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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1909.
THE WRONG CROWD.
Senator J. P. Dolllver of Iowa, the
'..ider of the progressive Republl
sr.a, .ira: gained fame and proml
nence at the Republican state con
ventlon In Iowa In the spring of 1884,
if which he waa chairman.
T! Democrats were hollering that
:?te Rei-ubllcans had been In power
so long that corruption and graft
were rampant and there was need of
i genera! cleaning out. Mr. DolUver
then aa unknown (outside of his
county) young lawyer of Fort Dodge,
In accepting his election as. chalr-
i if the convention, made a
iipeech so witty and eloquent that It
gave him national fame at a bound;
something like that achieved 12 years
later by William Allen White with
bin editorial, "What's the matter
with Kansas." Dolllver was elect
M to the House of Representatives
In 1181 and has been kept in con
frren ever since by the people of
w.t, a few years ego being promot
a to the Senate.
In referring to the Democratic
clean-up cry, Wr. Dolllver said: "The.
(the Democrats) say the Augean
tables need cleaning out. That may
be true, but the crowd on the out
slde look more like they would steal
too pitchfork if given half a chance."
And that Is the feeling of the rank
and fl'a of the Republican party of
Oregon toward the party-eavers down
at Portland who ere doing all the
hoUertag for thla "assembly."
A party conference, even a conven
tion of the right eort once every
four yeare, may be desirable, but hon
eat men are pretty suspicious of an
assembly sponsored and engineered
ky the grafting, sheeny bosses who
frufle Portland.
NOT TOO LATE YET.
A apeclal committee of the La
Orande city council has been appoint
ed to consider plana for a sewerage
system. A complete system Is con
templated by the Union county capi
tal. , There na been many expressions
of regret here during the last few
weeks that the proposal to put in at
least a mala sewer down Main street
"Mm the school house to the river,
wan allowed to drop without further
Investigation as to the cost, etc.
k is recognized that in a year or
two a sewerage system will become
a necessity from a sanitary stand
point. The digging of many large
tees-pool will be a menace to the
health of the citizens and a special
Invitation to certain diseases becom
ing epidemic.
, . It wa also claimed that auch main
ewor could be constructed at a low
r coit while the steam digger was
here. The digger la still here nnd
If there waa a desire to have the
work done It probably could still be
to in this fall at the economical coat.
This matter la worthy of the atten
tion of all who have the health of
the community and the progress and
prosperity of the city at heart.
The union revival meetings con
ducted by Dr. Pratt, now drawing to
close, have been very successful
from every atandpo'nt. The testimony
of 13 leadlngi cltUens as to the effec
tiveness, of Dr. Pratt in hie soul-saving
work, and of the results achiev
ed In this city, should be convinc
ing to the most skeptical mind. In
the; opinion of the editor of this pa
per, not the least of those results is
fee splendid unity of Christian work-
era' and harmony In the work shown
during the preparation for and pro
gress of the meetings.
Revivalist Shannon has Just com
)eted a six weeks campaign at Bak
er City, The conversions number
l.Ool, and Mr. Shannon was given a
free win offering of 1 1,500 on the
Mt day.
The steady reins are soaking Into
4e Wallowa county wheat lands
feeklnr bright the promise of anoth
elr bumper crop next year. The wheat
Unda of this county are Juet begin
tftsf to be Appreciated,
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IThe Conquest
By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK
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STORMS now came up with such
force and frequency that It was
not safe to venture out in kay
aks. A few walruses were cap
tured from bonts; then sea bunting was
;oiifined to the quest of seal through
the young Ice.
A similar quest was being followed
at every villuge from Annootok to
Cape York. But all sea activity would
litfllsjnilsVltfii
SCENE AT THE NORTH POLE,
now soon bo limited to a few open
Mtinppfl iunr nrnnilnnnt hnnrilnnrta.
The scene of the real hunt changed
from the sea to the land. We had us
yet no caribou meat. The little auks
gathered In nets during the summer
and elder duck . bagged later dlsap-
penred fast when used as steady diet.
We must procure hnre, ptarmigan and
reindeer, for we bad not yet learned
1 1
to ent with n relish the fishy, liver-like !
substance which is characteristic of
all marlno mammals.
Guns nnd ammunition were distrib
uted, nud when the winds were easy
enough to allow one to venture out
every man sought the neighboring
hills. Francke also took his exercise
with a gun on his shoulder.
The combined results gave a long
line of ptarmigan, two reindeer and
Blxteen hares. As snow covered the
upper slopes the game was forced
down near the sea, where we could
still hope to bunt In the feeble light of
the early purt of the night.
No Anxiety For Winter.
With a larder fairly stocked and
good prospects for other tasty meats
wo were spared the usual anxiety of
a winter without winter supplies, and
KrancUe was Just the man to use this
gamo to good effect, for he had a
way of preparing our primitive pro
visions that made our dinners seem
equal to ti Holland House spread.
Iu the middle of October foxsklns
were prluio, and then new Bteel traps
were distributed and set near the
many caches. Ry this time the Eski
mos had all abandoned their sealskin
tents and were smiRly settled In their
winter Igloos. The ground was cov
ered with snow, nnd tho sea was near
ly froceti over everywhere.
Everybody was busy preparing for
the coining cold and night. The tem
perature was uhout 20 degrees below
ero. Severe storms were becoming
less frequent, and the air. though
colder, was less humid and less disa
greeable. Au ice fort was formed, and
tho winter sledging was begun by
short excursions to bait the fox traps
und gather the foxes.
AU these pursuits, with the work of
building nud repairing sleds, making
dog harness and shaping new winter
clothing, kept up a lively interest
while Uo great crust which was to
hold down the unruly deep for so
many mouth thickened and closed.
Last Glimpse of the Dying Day.
During the last days of brief sun
shine the weather cleared, and at
noon on Oct. 21 everybody sought the
freedom of the open for a last glimpse
of the dying day. There was a charm
of color nnd gtitter, but no one seem
ed m'ttc happy as the sun sank under
tho southern ice, for It was not to rise
again for 118 days.
The Eskimos took this as a signal to
enter a trance of sadness. In which
the bereavemeut of each family and
tho discomforts of the year are enact
ed In dramatic chauts or dances.
But to us the sunset of 1907 was In
spiration for tho final work In direct
ing tho shaping of the outfit with
which to begin the conquest of the
polo nt sunrise of 1908. Most expedi
tions have had the advautage of the
liberal baud of a government or of an
ample private fund. We were denied
both favors.
But we Were not lucumbered with
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Fading Sun Warns Ex
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Arctic Winter Prepar
ing Sled and Boat J
FOURTH ARTICLE)
dreamers, nor was the project handi
capped by the usual army of novices,
for white men at best must be regard
ed as amateurs compared with the ex
pert efficiency of the Eskimo In his
own environment. Our food supply
contained only the prime factors of
primitive nourishment. Special foods
and laboratory concoctions did not fill
an important space In our larder.
in xii nf'lfirnirttil
PHOTOGRAPHED BY SB. COOK.
Nor had we balloons, automobiles,
motor sleds or other freak devices. We
n"wefer- uuv u "ounuance or
the best hickory, suitable metal and
f " the rnw material for the sled and
. ts accessories, which were henceforth
hto e "nk? d wltn ur destiny,
,Tne sJed a evolved as the result
careful study of local environment
and .of tha anticipated Ice surface
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Cllntock sled, with Its wide runners,
which has been used by most explor
ers for fifty years. Nor did we aban
don the old fashioned Iron shoes for
German sliver strips.
What a Polar Sled Should Bs.
The conditions which a polar Sled
must meet are too complex to outline
here. In a broad sense it seemed that
the best qualities of the best wood
Yukon sled could be combined with
the local fitness of the Eskimo craft,
with tough hickory fiber and sealskin
lashings to make elastic joints. With
plenty of nativw ingenuity to foresee
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POLAR BEAR AND ESXIM0 DOG
and provide for the strain of adaptabil
ity and endurance, the possibilities of
our sled factory were very good.
For dog harness the Eskimo pattern
was adopted, but canlue economy Is
such that when rations are reduced to
workable limits the leather strips dls
ippear as food. To overcome this dis
aster the shoulder straps were made
of folds of strong canvas, while the
traces were cut from cotton log line.
A boat la an Important adjunct to
very sledge expedition which hopes
to venture far from Its base of oper
ation. It Is a matter of necessity even
when following the new coast line, as
Is shown by the mishap of Myllus
Erlckson, for If he had had a boat ha
would himself have returned to tell
the atory of the Dauls'j expedition to
east Greenland.
Need for a boat cornea with the
changed conditions of the advancing
leaaou. Things must be carried for
several months for a chance use In the
last stages of the return; but, since
food supplies are necessarily limited,
delay Is fatal. Therefore when open
water prevents , progress a boat be
comes In the nature of a life pre
server. Foolish Indeed Is the explorer who
Ignores this detail of the problem.
Transport of a boat, however, offers
many serious objections. Nansen in
troduced the kayak, and most explor
ers since have adopted the same de
vice. The Eskimo canoo serves the
purpose very well, but to carry it for
three months without hopeless destruc
tion requires an amount of enersry
which stamps the polar venf-re with
failure.
Selecting a Boat.
Sectional boats, aluminium bonts,
skin floats and other devices have been
tried, but to ell there is the same fatal
objection of Impossible transportation.
It seems rather odd that the ordinary
folding canvas boat has not been press
ed into this service.
We found It to fit the situation ex
actly, selecting a twelve foot Eureka
shaped boat with wooden frame. The
slats, spreaders and floor pieces were
utilized as parts of sleds. The can
vas cover served as a floor cloth for
our sleeping bags. Thus the boat did
useful service for a hundred days and
was never In evidence as a cumber
some device.
When at last the craft was spread
and covered. In It we carried the sled,
In It we camped, la It we sought game,
the meat of which took the place of
exhausted supplies. 'Without it we,
too, would not have returned.
Preparation of the staple food sup
ply is of even greater Importance than
means of locomotion. To the success
of a prolonged arctic enterprise In
transit successive experience Is bound
to dictate a wise choice of equipment,
but it does not often educate the
etomacb.
From the published accounts of arc
tic travelers It Is Impossible to select
a satisfactory menu for future explor
ers, and I hasten to add that perhaps
our experience will be equally unsatis
factory to subsequent victims.
Nor is It safe to listen to scientific
advice, for the stomach is the one or
gnn of the body which stands as tho
autocrat over every other human sense
and passion and will not easily yield
to foreign dictates.
The problem differs with every man.
It differj with every expedition, and It
Is radically different with every na
tion. Thus when De Gerlacbe forced
Norwegian food into French stomachs
he learned that there was a nationality
In gastronomies.
Depending on Eskimo Food.
In this respect, as In others, I was
helped very much by the people who
were to line up my forces. The Eski
mo is ever hungry, but his taste Is
normal. Things of doubtful value In
nutrition form no part In his dietary.
Animal food, meat and fat, Is entirely
satisfactory as a steady diet without
other adjuncts. His food requires nei
ther salt nqr sugar, nor Is cooking a
matter of necessity.
Quantity Is important, but quality
applies only to the relative proportion
of fat. With this key to the gastro
nomies of our lockers, pemmlcan wns
selected as the staple food, which also
served equally well for the dogs.
We had an ample supply of pem
mlcan, made by Armour, of pounded
dried beef, sprinkled with a few
raisins, some currants and a small
quantity of sugar. This mixture was
ON THE JOHN . BRADLEY.
cemented together with heated beef
tallow and run Into tin cang containing
six pounds each.
This combination waa invented by
an American Indian. It has been used
before as part of the long list of food
stuffs In arctic products, but with us
It was the whole bill of fare when
away from game haunts.
Only a few palate surprises were
carried, and these will be Indicated in
the narrative of camp life. The entire
winter and night were spent with busy
bands, under direction of Eskimo and
Caucasian Ingenuity, In working out
the clothing and camp comforts with
out which we could hot Invade te fur
bidden mystery of tho polar barau.
Although we did not follow tlofceJjr
either the route or methods of onr
predecessors, we nre nevertheless dou
bly Indebted to them, for their experi
ences. Including their failures, - were
tor stepping stones to sw ees.
(Continued next week.)
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A grotesque and foolish view of the
rest leads mai)j tho are not ac
quainted with that part of the country
to perpetrate amusing blunders re
garding the possibilities of the typical
western weapons, the rifle and the six
shooter. To Bhoot an animal's eye out
at a hundred paces is a common feat
in wild west literature. Sometimes it
is done with a Blx shooter In type, not
anywhere else.' Of course, no man
can see the eye of an animal that far.
I have bad a good rifleman tell me he
could cut off a robin's bead at a hun
dred steps. The truth Is that he could
not see the bead clearly that far. You
read that the desperado Slade could
with a six shooter at fifty or sixty
steps hit a man In any button of bis
coot that be chose, but yon may be
sure that neither Slade nor any one
else could do anything of -the kind.
Even trick and fancy shooting at Us
best could ever cover feats ascribed as
matters of course to the average fron
ticrsman by those devotees of frenzied
Cctlon who never saw the frontier.
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Shampoo.
A mld-elghteenth century traveler,
wbo Is the first person known to have
made English of the word "shampoo,"
wrote that "shampooing Is an opera
tion not known In Europe and la pe
culiar to the Chinese, which I bad once
the curiosity to go through, and for
which I paid but a trifle. However,
bad I not seen several Chinese mer
chants shampooed before me I should
hare been apprehensive of danger,
even at the sight of. all the different
Instruments." The original "sham
poo," as this traveler's detailed ac
count and other allusions for long
after his time show, was very much
what we call "massage" now. It was
from India that the word really came,
and It represents the Imperative of a
verb meaning, to knead.
English Robes of State.
Every robemaker In London always
keep some of the most expensive
robes of state those of a registrar, for
Instance ready and lends them out
when officials bave to use them at
any ; great ceremony. Many a peer
when his portrait Is to be added to the
family picture gallery has obtained
the crimson and ermine from bis tailor
for a small consideration.
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