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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1909)
THE NEWS RECORD (Twice-a-Week.) An independent krwkpaper Formerly the Wallowa News, estab liaiiea March 3. 1899. Published Wednesdays and Satur days at Enterprise, Oregon, by THE ENTERPRISE PRESS Office East side Court House Square Entered as second-class matter January 2, 1909, at the postofflce at Enterprise. Oregon, iinJer the Act of March 3, 1S79. Subscription Ua'es: One year $2, lx months $1, three months &0c, one month 20c. On yearly cash-in-advance subscrlpilons a discount of 25c Is given. 8ATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1909. Concerted efforts to develop the Portland livestock market on a big scale have been begun during the week by livestock men of the North west in connection with the rail roads in the matter of more favor able rates. A conference was held between a ntimler of representative stockmen, the managmont of the local stockyards, and the traffic man ager of the railroads centering there. Uniform livestock rates tlKit will be of great benefit ito Hie mock raisers throughout the territory naturally tributary to tho Portland market. According to W. It. Parker, of Bak er City, who -was Interviewed In Port land last week, Oieson has 'the only herd of ibex known, to exist on the continent. He discovered the rare animals in the vl.jinity of Eagle Cap In the uioj ital.is on tho touth line of thli eo-jnty. II j urgoj that a game rnejerve be cieatod there for their jn-mervetion. tla'e.is till 3 U done, 'Mr. Pudcor tears the ibex will be extor-mi'-Hted l.y hunters. :Ti3. .!-'i ex . '1 J it to '-. . , ilia Ualver- directory . r e . i 1 I'll 9 :'ll')0:s. It will i:o;uaii tl:o n in.' e.) of tho teachers, .he a-nbjuoti la n:ht. by 3cb, their ? r v ;'i 1 ' 'T :iv.- ii mV" nP Vfiars in f.i . . ' ;j, i. , and is to ! t.u.. a ..i. ... 3 Oi ci 3. lno tiouKwi.l uy ii.er.iiry Bocletlos ithroiisho it 'tho s a'-a for the Oregon tlt& Mioi Lol :tiu.g League Bulle tin .; bcoi uro, nil there Is still A srotn.i ..,ly ito '.e hvl for the ask ing lioiii tlio University of Oregon Heslalrar, s.iys a communication from the Umi've:sl:y. The Bulletin contal.is a fuM dUeu-ssI.m or effective debating, In addil .lm to complete bib UogiiMphlei on a number of Important ftubJecU. As tho Wallowa County high school Is a member of the leugiio and will participate In t'ho de bates tills winter, lliU bulletin would doubtless prove of lntureit to many of our readers. Elizabeth Robins the eminent English authoress, writes about the English Suf fragettes. She tells why they resort to the violence that lands them in jail. Save a little of your indigna tion for the chapters of " The Beast and the Jungle " that are to come. Judge Lindsey hasn't really started to get to the heart of his story yet. DECEMBER EVERYBODY'S Aik It ui tki Jrmiiifiui I'O ; 8AL.K It Y JACKim'Sl WEAVER Pacific Horse Lliiloitnl U prepared expressly (or the neciii o. horsemen and ranchiiten. Il is a powerful and pent. Iralinf liniment, a rcmeJy lor emerxen Cles. A loolhinj embrocation for the relief ol pain, anil Ihe best liniment lor sprains and soreness. I'ncqualed lor curinf tht woimdi and injuries ol BAR11E0 WIKl: and far bealinf cuts, abrasions, sores and brulci I'aatlc llorse Liniment Is tu'.'.y tuarantced. No olbcr Is so food or hcif lul in ss many ways. It It fail3 tv satiny, we aathorU all dealers to refund the purchase price. imi lAot oiri.it tim cints HOYT CKCMICAl, CO., htunb, ot. hooki.pt t '.. j rcce For Sals By 0URNAUGH A MAYFIELD V j The Conquest By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK Copyright. 1909. by the New Yard Herald Company, Hcflisiered In Canada In Accordance With Copy right Act. Copyright In Mex ico Under L&wi of the Republic of Mexico. All Rights R.cerved KOOLOOTINGWAII and Innglto bad been our bedfellows for the entire northward run, and they bad gone through many danger ous and bard experiences together. We therefore felt more keenly their de parture than tbe going of the first six. We were at first lonely, but the exi gencies of our problem were soon suffi ciently engaging to occupy every call and strain every fiber. Now our party was reduced to three, and, tbougb the Isolation was more op pressive, there we-e tbe usual advan tages for greater comfort and progress of a small family of workers. The in creased number of a big expedition al ways enlarges tbe responsibility and dlhicultlcs. In tbe early part of a polar venture this disadvantage Is eliminat ed by the survival of the fittest, but after the Inst supporting sleds return tbe men are married to each other and can no longer separate. A disabled or unfitted dog can be fed to bis compan ions, but an Injured or weak man can not be put aside. An exploring ven ture is only as strong as Its weakest member, and Increased numbers, like increased links In a chain, reduce effi ciency. The personal Idiosyncrasies and In conveniences always shorten 'the day's march; but, above alt. a numerous par ty quickly divides Into cliques, which are always opposed to each other, to the leader and to the best Interests of the problem in band. With but two savage companions, to whom this ar duous task wus but a part of an ac customed life of frost. 1 hoped to over- IR. COOK AS BE APPItARKD WHU SIC KliACUtU COPENUAUUt. come ninny of the natural personal barritrs to the success ot arctic expedi tious. One Degree In Three Days. By dead reckoning our ponltlou was latitude 8'J degrees 23 minutes, lonci ture l" degrees 14 minutes. A study of the Ice seemed to Indicate that we bad passed beyond the tone of lee crushed by the liillupiice of land pres sure. I'chliid were great hum mocks iind k inn II Ice; nhend was a cheerful einnse of larger floes. I'sltig tbe ac I'tiinulitied visor of man and beast, we Imil mU a need a degree of latitude In three !uy (lur destination was about Ii'iO mill's beyond. Till fiir lire hud assumed quite an i ! tier iiMf Hx-t Previously we permit led i iirselves some luxuries. A pound i.f i hhI nil and a good deal of musk ox tnllow were burned each day to heat the Igloo and .to cook abundant food. Extra meals were served when an oc casion called for It. and each mau ate and drank all be desired. If tbe stock ing or the mittens were wet there wm (!r eitiuigh to dry them out. But 'II r this muHt now lie etmng'Hl. Tliere wns n nhort dally allowance of fix d nml fool -one pound of peniml ciip ht ibiv for the dogs, about the same' ff tbe men. with Just a tast of other ililna. Kortuuately, we wer well stuffed for tbe race with fresh nient In the lucky run through game lands. At llrst no great hardship followed the changed routine. We Oiled up suf ficiently on two cold meals and used superfluous liodlly tissue. It was uo longer possible to Jump on the sled for. an occasional breathing spell, as we bud done along the land. With overloaded sleds the drivers must pusb and pull at the sleds to aid the dogs, and I searched tbe troubled Ice for an easy route, rutting here and there with the Ice as to penult the passing of the sleds. Stripped For the Race. We are finally stripped for the race. Man nml dog must walk along togeth er through storms ami frost for that elusive pivot. Success or failure de pended mostly upou our ability to transport nourishment and to keep up the muscular strength for a prolonged period. - As we awoke on tbe following morn ing and peeped out of the eye port the I t yi J ft 4 1 I $ ,i pf v.;. f if riJ v (Oh 1 I t f) ui' ,, l !iV i of the Pole Polar Party Reduced to Three and Northward March Continued All Con ditions Are Favorable J SIXTH ARTICLE eoreeeee-t-e ee-reee 1 sun was edging along the northeast. throwing a warm orange glow on us ; that gluddenpd our hearts. Tbe tem perature was C.5 degrees below zero F.; tbe barometer was steady and high. There was almost no wind, and not a cloud lined tbe dome of pale purple blue. After two cups of tea. a watch sized biscuit, a chip of frozen meat and a BBKlllO MOTHER AMD BABK. bowlder of pemmlcnn we crept out of the bags. The shivering legs were pushed through bearsklu cylinders, which served as trousers; the feet were worked into frozen boots, and then we climbed Into fur coats, kicked the front out of the snow house and danced about to start the fires of the heart. Quickly the camp furnishings were tossed on tbe sleds and securely lash ed down. The dog traces were gath ered Into the drag lines, and with a vlimrous snap of Hie long whip the wllllic civnuires ,ent to the shoulder strap. J lie Meds groaned, and the un yielding miiowx gave u metallic ring, but the train moved with a cheerful puce. "I'nne nooiin terronga dosangwah" (good land out of sight todnyi we said to one nnollier. but the words did not come with Wlnis Intent. In truth, each in his own way felt keenly that we were leaving a world of life and possible comfort for one of torment and sulTerlng Ilellierg Island was al ready only a dull blue haze, while Graut I.imd wns making fantastic fig ures of its peaks and ice walls. Wave of Mirages. The stamp of reality bad given place to a wave of curious mirages. Some peiiks seemed like active volcanoes; others rose to exaggerated heights and pierced the changing skies with multi ple spires like church steeples. Alto gether this unexpected pauornnia of the upper surface of lira nt Land uuder the Influence of optical illusions gave us considerable entertainment. At every breathing spell the beads turned to the land, and every look gave a uew prospect From belching volca noes to smoking cities of modern bus tle the mirage gave suggestive bits of scenes, but a more desolate tine of coast could not be Imagined. Low wind swept and ice polished mountains were separated by valleys tilled with great depths of snow and Ice. This Interior accumulation moved slowly to the sea. where it formed a low Ice fall, a glacier of the malasplna type, but Its appearance was more like thut of heavy sen lee; hence the name of the fragment trcun this glacier, floe bere.. which seen in Lincoln sea and re Beitilnliig out tloes. were s.ipKsed to be the product .it the upbuilding of the ice of t lie north polar sea. Lnie In ihe aiieriioon the land sud dei:! eit ec lis iv nn earthquake. The pem l iiuet which raised it dark ened and a purine tabrtc was drawn UU. COOK BCNTUtO WALSl'S. over tbe horlzou. merging tmperceptl bly w lib the lighter purple blue of the upper skies. We saw the land, howev er, repeatedly for several days when ever the atmosphere was tu tbe right toudiliou to elevate the terrestrial con tour Hues. All Conditions Favorable. Everything was lu our favor in this march. Tbe wind was not strong and struck at an angle, making It osslble to guard the nose by pushing a mitten under the hood or by raising the fur dud hand. The snow was hard, and I Ihe Ice, in fairly large does separated by pressuie lines, offered little trouble. At the end of a forced effort of four teen hours tbe register Indicated twenty-nine nillis. Too tired to begin the construction . of a house at ouce. we threw ourselves fA wiP r i flown on the siMfea ror a short breatb lDg spell and fell asleep. Awakened about an hour later by a strong wlud. we hastened to seek shelter. The heavy doe upon whlcn we rested bad several large hummocks, and over to the lee of one of these was found suit able snow for a camp. Lines of snowy vapor were rushing over tbe pack. and the, wind came with a rapidly In creasing force. But the dome was erected before we suffered severely from the blast, and under It we crept out of the coming T rms Into warm furs. it blew fiercely thnt nlgbt but In the morning the storm eased to a steady draft, with a temperature of 5t) de grees below. At noon we emerged. The snow grays hnd been swept from tbe frigid dome, but to the north there remained a low black line over a pearly cloud which gave us much nn PHstness. It was a narrow belt of water sky and Indicated open water or very thin Ice at no great distance. The upper surface of Grant Land was a mere line, but a play of land (jlouds over It fixed the eyes on the mst known rocks of solid earth. In this march we felt keenly the piercing teld of the polar sea. The temperature fjradually rose to 4(1 below in the after ttion. but the chill of the shadows In cy?ased with the swing of the sun's glitter. 1 A Life 8applng Wind. p still blew that light, life sapping dtaft which sealed tbe eyes and bleach, ed the nose. We had hoped that this wbuld soften with tbe middny sun. bit instead It came with a sharper edge. Our course was slightly west oflnorth; the wind was slightly north of Iwest. It struck us at a painful an. and brought tears. The moistened es quickly froze together In wlnk and we were forced to halt fre- nfly to unseal tbe eves with the nth of the uncovered hand. In meantime we found tbe nose tip ped avltb a white skin, and It also re quired nursing. The entire face was surroVinded with Ice. Thll experience brought warm lan guage but there was no redress. If we akned to succeed the face must be baied to the cut of the elements. At nLout C o'clock, as the snn crossed the wtst. we had reached a line of high pressure ridges. Beyond the Ico was cut Into smaller floes and thrown together Into ugly Irregularities. An active back and troubled seas conld not be far away, according to our stir mlses. The water sky widened, but became less sharply defined. We nmnnued to pick a way among hummock's and pressure lines which seemed lmpoeelble from a distance. ESKIMO JDOO. and In a few hours we saw from an unusual uplift of ice blocks a broad, dark line separating tbe packs a tre mendous cut several miles wide, which seemed at tbe time to bar all farther progress. We bad a folding canvas boat on the sleds, but in a temperature of -IS decrees below zero no cruft could be lowered Into water without fatal results. All of the Ice about was firm ly cemented together, and over It a way was forged to the shore of the great lead. Camp Beside tha Load. Camp wus made on a secure old field, and over Its buge Ice cliffs the crack seemed like a long river winding be tween iwllsades of blue crystal. A thin sheet of yellow Ice had already spread over the mysterious deep, aud I pttM wm a profusion of fantastic frost crystals were arranged tu buuehea resembling flowers. Through this young Ice dark vapors rose like steam through a acreeu of porous fabrics and fell la feathers of dut along the sparkling shores. Etukhbdiook went east aud 1 went wcm to examine the lead for a safe crossing. There were w vera I narrow places, while here and there floes bud been adrift lu tbe lead and were now tiled by the young Ice. Abwelah remained to make our suow bouse comfortable. In exploring the shore line a partial ly bridged place was found about a tulle from caiup, bat tUe young Ice was too elastic for a safe track. The tem perature, however, fell rapidly with the setting sua, aud the wlud was juat strong enough te sweep off the heated vapors. A better atmospheric coudl tloo could not be afforded to quickly thicken the young Ice. Tbe groauliig tee and the eagerness to reach the opposite abores kept us awake for a loug time. With tbe ear renting on the f rotten a tbe vibrations and noUea of the moving pack were not unlike those of au earthquake. Btvakfaat was served early, and soon after we were on the thin Ice to test Its strength. Though the Ice was hardly safe. It did not seem wise to wait long er, for the western skies were darken ing with a wlud that Right destroy the new ke aud compel 1 halt tor a loug time. (Continued next week.) J. D. WALCK Real Estate Dealer NOTARY PUBIJC Mitchell Hotel Block JOSEPH. OREGON To the Citizens of Wallowa County: It is our purpose to handle any business entrusted to us in such a fair and liberal manner as to matte the customer's rela tion with this banK satisfactory and profitable. 11 Aside from our excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of a large capital and substantial list of stockholders. It is also a State Deposi tory. If you are not a customer we invite you to become one. SlnrtpveR Mil Fanners National Baok Wallowa, Oregon MAIL AND PASSENGER STAGER LINE Wallowa. Appleton, Flora io Paradise, MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS; and torn Paradise, Flora and Appleton to Wallowa, TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS 1 ol accommodations, court. hum treatment and reasonable rates. Leave Wallowa at 6 a. nt. E. W. SOUTHWICK, Proprietor. f ' rlr 1111 t i rUTiunn iw .11. .iiiwii yallIiaTJ PROVE IT FOR YOURSELF! C Hundreds of people in this town are about ready to purchase a talking machine. C Buy in the daylight 1 Make compar isons 1 Remember that there' are "talk ing machines" and "phonographs," but only one Graphophone the Columbia GRAPHOPHONE C Be sure to get in touch with us before you buy. Complete Graphophone out fits from $20 up. Come in and listen. Most people prefer to buy "on time" and that suits us. Terms are Easy! BURNAUGH & MAYFIELD, Agents, ENTERPRISE, OREGON. I
