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

Dye thiniS,s asked MIR. Hennessy
that both these lads has discovered
the north polegJ
Faith. / dent knew" said Mr. DoeI.
ey. "AyetheF they have discovered II
or they've invinted II; II don't make
much difference which, 1 amt an are.
tie explorer All the pelar Observations
have liver took has been took at .
pint about f0et an d half fr'm o
bases burnlns stove on b winters nialat,
Bat I've had me theories an I'm glad
to see thin verified wan IN THIN was
that tn north pole was In noFtherly
direction Another was that IL liver
discovered a careful sbsarver wud and
lee In tn neighborheod. Both eenthri-
butiens TO science has been established.
TIL scientific wurruid Is no longer in
doubt Th' north pole Ii sartainly la
the north. Il ID not 30 far north to
go to as / thought, but 1t Is farther
to come away firm. We 80 UP Ia Ia
afternoon on tn public sledge that
meets tn two-thirty at Uppenavik, an
We come back In firm two to ave years.
As fr tn Ice, II was not niciaaary to
bring back specimens. Both explorers
agree that they noted distinct thracea
Nv this precyous min'ral indicatin'
that there was vRlyabIe deposits near
by. Why, thin, ask me what good
does arctic exploration do whin these
here two gobm Nv knowledge have been
added to tn wurruld's store W infor-
nation. We know eli there ID to BE
known about the north pole.
Who do think gets tn honor Nv
bein' there first7 Faith. I'm not goin'
to decide. AS Dock Cook says. tn hon
or Is great enough f'r both an there's
little enough iv It, as 1t is. II tn
Dock wasn't tn first there he was tn
flrst to say he was an amt sure that
II don't take more courage to be IA
first TO say that We whit there thin II
does to be tn first to go there be-
lieve thin both. don't see amy
reason FIR not believin' thin. It's ais
Ter to believe thin thin not extind
me hand to both iv thin. say: i
congratulate We with all me heart No,
no; don't show me amy proofs. If
we've got to prove 1t, II amt SO. But
If ye'd come to me years ago wud've
told We all about 1t an We might've
been at wurruk all this time at some
useful ocypation'
How did they get up there, says
We TIL doctor took what is known
as tn gum dhrop route. I discovered,'
says he, years ago, that tn way to win
me way to tn north pole was be means
iv a judicyous distribution iv gum
dhrops. This here delicious but sticky
edyble Is priced beyond anything in
thin grim northern climates as .an
ornymint TIL wealth iv an Eskymo
or his station in life is estymated De
tn number Nv gumdhrops he has. A
jealous husband who has discovered a
necklace iy gumdhrops in tn bureau
dhrawcr has been known to harpoon
his wife on'y to die Nv remorse whin
he found that tn necklace was nav
thin more thin rubies crusted with
dimon powdher. l knew cud wiring
tn secret iv tn pole firm tn great
chief Wallo Wallo IL / cud procure gum
dhrops enough. But gum dhrops cost
money. How to procure thin was tn
question. Thanks to TIL librality iy
wan " tn ladin' banks iv Pain Beach,
Floridy. Iswas able to buy up tn en-
tire yield of nineteen hundherd an
eight. Ye have probably noticed that
there was a famine among tn SCHOOL,
childher in America OWN to me pur-
chases. Let it be a consolation 10 tn
little vans to know that they have
paved tn way to tn frozen north with
their sacrifices.
With this priceless threaslrs in
me possession / was able to break
through tn silence iv Wallo Wallo.
1t created a great pollytikal scandal
in tn frozen north.
A patriotic pote has wrote a pome
about 1T, beginnin': Just FIR a gum
dhrop he sold us. Just FIR gum dhrop
to wear in his hair But what cared
/? Inf1amed with scientific zeal to
get to tn pole ahead Nv me old boss,
/ wud do anything. Laden down
with gum dhrops, with hundherds ~
these barbaric ornymints gleamin' in
his dark hair, tIr potyntate led me to
tn place in his back yard where ~
north pole had beer secreted FIR Gin
cherries or p'rhape aven longer.
Besides tn gum dhrops was
equipped with a watch to take tn
nicissry observations. lost tn watch.
TIL Eskymo chief an mesilf travelled
on a sledge dhrawn be tn fastest dogs
in thin parts. ! cannot speak too
highly iv these faithful animals.
Thrusted an thrue they sarved akeIly
well as beasts Nv burden, fanilyar pets
an quick lunch. Loud not refrain FIRM
a sigh Nv regret as ct tn last w thin
on Ir way home an murmured Fare
well, faithful frind.' Besides our DUMB
solaces we had an excellent brand ~
blubber an light relish Nv taIlow
candles which Wallo Wallo usu'ily
washed down with lick at his brace
let Nv gum dhrops.
cat two thirty we put TIL electhric
lights Nv Upper Navik behind Us an
were started on our journey. TIL lays
flew with incredible speed Our suf-
ferings were. Intense. Mote to Iditor:
Insert sufferins.) At three O'clock we
stopped to. kill musk-ox. At three
thirty we see on our right vast island
Nv thirty six thousand, Ave hundherd
miles in extint which Wallo Wallo said
was game presarve. We did not 20
near it. A lack Nv public spirit on tn
part Nv tn polar tax payers has left