The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-20

time is Commander Peary's confident belief ands Dr. Goodsell, physician or expedition, asserted that the dry air and constant sunlight of the summer was a fine cure for tuberculosis. The explorer spoke sadly of the loss of Ross G. Marvin. who was drowned on April II.
 we were in our igioos." said he, "wfien Kood-Look- Too and Inuh-Glue- Too, whom Percy, the steward, had christened 'Harrigan,' came along with their heads down. They shook their heads and we knew that poor Marvin had been lost. They said they found the hole where he had fallen through the thin Ice and they could see the back of his fur coat above the surface of the water"
 wins name and the date and place or his death was erected on a cairn Of white stones or crystal at Cape Sherf- dan.
 commander Peary. do you believe that the pole can be reached again and to what do you ascribe your sue- cess this timer"
 Can Reach Pole Again. .T believe that any member of my party could reach the pole twice % out tain Bartlett could take the Roosevelt through the ice floes to Cape Sheri- dan four our of five times. You can ge. your training as you progress towaIo the pole. keep myself sound clean and straight and this has been great help in the trials or rigorous cn mate.
 "The expedition this time compared with my earlier ones was particularly fortunate in the absence of winds east and west across our course. ana 10 the fortunate prevailing-wind In our faces. which held the ice to the iano and did not fault the trails made oy those on the advance.
 "Aeain, we had the advantages ot a new type of sledge. without wnicD we would not have been able 10 max our remarkable progress. Tfs type or sledee the Morris K. Jesup sledge, shows that same marked development that ia shown in the steam yacht or the last few years. It is no picnic Tn the Arctic; just hard work all tne time. There Is no riding on the sledges. but just pushing every nm ute."
 h,a finding of the relics and stores Of earlier co Iitions was fraught with interest On a trip to the westward from the winter quarters at Cape Snef- fJan. to make observations, Professor McMillan came upon some supplies at Fort Conger, which had been ieft there by the Greeley expedition Tn tSs1-S4.
 ratoes and rhubarb and I tried them all 1t seemed strange to think that seventeen out of that party of twenty five had died of starvation after they had left the provisions behind. They had to 20 back under orders ana iaii- ed to find the relief ship at Cape Sa- bine.
 Finds ola Polaris House.
 "Near Etah, came upon the old Po- laris House. in Thank God darpor' which had been used by the expedi- lion of Commander Hall in 1871. The house was made of wood and near It [ hacked up a piece of brass marked T. s. Polaris, Washington Navy Yard l871.' While on this trip I found az latitude si.l4 a cuff on which was stii' written plainly the name Of SIT Jonn Lockwood; while at Kuhan I walked into an Eskimo hut and found the Es- kimos eating off plate on the back of which was the name of the ship G1oa' which carried the Amundsen expeJition of 1So3-06 I gave the Es- kimos a cup for the plate" Professor McMillan said he came up- m the old headquarters of the expe- dition of Admiral Sir George Mares near Cape Sheridan. On the beach the professor found coal bags, loads or wood, crockery and cartridges. togeth- CT with a push cart. The tracks of inc cart were still distinctly visible In the snow and ground. At Cape Nor. ris Jesup, Professor McMillan found the cairn made there by Peary in 1900. while the remains of the old Peary camp at Cape New Mayer in 1908 was also discovered.
 "why was 1t that you and the oth- CTS did not go to the pole with Com mander Peary instead of Henson?" McMillan was asked.
 "Because Henson was better fitted than anyone in our party" he replied. He was stronger and had more expe- rience, was a better sledge driver ana repairer, and in every way was the man to go.'
 TOLD CABIN BOY.