Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-18

LO Sdi 1AICIlC CluD, luIOu5h
Commander Robert E. Peary, has is
sued a small pamphlet setting forth
the gains which have come to the hui
man race through Arctic exploration
and those which will be brought by
the achievement of the one great pur-
pose of them all, the reaching of the
North Pole. Commander Peary like
wise explains in some detail how he
hopes to succeed in his effort and
why he expects to do SO.
1t is generally admitted that Peary
is the foremost Arctic explorer alive
today, and probably the foremost of
any time His summing up of the
gains to be achieved by reaching the
Pole may be accepted as fair and
full statement of the case. After show
ing that a total value of $500, 000, 900
in minerals, furs, whale products and
other commercial articles has been
brought back to civilization from the
Arctic regions and declaring that the
attainment of the Pole means the
probability of the discovery of new
lands, new mineral deposits and new
whaling grounds, he says in summing
up:
'@The attainment of the Pole means
present and future enduring fame for
this country.
'sIt means the sign of. mans final
physical conquest of the earth.
'tIt means an impetus to further
geographical work by this country in
other important fields.
1T means an object lesson in the
spirit OF emulation, of high ideals, of
persistence and determination; and a
spur and stimulus to every boy and
young man with an atom of energy or
ambition and intelligence throughout
the length and breadth of the land,
and to their children after them
stimulus far beyond that of text books
or precept, and the value of which
cannot be gagged by dollars and cents.
ct means that we pluck and hold
forever the last of the great world
prizes for which strong and adventur-
Gus nations have struggled
ga prize never to be rewon, never to
be surpassed"
After all has been said by its fore
most advocate and ablest exponent the
question of whether or not there is
Justification for the deliberate risk of
human lives and the expenditure of
vast amounts of money in the search
must go to the jury of public opinion
on the plea of fame to be Won
The plan of Commander Peary
which is founded on his previous ex-
perience is noteworthy because of his
intention to employ wireless telegra-
ply in maintaining communications
between the different posts of his ex-
peditfon. By means of this wireless
telegraph outfit the ship will be kept
in direct communication with Chateau
bay. Labrador, and thence by existing
lines with New York city. The sledge
party which, according to schedule,
will start on its dash for the pole in
February. 1906, will be able by the
same means to keep in touch with the
ship for at least part of its reach
over the ice
Briefly stated, Commander Peary's
plan is based upon the Smith sound or
American" route to the Pole 1t con-
templates a powerful strongly built
ship which can be forced through the
ice to a base within less than 500
miles of the Pole; the utilization OF
the resources and services of the Eski-
mos, with whom Perry is very power
full, and the use of dogs for tractive
power.
Peary purposes to start in July of
the present year, to establish base at
Cape Sabine, and to force his vessel
through Kane basin and Kennedy and
Robson channels to the northerly
coast of firant land. where the ship
will winter OF the earlier stages of
the trip Commander Peary says:
The trip to Cape Sabine presents
no particular difficulty, and the expert