The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, October 13, 1909, EVENING EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textsp-rejy&.a. ... gzz "v-T-qppigf'' - 'vTf? "?--' "'"'- '1' firaini r-pinr- 3 ajrn-yfr. THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1909 EVENING EDITION. PEARY GIVES BOS (Continued from page 1.) This he did, also without making any marks and indicated the same route and the same details as did the first boy. When he was through, Panlkah, the father of I-Took-A-Shoo, a very intelligent man, who was in the party of Eskimos that came back with Dr. Cook from the northern end of Nausen strait, who is familiar as a hunter with the Jones Sound region and who has been In command In Peary's various expeditions for fifteen years, came in and Indicated the same locations and details as the two boys. The first boy was brought In again and then with a pencil he traced on the map their route, -members of, our party writing upon the chart where, according to the boys state ment they had killed deer, bear, some of their dogs, seal, walrus and muskoxen. The second boy was then called in. and the two went over the chart together, the second boy suggesting some changes as noted hereafter. Finally Panlkpah, the father, was again called into verify details of the positions of the route with which he was personally familiar. The bulk of the boys testimony was not taken by Commander Peary nor lu his presence, a fact that ob viates any possible claim that they were awed by him. Certain questions of Independent lines from 'the direct narrative of the Eskimo boys were suggested by Commander Peary to some of u' and were put by us to the Eskimo boys. Still later, Commander Peary asked the Eskimo boys two or three casual questions on minor points that had occurred to him. During the taking of this testimony It de veloped that Dr. Cook had told these boys as he told Mr. Whitney and Billy Prltchard the cabin boy that they must not tell Commander Peary or anyone anything about their journey and the boy stated Dr. Cook had tlneatened them If they should tell anything. The nar rative of these Eskimos is as fol lows: They, with Dr. Cook, Francke and nine other Eskimos left Anoratok,' crossed Smith Sound to Cape Sabine, slept In Commander Peary's old house in Payer Harbor then went through Rico strait to Buchanan bay. After a few marches, Francke and three Eskimos returned to Anoratok. Dr. Cook with the oth ers then proceeded up Flagler bay a branch of Buchanan bay and crossed Ellesmorelnnd through the valley pass nt the head of Flagler a got his gum which he had left there and a few Items of supplies. When asked why only a few sup plies were taken from the cache, the boys replied that only a small amount of provisions had been used in the few days since, they left the cache and their sledges held all they could carry so they could not take more. After being Informed of the boys' narrative thus far, Commander Peary suggested a series of questions to the boys In regard to this trip from the land out and back to It. These questions and answers were as follows: Did they cross much open leads or much open water during this time? Answer none. Did they make any caches out on the ice? Answer None. Did they kill any bear or seal while out on the Ice, while north of Cape Thomas Hubbard? Answer No. With how many sledges did they start? Answer Two. How many dogs did they have? Answer Did not remember ex actly, but something under 20. How many sledges did they have when they goUback to land? Answer Two. Did they have any provisions left on their sledges, when they came back to land? Answer Yes; the. sledges still had about nil they could carry so they were able to take but a few things from the caches. From here they then went south west along the north coast of Helb ergland to a point indicated on the map Sverdrup's Cape northwest. From here they went west" across the Ice which was level and covered with snow offering good going, to a low island which they had seen from the shore of Heibergland at Cape Northwest. On this Island they camped for one sleep. The size and position of this island as drawn by the- first boy was criticized by the second boy as being too large and too far to the west. The second boy calling the attention of the first to the fact that the position of the island was more nearly In lino with the point where they had left Hei bergland (Cape Northwest and the channel between Amundrlngnes land and Ellefringnes land. This criticism and connection was accepted by the first boy who stait ed to change the position of the island but was stopped as Com mander Peary had given instructions that no more changes or erasures were to be made In the route as drawn by the Eskimos on the chart. From this Island they could see two two lands beyond Sverdrup's Elle frlnges and Amundrlngnes lauds. From the island they journeyed toward the left hand one of these lands (Amundrlngnes land) passing small Island which they did not bay, indicated by Peary In 1S9S, and utilized by Sverdrup In 1S99, to the head of Sverdrup's "Bayfiaed" on the w;cst side of Ellsmorelnnd. Their route then lay tlnough this flaord, thenco north through Sverdrup's "Heureka Sound" and Nansen strait. On their way thoy killed musko xen and bear and made caches, ar riving evontually at a point on the west side of Nanson strnlt (shoio of Axelhclbergland of Sverdrup) south or capo 1 nonius iiuubaru. A ca che was formed hero and the four Eskimos did not go beyond this point. Two others, Keolootlngwoh and Inughlto went on one moro mnrch with Dr. Cook and the- two boys, holpel to build tho snow igloo, then returned without sleeping. These two Eskimos brought back a letter from Dr. Cook to Fiancko dated the 17th of Mnich. The two men rejoined tho other four men who had then loft behind and the plx returned to Anoratok, arriving May 7th. This Information was ob tained not from tho two Eskimo boys, but from tho six men who re turned and from Francko himself ana was Known to us in tho sum mer of 190S when tho Roosevelt ar rived nt Etnli. The Information is .inserted hero as supplementary of tho nnrrntlvo of both boys. After sleeping at tho camp whoro the Inst two Eskimos turned back, Dr. Cook went in a northerly or northwesterly dlicction with two sledges and twenty odd dogs, one more march when thoy oncountored rough Ico and a lead of open, wntor. They did not enter this rough Ice nor cro8,s tho load but turned west ward or southward and roturnod to Jlelborglnnd nt n point wost of where they had loft tho cacho and whore the four men had turned back. Hero they remained four or flvo sloops and during this time .jiUioq went back to tho cacho and visit. Arriving at the slfbre of Amund rlngnes land the Eskimos killed a deer as Indicated on the chart. The above Italicized portion of the sta tement of tho Eskimo boys covers the period of time in which Dr. Cook claims to have gone to tho Pole and back and tho entire time during which he could possibly have made any attempts to go to it. The an swers of the Eskimo boys to Com mander Peary's seiies of Independ ent questions showing that they killed no game, mndo no caches, lost no dogs and returned to tho land with loaded sledges makes their at tainment of tho Polo on the trip north of Cape Thomas Hubbard, a physical and methodical Impos sibility as It would demand tho subslstanco of thieo men nnd 20 dogs during a Journey of 1,040 seo giaphlcul miles on letb than two sledges loads of supplies. If it is suggested that perhup3 Dr. Cook got mixed and that ho i cached the Polo or thought ho did between the time of leaving the northwest const of Heibergland at Cape Northwest aud his arrival nt Rlngnesland, , where thoy killed tho doer, wo must then add to the date of Dr. Cook's letter of March 17th at or near Capo Thomas Hubbard, tho biibsequent four or live sloops at that point aud tho number of days required to march from Capo Thomas Hubbard to Capo Northwest, (a distance of some (10 nautical miles which would advance his date of departure from tho land to at least tho 25th of March and be propured to accept tho claim that Dr. Cook went from Capo Northwest about latitude 90 t. degrees north to tho Polo, a distance of 570 geographical miles in 27 days. After Kllllns tho deer they then traveled south along tho east sldo of Ringnes land to the point indicat ed on tho chart where they klUod another deer. They then went east across the south part of Crown Prince Gustav Sea to the south end of Heibergland, then down through Norwegian bay, where they secured some bears but not until after they had killed some of their dogs; to the cast side of Graham Island; then eastward to the little bay mark ed "Fids Fioard" ' on Sverdrup's chart; then southwest to Hollsgate and Simmons Peninsula. Here for the first time during the entiie Journey except as already not ed off Cape Thomas Hubbard they encountered open water. On this point the boys were clear emphatic and unshakable. They spent a good deal of time in this region, and, fin ally abandoned their dogs and one sledge, took to their boat, crossed Sellegato to North Kent, up Into Norfolk Inlet, then back along the north coast of Colin Archer Penin sula to Cape Vera where they ob tained fresh elder duck eggs. Here they cut the remaining sledge off, that Is, shortened it, as it was awk ward to transport with the boat and near here they killed a walrus. The statement in regard to the fresh elder duck eggs permits the approx imate determination of the date at this time ns about the first of July. This statement also serves, If In deed, anything moro than tho Inhe rent straightforwardness and detail of their narrative were needed, to substantiate the securacy and truth fulness of the boys' sta..ement. This locality of Cape Vera is mentioned In Sverdrup's as the place where, during his stay. In that region he obtained elder duck eggs. From Cape Vera they went on down Into the southwest eagle of Jones Sound where they killed a seal, thence along the south coast of the sound, killing three bears at' the point noted on the map, to the peninsular known as Cape Sperbo, about midway on the south side of Jones Sound. Here they killed some muskoxen and continu ing east, Killed four more at the place Indicated on the chart and were finally stopped by the pack ice at the mouth of Jones Sound. From here they turned back to Cape Sperbo, -,where they wintered and killed many muskoxen. After the sun returned in 1909, they started pushing their sledge across Jones Sound to Cape Tennison and then along the coast to Clarence Head, (passing Inside of two small Islands, not shown on the chart, but diawn on It by the boys), where they kill ed a bear thence across the broad bight in the coast to Cadogen Fioard; thence around Cape Isabella and up to Commander Peary's old house In Pajer Harbor near Cape Sabine, where they found a seal cached for them by Panlkpah, I-Took-A-Shoo's father. From here they crossed Smith Sound on the Ice, arriving at Anoratok. (Signed) R. E. PEARY, U. S. N.. ROBERT A. BARTLETr, Master steamship RoosevUt. D. B. McMILAN, GEO. BORUP, MATHEW A. HENSON. CLARKE WINS FOR n No (Continued from page 1.) ge. Byrne filed to D. Jones. runs. Fifth Inning. Detroit T. Jones doubled. Sta nage and Summers struck out. D. Jones filed to Clarke. No runs. Pittsburg Leach filed to' D. Jones. Clarke beat out a hit to T. Jones as the latter fell fiielding the ball. Clarke stole second and Sta nage's throw went by Delehanty but he fell against Clarke and prevented him going to third. Wagner out, Buch to T. Jones. No runs. SKth Inning. Detroit -Bush struck out, Cobb singled to left. Crawford doubled, scoilng Cobb. Delehanty hit to Wagner and wajs safe on Wagner's wild throw, Crawford scoring. Mo riarity filed to Clarke. T. Jones filed to Abstelu. Two runs. Pittsburg Abstein popped to Bush. Wilson grounded out to T. Jones. Gibson out, Bush to T. Jones. No runs. Seventh Inning. Detroit Mclntjre batting for Sta nage. Mclntyre grounded to Ab- narratfvostein, unassisted. Summers ground ed out to Abstein unassisted, D. Jones out, Byrne to Abstein. No runs. Pittsburg Schmidt Is catching for Detroit. Adams struck out. Byrne singled to left. Leach singl ed to left, Byrne going to third. Clarke hit a home run, scoring Byrne and Leaoh in front of him. Wagner was hit by a pitched ball and took first. Miller filed to D. Jones. Wagner stole second and third and scored. on Schmidt's high throw. Abstein struck out. Four runs. Eighth Inning. Detroit Bush filed to Leach. Cobb out, Adams" to Abstein. 'Craw ford smashed a home run to center field. Delehanty out, Byrne to Ab stein. One run. Pittsburg Wilson doubled be tween Crawfoid and Jones, the lat ter losing the ball In the sun. Gib son singled, scoring Wilson. Gibson stole second. Wllletts is pitching for Detroit. Adams popped to T. Jones. Gibson steals second on Byrne's third strike. Gibson caught stealing third, Sshmidt to Moriurity. One run. Ninth Inning. Detroit Moriarity fouled to Byr ne. T. Jones safe on Wagner's er ror. T. Jones stole second. Schmidt out, Wagner to Abstein. Mullin bat ted for Wllletts and popped to Wagner. BUSY SESSION OE COUNCIL By Day and by an (Contluucd from page 1.) one of tho best in the city. He said that the property owners could not' afford to pay for such an improve ment at this time, especially when there was no paving at either end of the street. The protest was final ly laid onHhe table to" be taken up at the next meeting. Other Business. Cal. Wright, A' G." Aiken and oth ers have entered application for jobs running the now street sweeper. Mary A. Johnson entered a prqtest against her assessment for street paving. . Action on It wns deferred. The railing on the North Front street elevated roadway was ordered Improved. It -was also ordered that a hub rail be put on each side to prevent autos and other vehicles run ning off. New Building Ordinance. The new building ordinance was read last evening. It was drafted by W. S. Turpen from the ordinances of several other cities and Is very stringent. It was referred to City Attorney Goss to have some minor changes made in it. One provision to be added will be the establishment of a warehouse district. It is proposed to retain the waterfiont in the fire limits but will provide that warehouses may be erected between Front street and the harbor line providing they are strictly for warehouse purposes. The ordinance prohibits building or repahing buildings within forty feet of the harbor line. Electric ip Talks To You. NEW BANRON BANK. THE HUDSON-FULTON POSTAGE STAMPS MYRTLE POINT Comptroller of Currency Approves Application. The application of J. W. Roberts, of Piene, S. D., H. L. Houston, A. McNair, .0, A. Trowbrid'go, E.MjE. Oalces andF. E. Stearns to organize the First National Bank of Bandbn, Ore., with $25,000 capital, lias been approved by the Comptroller of tho Currency. ft is a thing of beau ty and brings trade every day. COOS BAY GAS & ELECTRIC CO. I xx i :: a :: i a a :: i :: a a i i a a f a a a i XX XX XX I XX a i XX XX a i XX J XX 1 XX t a COOK"I) FOOD sale SATURDAY at Anoua Grocery by BAPTIST LADIES. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaanajaatt Straighten 1 Up I IN CAUGHT The First to Reach Mnrshlleld Come In a Letter to The Times None at l'osttittlcc. Tho first and only consignment of Hudson - Fulton commemorative stamps that teached Coos Bay so far as known came in a letter to The Times asking tor information about the Coos Bay country. Postmaster Curtis had ordered borne but they have failed to arrive and as there was only a limited number issued, It Is possible Marshfield may not get any. The stamps were placed on sale In tho larger cities before tho lludbon-Fulton celebration which is now hlstoiy. A Description, The stamp is oblong lu shape about seven-eights of an Inch by one and three-eighths Inches in size and is composed of a border having at its top the words, "Hudson-Ful ton Celebrntion." The dates 1G09 and 1909 are Immediately there under on either sldo and below this Inscription on a curved line are the words, "U. S. Postage," Tho Arabic numeral two with tho words "two cents" aro in a panel be tween tho figures. In tho center is engrnved a picture showing tho palisades of tho Hud son river In tho background with tho Half Moon, Hudson's boat, sailing up tho river nud tho Clermont, Ful ton's steamship, steaming In an op posite direction. In tho foreground is an Indian In a canoe, and in the distance, just discornnbje, is a canoe containing four othor Indians, the canoes representing tho first means ui mniBiruiK wiu river, me stamp jmuuKK.iiiL; on skates at is printed in the same color as the SKATING rink, October 14. follow. ordinary two cent stamp, ed by Dancinc 10 to l n'oinu Ira Cornelius, Stage Driver, Charged With Statutory Crime. Ira Cornelius, a Myrtle Point stage driver, was arrested here this forenoon by Marshal Caiter on tele phone advices from Deputy Sheriff Clyde Gage. Mr. Gage came over this afternoon and will take Corne lius to the county jail pending his arialgnnient. ""Mrs. Phillip Brack, a resident of Mrtle Point, charges Cornelius with a statutory offense, the victim being her daughter. Deputy Sheriff Gage says that the charges t.galnst Richard Lonsdale, the member of tho Merry Makers Troup, who was arrested here by Mr. Gago on telegraphic request from Shoriff Stevenson of Mt, Vernon, Wash,, has beeu diopped for the time being at least, aud Mr. Lons dale hjis been siven his fieedom. There was u mlxup over the nature of the csuo and Sheriff Stevea3or gc: as far np Rcseburg before he! roi.nd rte couldu t tako Lonsdale baik. without requisition papers. 'Sheriff W. W.-Gage, who went to Idrho o bring Ch.is. Neal, ' Ccn Sk'n Charlie," back on a Mrtle Point forgery charge, is expected in Saturday night with his prisoner. We have shoulder braces of all sizes to fit big aud littli, old and young. The prices a right. Let us show you. Re member we have the largest and newest stock of trusses and elastic stockings in the Coos Bay country. S Brown Drug Co. :mamm::m::tt::::a:n:m:H:mT fc-a-a-a-a-a-a-n-a-a-a-a-a- VT ,. a a a I World's Best Logging Boot a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a'-a-a-a-a-tt-a a ; ,. a t a a a a t a i a t K I a a i a a 8. a M a a t a a a t a t i a a i a a a a i a i a i a a a a i a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n-n- PRICE OF PREFERRED STOCK OF THE UNITED WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY: Note the steady and rapid ad vance In tin prlco of stock since tho organization of the company: per share; February 23, 1907 $10.00- September J, 1907 11.00 October 1, 1907 12.50 November 10, 1907 14.00- January 1, 190S 15.00 March 1, 1908 16.50 June 1, 190S'. 17.5a August 1, 3 908 18.5t October l,il90S .' 20.00- December 15, '1908 22.50 February 15, 1909 25.00 May 1, 1909 30.00 August 1, 1909 $35.00 The prlcf will remain at $35.00- foi a short time only. It's a chanco of a lifetlnm to make a safe invest ment and large profits. O. L. HOPSON, Fiscal 'Agent, Coos and Curry Counties, Box 323, Marshfield. Offlce in Tho "CliandJer" - ----- ---. t FOR GOOD CAKE I Go to k, wmeii s i None Better Made.. Try them and be 3me a sts'dy cusr n . y ---------.- The Ground Work We have Dayton's Hand Made River Shoes, a solid, well-made boor, full stock French kip, one of tho best In the world and sold for $7.50. We have another excellent boot, well made of good solid leather that we sell for Sfo.uo. Both these boots are fine quality and wo can guaiaitee them for service. Don't over look this store when looking for shoes. THE BAZAR IIOTSE OF QUALITV. Phone 32-J Central Avenue -W-a--8-8-8-8-a-r.-8-8-8- Ccme In and contract joii" Pota toes, Ap;iles, Onions, Wool, Hides nrd rltf vWtli C- F. McGEORGE 171i l.v ad , Bayside Paint Co. EVERYTHING IN PAINTS AND WALL PAPER. Coos Building, 05 Market Avenue Phone 200-L, Marshfield, Ore. TO ACTUAL HOMESEEKERS. If you want a homo in tho best: residence section in the city amongst the best bunch oi people in the world' and at reasonable prices, don't over look the fact that SENG'STACKE.Y ADDITION TO MARSHFIELD pres ents you this opportunity. Parties Intending to build a shanty need not apply for this property as wo only want a class of settlers that will put up good respectable homes and to those we will give terms to suit their pocket-book. See TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO, General Agents. ENRY SENGSTACKEN, Manager. Marshfield, Oregon. General Ace-its. Eaetslde. Have that Roof Fixed. Now SeeCORTHELL rsioNE loo-ii.