The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04

DR.. Cooks reply to his critics is
as follows;
He has the records of his eXpedi-
ton. together with certain scientific
data and proofs. which he will submit
10 the world of science for It's judg-
ment He Is confident that the yer.
oict will be a substantlation of his
claims.
Questioned on the skepticiSm re-
garding his story arises from the fact
that he was the only white man to
take bearings and observations. as
we'll as being the only white man in
the party, he answered that with 9th
er we'll authenticated expeditions one
scientific man of the party took all
the observations.
DR. Cook left at the pole In metal
! cylinder a small American flag and
the records of his voyage. He did not
have staff on which 10 erect the flag.
nor could the stability OF small staff
have been assured.
AZ Minister Egan's luncheon. Dr.
Cook looked like an athlete in splen-
did training He discussed his trip
and answered all questions put to
him. Among lnterrogators were the
Russian minister. who was an eager
seeker for information. and the rep
resentatlve Of The Associated Press
DR. Cook is particularly desirous
that the public refrain from accepting
all alleged interviews by the various
newspapers here as authentic and,
while it would not be fair to him to
attempt to quote the recollections Of
his conversation as a verbal inter
view. he has no objection to a recital
of some of the main points he mon
| toned
Dr. Cook is OF the opinion that the
United States may fairly claim. for
whatever it may be worth, jurisdiction.
by right of discovery. over the farth-
est north region of the world
He said he regretted TO hear that
some newspapers had incorrectly rep
resented him as claiming to have dis
covered 10000 square miles of new
! land What he had done was to settle
the nature of a region of about that
extent He was only able to see for
an average Of about IL miles on each
side of his route.
The most northerly land he saw was
between the 81 and Sc degrees. There
were IMb UuulCS VI luuu DIT LIlS DOluL
| east of his route One was about one
| thousand feet high, He could not say
| whether they were islands or not. as
he was not equipped to make a detour
to explore them.
DR.. Cook said he was strongly OF the
opinion that no white man could
reach the pole unless he was able TO
wear the same clothes. eat the same
food and live in all ways as do the
Esklmos
He said he owed his success largely
to choice OF a route where the game
was more plentiful than on the routes
formerly attempted and 10 the fact
that he travelled IN winter
The lowest temperature experienced
was So degrees below zero. Fahren-
heit. but the explorer said he did not
feel the cold nearly so much then as
in the higher temperatures when the
wind was blowing
For a long time the explorer lived
on musk oxen; he wore the fur OF
these animals, ate their meat and
used their Fat TO burn in lamps
DR.. Cook said among other things
that Harry Whitney. OF New Haven.
nhu Naheu WIN nun ol sncOllnS eN-
pedition the two Eskimos who made
the trip to the North Pole with the
explorer.
DR.. Cook is overwhelmed at his re-
ception here He expected TO come
into Copenhagen quietly. but instead
he was almost mobbed by the great
gathering of newspaper correspond
ents. artists, bloscopc operators, sci
entists, publishers and agents Some
photographers even Tried 10 Invade the
American legation foroibly during the
luncheon hour.
Hundreds OF telegrams from pub
fishers, lecture managers and even
theatrical managers are pouring In on
the explorer
DR. Cook was greatly pleased TO find