The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-11

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III ies here IN an extremely bad soh-
dition. Il Is fHli " rats why viii
rot these people larn that Ai.elf buki-
ness will suffer IL they do net keep
Hp tn hAghwa9sf
AT four o'clock NE had q deg FIR
tea This re3eeeed oar speed te sixty
miles an hour But at I'VE o'clock
me heart stopped beating, fF MAile
WalIe eriedi {fefe we af-rs. we were
at last at tn g1ui III eur ambitions.
II will dsefibs me ainsatsenh, Ne Afst
sinsatien waaI They won't believe if9
Ne sicend an last nnsatiesi wms.
Thank hiven. tits en- American an IL
Rin't Peary that has won this gi,pry
f'r th' old flag Immediately made
scientific obsarvations. / first asst M
eskymo chief Ii be was sire he was
right. He said he knew tn district
a. well az ! knew Fulton street Brook
lyn FIR tn purpose tv further satis-
fyin' tn skepticaI observed that tn
pole was surrounded an covered be
Ice. How wud describe it3 / wud
say that IT looked like a slsatin' rink
although not so denaely populated.
With regret at havin' to lave this beau
tiful country hastened back an be
FORCED marches reached civvylixation
In wan year and six months. was
panied not to NEE me old frind an
ship mate. Commander Peary. / hope
he's had an inJyeable time in Cuba
or whereiver hes spint tn winter.
We'll sir, tn enthrepid explorer had
hardly been back In Copenhagen long
enough to have his hair out an take
dinner with tn king, within / opened
up tn pa-aper an see that Peary
had discovered til north pole too.
Ethrange he didn't see Doctor Cook
He ust've been on tn other side Nv
TIL pole at tn time. 'Twud've been
very affectin' II these two men had
met on tn top iv tn earth. Thin
there wudden't be amy question iv
which was tn f1rst TIL wan that got
home at all wud be tn boy. How
they wudve embraced each other an
rassled over tn frozen sea. But 1t
didn't happen. TIL north pole must
have a bigger top thin / thought II
these two old comrades niver run into
each other at all an both " THIN
there at tn same time. But they
didn't see each other an they didn't
~.
TIL most important scientific obsarya-
ton Nv ayther Nv thin ID that he didn't
see tn other How do establish me
claim to findin' tn north pole? 2 says
Pearys Because Cook wasn't there
How do sIoknow'aI was at tn pole?'
says Cook. Because l took care
full. observation an found that Peary
wasn't there. says he. It's fine
thing to see tn scientific spirit that
these two heroes show an to know
that there amt amy more jealousy
among thin thin ye'd be lible to f1nd
among actors. i honor Peary,' says
TIN magnanimous Cook. Some day
hope he will devote his patience an
his energy to tn gr-reat cause iv are
tic exploration Doctor Cook, says
Peary, is splendid man an I'm glad
to know that he's goin, to spind his
life firm now on in orchid hnntin' in
Brazil he says.
We'll, sir. / suppose we'll ali be d.
vided, but mesilf on tn question OF
who was first up there, till scientific
inthrest Is turned to tn baseball
.chapeenship Asgf'r me, / believe thin
both. They've both been there I'll bet
on that. Ill take their wurrud FIR it.
I don't ask FIR no affidavies. TIL best
proof We can have that man done this
thing is that he was crazy enough to-
want to do it. A fake wudden's go.
north at all. He'd buy an orange
grove in Floridy an let his imagina-
ton do tn, rest I'll believe amy man
has been to tn north pole who's lived
FIR two years on tallow candies an
dog--if he says so. Good luck to both
iv thin, says T. TIL. hardest part iv
their journey has just begun. If they
think they've had privations befure
they'll change their minds. Tn tough
est thing a man who discovers tn pole
has to face is to come home an say
he's done it. TIL amount iv ice he
has to cross in Greenland is nawthin'
to what he must penetrate in civvy-
lization. Befure Dock Cook had got
ia shave, befure he had poured out
sAucerful. iv tea at tn King Nv Dem
marks palace. prominent citizens was
interviewed an says they 1T Is inn
possible that this here thing cud've
been done. know great deal about
arctic explorations, an am prepared
to say that 1t wud5 have been out iv
tn question fr Doctor Cook to get to
tn north pole TIL way he says he done
it. No wan cud stand such exposure
to tn chill easterly winds that blow up
there without Wearin' chist protector.
an he don't wanst mintion chist pro-
tictors amongst his equipment Will
We kindly close tn dure? I can't bear
a dhraft.' An whin Peary come back
tn professor Nv geology in wan iv our
ladin' institutions Nv larnin' said
Firm me knowledge iv geological for
mationssI know that Peary was hiver
at tn pole: I am prepared to say
without hesitation that human life
can't be maintained north " Evanstoni
Illinye.,AS ID 1900 as
tsAn' 50 it goes Thank TIL, Lord,
I've niver discovered tn north pole an,
so me reputation rr truth an veracity
win so on bein' good among sthran-i
gers Yet don't know that i wndden't
be aisier in me mind KNOWN ivrybody
thought was liar thin II Ithought
ivrybody else was liar"
Who win tn north pole belong to?''
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
It's undecided said Mr.. Dooley3.
Some says England. some says tn
United States an some says Denmark