The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

AssoTtHebt VI OseIui FTesents
Eskimos.
Undoubtedly every one aboard til
Roosevelt, Commander Robert
Peary's arctic bound steamer, felt
thrill as the big weather beaten vesse
pulled slowly out Of the recreation
pier at the foot OF East Twenty-fourtl
street New York, the other afternoon
at ! o'clock while from the shore thou
sands of voices gave lusty cheers 70
the intrepid explorer as he started OF
his third quest for the north pole. A!
the ship passed up the stream she vTai
saluted by three whistles from ever
craft that was within sight.
From early morning until sailing
time the crew were rushing about, pill
| ing In as fast as they could the strange
and miscellaneous cargo that goes to
make up an arctic equipment. That
the crew Will not starve is certain to
any one who saw the enormous number
Of boxes and bags containing food of
all kinds.
at amt all salt horse, either" the
Irish chef explained, .for we have got
arctic fodder to science now, and
we can have our spring vegetables
out OF thin tiGs, We see, on Christmas
day at the pole, when we get there,
aud It's sure we get there at that"
Every one from Commander Peary
to the bo's'n are optimistic regarding
the success of the venture. Com
mander Peary said:
This certainly has been a splendid
send off | am deeply grateful for the
honor. We are ready for the trip. l
have done entirely too much work in
that country to be certain of anything,
so Ill not promise anything before |
start, except that | am going to put
into it every bit Of energy. moral, men,
tai and physical, that I possess.
II feel confident that in any case
shall carry the American flag farther
north than ever. Unless the unfore
seen happens | shall plant the stars
and stripes at the magnetic pole
The Roosevelt has been thoroughly re-
paired from her last struggles with
the ice, has been fitted with two new
boilers of 500 horsepower each, making
power than she was three years ago
She is, so far as we are able to make
her, equipped to meet any emergency
IL conditions are no worse in the next
season than they were during the last |
voyage | shall hope to accomplish the |
object of the expedition and return III
lbout fifteen months-th is, in Oeto. |
Der, 1909 am prepared, however |
or stay OF three years"
Huge bouquets of roses and other |
lowers filed the cabin in which Com |
nander Peary viii spend much time
Turing the next year The cabin Is
comfortable and as well furnished us
imilar room on a big ocean liner. and
is far more homelike. Nor win
here be lacking books to while away
he tedious hours when the Roosevelt
J winter bound in the northern ice
eds. The publishers of New York
ave seen to that. They alhchipped in
D furnish books for the explorer and
is crew. All told. more than 200 vol
mes have been slowed aboard the
essel, and they represent almost
very type of literature and every
lrge publishing house in New York.
Among the stores ON board the
are 10000 pounds of -four,
, 900 loaves of bread, two tons of cod
sh, 200 cases of beans, $500 gallons
I oil for fuel and lighting, 200 cases
tomatoes and several hundred of
rown bread
An important part of the cargo on
lie Roosevelt is the large assortment
useful presents that Commander
cary is taking north for his friends
lie Eskimos. He knows everybody In
lie tribe except the babies born since
s visit, and not person has been
rgotteu. The presents are all staple
ings. for on his first expedition to
e polar regions Commander Peary
ind that the Eskimos desired only
ose things that were useful to them.
hey cared not for beads, fancy
Dthes or toys. :
Il am taking a lot of things for my
ithful friends up there" said Com
ander Peary Some of them are J
esents pure and simple, while the I
st will be used in paying them for !
e services they render me. 1t would I
ridiculous to offer them money !
icy have no conception of the unit I
value. l am taking the men such !
lngs as guns, ammunition, knives, I
sel shoes for their sledges, hammers, !
tchets and other useful tools. Those
e the things they desire and prize !
. most. I
For the women | have large guam }
les of needles, thimbles, scissors and 7
rrors. They do not want beads, nor !
they have any desire for the fancy !
ngs that the Indians banker for. !
e mirror is the nearest thing to !
curry that appeals to them, and ! !
We sufficient supply on board the :
osevelt to last them for years" I
Commander Peary said he would de-
nd absolutely on the game to be I
md in the arctic for his meat sup J
:. Some of the foods he will carry !
th him, In addition to his supply of J
mmican, tea and pilot biscuit the 7
zee staple foods for use in the arctic, !