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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
GREAT BRITAIN CAUTIOUS
ABOUT COOKS NARRATIVE

London, Sept 3.-Dr Cooks nara.
tive of his thrilling journey to the
north pole. while it has not removed
the doubts raised as to his having
really accomplished the feat. has at
least set at rest the improbable SuG
gestions advanced in some quarters
yesterday that he had attained not
the north pole but the magnetic pole.
Captain Road Amundsen in an in
terview at Christiana on this point
says: Such a position is nonsense.
The magnetic pole Is situated on the
American side and IL is quite impos
sible that Dr. Cook could have been
driven so far from his planned route.
feel certain that DR.. Cook has eX-
pressed nothing definitely about the
result. know him to be absolutely
discreet and taciturn. Other people
have misunderstood him and it Will
be necessary to await his arrival at
Copenhagen for the facts"
The London newspapers are not
wholly convinced by the narrative and
persist that it Will be necessary TO
await more details and reports. They
are unable 10 conceive how task
which has beaten the ablest polar eX-
plorers provided with everything that
money could purchase would have
been achieved in such a seemingly
oftehand and unprecedented manner
and with such ease and quickness.
At the same time they pay tributes OF
admiration TO Cook.
Reserve their Judgment.
The Daily Telegraph says; 1T Is
for the moment beside the question TO
discuss the accuracy or probability OF
Or. Cooks statement. 1t is neither
just nor generous 10 question in any
way the commences of such a claim
before full details are made public by
the traveller. Indeed we have much
sympathy because of the difficulties
by which DR. Cook or any other soil.
tary explorer is hampered In attempt
Ing TO convince a skeptical world of
geographical experts of the reliability
of his observations and reports. We
trust DR. Cook will meet with the
fairness his particular case especially
invites
The Morning Post says: IF DR.,
Cook has found a new track 10 the
pole in so short time as thirty-five
days. others can follow in his foot
steps and verify his story for them
selves. When the matter has been set
lied beyond all doubt the civilized
world viii acclaim Cook as one of the
greatest explorers of all time"
Hiss is Skeptica.
DR. Hugh II. Hll( former librarian
of the Royal Geographical society, Is
skep,ical but says great weight must
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
CONSTITUTION, HE SAYS,
WILL FOLLOW THE FLAG

New York. Sept. 2,-That the flag
planted by DR. Cook on the new Arc
tic continent will be defended by the
United States was the opinion ex-
pressed tonight by Attorney General
Wickersham at Lawrence Beach. L.
l., his summer home.
THE constitution will follow the
flag II the new land discovered by
Cook proves of any value said Mr.
Wickersham. The new territory
may perhaps not prove very val
uable acquisition. but if human be-
ings can live there or if there are
native residents living there a seri-
Gus question OF citizenship will have
to be considered However. before
taking any position in the matter. l
prefer to wait for information of a lit
tie more definite character"
Cyrus C. Adams. chief geograph-
ical expert of the American geograph-
ical society and author of several we'll
known works on geographical sub
jects said 'Onight that his examina-
tlon OF DR.. Cooks narrative had con-
Vinced him that the explorers claims
TO the discovery of the pole are gen
uine and Will stand.
1T is inevitable" he said. that the
data which DR.. Cook will submit to
the scientific world will be subjected
TO the closest scrutiny. But DR.. Cook
is we'll aware that he could not stand
such an examination II he were not
telling the exact truth. No sane man
with experience in such matters could
hope for an instant TO produce a false
log with false astronomical and mag
netic observations for such a period
as was covered in this remarkable
sledge trip TO the pole
The story of DR. Cooks expedi
tion as II has reached us. contains
no improbabilitics He found in ac-
cordance With the belief OF expert
enced explorers that once beyond the
great Ice ridges which stretch for a
hundred miles out from the coasts Of
the northern seas. the ice Is smooth
and clear and the road easy"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
HEARTY WELCOME
AWAITS Or. COOK

New York. Sept 2.-Preparations
already are afoot here to make the
homecoming OF DR. Frederick A Cook
an event OF national and possibly In
ternational importance. II plans uot-
lined today by members of the Arctic
, club are carried out the welcome DR.
Cook will receive in New York Will
be an ovation In which city. state and
nation Will take part. while prominent
eXplorers-Cock's former rivals-from
all parts of the globe will gather to
pay their personal tribute 10 his great
achievement.
Members of the Arctic club hope
President Taft may be present Such
an honor would be no more than fit
ting" one declared. "In view OF the
fact that the explorer had placed the
Stars and Stripes on the apex of the
world and added perhaps sixty thou
sand square miles to the nations ter.
TitoTy."
Among the explorers who are ex.
| pected to take prominent part are
the duke OF the Abruzzi. DR.. Fritjof
| Nansen. Captain Ronald Amundsen.
General A. w Greeley. Rear Admiral
George Melville, Anthony Fiala and
Captain Joseph E. Bernier.
Captain Bradley S. Osborne, secre-
tary of the Arctic club, said the ex-
plorer is not expected here for several
weeks. "He Is due in Copenhagen In
three days. said Captain Osborn.
"and If he came straight home he
would arrive In New York about the
middle OF September. but his friends
believe that he may make several
stops on the way. For one thing. the
geographers and scientists of Copen.
hagen will tender him welcome. He
may so to Christiania TO meet Cap
tain Amundsen, diScoverer of the
northwest passage; 1t is likely that he
Will visit Belgium. where he will be
decorated for his services TO science.
and it is scarcely conceivable that the
British geographical societies would
allow him to pass them on his way
home without an invitation to Lon
don"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
NO DOUBT OF DISCOVERY
DECLARES ARCTIC EXPERT

Poughkeepsie, n. Y. Sept. Dill
Ion Wallace, author and explorer,
whose companion Leonidas Hubbard,
starved TO death when exploring Lab
rador. today said that he had implicit
faith In DR.. Cooks wonderful feat
MT Wallace had almost completed
plans for an expedition for the re-
lief of DR. Cook.
Il knew DR.. Cook we'll" he said.
you may put implicit trust In his
veracity.
1T Is utterably impossible that
Cook could merely have found the
magnetic pole. His course would not
have permitted that Anyone who has
visited the country and studies con.
ditions there can realize how impos.
sible 1t would be for him to reach the
magnetic pole from the course he
took.
DR. Cook started out from Elles-
mereland. and his last letter to his
family was from Capt Thomas Hub
bard In 1908. From there Cook pushed
on north west From that poiut the
rest of his direct journey was COM
pleted. Thus 1t Will be seen that
the magnetic pole. lying in an or.
posite direction. would have been i'm.
possible of access by Dr. Cook.
Man of Reliability
Il have no doubt that DR.. Cook has
reached the north pole He is a man
OF extreme reliability. fairly scientif.
ic and yersed IN Arctic geographical
conditions. He has always manifest
cd truthfulness in every report and
concerning explorations In the north
he has been exact.
Another point that would tend TO
help discourage disparaging state
ments is thar Cooks route was direct
~ TO Cracked Land. ending with a
dash TO the pole, Thus he would avoid
the awful eastern drift of the terrible
current In the Polar seas north OF
Greenland
"Peary undoubtedly would have ac-
complished what DR.. Cook has done
]. he mad been better acquainted with
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
NOT THE RESULT OF LUCK,
BUT OF CAREFUL PLANNING

New York. Sept. John R. Brad
ley. the financial hacker of DR.. Fred
erick A.. Cook. explained today that
the Brooklyn explorers success In
reaching the North Pole was not so
much the result Of chance as the ppIn-
ions OF several polar experts would in
dicate,
This was not bapahzard eHpe-
dltion, he said, no intensified Arctic
JOY ride undertaken on nerve, We
went about our preparations quietly
and without brass band accompaBi-
ment. but every imaginable conti4.
gency lad been provided for.
I'VE studied out the mistakes and
mefortunes OF other men who had
tried for the pole, hoping 10 benefit
by their errors. and We certainly ben
efitted By their examples.
Il am not going to tell what the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

was taken from the Weber river onto
the Sand Ridge at a cost OF less than
$40 an acre as an experiment and
the amount being limited In quantity
(for the ditch was comparatively a
small one), the price ran up from
$40 to S125 per share. which price
caused our oapitalistic friends 10 sit
up and take notice" for here was
something worth monkeying with
and more especially If a scheme could
be worked that would compel every
farmer TO take water at this price for
all his land not already supplied with
water, whether he wanted it or not,
and mortgage OF bond his farm as Sc.
curity.
There was once a Dutchman who eX-
planned why he was not drowned at
boating party. He said. 1T was be
cause I did not got in te poat.' II we
adopt the Dutchman's tactics and
don't form this district, our farms are
still our own. but If one.half of us
are asleep at this pending election We
Will wake up TO find that mortgage
of Sl25 per acre was plastered onto
our farms while we were mapping.
As | am scheduled for a few ques-
tlons. here they are. -
If this water scheme Is a good thing
for the land owner. why Will II not
stand and do business on ITS merits
Instead OF trying TO compel people TO
do business with 1t, against their judg-
ment?
Why do the promoters attempt to
mislead the public, as on page six OF
their pamphlet entitled Facts and
Figures" where the reader Is led 10
believe that this law provides that,
Such lands as are not susceptible 20
irrigation or that In the judgment OF
the board of county commissioners
would not be benefited thereby. may
be excludcd?" If the law makes any
such provision, please call our atten,
tion 20 the paragraph, as | have been
unable to find H.
What microbe is IT that makes a
man who wants both the earth and the
moon think that ten acres is aplenty
for his neigh5or?
Why Is 1t easier for double-hulup'
ed camel to go through the eye OF
needle than for a rich man TO enter
into the kingdom OF heaven. when he
can get any kind of law. passed that
In conclusion. I will say that anY
worthy irrigation scheme which can
stand on its merits is commenda5le
and should be encouraged. | believe
there arc many acres of land in this
proposed district thai need Irrigation
and that can pay even the S12G per
acre. If II cannot be had for less. But
to me this project looks dangerous.
and the nerve Is almost flconcetVaole
of people who would disregard the
rights of property-owning citizens
and plaster 4 mortgage on their proF'
erty to secure a debt which is forced
upon them regardless Of their strenV'
GUS protests and for something when
they do not want and could get ior
half the price If they did want It.
Heretofore It has required our siei
natures to attach lien toyour homes
but II seems that our neighborS are
now able to do the trick for us, II they
are foolish or easily persuaded into
speculation. (Signed.) c. Nj. Clay.
Ogden Sent 1909
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

be attached 10 the opinion of polar ex-
perts in America.
Sir Martin Conway, a noted explor-
er thinks that DR.. Cooks claim could
be accepted II his story, on examina-
tion is found to hand together
Sir George s Naros, who commend
ed the Challenger In 1873 and was
with an Arctic expedition in 1875,
says:
81 should ask DR. Cook to what dis
tance from the pole did the polar land
extend and whether he communicated
with Peary's party"
Professor Milne. the seismologist,
thinks that If DR. Cook has a few prop
erly taken photographs OF the sky at
the pole on April 21. 1908, they may
assist in determining the position he
reached,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
A BIT OF CRITICISM.

Portland, Ore. Sept. DIR. l.. o.
Wolf. surgeon with Lieutenant Robert
E. Peary's expedition OF 1866, and at
present a resident OF this city. while
in no way disparaging DR., Cooks ac-
complishment in reaching the north
pole. is inclined 10 crlticise the dis
coyerer for his alleged following of a
portion OF the route which Peary has
been working out for the last twenty
years. Dr. Wolf says that DR. Cook.
in thus using Peary's route. violated
the ethics Of Polar expeditions, and
asserts hat the discoyerer of the pole
should have followed route of his
own
cation of the claims advanced by Dr.
Cook very soon will determine wheth-
er OF not the latter actually stood at
the pole. According 10 DR.. Wolf. it
would be impossible for an explorer to
manufacture proofs which would with
stand the microscopic scrutiny OF sci.
entific men. Mr.. Wolf explains fur
ther that the dash of Dr. Cook was
not taken at time unusual for Arctic
pole chasers. The date of reaching the
pole is placed by DR.. Cook as April 21.
1905 DR.. Wolf shows that Peary
reached mis- farthest northern point
April 26 the duke of the Abruzzl
April 25; Nansen April I and Peary. in
1902, April 21. These dates all demon
strate that the various explorers made
their trip at the same period Of the
year as Dr. Cook.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

cost was, but I'll tell you this much.
One single item was 5000 gallons OF
gasoline aud another was two bar
rels OF gumdrops- An Esquimaux will
travel thirty miles for gumdropr
Now Cook has as much nerve as
any man In the world. | guess; but
he had something besides nerve to car
ry him through. I'm not trying to
take any OF the credit, but | want to
say that be had he right kind OF an
outfit TO axe him through. Cook will
prove TO the satisfaction OF every fair
minded man that he has done exactly
what he claims he did"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
eELGlANs ARE ENTHUSIASTIC,

Brussels. Sept. 2.-Belgian news.
papers comment with enthusiasm on
DR.. Cooks achievement, They recall
how he came 10 join the Belgian ex.
pedtion TO the south pole. On the
very day tho doctor. who had been pre-.
vicusly engaged was notified to Join
the party. DR. Cook cabled from New
York asking If by chance there was a
place vacant on board the Belgica. In.
structions were Immediately sent 10
him to join the ship al Rio Janelro.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

The dearest suit you can buy r1ay
be the lowest In price. a suit thaS
doesn't wear or hold Its shape is doars
no matter how little you pay for II
If WE TAILOR YOUR SUIT
its trst cost will DC no moro than you
ordinarily pay. Its better tit, its bot
ter wear its permanent good Shape.
however. will make 1t really che9oer
In the end than any other snit YOU
could buy. Come In aud be measured.
You need a new suit. anyway. Why
not have the best when 1t costs no
more?
r. w. ANDERSON.
254 25th st. Ind Phone 395
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

DR.. Cooks assistance ON that expedl-
lion was most valuable. not only as
physician. but as photographer and
scientist. He was the life Of the party
and worked wonders in cheering up
the Belgians time after time when
their courage failed
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

A. Y. p, EXPOSITION RATES.
Wa Oregon Short Line r r, S;"9o
from Ogden 10 Seattle and return; o'
sale daily commencing Jure ls,, Ask
agents for further particulars.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
BELIEVE COOK HAS CONQUERED

Winnipeg. Man, Sept. 2-'I believe
DR. Cook has reached the north pole
said Professor Louis A. Bauer of Car
negie institute. Washington, today
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03

You may know the genuine
FeIs-Naptha by the red and
green wrapper.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
S. p. Special Rates.

On account of the Annual State
Convention, Travellers Protective AS
ISOLATION, New Orleans, La, April
1918, round trip tickets will be on
sale April Is, 16, and II, at $3.50; f
nal return limit April 20.
On account of the Eighteenth An.
nual Meeting La, state EHbIi.: School
Teachers Association 1T Alexandria
-. april 1-3. rom. trip ticar,- will
be sold at s3.O5 on March 3O-31, Apri
70; final return limit April 5.
Account 23rd Annual State Sunday
School Convention, Jennings, round
trip tickets will be on sale March %
1924. and 25, at s1.6O; final return
limit March q.
On account of the meeting of the
Knights of Columbus at Crowley Mar,
Fl, round trip tickets will be on sale
Mar. 20 and q. at 80 cents, final return
limit March %.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
the SLEEPING SICKNESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH

How many readers have heard of this
terrible disease? 1t prevails in that
far-away country-Africa-especially
the Congo district. 1t is caused by
the bite of the tsetse fly. When it
bites a person, the sleeping symptoms
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death occurs.
Contrast this with the peaceful.
balmy sleep Of health. Is there any
thing more wearing than to lie awake
at night, tossing about, with
cold feet, hot head and mercy knows
what else? Short of letting the tsetse
fly bite us we would do almost any
thing for relief. How can we pre-
vent It? Mr.. George. Hayes, of
Union City, Pa, writes: 81 had lost
my appetite. was all rundown, could
not sleep nights. I had tried every
thing without relief. Vinol was rec
commended, and to my surprise, it
helped me at once: gave me a splendid
appetite, and now sleep soundly."
What Vinol did for Mr.. Hayes, it will
DO for every rundown, nervous and
oyerworked person who cannot sleep
floss Pharmacy, Lafayette
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
The Fishing Law.
Rayne Tribune:

Rayne Tribune:
District Attorney Robira has boile,
the fishing laws down SO that they cal
be pasted in al ordinary hat for read,
reference, and has furnished the Tri
bune with the following synopsis:
"Begining with March 1, you ar,
permitted to catch any and all fish.
Except green trout, commonly call
ed black bass or catfish.
Beginning with May 1, you ma,
catch any and all fish.
Except green trout, commonly call
ed black bass.
Beginning with May Is, any and all
fish a be caught.
Spoon bill catfish and buffalo fish
may be caught the year round.
The law does not require a license
to fish.
You are prohibited from seining. or
using any nets or setting any trans
o the purpose of catching fish. with,
out permission of the game commits.
sion.
Dynamiting, poisoning and other
methods than the hook and line are
prohibited.
The law does not apply to SEEMING
or fishing in private canals which do
not form any part of the natural drain
of the country.
Observe the above and avoid pros
ecution.-says Mr.. Robira.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
THE KIND WE WANT.

In the endeavor to bring immigra.
ton to Louisiana ii the past too much
effort has been EXPENDED toward bring
ing foreigners 10 rhe state, many of
them of a very undesirable class. and
not enough towards inducing the
farmers Of the middle West to come
to our genial climate and develop the
wonderful lands of our bountifully en-
lowed state. On this subject
the following remarks by the New Or
leans States are both timely and to
the point:
A visitor from Chicago who is in
terested in immigration and real es.
tate in the Southwest is reported in an
interview in a morning paper as pre-
dieting a heavy movement in this sec.
ton from the East and Middle West
this year. That is a section from
which additions to our population
would be welcome indeed. During
the past decade We have devoted too
much attention to the ~outcasts from
the slums of Europe and too little in
telligent effort has been made to con-
vince our bretheren from the more
crowded states of the attractions we
ofer to the bona fide homemaker.
Our immigration efforts have run to
seed on the riff-raff Of Europe, and as
a result thousands of various Grim
inals Of Sicily and South Italy have
been vomited upon our shores. The
results are seen in the startling crimes
that have from time to time stirred
the people and the perpetrators of
which have by the aid of secret, oath
bound organizations SO often evaded
the law. 1t is time that the pendu-
luE should swing the other way and
that we should concentrate all our i'm
migration efforts on the task of bring
ing American farmers here.
The people of the North understand
us, they are in sympathy with our in
situations, our laws and aspirations,
and will help us work out our destiny.
They will 10 have to become natural
lied, but they will graduate into full
Louisiana citizenship from the health
full environment of the farm and not
successive stages from the h%and-organ,
the fruit stand and the bar room. Let
us put forth u best efforts to build
up u state with our W racial stock
as DR.. Elliott SO lucidly demonstrated
1t to our interests to do so.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19

AS usual, just before planting time
the price OF cotton is a little higher
than 1t has been. The bears will 1ir1
with the pool farmer for the next few
months. and when fall comes the us
nal cry of a bumper crop will be heard
The wise farmer is planting very spar
rlngly OF cotton. The boil weevil and
the bear weevil both need the same
Observation-Disclosures crops. This will
place the farmer on an Independent
basis and he sell his cotton when
how and to whom he pleases.-Natchi.
toches Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
Conetahle Sale.

Under the stock law l have seize6
and taken into my possession two
hogs which / will sell at auction TO,
cash to the last and highest bidder
between legal sale hours on
Saturday, Mar. ~, 1909,
at the once Of the justice Of the peace
e the fourth ward.
JULES MAIHLES,
Constable Fourth Ward.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19

We make a specially of fresh gro
ceries and fill orders promptly. Phone
us your order.-Bernard & Meaux.
Phone 1888.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19
Your
Hens Lay

all the time or only occasionally?
To make money you must get a
steady reproduction of cc~sss month in and
month out. Hens that are idle every
now and then ale not Eloney-makers.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-19

Garden seed in bulk at The Moss
Pharmacy.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-10-08
Water Scarce.

The continued drouth is having dire
effects i'll some sections of the country.
There have been some disastrous
fires in the mountains through the
Pennsylvania, the streams through
the vaIly are very low, indeed SO low
that many Ct the Towns are short OF
water and some are having serious
times in consequence. We are inform.
ed that the towns of Strasburg, Har.
risonburg and Woodstock are all fac
ing water famine. This farmers ara
seeding or are done but they com plain
that the ground is SO dry that there Is
fear that the wheat will not have
moisture enough TO sprout. The
county roads are deep With dust and
travelling is disagreeable.