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The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
SENATE WRANGLING
 OVER ADJOURNMENT
Senator Mckenzie Introduces Bill to Sub- nit Prohibition Question to
 the People.

Little Rock, March o. Almost the entire morning in the Senate, should the House bus mess be side-tracked, will be de- voted to a consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday which will, if allowed to stand, force the General As sembly to adjourn next Thursday at noon Unless those who are holding out for the passage of the Gam statewide prohibition Dill vii. agree on a compromise in the way Of submission to the people of the statewide prohi- btion question at a special elec- tiCn to be held ometime in July it is evident the General Assemb- ly will adjourn as there are more than 12 members of the senate who will block the efforts to extend the session 50, or even 20 days. This will force Gov CrnOl! DOnaghey to call an eX- tra session which he must do in Cl uCi lO Etl tii Ol lbS llu pOI tdH leg. station now unfinished. or which has not yet been submitt- ed, acted upon. Only such busi- ness as he places in his call can be transacted, unless two thirds Of the senate vote otherwise. Should he fail to put the state wide proposition in his call, it would leave the minority of the senate in control, as the two thirds required to bring up the Gam bill could never be mustered there being more than 12 oppCs- ed tC it. The friends of Governor DCnaghey insist this would not be far to him. forcing upon him the sponsibility the senate re- fuses to take. He should be used to it by this time however, as upon his shoulders fell the brunt of the Greaves-Sumpter contest.
 In the afternoon session yes terday the senate passed a bill creating the Plum Bayou levee district in Jefferson County. The Turner bill to require the CcttCn Belt to pace danger
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Little Rock, March 9.-2.O1 pm, Governor Donaghey this morn ing received the following tele- gram from Brinkley.
 Our city destroyed last night by cyclone. Scores injured and many known to have been killed. Not a business place in town in- tact. We need help, Can you come or send relief?" Signed by the Mayor.
 Governor Donaghey replied:
 Telegram received. Am en- deavOring to arrange for train service. Will leave here within an hour Advise me immediately what assistance required at once or what we can bring on train for immediate relief. Governor"
 Governor Donaghey left on a special train for Brinkleyl at noon carrying supplies.
 Latest report from Brinkley is eighteen killed, and a million dol lar property loss.
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RESOLUTIONS OF
 CAMP MORGAN
Passed at Meeting Held at the Court
 House Saturday Afternoon.

At a called meeting of Camp As1 Morgan, |. C. V. the fol- 1 lowing proceedings were had Commander 0. $. Jones appoint pointed w. A, HatIey, w. k White and l.. r. Hitchcock a commit tee to draft resolutions in mem ory of Col, A. $. Morgan, our de- ceased comrade. Committee re- ported the following, which brought out reminiscent talks by Severak comrades. On motion, Camden and Prescott papers were requested to publish pro- ceedingS of this meeting.
 Whereas Col. A. S. Morgan iof Camden, Ark, has in the Provi- dence of the Almighty been re- moved from this earthly to a spiritual life with Himself; and
 Whereas this camp U. c. V. bears the name Of Col A. $. Mor- gan Camp, it becomes it's duty to thus publicly observe this memo"- ial in honor of it's chivalrous and ideal patron; Therefore be it,
 ReStDlved that i'll honor of the memory of our distinguished com rade this camp U. c. Twill con tinue it's name Col A, & Morgan Camp
 Resolved that through his long life of over S3 years, of which a hAttf e1 -,Nnt nS n n hnnnr- ed citizen of Arkansas. his well rounded character commands our admiration and challenges our emulation
 It is with pride we point our sons to him as a model for study | and imitation As a soldier he was brave. prompt and effec- tive. As a citizen he was public spirited. temperate in judg ment and honest.
 As a Christian he was liberal- | conscientious and jealous. A Christian without cant--a citi-
 zen without corruption-a pat riot without pretense and a soldier without shame. To the distinction Col. Morgan won in war was added the manifest civ ia virtues from the reconstruc- tion period on to his death. His farm life at Mt. Holly and his residence at Camden make the completeness of his character a rich legacy and benediction to his family and friends and to this camp of U. c. V. till it's last mem
 Der shall join him for the final roll call.
 Resolved that we herewith tender our sympathy to his fam fly and townsnen and that our adiutant is instructed to send copies of this camps actions to the papers at Camden and Pres cotN u
 Committee-W X. Hatley, w. K. White, l.. r. Hitchcock.
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BRINKLEY, ARK., DE-
 STROYED BY STORM
Governor Donaghey Takes Relief Train to Stricken City With Assistance
 at Noon Today.

Memphis, Tenn, March B. 1t is reported that eight persons were killed, several others in jured and practically the en- tire town of Brinkley, Ark, dest troyed by q tornado and subse- quent fire tonight. The last ad- vicea were that the conflagra- tion was beyond control and that the entire town will probe ably be destroyed
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
AT MALVERN.

R. II. Logan, who came home last night on No. 3, from Malvern reports a most disastrous wind ttorm in that vicinity. yester- day afternoon. At Malvern, the Methodist church was wrecked the steeple of the Baptist church blown down, and quite a good deal of damage done to the res idence property.
 At Clifford, few miles north of Malvern the big mill was wrecked. and lumber scattered for a distance of half a-milet
 At Oak Leaf. south of the town. the hotel was nnroofed, and much other damage done by the wind.
 The rain fell in torrents and much damage was done by the water.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
SOIL BILL BY
 SEN. MCKENZIE
fuII Text of the Bill Introduced Recently in the Senate of the Arkansas
 Legislature.

rbo following is a full text Of 4,o soil bill introduced recently in the Senate by Hon, H. B. Me Kenzie of Nevada county. The hill has been read twice and re- ferred to the Committee on Agri- culture: {. A bill for an act entitled:>
 An act providing for a fun and comnlete investigation of the different types of soil in the state as to their fertility and depletion; soil survey Of the state, and a chemical analysis of soils and the establishments of co-operatice test fields.
 Re it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkan- sas
 See. That the Arkansas Ag- ricultural Experiment Station be and is hereby authorized and directed:
 First. To make full and thorough investigation of the several and various soils of the state. for the purpose of ascer- taining their present state of fertility and the causes of the depletion of that fertility
 Second. To make a full and thorough investigation by actual field tests. as herein after pro yided upon the several and var ious types of soil in the state, of ways and means for arresting soil dep etion and for increasing the fertility of the soils. and for producing therefrom better and more remunerative crops
 Thirdi To locate the test fields in such a manner that they shall be widely distributed over the state and on lands grow ing the different crops of the state, in order that the know ledge arising from the investi- gations may be as broadly and rapidly dirrused as possible.
 Sec. ?. The said Experiment Station is specifically directed to include in these investigations ::
 First. soil survey Of the state for the purpose of discov- erlng and establishing the loca ton. extent and boundaries of each Of the distinctive types of soils existing within the state, and to make and publish accur- ate maps oi said types of soil showing their location and boun- diaries
 setcnd thorough chemical Investigation ana analysis of salu various types Of soil and of thelr Sub-sOi.S. for the purpose Ci obtaining an accurate inven- tory CT the more important plant loods Tn the soil, which largely constitute it's essential fertility. rms inventory shah be used as a pasla Tor the investigation Of methods and for the applica ton ol the same for conserving and increasing the fertility Of the
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
READ THIS.

Prescott, Ark, Dec 12.-This certifies l have been selling Halls Texas Wonder for years and I re- commend it as the best kid ney, bladder and rheumatic medi- cine 1 have ever sold. Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09

soils of the state, and for the, production of more bountiful and more profitable crops, which is
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storm that ever visited Georgia township, struck here yesterday afternoon, and wrought much
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The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09

H. Zappe, of Emmet was a wis itOr to Prescott today.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-09
IN NEVADA COUNTY.

Weaver, Ark, March g. The most disastrous rain and wind
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
BURRIlL CORROBORATES COOK
DECLARES THEY TOGETHER
SCALED MT. MCKINLEY.
Belmore Brown Also Says It Hap
pened-Prof. Parker Says Evil
dence Is Not Sufficient.

HAMILTON, Mon, September ED
Burrill, who has just returned from the
Bitter Root mountains. says that he and
DIR. Cook alone made the climb on Mount
Mckinley in 1905.
He refuses to make any statement ex-
cept to say that when DIR. Cook gets to
this country he will go before a notary
and make a sworn statement regarding
his association with the explorer.
Belmore Brown Says It Happened.
TACOMA, Wash, September 9.-Belmore
Brown. who was one Of the members OF
Dr. Cooks party when the latter, with one
companion, assembled Mount Mckinley, in
an interview yesterday said:
after making an attempt from the
southern slopes of the mountain and fail
ing our party went to pieces. We all
started down the Susitna river, some Of us
going off on hunting trips. others striking
for the outside.
Cook went back with two companions
and going up another branch of the river
made a second dash for the summit on the
southwest slope. He claimed that he and
one Of the men who accompanied him
reached the top.
Il notice that the men who dispute that
he reached the summit are persons who
were not with him and consequently VIVA,
they have to say should not carry great
weight.
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Peary Called Cook Fearless;
Pole Not Beyond His Reach

CHICAGO, September 9.-Commander
Peary once called DR.. Cook the most fear
lss man he had ever. met and declared
that the north pole was not beyond his
reach.
This praise from the north pole discov-
erer for his rival was uttered in 1892 in a
conversation with James A. Young, pres
ident Of the Aurora Nursery Company
Mr.. Young asserts now that Peary reit-
Grated his belief that If anybody could
discover the coveted point which explor-
erers had sought for 400 years DR.. Cook
was the man.
In 1892 Mr. Young was Peary's booking
agent on a lecturing tour he was max
ing in the southwest under contract with
the late Maj Pond. Young went with
Peary to each city In which the arctic
traveller spoke and collected the receipts
and paid the expenses. sending in reports
to Pond.
Peary, who was then only a lieutenant,
often spoke of his travels in the frozen
north and of his belief that he would
eventually discover the north pole. He
also commented on the efforts of the
other explorers whom he knew and who
entertained the ambition If not the hope
that he did.
It was in the course OF one of the talks
that Peary lauded DR.. Cook.
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definite result Of DR.. Cooks presence in
that region. will be to make drain upon
the strength and resources Of my Eski-
mos. especially in regard to the number Of
their dogs, which they had assembled at
Etah last summer. in expectation of my
coming, and upon the game resources of
the region, all of which I need and
which under the most favorable condi-
lions are never too great.
In conclusion, and in order that there
may be no misunderstanding as to my
position in the matter, wish to say that
regard DR.. Cooks action in going north
sub rosa" (while ostensibly engaged in
efforts to promote antarctic work., for
the admitted purpose of forestalling me-
as one of which no man possessing a
sense of honor would be guilty.
Very respectfully,
RnRIrRT1 u
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North Pole Embarrasses Taft.

BEVERLY, Mass, September y.
commander Peary has deliv-
cred the north pole to President
Taft, who replied, conGratulattng
the explorer, but declaring he did
not know exactly what he could
do with the pole.
The messages follow:
"INDIAN HARBOR, via Cape
Ray, N. F., September 8. 1909.
civilian HI. Taft, President OF
the United States, Washington,
ID. c.:
"Have honor place north pole
your disposal.
ar. E. PEARY, U. s. N"
"BEVERLY, Mass,
"September Q, 1909.
"COmmander n. e. Peary, U. s. n,
Indian HarbOr, via Cape Ray,
N. F.:
sThanks for your interesting
and generous offer. do not
know exactly what 1 could do
with 1T. congratulate you sim
cerely on having achieved, after
the greatest effort, the object OF
your trip, and sincerely hope
that your observations will con-
tribute substantially to scientific
knowledge. You have added lus-
ter to the name american
CIVILIAN H. TAFT"
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DIR. COOK UNION CLAD.
United Garment Workers Say Their
Label Was First at the Pole.

NEW YORK, September 9.-The rep
resentatives OF the unions in the clothing
trades said yesterday that II DR.. Cock
reached the pole he carried with him
c,otning bearing the union label of the
Onitso Garment Workers. and that this
OF the pole itself. and a great mora
victory. He bought these clothes for his
expeditions 1's
Charles +. Reichera ex-presidsnt o;
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bringing letters from DIR. Cook, who
was at Etah. These letters said that
DIR. Cook had decided to stay and make
so-called dash for the pole during the
ensuing winter. And in the meantime
Peary had helplessly to cool his heels.
not in the cold of the arctic. as he had
hoped, but in a metropolitan winter
''Dr. Cook, as he now reports, found a
number of Eskimos assembled with a
quantity of supplies and dogs and a con-
lCoutinued nm Thirfeentb paroN
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the United Garment Workers, who once

/, the United Garment Workers, who once
went with an arctic expedition himself,
says.
II have known DR.. Cook for ten years,
and can say that he bought & full
ciothirg equipment from q union house
when no arranged to climb Mount Nc
kinney.
TINS he took with him on his POLAR
journey. ard the first suit to reach the
pole. II lie was there first, as / believe,
was union suit"
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The dwelling house on the farm Of WI
in Elk Neck. Nd. was DESTROYED by. fire.
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enforced inactivity that DIR. Cook left
Brooklyn for parts unknown to the gen.
eral public or to scientists. They were
not told of his plans or even of his abb
sence, and of SO little moment was his
absence-so far as the scientific world
was concerned-that it attracted abso-
lutely no attention.
Cook Forstalled Peary.
AT a time in the fall of 1907 when
it was too late for Pcary to start north.
Mr.. Bradley returned to New York
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Scientific Ethics Violated
by Cook, Says Naturalist

NEW YORK, September Eff there
Is any one thing which more than an
other indicates that DR.. Cook has not yet
been to the north pole 1t is his unfa-
miliarity with or his disregard of all the
conventions obtaining among explorers as
to one another's data, supplies, plans and
preparations" said J. d. Higgins, who
was the naturalist Of the Peary polar ex
petition of 1860.
'Dr. Cooks abandonment of the ethics
of exploration seems to indicate. almost
as strongly as Commander Peary's evil
dence undoubtedly will. that a withhold
ing of confidence in him Is not unjusti-
fed
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will stamp Peary as the most colossal
faker this country ever produced.
Il have an affidavit stating that Peary
opened DIR. Cooks trunk and took out his
observations and data and read them and
opened letter DR.. Cook had written to
Mrs. Cook. and read that and then sealed
it up again. Peary also wrote Mrs. Cook
a letter telling her that her husband was
a faker.',
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PEARY MUTE IN POPT

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was the NATURALIST Oh the TeaIy pOlaT eA-
petition Of 1860.
'Dr. Cooks abandonment of the ethics
of exploration seems to indicate, almost
as strongly as Commander Peary's evil
dence undoubtedly will. that withhold
ing of confidence in him Is not unJuSG-
fed.
Peary Open About His Deeds.
'..When Peary returned from his last
polar expedition" Mr.. Higgins said, ''he
delivered a lecture at the Museum of
Natural History. May IA. 1907. on the
work of the Peary Arctic Club in 19O5-O6
and it's plans for 19O7-OS. Peary then
gave a complete history of his last trip.
He told of surveying, on his way home,
strip of coast along the extreme north
shore of Elsmere Land, a strip about
$50 miles long that Sverdrup had not sur
veyed when he was in Ellesmere Land
at about the same time that Peary was
farther north.
the west that Peary discovered that land
which DR.. Cook now refers to in such
uncertain terms Unfortunately, DR..
Cook does not locate this land with the
accuracy habitual to scientists. Unfortu-
nately, too, he says nothing of its lati
tude or longitude other than that 1t Is
in the neighborhood Of IS degrees north.
During this lecture of Peary. in which
he told all about this hitherto unknown
land, he told also of his plans for his
proposed trip that was to start in 1907.
but which did not get away until 1903.
He said that he was going to locate in
this $50 miles of land his base from which
to enter the polar regions. He dilated on
was the only land surrounded by con-
stantly moving Ice fields. He told of
having arranged for Smith Sound Eski-
mos and their families to accompany him
on his next trip. and that these would
be the hardest and bravest 1t was pos
sible to find.
Told What Eskimos Were Doing.
HE said, too, that he had arranged
that during his absence these Eskimos
should collect an ample supply of food,
furs, stores. sleds and dogs. He had
even gone to the point of providing that
the local dogs should have the least pos
sible amount of work while he was away,
SO that they would be strong enough Tor
the heavy work which he would have for
them. The Eskimos. he said had agreed
not to work the female dogs at ALL SO
that there might be no danger OF their
filters. In a word, he outlined all MS
past work and gave detailed account OF
what he hoped to accomplish and by what
means.
"Peary had no hesitancy in speaking
thus publicly about his work. because the
ethics which obtain among scientists, TO
say nothing of gentlemen generally. for
bade the use of his data and information
by any one but himself without his ex-
press permission.
Following this Peary had his vessel
overhauled, with the understanding that
1t was to be ready at a certain time
sufficiently near at hand to permit of
an early start. These repairs the con-
tractors utterly failed to accomplish on
time. and Peary was forced to wait.
1t was during this period Of Peary's
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Drained Peary's Resources.

I will make no comment upon the
probabilities OF DR.. Cook being able to
reach the pole from a base as far south
as Etah. nor will I make any comment
upon the proposed route which he ,indi-
Gates in his letters, or venture any
prophecy as to the results likely to be
achieved by him.
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PEARY ACCUSED COOK
Expedition to F0restaII Him
DishonorabIe, He Asserted.
WENT NORTH "SUB ROSA"
appropriated to His Use Eskimos
I Have Trained"
UTILIZING THEIR KNOWLEDGE
Letter Left With New York News
paper Before Roosevelt Sailed
Away Arraigns Rival.
UTILIZING THEIR KNOWLEDGE

NEW YORK, September DIN May,
petition in search of the north pole, Com
mander ~Peary left with the editor of the
New York Times letter expressing his
views on the secrecy with which DIR. Cook
had prepared his expedition.
Commander Peary pointed out in this
letter the evident intention of DR.. Cook
to forestall him in obtaining the services
of Eskimos and dogs assembled to await
Peary at Etah, these Eskimos having
been trained by Peary for protracted arc
tic sledge work.
Commander Peary concluded his letter
with this paragraph:
I'm conclusion, and in order that there
may be no misunderstanding as to my
position in the matter. I wish to say that
/ regard DR.. Cooks action in going north
sub rosa while ostensibly engaged in eff
admitted purpose of forestalling me, as
one of which no man possessing sense
of honor would be guilty.
Peary's Letter Of Criticism.
Commander Pearys letter is presented
by the Times in full as follows:
Grand Union Hotel,
New York City, May, 1908
To the Editor of the New York Times:
AS matter of record I beg to pre-
sent for your information the following:
First-Extract from the Boston Herald
of October . 1907:
DASH TO POLE TO FOREsTALL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-15
RIcHFIELo NEWS NOTES.

Richfield, May fl-Mr and Mrs Charles
Laramersdorf left here this morning for
Salt Lake City. where they will visit for
short time and then leave for a tour
Of Europe. They will be gone for at least
a year. and intend to celebrate their gol-
den wedding among relatives in Germany
next March.
Del Nebeker OF Annabella returned
Sunday from the northwestern states
where he has labOred as a missionary for
the past two years.
H. z. Duffin, representing the Inter
Mountain Bottling Works, was in Rich
field the past week looking over the pro-
position of a bOttling plant for Richfield.
He proposes TO organize local company
and establish bottling plant with a ca
pacity Of 30 to go cases per day He
was promised some substantial backing
among the representative business men
of the city and in all probability the plant
viii be established in short time
Charles Lsmmersdorf recently received
I a check for 81 .3s5 for which he released
| a mortgage held on the SEWER Consoli-
dated mine on Gold mountain. This places
the property IN the hands Of the Salt
Lake Hardware company, which was the
next largest creditor of the unfortunate
company. 1t is supposed that the present
holders are preparing to operate the mine
again. as II Is well known to contain some
very good ore. and under proper manage
ment can be made one of the largest pro-
ducers OF the state.
Miss Edna Ogilvie has returned from
Bingham, where she has been visiting
with her sister for some time past
Ray Hanks is visiting in Salt Lake this
week.
Ernest Dali and Lee Kirkman left for
Nevada Monday.
r II. Seegmiller and William Robinson,
who have been visiting with relatives in
this city for the past week, left for tour
of Idaho and Oregon Monday. They will
/ look over these states with q view of
/ finding a desirable place to locate perma-
nently.
| Clarence Christensen. Jim Christensen
and VIII Wells left Tuesday for Bingham
I to seek employment in the mines.
| Herman Andeiin Is a visitor in Salt
Lake City this week
/ \. A. Sheffield OF Loa is in Richfield