Polk County itemizer., February 13, 1913, Page PAGE THREE, Image 9

PAGE THREE
Cook Says He Isn’t
Liar and Attacks Peary
(Continued from page one)
“ You will say, perhaps, I am se
vere. I am bound to be severe; I
have tried mild methods. I am now
defending my honor and that o f my
family, and I must show this in its
true light. I insist that we have a
national investigation of this con
temptible intrigue.
I am ready to
meet every word that I have said
with legal documents, with my own
money and with my fist if necessary.
“ How will the matter end! Truth
will prevail, truth has prevailed, for
my narrative, which is now out in
bcok form, has been under the micro­
scopic eye of all the world for three
years and not one line has been truth
fully discredited. There is the proof
of history. On the other hand, the
data as presented in that narrative
has been sent to the explorers of all
the world. They nave had three years
to examine and re-examine the whole
problem and they have now come out
in black and white and have endorsed
my claim and among them are such
men as Captain Roald Amundsen, who
has reached the South Pole; Captain
Otto Sverdrup, who discovered the
land over which our work was done;
Professor Lecointe, secretary of the
International Bureau of Polar Re­
search; Captain Baldwin, the late
Rear-Admiral
Schley.
These
and
thirty other Arctic explorers believe
that I have reached the Pole. On the
other hand, those against me, and for
Mr. Peary are three long-fingered pol­
iticians, three monkey-wrenches of
that “ Steam R oller," three men who
have never seen a piece of Arctic
ice. Now, seriously, these men do not
know the difference between the
North Pole and a barber pole.
“ In the end, in the last analysis,
you are bound to depend upon expert
opinion, but you may choose your ex­
perts.
Will you take the word of
thirty explorers from all lands who
have no axes to grind, or will you
take the word of three long-fingered
politicians in Washington!
I leave
my case with you. Think it over, and
remember I want no money, no pen­
sion, no government favor, no favor
whatsoever, but, as a private citizen,
I do want the credit, and the honor
of a work for which I have spent my
own money, and at which I have
risked my life during twenty years,
and all that I need to get that is
plain American fair play. You, I am
sure, will grant that.
“ FREDERICK A. CO O K ."
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dollar geographers in that society,
and some of them have gone in on
the ground floor without paying the
two, which explains the color of the
geographic news.
This society ap­
pointed a jury, three personal friends
of Mr. Peary, three of his own o ffi­
cial associates.
Chief in that jury
was Rear Admiral Chester.
Now,
Chester is a good fellow, but he hap
pens to be related by marriages to
the fur trader where that million dol­
lars of the illegitimate fhr trade had
INVENTORS. PATENTEES— W e list and
been divided. He was the right kind
1 sell patents, state rights; also have
of an honest, disinterested juror. The
several openings for good inventions.
others were of the same type. These
Agents for Little W onder Vacuum Cleaner.
men promptly bartered their souls to
PACIFIC COAST PATENT SALES AGENCY
Mr. Peary's interest and at once said
183 Morrisoa St.. Psrtkad, Orsgaa
that it was sure that Mr. Peary had
reached the Pole and that it was
equally sure that I had not. A year
DO
YOU K N O W
THAT
later in congress, when compelled to
be honest, this same jury admitted
that in the Peary proofs there was no
proof.
“ My material had been sent to the
University of Copenhagen. The Danes
were not interested in me, financially
or otherwise. I am not a Dane, as
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is generally supposed. I am an Am­
erican born of German parentage in
New York state.
They went over
CHAPIN-HERLOW MTG. & TRUST CO.
that material, severely, perhaps, but
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honestly, and they promptly came to
the conclusion that on account of the
long range of unavoidable inaccuracy
U SE THIS C O U P O N
LL second-hand W i n t o n S i x e s are entirely “ r e b u i l t .” This does not mean just the ordinary
in all such material and because there
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me Free Booklet
was but one white man present, that
“ t u n in g u p , ” and a little paint and varnish to cover up defects. W hen a used car goes through
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there could be no academic proof.
our shop to be rebuilt it is first entirely torn down. The different parts are then subjected to the
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This did not carry the interpretation
same inspection as parts which are used for new cars. All bearings, gears, bushings, or in fact any
that the Pole had not been reached,
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parts which show the results of wear, and fail to pass our inspectors, are discarded and replaced.
as the press o f this country printed.
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The old paint is then removed from both chassis and body, and both are newly painted in exactly
The Danes have never said that I did
the same manner as a new car. The floor boar3sand running boards are re-covered with aluminum,
not reach the Pole; quite to the con­
and the car is equipped with a new top, and mohair seat covers, so that the result is not only an
trary, they fhowed their good faith
extremely attractive car, but one as mechanically perfect as it is possible to make. In all cases the later refinements are
by bestowing upon me the honor of
added to these cars, thus bringing them up to date in every respect.
Ph. D. and by giving a gold medal.
The press has many times printed
that these and other honors have been
W e have a well selected stock of R eb u ilt W in t o n S ix e s, in T w o , F ou r, F ive
withdrawn, one of the many lies. No
a
n
d S e v e n -p a s s e n g e r c a rs, at prices and terms within the reach of all desiring
honors ever extended to me have been
comfort and pleasure in a H I G H - G R A D E , M O D E R N and substantial automobile.
withdrawn, no door ever opened to
Has L inocord B uttomhole *
me has been closed.
Here’s your chance to a real, regular, high-grade automobile at a price so low that you can not afford to be without
In T w o Heights:
“ The controversy continued for
one. Perhaps you’ve been holding off. You want an automobile, but the little ones aren’t good enough, and the big ones
over a year, during which time all
DELMAR - 2% in.
kinds of mean, undignified things
cost too much money. Hold off-no longer, but com e in and see what we have. It will not cost you a cent. W e will dem ­
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were said and printed about me.
onstrate any car in the place cheerfully. If you don’t find what you want, you will be under no obligation whatever to us-
Faked, forged and perjured news
It will afford us pleasure simply to show you, for at least you will tell your friends of the wonderful bargains we offer#
HIS is the new straight-front
items were sent out over the press
W e have cars of many makes, sizes and colors, various equipments. T he best makes on the market. Prices from $250 up.
shape. It dots meet close— be­
wires of this country from a paid
cause it has the L i n o c o r d B u t t o n ­
press bureau, as news. I brand them
h o les .
T h ey are only in
all lies, lies with the seeming in­
dorsement of the government and the
navy behind them. I am going to
prove that to you by the analysis of
lO O O P I K E S T R E E T , S E A T T L E
just one charge, the one which is of
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f an an o y
When two glass tumblers or dishes
most interest to you, »the climb of
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stick together so that there is danger
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Mt. McKinley. Now, I want you to
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of breaking in getting them apart,
\Sizes.
listen carefully in this, for if what
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put cold water in the inner one .And
I am about to say is not true, then
hold the outer one in warm water,
the prison doors are open to me. Mr.
L IN O C O R D B U T T O N H O L E S
and they will separate at once.
Peary charged that I had not climbed
are so protected where the strain
Mt. McKinley, aiming by this side
comes that ihey\ don't tear out.
issue to throw discredit upon my
Too Haughty for Him.
H ence, ID E S IL V E R C O L L A R S
One o f the Beauties o f the Western Hills
Polar claim. I had climbed Mt. Mc­
Farmer Gray kept summer board­ retain their style and fit to the en<i.
Kinley and climbed it honestly in
ers. One o f these, a school-teacher, T h e D E L M A R , because it’s baked
1U06. In the last part of that climb
hired him to drive her to the various and so shaped in the baking by our
I had with me but one man, Edward
points o f interest round the country. special Vertiform Process, has the
B&rrill, of Darby, Montana. For three
He pointed out this and that, at the vertical effect so much desired. Has
years Barrill had* told everybody he
same time giving such items o f in­ ample scarf space.
knew just how I had climbed Mt.
formation as he possessed.
McKinley and how he was with me
CEO. P. IDE & CO, M a k e r.
The school-teacher, pursing her
at the top. The Peary interests crossed
Troy, N. Y.
lips, remarked: “ It will not be nec­
the continent, came to Darby and
essary for you to talk.”
there offered Barrill a bribe of a
When her bill was presented there
thousand dollars to say that Mt. Mc­
was a $5 charge marked "E xtra ”
Kinley had not been climbed.
We
“ What is this?” she asked, pointing
next find Barrill in Hamilton, Mon­
to the item.
tana, and there in the office of and
"That,” replied the farmer, “ is for
in the presence of a man by the
sass. I don ’t often take it, but when
name o f Bndgeford there was another
I do I charge for it.”— Country Gen­
offer of another bribe of five thou­
tleman.
sand dollars. Barrill’s reply to that
was that he wanted that five thou­
sand, that he needed it, but to get it
Enough to Start With.
he would have to sell his own soul.
Frank
A. Munsey, since magazine
Portland Branch
“ Now watch and see how that soul
and newspaper successes have made
was marketed. We next find Barrill
4 5 F O U R T H STREET
him
a
multi-millionaire,
is
said
to
in Seattle, Washington, and there, in
P o r t la n d , O re .
be a heavy contributor to various
the office of the Seattle Times and
charitable organizations.
in the presence of its editor, there
“ But I dont believe in promiscu­
was another offer to sell that soul
ous charity which pauperizes,’’ said
as a news item for ten thousand dol­
Mr. Munsey, in speaking o f his ex­
lars.
Still the deal is not closed.
periences recently. "T hat sort of
Then we come over to Tacoma. We
charity always makes me think of
have in that community a weak-kneed,
Aunt Saltie Higgins o f my old home
back-handed lawyer by the name of
town.
Ashton. Ashton said publicly that he
"Aunt Sallie went to the richest
had been engaged to dig up the Mc-
woman in the town one day and
kinley business, but he did not know
asked for ’the loan o f a dollar.
bj whom, whether by Cook or Peary.
“ ‘ What do you want a dollar for,
Can you imagine a lawyer who doesn't
Aunt Sallie?’ came the inquiry.
know on which side his bread is but­
“ ‘ Please, ma’am,’ said Aunt Sal­
tered! But he was engaged. He ad­
lie, ‘ I’m gwine to git m arried’
mits that, and he was engaged in a
‘“ But if your man hasn’t even a
business so contemptible that he did
dollar to pay for the marriage license
not dare to tell the source of the
how will the pair o f you get along?’
money. We find Barrill there for two
“ ’ Well, ma’am,’ said' Aunt Sallie,
days with him. We next find Bar­
‘tom orrow ’s yo birthday, and we’ re
Now better than ever
rill in a bank in Tacoma and there
both cornin’ to yo picnic in de birch
in the presence of a man whom I
woods. You always gives us sum-
am ready to produce that soul was
thin’ to take home from y o ' birthday
marketed, in the presence of a man
picnic, and de day after dere's y o ’
whom I am ready to bring forth.
usual free basket distribution fo' de
Barrill was paid fifteen hundred dol­
unemployed. Dat’ll keep us a week
lars in one hundred dollar bills. He
easy, and by dat time Joe and me’ll
put those in his belt and spent two
be on our feet mebbe.’ ”— Country
o f them at Missoula, Montana. This
Gentleman.
was a part payment of a premised
bribe of twenty-five thousand dollars.
Western legislators will give mueh
In response to that money, Barrill
time to the consideration of good roads j
made an affidavit then and there de-
measures, during the next few weeks, i
nying the climb of Mt. McKinley.
Nothing is more disagreeable then n
A thousand mountain stream« ia sion. Unceasingly, tirelessly, without found in abundance and the fondest The roads could stand some improve I home infested with vermin.
That affidavit was slipped by Ashton
Destroy
to the Peary press bureau. Here is a the Northwest furnish ten thousand thought of the turbulence in the mind hopes o f the sportsmen are realised. ment.
them with Stearns’ EleetrU R st nnd
o f man, thè silent watcher, they go to Far up its turbulent waters the gamey
clear trail o f bribery and conspiracy
Roarh
Paste,
the
etandnfd
eiterm
i
enchanting scenes at their head*
follili their destiny as R i servant in trout lurks in deep pools or shoots the
—a black hand effort of character as
It is said that a dry bran is an nator for more than thirty yearn.
!
waters.
Starting
from
beneath
the
turning the mill, watering his crops rapids in plain view o f the watching
sassination right up to the door of
excellent cleanser for dainty velvet
It kill* o ff rata, mien or roekroaehea
Admiral Peary and* General Ashton. I snows of some lofty mountains or or transferring their restless energy fisherman. Solitude is here, deep and flowers and woolen fabrics. Rub the
in a single night. Does not blow away
I f these are not the meanest cowards I springing unheralded from the monees into the more restless electric cur­ impressive. The cool fragrance of the soiled spots harder than the rest; lika powders; ready for aa«; nothing
in all history, let them come forward of a green hill, these stream« tumble j rent. The traveler stands in awe be­ woods allures one on and on, farther then brush it all off.
to mix.
This exterminator ia told
fore the ambitious purpose of the and farther into the virgin depths
and explain that Mt. McKinley brib­
under an absolute guarantee of money
and roar over rocks in their mad haste brook and reiterates tbe thought of where nature alone holde sway. The
ery. Furthermore. Ashton knew, posi­
back if it fails.
Soon the Bulgars and the Turks will
tively knew, that that affidavit was to reach the sea. Now foaming with Tennyson: “ Men may come and men whir of tbe partridge or the stealthy
Wold by drugglete and general storee
may
go,
but
I
go
on
forever.’
’
tread
o
f
the
deer
rouses
one
from
his
be
at
it
again,
if
the
signs
read
ac­
j
impatience,
now
flowing
clear
and
a lie before Barrill signed it. There
everywhere or eenl by Express Prepaid
Densely timbered and nigged moon reverie aa he plods upward along the cording to the old rule. But then, the on receipt o f price. Be aure to get the
is something for investigation by the ^ cold, they hasten downward to join
enulne: J5c and 11.SO 8tearnsT Elec
fmwers may stop it.
I others bent on the earn« restless mis- taine mark its sonree, where game is bed o f tbe stream.
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