The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

playing "Tho kissing Girl" Cort is
rcckoncd as one Of tho leading theairi-
cal figures in America affiliated with
klaw & Erlanger.
Arctic weather is in sight for some
time to come, and that thaw will
never melt the feelings of Peary to
ward Cook is safe bet. Every day
brings forth splenetic contradictions
from tho alleged heroes OF tho frozen
north. "It was i, - says DIR. Cook.
You re another; / nailed the flag
first, says Poary; and 50 1t goes be
tween cables and wireless from the
Danish capital and the frozen north,
while the scientific minds of Arctic re-
search are all agog trying 10 deter,
mine who is the actual discovcrer of
that coveted prize which has bafilod
the determination aud perseverance of
tho world IS greatest explorers for nigh
four centuries Why all this contro-
versy and publicity over n subject
which was made known as carly as .Octo-
Der 10, 1906. when the stars and stripes
were planted at the top o. the world
by those intrepid explorers, Bailey and
Austin, can only be ascribed TO their
modesty and retiring manner
Bailey and Austin discovered " The
Top o. tn World' October 10, 1906,
or over two years before either Cook
or Peary, and located tho axis at
parallel 80 degrees 9 minutes north,
and who spent the entire year IN one
Of the most unique cities ever dreamed
Of in tiction-the City of Illusia. DR..
Cook declared life was inanimate
in those regions, but Bailey and Aus.
tin assert such is not the case, and
brand Cooks statement as false, for
in describing the City Of lllusia, where
daylight is never seen, they say 1T is
town of some 5000, governed by an
Eskimo by name Kankakcc, and IS
filled with the fairest and pretticst
| girls ever seen by mortal eyes, and
where a wishing pole takes the place
Of money. Any one who desires some
thing goes TO the polar square, where
| the pole is located, and, kneehnS
makes the wish known, which is in
stantIy gratifed.
Bailey and Austin anxiously await
ed the arrival of DR.. Cook and Lieut.
| Peary. and cablcd the Arctic and Geo
graphical clubs of France aud England
as well as communicating with similar
societies here, for an opportunity e
! 90 before them and not only produce
! their meteorological and astTonomlca
observations, but to place in evidence
! the Eskimo chief, Kankakce; hi
! daughter, Kokomo; n friendly poia1
=
rescued from Wcllman S balloon, ant
also the six surviving dogs which on
| ablcd them TO make the last and sue
cessful dash.
lt looks as though a merry time i
/ in store for DR.. Cook and Commando
! Pcarv, rs Bailey and Austin s CLAIM
! for the honor is wcll-nigh unassailable
and they are confident when they @
before a jury nude up OF the world
! Arctic scientists that they, and the,
! alone, viii be awarded all the homo
and glory as being the first TO discovc
"The Top o tn World
Many fads have been started by ac
/ treSses, but Violet Dale. who is I
create the title role of "The Flirtiu
Princess" in Chicago. is devoting he
spare moments 10 a fascinating and ur
usual pastime. While in New York thi
summer she became interested in ia
art of scf.dcfenso not with the foilt
as one would suppose, but with fire
arms Placing herself under "A con
pctcnt instructor. she soon became
crack shot with the rifle and is raDidl