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THE MORNING OREGOMAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909. COOK IS SAVED BY HOMING INSTINCT Enthusiasm Dies When Turns Back on Goal He Gained. He STORMS PREVENT TRAVEL Perils of Northward March Sur passed on Return Driven far From Course by Ice-lrift, Party Lives on Game. fContlnt!d From First Fare.) The scens of shivering blue wearied the eye. and there was no Inspiration in the moving sea of Ice to gladden the heart. The thermometer rose and fell between SO and 4ft below zero, Fahrenheit, with a ceaselres wind. It was still very cold. The first of Slay was at hand, bringing to mind the blossoms and smiles of a kindly world, but here all Nature was narrowed to lines of Ice. The sun cir cled the skies in lines of glaring, but Its heat was a sham and Its light a torment. With weary nerves, and compass in hand, my lonely march ahead of the sleds was continued. Progress was satis factory. We had passed the S9th and SSth parallels. The 97th and 86th would soon be under foot, and the sight of the new lands should compel action. These hard fought times were days long to be remem bered, but only the marks of the pencil now remain to tell the story of a sup pressed existence. Man's Brotherhood With Dogs. The long strain of the march had given a brotherly sympathy to the trio of hu- man vtrugglers. Under the same strain j was made the descent to canine levels. ' The dogs, though still possessing the sav age ferocity of the wolf, had taken us I Into their community. We now moved ! among them without hearing a grunt : of discord, and their sympathetic eyes followed until we were more comfort able on the cheerless snows. If our dogs happened to be placed near enough, they edged up and encircled us, giving the benefit of their animal fires. To remind us of their presence, frost-covered noses were frequently pushed under the bag, , and occasionally a cold snout touched our warm skin with a rude awakening. VV'a loved the creatures, however, and ad mired their superb brute strength. Their adaptability was a frequent topic of conversation. With a pelt that was a guarantee against all weather conditions, they threw themselves down to the sweep of winds In the open defiance of death dealing storms. They willingly did a prodigious amount of work each day, and then, as bod-fellows, they offered their fur as shelter and bones as headrests to their two-footed companions. We had learned to appreciate the advantage f their beating breasts. The bond of ani mal fellowship had drawn tighter and tighter In a long run of successive adven tures. And now there was a stronger reason than ever to appreciate their power, for togfther we were seeking an escape from a world which was never Intended for creatures with thumping hearts. Wind Carries Frosty Needles. Much very heavy Ice was crossed near the SSth. but the endless unbroken fields of the northward trails were not again soen. The weather changed considerably. The liht. cutting winds from the west increased In force and the spasmodic squalls came' at shorter intervals. Tho War purple and blues of the seas were gradually changed to light gray, and a tush of frosty needles came over the park for several hours each day. The Inducement to seek shelter hi c mrnted walls of snow and wait for bet ter weather was very great. But such delay forestalled certain starvation. Un der fair conditions there was barely food enough to reach land, while even short delays might easily Jeopardize our return. We could not. therefore, do otherwise than to force ourselves against the wind, and drift with all possible speed, clos ing the eye to unavoidable suffering. With no alternative, we tried to persuade ourselves that conditions might be worse. The S7th was crossed, the S6th was neared. but there came a time when both mind and body wearied of the whole prob lem of forced resolution. Long for Square Meal. The hard work of igloo building was now a thing of the past; only one had been built since leaving the Pole, ana In it a precious day was lost, while the at mospheric fury changed the face of the endless expanse of desolation. The littla silk tent now housed us sufficiently from the Icy airs. There were still SO degrees of frost, but with hardened skins and In sensible nerve filaments the torture was not so keenly felt. The- steady diet of pemmlcan and tea and biscuits was not entirely satisfactory. We longed for enough to give a filling sense, but the ratyn was slightly reduced rather than Increased. The change in life from Winter to Summer, which should take place at about this thne of the year, was in our case marked only by a change In shelter from the Bnowhouse to the tent, and our bed was moved from .the soft snowshed of the igloo to the hard, wind swept crust. Why Dogs Have Tails. In my wakeful watches to get a peep of the fun at Juet the right moment I was kept awake during much of the resting period, and for pastime my eyes wan dered from snorting dogs to snoring men. During one of these idle moments there came a solution of utility of the dog's tall, a tonic with which I-had been at play for several days. It is quoted here at the riek of censure, because it is a typical phase of our lives which cannot be Illustrated otherwise. Seeming triviali ties were seized upon as food for thought. Why has the dog a tail at all? The bear, the mu?k ox, the caribou and the hare, each in Its own wny succeeds well with bJt a dwarfed stub. Why does Nature In ti-e drg expend Its best effort in growing the finest fur over a seemingly useless line of tailbones? The thing Is distinctive, and one could hardly conceive of the creature without this accessory, but Nature in the Arctic does not often v.aste energy to display beauties and temperament. This tall must have ai Important use. otherwise it would soon fa I! un.ler the knife of frost and time. Yr. it was Imported Into the Arc tic hy the wolf progenitor of the dogs from warmer lands, where Its swing served a usrf'ii purpose in fly time. A nose made to breathe warm air requires sorr.e prot-ction In the Kar North. No animal feis this shortcoming as much as man. The dog supplied Die need with his tail. At the time when htmarie the dis covery, a cold m-(nd charged with cutting crystals brushed the pack. Hch dt'g had h j back arched to tho wind and his face veiled with an effective curl of his tail. He was comfortably shielded from icy torment by an appendage adapted to that very purpose. Gale Sweeps Away Snowhouse. On May S wo were stopped at 7 A. M. by the coming-of the gloom of an un usual ,;ale. The wind had been steady and strong all night, hut we did not heed Its threatening increase of force until too late. It came from the west, as usual, driving coarse snow . with needle points. The lc about us was old and hunimocky. offering a difficult line . of march, but some shelter- In the strong est blafits we threw ourselves over the sled behind hummocks and .gathered new breath to force a few miles more. Finally, when no longer able to force the dogs thrpugh the blinding , drift, we sought the lee of an uplifted block of Ice. Here suitable snow was found for a snow house, and a few blocks were cut and se. but the wind swept them away liko chips. The tent was tried, but it could not he made to stand in the rush of the roar ing tumult. In sheer despair we crept into the tent without erecting the pole. Creeping into the bags, we then allowed the flapping silk to be buried by the drifting snow. Soon the noise and dis comfort of the storm were lost and we enjoyed the comfort of an ley grave. An efficient breathing hole was kept and tlie wind .was strong enough to sweep off the weight of a dangerous drift. A n?w Irseon was thus learned in fighting a battle or Ufa which was afterward useful. Days of Icy Despair. Several days of Icy despair now fol lowed each other In rapid succession. The wind did not rise to the full force of a storm, but It was too strong and too cold to travel. The food supply was noticeably de creasing. The dally advance was re duced. With such weather, starvation seemed Inevitable. Camp was moved nearly every day. but ambition sank to the lowest ebb. To the atmospheric un rest was added the instability of broken Ice and the depressing mystery of an unknown position. For many days no wir ..M &mk- -MIL. ' W DR. FREDERICK. A. COOK. observations had teen possible and our location could only be guessed at. The maddening struggle was dally forced, while the spirits were pressed to. the verge of extinction. Now that the object of our trip had been accomplished, much of the incentive was gone. At times It seemed as if our life's work had been accomplished, and to have lain down for the final sleep would have been easy, but the feeble flre of the hom ing passion kept the eye open. On May 24 the sky cleared long enough to give us a set of observations. We were on the SUh parallel, near the 97th meridian. The new lands were hid den behind a low miBt. The Ice was much crevaned ard drifted eastward. Many open spaces of water were noted Jn the west by patches of water sky. The pack was sufficiently active to give us considerable anxiety, though pres sure lines and open water did not at the samo time seriously Impede our prog ress. Scarcely Enough Food Left. There remained on the sleds scarcely enough food to reach our caches, un less we averaged 15 miles daily. On the return from the Pole to here we had been able to make only 12 miles dally. Now our strength, even under fair con EXPLORER WHO WAS SECOND AT NORTH POLE, AND HIS FAMILY. r i I t ljajaiassstil ssMssMMssM II 'll II lillT ' "HI I IT I sT . Copyright, 1909, by George Granthan Bain. K. K. PEARY, MRS. PEARY AD THEIR THILJItEX, FROM A RE. CE.T S.N'APSHOT. LIFE SKETCH OF EXPLORER DISCOVERY IS CONCLUDED TODAY. I Pi -fSlf I J at',. A'H ditions, did not seem to be equal to more than 10 miles. The outlook was far from hopeful, to me. though the sight of the cleared sky infused new courage Into KtuKhlshuk and Ahwelah. t Trying to make the best of our hard lot, a straight course was, set for the musk ox lands of the inner crossing. At the 83d parallel we found ourselves to the west of a large tract extending southward. -The Ice changed to small fields. The temperature rose to, zero and a persistent mist obscured the heavens. With a few lines on paper to register the life of suffering, the food of man and dog was reduced to a three-quarters ration," while the dif ficulties of Ice' travel rose to disheart ening heights. Must Follow Ice-Drift South. At the end of a struggle' of 20 days through thick fog. the sky cleared and we found ourselves far down In Crown Prince Gustav sea. with open water and Impassable 'small Ice as .a barrier between us and Helberg Island. With the return ta Annotook' rend ered impossible by the- unfortunate westerly drift, our only alternative was to go south with the Ice. We hoped In this course to find game for food and fuel. The Scottish whalers enter L-J WHOSE ACCOUNT OF POLE'S Lancaster Sound and touch at Port Leopold. The distance to this point was shorter than to Greenland, and by this route I hoped that I could re turn to Europe during the same year, 1908. Passing througrh Hassel Sound between the Rlngness lands, bears and seals were secured, and slowly we moved southward over the Norwegian bay Into Wellington Channel. The ice was small, there was much open wa ter and progress was slow, but the drift carried up along. Take to Boat, Abandon Dogs. At Pioneer Bay we were stopped by a Jam of small ice over which sledding was Impossible. Unable to wait for the Ice to move because no large game was here secured, we crossed early In July to Jones Sound. Here again no big game was found. There was much open water and the folding canvas boat was spread for use. - Unable to feed the dogs, they were given the freedom of their wild progeni tors, the wolves. One sled was Jeft here, the other was taken apart and placed In the boat. Then followed a long and perilous adventure by boat and sled, dur ing which our last ammunition was ex pended In "securing bird's for food. After that, by looped lines and slingshots birds were still captured. Live by Primitive Chase. Early, in September we were beset on the shores of Baffin Bay with neither food, fuel nor ammunition. New imple ments were shaped. and we returned westward to Cape Sharbo to seek a place to pitch a Winter camp. An underground den was built of stones, bones and turf, and with . our primitive weapons we fought the walrus, the bear, the musk ox and other animals. Thus food, fuel and skins were secured and death by famine was avoided. The Winter and the night of 1908-1909 were spent preparing food and equipment for the return. Across Greenland Homeward. On February 18, 1909, we started with a remodeled sled and reached our camp at Annotook In the middle of April. Here I met Harry Whitney and told him of our conquest of'the Pole. Because a ship was to come after Mr. Whitney to take him direct to home shores, most of my in struments were entrusted to his care. An excuse to gain a few months in the return home. I proceeded by sled over landand sea southward to Upernavik and from there onward to Copenhagen by Danish steamer. BLOW RATED AT $350 ANDREW POWELL MUST PAY WELL FOR PUGNACITY. Floyd ' P. Brown, Grocer's Clerk, Wins Suit Against Arbina Water Inspector. Andrew Powell's fighting proclivities proved unusually expensive to him in thai State Circuit Court yesterday, when a single blow was- rated at J350. The blow was administered upon the counte nance of Floyd P. Brown, a grocer's clerk, and It sufficed to drive hie spec tacles into his eyes, causing painful in Jury. BroVn was not looking when the blow was struck. Powell, who is water inspector In the Alblna district, . was fined $50 for the assault several days ago and the argu ment was made in his behalf that he had ben sufficiently punished. Brown's suit was' for J240O. The jury which heard the case decided after a few moments' deliberation that the Alblna water inspec tor ought to pay well for his pugnacity. Notice of appeal was given. Gets Judgment for Commission. Even though he did not put through the actual sale of Mrs. Josle McDevltfs property,. W. A. Storey succeeded In get ting an award for the full amount of commission on the sale. In the Circuit Court, yesterday. . It was shown he got a buyer for a strip of valuable land owned by Mrs. McDevltt and posted J100 for the consummation of the deal, but the owner decided afterwards to sell to another puty. Storey demanded his com mission, -the sum of $1050. and a Jury which heard the facts returned a ver dict in his favor for the lull amount. COOK WILL SHOW RECORDS TQ BOTH Submit-Duplicates to Danes and Americans and Let - Them Decide. VERDICT AT SAME TIME Each ' to Withhold Announcement Till Other Is Ready Peary Is Ready to Let Geographical Society Decide. ST. LOCIS. Oct. 6. That duplicate i copies of his records will be submitted to American soientit'ts simultaneously . with those sent to the University of Co- j penhagen, was the statement made by , Dr. Frederick A. Cook in an Interview today. Dr. Cook said: ! "My original records will go first to I the University of Copenhagen. I in tend, however, to have duplicates made. These will be submitted to the American Geographic Society. I shall request the Copenhagen authorities to withhold their announcement until the American Society has had an opportunity to come to a conclusion. Then when the scientists on both sides of the water- are ready the announcement will be made simul taneously in both places." PEARY WILL SUBMIT PROOFS Let Geographical Society Investigate His Polar Discovery. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Commander Peary today accepted the invitation of the National Geographic Society to submit his proofs to it for verification. Commander Peary today formally no tified the society to this effect in a mes sage to Professor Willis L. Moore, presi dent of-the society. The telegram fol lows: "Copy of society's resolution is re ceived. I am not only willing, but de sire to submit records and data to a commission of American scientists thai Is impartially-selected." On October 1 the board of managers of the National Geographic Society sent to both Commander Peary and Dr. Cook a resolution, the last paragraph of which was as follows: "The National Geographic Society urges Commander Peary and Dr. Cook speedily to submit all their observations, notes and data to a competent scientific commission in the United States." So far the society has heard nothing from Dr. Cook in answer to this invita tion, save through the public prints. The regular meeting of the board of directors of the National Geographic Society will be held here next Friday, when Presi dent Moore will place with them Com mander Peary's telegram, and some ac tion will be taken looking to the ap pointment of a special commission. In case Dr. Cook fails to respond to the in vitation. President Moore says the spe cial commission will consider Command er Peary's data. ' HAIL COOK AS DISCOVERER New York Aldermen to . Present Freedom of City,. ' NEW YORK. Oct. 6. Friday. October 13, was the date set today for the of ficial aldermanic reception to Dr. .Fred erick A. Cook. On that occasion Dr. Cook will re ceive the freedom of the city and be formally recognized by the Board of Al dermen as the discoverer of the North Pole. A . DEFENDER0F PEARY Correspondent Arises and Smites Dr. Cooki Arctic Hero. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Editor.) So many are taking a whack at Com mander Peary that I appear on the side of fair play. The famous Arctic explor er reached the goal of his ambition and thereby gave his country reason to be proud through all time. Think of 23 years of effort crowned at last with success. His name and achievements heretofore stood high in the scientific world and his truthfulness unlmpeached. What causes his countrymen to revile him? Dr. Cook brought no records of his ob servations back with him to either Co penhagen or America at least he 'has failed to produce them. He stated that part of his records were left with Mr. Whitney at Etah, Greenland, to be taken to America. Mr. Whitney traveled part of the way with Peary and noy it looks as if Whitney knows nothing about rec ords, and Cook himself says the records he left with Whitney 'are of no im portance. , Dr. Cook has admitted that he had a suspicion that Peary might have reached the Pole and that he was more than eager to to reach civilization in order to publish the result. Cook s account of the provisions consumed on the last dash were greater in weight than three men and 26 dogs could pull yet he alleges he traveled over the Polar Ice 15 mites a day. , Dr. Cook, it is said, has not reported a single new fact or an observation as a result of his reaching the North Pole and Mr. Bernacchi. the physicist of the Dis covery Antarctic expedition, declares that Dr. Cook's method of taking observations at the Pole Is valueless. Dr. Cook says his polar expedition was the result of a sud den inspiration. Mis cnier previous teat, the climbing of Mount McKinfey, Is not officially acknowledged by the United States Survey, and Is not only without a witness but In dispute. Taking the previous records of these men. Cook and Peary, and their achieve ments, comparing their present-day story the writer is at a loss to account for the present general sentiment of the pub lic towards these men, further than the reason always in evidence that the pub lic always prefers' the Impostor, and the sham to the hero and the real thing. Peary has no doubt snown some feeling In the matter, but a man who set for him self the task of finding the North Pole must be a man with strong and enduring feelings. DONALD ALLISON. Sealed, Verdict in Damage Suit. After an hour's deliberation, the Cir cuit Court Jury which heard, the suit of H. Ei. Hawkins against the Portland Hallway, Light & Power Company yes terday reached a finding. It was "after 5 o'clock when the verdict was reached, however, and on that account a sealed verdict was returned to be opened this morning. 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