in an editorial ar­ ticle in the closing number of the Gnstavian Weekly, jnst out, and which because of its enterprising local suggestion the Free Press is here­ with rcprinti.ng with the intent to add its commendation and cndru:s.e.­ ment . Says t1ie_ Weekly : ' ' "\Ve of Swedish extraction arc feel in� just a little bit prond these days that our cousins from the fjords of Norwav have been able to plan and a rra1�gc a celebration tha·t has a ttracted not only nation-wide inter- 1 est and enthusiasm, and brought the 1 prcsldent l1imself as a speaker, but also has aroused sevcra l other nations and brought several foreign n otables to this country. "\Ye a rr Sean<li.1iav­ ians now, and look what the Scan­ dinaYians can do, and what thry have done for Ame1-ica, "·hat good ('itizcns th<'y arc. Thei-e are two mill ion pro­ plc in this country of Norwc�ian .birth or descent. Th<:'re arc three million of Swedish parentage, but who knows it , ' ' The Norwegians ha.vc planned for their centennial abont six or 1,;c1·e11 years. If we start now, we ran have a worth whi le celebration in the rear 1932, which is the year when we <'an celebrate the tercentenary o f the heroic death o f the p:rcatcst king that Sweden ever had, King- G ustav- ns Adolphus . And what more .fitting plaee to hold such a ccleh.ration tkw ri.g,-I1t here at . the college which ' b ears his na rno , The Min nesota confer­ ence has ali'eady authorized the Board of Directors to have some kind of a cclc.b ration herr. Om college ean that year also celebrate the sev­ entieth anni vcrsarv of the founding of the little sch;ol in Red Wing, Minnesota, which became the fore­ runner of Gustavus Adolphus. In H J:12 Dr. Uhler will have served here fo r fifty years. A statue of tlie great king should be erected on the can111us, to be un­ veiled at the tercentenary. ' What more inspiring task could be under­ taken by the Altmmi Association than just this, to provide such a sta- \ tue to be unveiled by Dr. U11 l cr on his fiftieth anniversary here, to com­ memorate the seventieth anniversary of the foun ding of Gustavus Adolph­ us and the three-hundredth anniver­ sa�·y of the day when the Swedish ' hero king gave his life, 11ot that a na­ tion might exploit its neighbors, bnt _ thnt great a nfi sacred ca1usc nug-ht · vc. ' ' I I I I I '' I Stayton. Minn .. He�at.� Tli'U RSDA.Y. JUNE 18. l9Z,; Back To Sanity HE hearty reception given f President Coolidge on his western trip, and the expanding growth of the feeling that he is right and can be trusted is but another proof that the radical sentiment of the last few years is on th e wane. 'Dhe last elec­ tion proved that, and recent , events confirm i t. Every iridica­ tion is that politically the coun­ try has returned to "normalcy," and that American sentiment is going to be "safe and sane." This does not mean any return to hide-bound conservatism, but rather a genuine spirit of liberal­ ism, and a worthy indifference to calamity-howling. The Amer­ ican people have never been rad­ ical . Now and then in times of stress they may listen to dema­ gogues, but they finally show t h e i r adherence to funda­ mental sanities. Perhaps it is a good thing n ow and then to have such a run of demagoguery a,i we have had. It soori convinces the public that the only real progress is along lines of ,com- j m6n sense, and that government and society cannot t row by fol­ lowing hysterical mduthings that have no co11tact with reality. j I lt;irhuck 71Winn.) Time� F;IUDAY. APRIL,_ ;24• .1 92., NORSE CENTENN-u.L A most interesting and unique feaiture of the celebration promises to ,i-"b,e\ the ''living flag". This will be �f�tu red Monday afternoon, June 8, ·,:in; c�:ir nection with Pres. Coolidge's address in front of the mammouth ;.grandstand at the Minnesota state fair grounds. This "living fli:g" �ill be composed of 600 St. Paul child­ ren who will be trained for their parts under the direction of Mrs. John O. Lee. A special stand wm be ,built for the children so all the tens of thousands of peop'le may see it. 'The children will be dressed in the ,colors of the Norse and United States flags--red, white and blue-most of :them with reversible capes (one col01· on each side ) . They will firzt .appear as the Norwegian flag, while c:;1ayton. Minn .. HeraM :rHURSDAY. JUNE 18. 19Z5 A Real Orator 1 OVERNOR Christianson i� ' G seldom praised as a great orator, and yet we believe that common sense is so appreeiated, and his business-like understand­ ing of public affairs so general-· ly understood that his ability as a public speaker has been too • greatly overlooked. He has made two ,speeches lately. His ad­ dress to the gathering of _Meth­ vd�st· bishops in Minneapolis and his address at the Norse Centen­ nial were cla�c,ks, as those who listened in over radio or those who heard in person, will testify. The Governor makes no parade of oratorical fireworks, yet he is ' in the truest sense a great speak­ er. He is a master of English and his sentences always glow with genuine ,b eauty. He has the physical presence and the vocal power that give effect to his sound thinking. When his appearance, his oratorical charm, his incisive utterances, his se­ renity of manner and the weighty volume of his thought are considered together, it is seen that 'he is indeed a real orator. "Ted" is an ornament t o any occasion. 1 . "J"a Vi Elsker Dette Lande£"' is sung -and then at a given signal, the ,children will reverse their capes in .such manner as will transform the Norse flag in the twinkling of an eye to the "Stars and Stripes." Besides ·,t he magnificent spectacle afforded, Ithe change from one flag to the 0th­ .er will also visualize the ease and willingness with which Norse im­ migrants are transformed into loy­ ;al American citizens. This one :feature of the dozens planned for ,the Centennial will in itself be well worth the price of admission and is sure to leave a vivid and lasting im­ -pression upon all fortunate enough ito view it. Buy your tickets now from Knute Hidem, Mrs. H. 0 . Kirk­ wold, Leo Sylvester, c;>r C. M. Peder- I BO� �Swanville. Minn .. Nf!wr­ THURSDA,lk. �A.aCH 5, Em First Norwegians Came 100 Y ea_rs Ago The year 1825 marked the be,. ginning of Nor.wegian immigra.. tion to America. This is there.. fore the Centennial year and will be observed by a national celebra­ tion in Minneapolis, June 7th, 8th and 9th. Thousands of citizens of Norwegian extraction will at.. tend this celebration . The first shipload of emigrants nuQ1bered only 53. The vessel , was a very small one and requir-.. \ ed more than three months to , make the journey across the ' great Atlantic. These Norse "pilgrim fathers" settled in Or­ leans county, New York, and the thousands of their fellowcountry­ rnen who followed them during this century have settled in and , developed large parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota. 1-'hey built their first church in 1844 in Racine County 7 Wiscon.. sin. The first Norwegian aca-. demy of learning was founded in r 1852. ln ,1920 there were 2,233,503 Norwegian-Americans in this country. A merican citizens of ' Norwegian lineage may well feel proud when they gather to ce}e .. brate the 100th anniversary of the landing of original 53 Nor­ wegians. They have the satis faction of knowing �hat they have contributed much to the de­ velopment of this country, T•vo H:irbors. Minn .. ''h .. o· :r, THURSDAY� JUNE ll, l?Z5 ':'HE N•G1TYIF.GiAi' ' [his we.ck i.hcre i-. being :stag;:-,d- 'l'!t "rrrrn.:. . . rt' ­ markab!c- celcbratio,1 \\ !lich c J!l­ cerns no small p:::rt of the citi ­ zens of Minnesota and Two Harbors is intc -�,.. J hy r, o small pcrccrtag,' 0 , it'l pC'ric la­ tion. 1'he ,rnuivcrury o f th.: arrival of Lhc f r:.; L L.: nd of m:­ wegians to Am.: 11,\i i.3 a . . tti.1p· ,,event in a h efi c:10:;c.1 p1 , c, 1t f ,._ :. i lJc1ng· 1 1 c (. · t 1 there a1 c 525,0C0 citizens i.1 I\fo· .. '. nc.;ota of N< 1rwt'i.d an cxtractio . 1 In 1807, t ,1e Lars Larson, . ! Norwegian .::hiµ utrpcnter, ,•;;, captured by an E11g1 ish ship i ! a war between England and De,Enar �- He �,pent • sever;1 I years in Eng-ln nd and became ,.1 quaker. Ifrturning to his 1a­ tive land lie converced others t 1i r his faith. Dut Qt:akcrs ,verc ; pcrs·cct·ted in Norway and with the assistance nf Klcng Person he orgaPizccl � cotn•)all)' of a lnmdrcrl d h1s fellow country men ;i:Hl i n a .• 1· l; ,-,ailing , c ,­ :=;cl fift _, - fiH• f,ct !Jng t h < Lra vcd tL e ,\ tl:· 11t c fo;· 1 4 \, e � · ;:nd findly ] ; , ,,1 ,m t 1 • , • c il 1 I \' ·1i 1 1 pro1 • , J 1.1, m he ri� , t to · , o r hi;) ,' t.. ) 1 :<':1 c J. ,1 r !-l( .. J] 1 ' - - i. r 'M"r ti ) 1rmp FRIDA • JU E 12, 1925 ONE MAN 'S BURDEN. It seems to have become the official job of the secretary of state to shake his head ominously, and gravely state, that hidden dangers are lurking around the co_r ner, and that • the bolsheviki will get us if 'we don 't look out. It was thus with Mr. Hughes, who seldom, while secretary of state failed to infer that there was much more of something terrible going on, than he could tell about. Ann it is the same way with Mr. Kellogg, who was host . to the President at Minne­ apolis this week. " I doubt if yon are aware, " said Mr. Kellogg, in his speech be­ fore the crowds at the Norse Centennia ' ' o� of destructive revolutionary prop­ aganda which is being secretly distributed in this country by foreign influence. " Nobody present were of course aware of that amount. That is the pitiful part of it-Mr. Hughes knew, and Mr. Kellogg knows, but the nature of their office is such that they can not tell. They have loolreu into the archives of th e State Department, and they know the awful secret of the des­ tructive propaganda going on. . Information about all other prop­ aganda goes to other depart. ments ; if the people are to be ' propagan daed into eatin g more raisins, the Dept. of Agriculture knows a little about that, and if someone has a drive on to abolish wars the Dept. of War is bound to have heard of it. A ll the des­ tructive stuff , however goes dir­ ect to the State Dept., and there sits Mr. Kellogg· now with the 1 terrible evidence in his mind, and \ no chance to make people believe it. He himself c1onbt8 that we are aware That is really to much of a bur­ den for one man . The whole country ought to know of the dangers lurking. But perhaps 1 Mr. Kellogg iR too pes::;imistic a­ bout the subversion of the people by means of propa ganda. It might very ·well be that any ::;ecret outside influence is an utter waste among- the people of this country, and that Mr. Kel­ ] oggs grave fear about destruc­ tive propaganda is too grave. At any rate it is a darned sight more cheerful to read about what ) President Coolid ge said to the Norwegian-American crowds at Minneapolis, to wit : ' ' Our America ,vith all that it represents of hope in the world is now and will be what you make H. Its institutions of religious liberty, of educational and eeon­ omie opportunity, of constitution­ al rights, of the integ1·ity of the l aw, are the mo::;t precious poss­ �ssions of tpe human race. These do not emanate from the govern­ ment. Their abiding place is with the people. They come from t he consecration of the father, �he love of the mother, and the <levotion of the children. They are the product of that honest, Parnest, and tireless effon.t1 that goes into the rearing of tlu., ' fam­ il y altar and the making of the home of our country. They can h ave no stronger supporters, no more loyal d efenders, than that c,reat body of our citizenship which you represent. When I 1 00k upon you and realize what '-'OU are and what you have done, i' know that in your hands our c•ountry is secure. You have laid np your treasure in what Ameri­ • it represents, and there will your l1 eart be also. You have given Your pledge to the Land of th€ · ree. The pledge of the Nor­ "'egian people has never yet gorn 1mredeemed. " �W111ker, Minn., Pilot 4HURSD�Y. APRIL �3• 1925 THE NORSE-AMERI:, CAN CENTENNIAL That the Nol!'se-American Centennial to come off in June is to over shadow any anticipation held by the promoters of same ln greatness, is 1 now an established fact. Information received from head­ quarters states that a letter has been received from William Britt, the Norwegian vice consul of Juan , Alaska, that quite a few people are coming to the celelb ration. He also requested additional advertising matter for dtstribution in Alaska . The board scope of tihe celebra­ tion programs the wonderi:ful musical programs, the interesting exhib­ its, the promi �nt men. wiho will be present to participate, attracts at­ tention far and near. 'T he program for Sunday, June 7th, the opening day of the celebra­ tion proper is not yet ,fully complet­ ed bu:t a. fairly complete outline of this days program w,ill be as follows suinday will be devoted exclusively to religious servrcers and concerts. T here will be two !big services at ten o'clock in the morning, one at the grand stand and one at the Hip­ podrome, a •builrding which seats about seven tib.ousand people. The serv,ice at the Hippodrome will be in charge of .Rev. B. F. Bergesen and the sermon delivered by Dr. H. G. 1Stub, o·f st. Paul. The musical p,rogram at this Sf'f 'i. , will be giv­ en by the Luther' • L Hege conceTlt band of seventy-1h , pieces, of De­ corah Iowa the ·,uther Seminary chorus of St. Paul and the Nor­ wegian Singers association. Ret. Rever,and Johan Lunde, Bishop of Oslo, Norway, will bTing g,reeting.s from the !Mother church at both these servtces. At eleven o'dock there will be English ser­ vices befoTe the grand stand. Prof­ es,s or Kristine Bonnevie, the only woman who holds a full professor­ ship at the UniV'ersity of Oslo, Nor­ way will also with many others, rep/esent:i-ng the Norwegian Gov­ ernmerut 4e on t:he prog,ram that day, Based on statistics furnished by Dr. O. M. Norlie, Luther College, Decorah Iowa the m ost eminent Norae�Aimericaii statistiJc ian, the number of Norse-Americans in this country"' is now approximately 2 ,500,0r ,can the Norwegians of Cass county aftford not to attend this Centennial celebr,ation in June ? The Pilot says no. J I I Worthington , ",'ri • . ""' m e · TH UR SDA Y, MAY 28. 1925 _ �- NORSE CENTENNIAL The celebration begins today with the national convention of Bygdelags and other organizations i n St. Pau l. large meetings of religiou s services Tomorrow i n the forenoon four large meetings of religious services will be held and in the afternoon rep- 1 resentatives from Norway will bring greetings, and at this meeting J udge T. 0. Gilbert will give a responsive address to tl1ese represe1 1 tative< Mu­ sic will be given by choirs and bands and the university choir from N orway ')'ill sing at the afternoon meetin � and in the evening a music festival will be held. Monday-speeches i n the morn- ing and in the afternoon the big e:7ent -the address by President Coolidge of the United States and others. I Tuesday finishes up with meetings . morning and afternoon and a histor- \ ical pageant in the evening. All these ! will be held at the state fair grounds ; in St. Paul. A large number from I W illmar are attending. Vt Wf-.D The Fairmont Independent emits a roar because too many gewgaw ven­ dors were permitted to ply their trade in the twin cities and at the fair grounds during the progress of I t)r;Nors • n centennial. Con­ cessionists appear to be a necessary evil at every celebration, be it a---cen­ tennial, world's fair, state fair or county fair. They can no more be eliminated from these events than the bootlegger can be removed from the body politic. They may be a pest, · but pests, like the poor, are al­ ways with us. They will be doing business at the county fair which is dated up for Fairmont in the fall. You can't lose them.-Mankato Free Press. Concessions seem to be a necessary evil wher e any attempt is made to .entertain the general public. Con­ cession men would starve to death if nobody patron ized them any more than the writer, but there are hun­ dreds of folks who get their chief pleastme at a county fair from the concessions. Since • they cannot be done way with the only thing left to do is to choose wisely in granting concessions. It is a real problem for the average county fair board. I ___ __ ,, (' ,, WHAT A PITY It will be noticed by literature sent ou by the No1·se-Amerkan Cen­ I tenniral �ommittee that Senator Henrik Shipstead is to be chairman at / one of the programs, and is to be 1 introduced by former governor J. A . 0. Preus. Now we have :riuL the f'li ghtest ob jection to Shipstead presiding, but what a pity that that Grand Old Man Knute Nelson, whom the pres­ ent Senior Senator followed, could not have lived long enough to be hon­ ored at this great event. How he wuld have fitted into the picture. of 1 all distinguished Norsemen he was I the outstanding figure. I �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Norse-American Centennial Papers (P0562) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0562 Description An account of the resource <p><span>Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, clippings, pictures, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of an association incorporated in 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to supervise the observance of the arrival of the first group of Norwegian immigrants in America. The collection describes in detail the management of the celebration and gives data on observances in Chicago, Canada, Boston, and Brooklyn. Letters and essays reveal the loyalty of Norwegian Americans to their cultural heritage and the rivalry among area groups of Norwegians in America. The celebration was initiated by the bygdelags. The chief officials were Gisle Bothne, S. H. Holstad, J. A. Holvik, Elisa P. Farseth, and Mrs. Wm. O. Storlie. Correspondents include Juul Dieserud, Knut Gjerset, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and O. M. Norlie. The centennial received nationwide press coverage.</span></p> <b>Funding:</b><span><br /></span><span>Funding to digitize the Norse-American Centennial papers provided to the Norwegian-American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.</span> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspapers Description An account of the resource <span>Clippings scrapbook on other current events happening during the Norse-American Centennial. <br /></span> Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [Indicate the cited item here]. Norse-American Centennial Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Text