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Return on Roosevelt BEGINS.

These instructions were carried out and
after their return in the latter part OF
May Mcmillan made some further tidal
observations at other points. The sup
plies remaining at the various caches
were brought in and on July IS the
Roosevelt left its winter quarters and
was driven out into the channel back OF
Cape Mon.
1t fought its way south in the center
of the channel and passed Cape Sabine
on August s. or 80 days earlier than in
1908. and 50 days earlier than the British
expedition in 1876.
We picked up Whitney and his party
and stores at Etah We killed seventy
odd walrus for my EslSimos. whom !
landed at their homes. We met the
Jeanne off Saunders island and took over
its coal and cleared from Cape York on
August 26. one month earlier than IL
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Pole Reached at Last.

! had now made my five marches, and
was in time for a hasty noon observation
through a temporary break in the clouds
which indicated our position as $751;
quote an entry from my journal some
hours later; .a.t.t.
The pole at last. The prize OF three
centuries, my dream and goal for 20
years. mine at last. cannot bring my
self TO realize IL.
II all seems so simple and common
place. As Bartlett said when turning
back, when speaking OF his being in
these exclusive regions. which no mortal
has ever penetrated before: 1T Is Just
like every day"
OF course I had my sensations that
made sleep impossible for hours. despite
my utter fatigue-the sensations Of a life
time; but have no room for them here
The first 30 hours at the pole were
spent IN taking observations; in going
some ten miles beyond our camp and
some eight miles to the right OF it, in
taking photographs. planting my flags.
depositing my records, studying the hori-
ron with my telescope for possible land
and searching for a practicable place to
make a sounding.
Ten hours after our arrival the clouds
cleared before a light breeze from our
left and from that time until our depar-
ture In the afternoon of April the
weather was cloudless and fiawless.
The minimum temperature during the
30 hours was 80 below. the maximum IL.
We had reached the goal but the re-
turn was still before us. 1t was essential
that we reach the land before the next
spring tide, and we must strain every
nerve 10 do this.
had a brief talk with my men From
now on II was TO be a big travel. little
sleep and a hustle every minute
We would try. I told them. to double
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Going Improves on Way.

Again there was few hours sleep
and we hit the trail before midnight.
The weather and going were even bet
ter. The surface. except as interrupted
by infreduent ridges. was as level as
the glacial fringe from Heola TO Column
bia. and harder.
We marched something over ten
hours. the dogs being often on the trOt.
and made 20 miles. Near the end OF
the march we rushed across a lead 100
yards wide. which buckled under our
sledges and finally broke as the last
sledgo left H.
We stopped In sight of the eighty
ninth parallel In temperature OF 40
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Moves Expeditiously.

had no reason to complain OF the
going for the next two marches. though
for a less experienced party. less adapt
able sledges or less perfect equipment II
would have been an impossibility.
At our position at the end Of the sec
ond march. Marvin obtained n satisfac-
tory sight for latitude In clear weather.
which placed us at SIS The result
agreed satisfactorily with the dead reck-
oning OF Marvin. Bartlett and myself
Up 10 this time. the slight altitude OF
the sun had made Il not worth while 20
waste time In observations
on the next two marches the going i'm
proved. and We covered good distances.
In one OF these marches q lead delayed
us a few hours. We finally fsrried across
the ice cakes
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Sea $500 Fathoms Deep.

Five miles from the pole a narrow
crack filled with recent ice. through
which we were able to work a hole
with pickax. enabled me to make a
sounding. All my wire. 1900 fathoms
was sent down. but there was no bot
tom.
In pulling up the wire parted a few
fathoms from the surface and lead and
wire went to the bottom. on went reel
and handle. tightening the sledges st.Il
further. We had no more use for them
now.
Three marches brought us back TO
the igloos where the captain turned
back. The last march was in the wild
sweep of a northerly gale. with drift
ing snow and the ice rocking under as
we dashed over IL.
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Makes Record Run.

The next day Bartlett let himself out.
evidently. for a record. and reeled of %
miles. Here Marvin obtained another
satisfactory sight on latitude. which gave
the position as - Cor beyond the farth-
est north OF Nansen and AbruzzD. and
showed that we had covered 80 minutes
OF latitude in three marches
In these three marches We had passed
the Norwegian record OF S6i4. by Nan
sen. and the Italian record OF S6.3i. by
Cagni.
Prom this point Marvin turned back in
command OF the third supporting party.
My last words TO him were: BE care
full OF the leads. my boy
The party from this point comprised
nine men. seven sledges. and 60 dogs
The conditions at this camp and the APP
parently unbroken expanse of fairly level
ice In every direction reminded me OF
Cagni's description OF his farthest north.
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First Handicap on Return.

Igloos there disappeared completely
and the entire region was unrecogniz-
able. Where on the outward tourney
had been narrow cracks. there were
now broad leads, one OF them over five
miles In width. caught over with young
ice.
Here again fortune favored US ana
no pronounced movement OF the lea
having taken place since the captain
passed. we had his trail TO follow. We
picked up the old trail again north OF
the seventh igloos. followed IL beyond
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Few Handicaps Are Faced.

A few hours sleep and we were on
the trail again. As the eoing was now
practically horizontal we were un-
hampered and could travel as long as
we pleased and sleep as little as We
wished.
The weather was fne and the going
like that OF the previous day. except
at the beginning. when pickaxes were
required. This and brief stop at an
other lead cut down our distance. But
We had made 20 miles In ten hours and
were half way to the eighty ninth
al al
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Fine Morning for Start.

II was a fine morning. The wind OF
the last two days had subsidized. and the
going was the best and most equable
OF any l had had yet. The foes were
large and old. and clear. and were sur
rounded by pressure ridges. some OF
which were almost stupendous.
The biggest OF them. however. were
easily negotiated. either through some
crevice or up some huge brink. l set
a good pace for about ten hours.
Twenty-h ave miles took me well be-
yond the eighty eighth parallel.
While / was building my igloos a
long lead forward by the east and
southwest of us at distance OF a few
mil
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Make Forced Marches.

The next morning / put Marvin in the
lead TO pioneer the trail, with instruc-
tons to make two forced marches TO
bring up our average which had been
cut down by the last two short ones.
Marvin carried out his Instructions Inn
pllcitly. A considerable amount Of young
Ice assisted In this.
At the end OF the tenth march. latitude
S.e5. Borup turned back in command OF
the second supporting party. having trav-
eled a distance equivalent TO Nansen's
distance from this far to his farthest
north.
was sorry 20 lose this young Yale
runner. with his enthusiasm and pluck.
lie had led his heavy siedge over the
foes In a way that commanded every
ones admiration and would have made
hla faihar'n ewes gllnfen
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Ready for Final Effort.

With the disappearance OF Bartlett
turned to the problem before me. This
was that for which had worked for 81
years, for which / had lived the simple
life for which l had conserved all my
energy on the upward trip: for which
! had trained myself as for a race, crush
Ing down every worry about success.
In spite Of my years. l felt In trim
ut for the demands OF the coming days
and eager 10 be on the trail.
As for my party. my equipment. and
my supplies. was In shape beyond my
most sanguine dreams OF earliest years.
My party might be regarded as an
ideal, which had now come to realization
AS loyal and responsive TO my will as
the fingers of my rlrht hand
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Men All Tried and True.

-Four OF them possess the technique OF
dogs. sledges. ice. and cold as their heri-
tage. Two of them. Hansen and Ootam.
were my companions to the farthest point
three years before. Two others. Eginwuk
and Sigloo. were In Clark's division.
which had such narrow escape At that
time. and now were willing to go any
where with my immediate party, and
willing TO risk themselves again In any
supporting party.
The NTH was young man who had
never served before In any expedition,
but who was. II possible. even more
willing and eager than the others for
the princely gifts-s boat. a rifle. a shot
gun. ammunition. knives. etc. which
had promised TO each OF them who
reached the pole with me: for he knew
that these riches would enable him TO
wrest from n stubborn father the girl
whose image flled his hot young heart
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Make Ready for Dash.

by February q such OF the Cape colan
depot as Was needed had been brought
up TO Cape Columbia the dogs were
rested and double rAtioned and harnessed
and the niedgcs and other gear over
hauled.
-Four months Of northcrly winds during
the fail and winter instead of souther-
~ ones. as during the previous season.
led me 10 expect less open water than
before. but a great deal OF rough ice. and
! was prepared TO how n road through
the Jagged Ice for the first hundred miles
or ~. then cross the big lead.
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Put Up for Winter.

On isF . m was further advanced than
gr1gYl 'e was moro snow on tha
btrss g.. '. vac new ice inside tho noe
Commence ' uisgharging the ship was
pIeuon r, "l once and rushed TO com
tlsdrs5 ne supplies ana equipment we
O. 3d.. ue'oss ice ana sea ana dsnas,,sS
a house ana workshop wsrs
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From here we followed the captains
trail, and on April 20 our sledges
passed up the vertical edge OF tho
glacier fringe. a little west Of Cape
Columbia.
When the last siedge czt~e up I
thought my Eskimos had gone crazy.
They yelled and called and danced
themselves helpless. A. Ootah sat down
on his sledge he remarked. in Eskimo:
The devil Is asleep or having trouble
with his wife. or we never should have
come back so easily"
a few hours later we arrived az
Crane City, under the bluffs OF Cape
Columbia. and. after putting four
pounds OF pemmican into each OF the
faithful dogs 10 keep them quiet we
had, at last our chance to sleep.
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Members of Crew lauded.

The members of the crew and the
firemen were a distinct Improvement
over those of our last expedition. Every
one OF them was willing and anxious
to be OF service in every possible way.
Connors. who was promoted to be
bosn in the absence of Murphy. proved
10 be practically effective.
Barnes. seaman. and Wtseman and
Joyce. fremen. not only assisted Mar
win and Mcmillan in their tidal ana
meteorological observations on the
Roosevelt. but wiseman and Barnes
went into the field with them on their
trips to Cape Columbia. and Condor
and Cody covered 1000 miles hunting
and aledRing supplies.
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American Explorers Own Story Of His Thrilling and Successful
Dash to the Absolute Apex of the Earth.

but Of board. covered with sails. and
nttcd with stoves. and tho shin was
snug for winter In shoai water, where a
touched bottom az low tide
The settlement on the stormy shores Of
The Arctic ocean was chriatencd HUI
bardville
Hunting parties we're sent out on Sep.
tembcr 10 and bear was brought IN on
Tho 18th and some deer a day % two
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Supplies Left for Eskimos.'

As for my faithful Eskimos have
left them with ample supplies OF dark.
rich walrus meat and blubber for their
winter, with currants. sugar. biscuits.
guns. rifles. ammunition knives. hatch
cts traps. etc.
For the splendid four who stood be-
side me at the pole a boat and tent
each TO requite them for their energy
and the hardship and toll they UNDER
went 10 help their friend Peary to the
north pole.
But all OF this--the dearly bought
years OF experience. the magnificent
strength OF the Roosevelt the splen-
did energy and enthusiasm OF my party.
the loyal faithfulness OF my Eskimos
could have gone for naught but for
the faithful necessaries OF war fur
nished SO loyalty by the members and
friends Of the Peary Arctic club.
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Wind Helps Out.

During the last few miles I walked
beside him or In advance. lie was sol
enn and anxious TO 20 further. but the
program was for him TO 20 back from
porting party, and there were no sup
plies for an increase In the main party.
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BARTLETT Did Good Work.

when he left l felt for moment
pangs Of regret a. he disappeared in
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peav Denies Cook Claim.

MI. d. -bof. Labrador tvia Mareonl
-. rars Ray. n. -. sept MO
...,f. about cooks story, or at
~ .,pI,ir any discrepancies In his
..-,'r,rfs The AFFAIR viii settle hAeit.
al. t.. not t.on a. the pole on Aprh
=, ,.. or az any other time lie has
-, banded The public a gold brick.
,,,'ements ARE made advisedly'
- have proof of them. when ne
mu statement Of his journey
oil. geo4ure 20 some geographical
-. ., other reputable body. " that
-, contains the claim that he mas
.-.l.,s tre pole. I shall be In POSI-
-. \, furnish material that may prove
s,.-.,I, Interesting reading Tor the pup
A. ROBERT T. PEAltf.
p,,r. rarbor. Labrador Cvla Marco
.. ..,sisss Cape Ray. y. -. sept -
-, steamer Roosevelt bearing inc
IN palar expedition OF the Peary
I,.,.- club parted company with the
r., ana steamed out 81 Etah ford late
4, ne Afternoon Of August ~. 1905.
.,t,.rs ths usual course for Cape Ia
~, Tho weather was dirty. win
,,,.s southcrIy winds We had on
io,ri g. Eskimo men. II women. and
ii eaHaren. 20 dogs. and SEINE forty
90 uR'f1s
Ne encountered the ice n short dts
trss from the mouth Of the harhor.
hi % vas not closely packed. and was
n,s5uated by the Roosevelt without
-. .as q. p Guilty
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Thanks 10 Dead Friend.

And Il is no detraction from the liv-
ing 90 say that TO no single individual
has the fine result been more signally
due than 10 my friend. the late Morris
X Jesup. the first president OF the club.
Their assistance has enabled me TO
tell the last o. the great earth stories.
the story the world has been waiting
20 hear for 500 years-the story OF
the discovery Of the north pole.
ROBERT E. PEARI. 1
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DISCOVERY OF THE POLE IS DESCRIBED BY PEAR1
Eskimos Wild with low.

the nfth. and a, the big lead lost is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
CHARGES
WIFE OF
INFELICITY
Wealthy Spokane Merchant
Commits Suicide by Shot
Through His Head.
[UNIrnp Pile LBAaED wIRn. ]

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 13.-Charlef
J. Paine, a wealthy hardware man oil
this city, committed suicide as he lay
in bed this morning, by shooting him
self through the head.
In a note which was found I'm an
overcoatf pocket, Paine declared that
his wife was his murderess through
her infelicities.
He also declared I'm the letter that
she had wrecked his life with her
frivolitles.
Paine and his wife had lived apart
for some time, but recently a recon-
ciliation was effected
Mrs. Paine was dressing in an adj
Joining room when she heard a shot.
Rushing into her husbands room she
found him dying, with blood gushing
from a wound in his head. His hand
still tightly clutched the smoking re-
volver.
The woman was taken to the DO
lice station in an hysterical condition,
the police fearing that she would
take her life If released
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
GOLDEN HONOR ROLL

Dear Editor-I would like to add
one more name to your list of old
pioneers. This old gentleman,
whose name is Thomas Crockett,
will be 81 years old the 25th day
of January, 1910, and was born in
the state Of Indiana, County Of
Washington. He is next to the
youngest OF ten children.
He crossed the plains in 1849 with
Rube Mcfarland as captain and set
tied in Washington county, Oregon.
He helped to fight the Indians In
1856 and 1856 in Eastern Oregon
under Colonel Tom Cornelious and
next Captain Calf, and was in some
very close quarters. At one time his
horse fell from under him and the
Indians almost got his scalp.
On the 10th day of March, 1853,
he was married to Miss Sarah Smith.
He next moved to Polk county and
lived there during the hard winter
Of '61-62. He next moved to Linn
county and has resided there until
two years ago. He now spends his
declining years visiting among his
He has raised large family of |
girls ana boys, eleven IN number, ]
all of whom are living but one.
The youngest is now almost thirty |
years of age.
He is hale and hearty and can re
member a great many incidents
which happened when he was boy.
He remembers very distinctly the
night that all the stars in the
heavens were falling. 1t happened
N the year of 1888. We all have
'ead about the same. He reads the
iaily Journal and never thinks os
ising glasses. He loves to talk over
,lden times and enjoys himself at
he table as well as any farmer IN
Marion county. A DAUGHTER.
Salem, Dec. 13, 1909.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
LOOK AT THOSE.

Good new 7-rom house and 4fine
lots; must be sold at once. Inves.
tlgate.
Small house, fine we'll, 10 lots, all
in fruit, near car line; snap.
100 acres, all In cultivation, good
house, 2 barns, on good road, in
sight of Salem; teams, COWS,
tools and hay; good farm, a bar
gain, ali for $S5 per acre.
so acres, all extra land, god new
buildings, on good road, close to
Salem, close to school, best home
and land In 4 miles of Salem;
teams and all goes. See A. c..
Smith & Co.
ESQ acres, all in cultivation, good
house, 2 barns, S-acre orchard, on
good road, miles from station.
best buy in the county, only $55
per acre.
II you want vacant lots, fruit
orchards or vacant lands see
A. @. SMITH a 90,
544 State Street. PhoneISO7
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14

Proposals for Wood for State Institu
tiOns.
The Boards of Trustees of the sew
eral state institutions, located at o.
near the city of Salem, invite sealet
bids for wood for the year 1910, al
follows:
$500 cords of first and second
growth fir, to be delivered at Oregon
State Insane Asylum.
1900 cords of first and second.
growth fir, to be delivered at Oregon
State Insane Asylum Cottage Farm
1900 cords first and second.
growth fir, 100 cords of grub oak, to
be delivered at Oregon State Peniten-
tiary.
$50 cords of first and second
growth fir (first growth preferred)
70 De delivered at the State Institu-
ton for Feeble Minded.
$50 cords of first growth fir, to be
delivered at Capitol Building.
$50 cords of first and second.
growth fir and so cords of grub oak,
to be delivered at Oregon State Re-
form School.
1876 cords of slab wood, 5 cords of
grub oak and 10 cords of first growth
fr. to be delivered at Oregon State
Blind School.
400 cords of first and second
growth fir, to be delivered at oregon
School for Deaf Mutes (new loca.
tom.
Switch connections with the South
srn Pacific Company enables bidders
TO deliver wood in carload lots at the
oregon State Insane Asylum and Pen
tentiary.
Sealed bids will be received for all
)r any part of the above. Cord wood
must be cut while green from sound
1mber, four feet long, reasonably
Itraight, and we'll seasoned, deliv-
'red as designated at or near the
places designated, closely corded with
Each bid must be accompanied by t,
, certified check, payable to the |
Jerk, or cash equal to 25 cents per |
ord, to be forfeited to the state as |
amages in case the bidder receiving +
he award shall fail to execute a con. J
ract to deliver the wood and furnish
satisfactory bond. Successful bid !,
ers VIII be required within ten days
fter notification of acceptance of bid
enter into a contract to furnish a
bond. Bidders should be
areful to state in their bids the
anne of the institution and the kind
nd number of cords to be furnished.
ids must be sealed in envelopes, en-
orsed Proposals for wood" and ad
ressed to the undersigned. Any
lrther information may be had OF
le undersigned.
The right to reject any or all bids,
r any part of a bid, and to waive de-
'cts in any bids, If 1t be deemed to
le interest of the state to do SO, Is
by the Boards of Trustees.
Bids will be opened at the Execu
We Chambers, State Capitol, Salem,
regon, on December 20, 1909, at 8
m.
BY order of the Board of Trustees
the above institutions.
g. N. M'ARTHUR, Clerk.
12-6-15t I
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
DYSPEPSIA

Having taken your wonderful CascA.
rets' for three months and being entirelV
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsiS
I think a word of praise Is due q
'Cascarets' for their wonderful compoaas
ton. have taken numerous other a0s
called remedies but without avail, and Z
find that Cascarets relieve more in a daV
than all the others have taken wouliAn
q year" James McGune,
IoS Mercer ST., Jersey City, N.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
Zoe. 25c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
ulne tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 9l0
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
More Danville Proof.

Jacob Schrall, 4S2 South St., Dan
vile, ILL.,, writes: For over eighteen
months was sufferer from kidney
and bladder trouble. During the
whole time was treated by several
doctors and tried several different
kidney pills. Seven weeks ago /
commenced taking Foley's Kidney
Pills, and am feeling better every
day, and will be glad to tell anyone
Interested just what Foley's Kidney
Pills did for me-" J. G. Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14
Comic stunt A. nreomIond

Manager Sellers of the Dreamland
theatre will this evening depart from
the usual order of things in the
show line and will present to the
people of Salem a farce comedy en-
titled Champagne and Oysters -
having secured the Billy Burns Com
edy company, which has been play
ing the Canadian provinces and
Washington and Oregon, to good
houses for this week. Manager Sell
lers was fortunate In securing this
attraction as the company has but
one weeks open dates, having been
compelled to lay off because of the
loss of their advertising matter
which was destroyed in the wreck
at Butte about three weeks ago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-14

Served as coffee, the new coffee
substitute known to grocers every.
where as DR.. Shops Health Coffee
VIII trick even a coffee expert. Not
grain Of real coffee in it either.
Pure, healthful toasted grains, malt,
nuts, etc, have been so cleverly blend
ed as to give a wonderfully satisfy
ing coffee taste and flavor. And it
Is made in a minute" too. No te.
dious' "a to 80 minute boiling. j. w.
Harritt.