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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19
THE KILLIFER BALL PLAYERS
The Michigan Press Praise the Pop
ular Young Players. Bill will
Play in Houston.

With the Detroit Tigers at San An
tonic are two Michigan players VIII lse
work this season will be watched with
interest by ball fans all over the state
They are Red" KiIifer of Paw Paw and
Elijah "Bumpus" Jones of Oxford.
Red" is too we'll known in Kalamazoo
TO need any introduction. He was thegreat
est catcher Kalamazoo ever boasted and
in 1906 was the greatest intielder in the
Southern Michigan league, despite the
efforts of the local hammer brigade,
who did all IN their power to down him.
he has been with the the Tigers, off aud
on, since that time and now seems de-
stined TO fill the position OF regular
utility intielder.
he has lately written his parents at
Paw Paw, that he is feeling fine and
ready to deliver the goods He joined
the Tigers thfs week, going TO San An
tonic from the Pacific coast.
Bill" brother of "Red, has signed to
play this season with Houston, Texas.
He IS generally considered one of the
best young catcher5 in America and a
few seasons will fad him in the fastest
company.
Frank Sanger is another Paw Paw
boy to be prominent on the diamond and
has just signed a contract to coach
Washington State college. Sanger and
Kilifer formed the Kalamazoo battery
when that school Won the w. L. A. A.
baseball championships aud he later did
great work for Kalamazoo and Johnson
Pa, league ams.-Kalamazoo Tele-
graph.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19
Carlos Cole Honored by College
Mates.

The Kalamazoo college glee club is
making a fifteen day tour OF the state,
playing in all the principal cities. Car
los Cole of Paw Paw accompanies the
team as reader, and has made decided
hit" wherever the club has appearedi
Carlos is reader of ability, and the fact
that he was selected to accompany the
glee club on their annual trip, is evidence
of his high standing in the college, and
of the esteem in which he is held by his
associates and college mates.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19
SCHOOL OFFICERS MEETING
At Opera House Saturday. About 125
Present. w. III. French Ad-
dressed Meeting.

The county school officers association
held their annual meeting at Longwell's
opera house last Saturday. About 125
officers we're present, and the meeting
was enthusiastic and beneficial to those
in attendance. w. II. French OF the
M. A. c. gave an address both morning
and afternoon. In the forenoon he
spoke of the advantages Of teaching
agriculture in the common schools and
in the afternoon he talked on school
law. Mrs. N. III. Bangs Of Antwerp read
a paper on "School Libraries" and Leeds
Healy OF Bloomingdale on "School
Grounds - 4. The old officers we're re-
elected with Commissioner Hupgerford
as president. - .. <~.-..s 49,.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19
SUFFERED SEVERE sPRAINs.

Mrs. Will Longwell was tbs victim of
a very severe accident last Tuesday eve.
ming. Returning home with a friend
who resides on North Kalamazoo street
she slipped on the sidewalk in front OF
MIR. Thomas residence anG sprained her
ankle quite badly. She wears the aililct.
ed member in a plaster cast and is say
ing 20, why didn't / go straight home?'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19

Several new cases are added to the
already long list of measly ones nearly
every day, yet no deaths have as yet re-
suited from the disease. Little Nelson
Waters has been very i'll, and it was
thought at one time that he could not
recover, but he is now practically out Of
danger. His parents are also confined
to the house with the same disease, but
both are convalescent. Mumps have
also made their appearance, and many
cases have been reported.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-03-19
WOMAN "GOT GAY" AT HART
FORD

Dora Maxwell, coIored woman of
"got gay" one day last week,
and is now stopping at the Chappell
house 80 days for being drunk and dis
orderly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02

et gloucester the an o the Bradey boat which r.
Bradley of New ri mad II 70 % II eg
part a o o and
after which DIT Coo cyan pre- e
edges of provision and
ch ] g. a o out noh frozen
lIach3O 1900 daraIand Ian discovered overt at-
tude dgr minute bngiud % gr mw
1gN rnHeme nrade win o at nutern
April 3, position g d d Ionfde . degrees seconds
April 4 reached IS q Ions deseea 2 mnuta
less thar 90 miles from the
April Al "a
April ~ o
had red he eight paI near he meridian found
co broken nmg esa wi Il many oeusa ce OF water
Lat part OF m re- C Sea y oxlue by lack tsl
hiut food hard travel ar were eli eyng the hngerau
Early in the oil Devon Jones' olndwh oesw eturnd loose
aued b. boa n n end av o reach Bay
Ey p f d OF s poriyGo ppedpr
ap OF Spb p o APP SpaHo wher mlob ear dvovesw
found landau foreground del nen the yspmth the winter
Fhruay1 Is 500. tmneyb a o
April
81 preached til Danish Element a Uperayu from CapeYo
September sos rahedA rvick nHand Islands
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ends astronomical distance from the
Pole.
They dashed forward and on the same
day stood on the Pole At that point
they found ice, ice, nothing but track
less fields OF purple ice. The sun indi-
Gated noon. but time at the Pole is
negative problem, for there all meridi-
ans cease.
His bearings on that date were Iati-
tude, 80 degrees longitude. nothing
temperature, ~ below zero, and barome-
ter, 29.63 inches.
At the Pole there is no north. no
cast, no west. In every direction lies
the south, for Dr. Cook was on the top
Of the world.
His compass did not become useless.
II still pointed to the North Magnetic
Pole, for the Magnetic Pole and the
Geographical Pole are hundreds OF miles
apart.
He mad found the Pole and planted the
American flag there. The North Pole,
therefore, has been taken possession Of
and belongs to the United States of
America by right Of discovery.
More than 10000 square .miles OF land
and ice-mCst ice-has been explored
by an American. and belongs 10 US
Tho Pole has been found
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
General Greely Pleased.

CONWAY CENTER, y. H, Sept. .
"Dr. Cooks achievement, as reported
by the colonial office OF the Danish gov
eminent. must be viewed as the most
extraordinary feat I'm polar exploration.
He could have performed IS work only
by extraordinary endurance
This was Cen Adolphus w. Greedy s
statement when he was told that DIT.
Cook had discovered the North Pole.
The veners BILE Arctic explorer, COM
mander OF the International polar eXpe-
dition from the United States in 1884,
seemed as elated when he heard the
news OF the discovery as if he had been
the man 10 score the triumph.
Or. cook WAS practically without
what has always been considered indis-
pensable equipment for extensive pO-
lar travel" nc said. He accomplished
his object by unusual endurance aided
by fortuitous conditions in the Arcti,
ocean.
THE attainment of the North Geo,
graphic pole is a feat that merits the
highest possible acknowledgment by
the American people. AS one who once
beat the record 1 offer my heartiest con
gTatulatiOns.'
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meant 20 remain in the north to make
dash for the Pole. He asked for one
volunteer 20 remain with him and join
in the attempt. Rudolph FRANKIE. sea-
man, volunteered and was accepted.
On August Is, the day before the
schooner was to start south, the crew
worked all day and part Of the night
unloading the stores brought along for
DR.. Cook. On August q the schooner
sailed at noon for New York.
The first week was spent by DR.. Cook
and FRANKIE in building a house, aided
by EsiIimos. BY the middle Of Septem-
Der they had comfortable quarters built
and then proceeded to lay in a stock Of
meat 20 last them through the long win
ter. The whole Of the next month was
devoted by DR.. Cook and FRANKIE to
hunting. At the beginning of the long
Arctic Right the temperature was be-
tween thirty and forty degrees below
zero.
Notwithstanding the intense cold the
ice was not always firm. according &C
FRANKIE. and travelling was dangerous
especially in the morning and evening
10 prepare dog food. FRANKIE refused tC
disclose this secret, but said DR.. Cook
counted upon il giving him a big ad-
vantage over other explorers Furs
clothing such as the EskimOs use, and
harness for the dogs were purchased by
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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FINANCER OF TRIP
NEVER HAD DOUBTS

NEW YORK. Sept, John r. Brad
ley, who financed the Cook expedition,
IS jubisnt over the Brooklyn explorers
success.
'If the news is true. as it must be-"
ne said, 'he has accomplished the most
wonderful thing ever done by any man
that is, TO make dash for the Pole
be successful. and return alive and IN
assisted
This I want to say firmly, that I had
never had the slightest doubt but that
Cook was safe ard would make his re-
turn trip according to his original plans.
DIR Cook carried with him on MS
trip 100 pounds in paper money, which
we figured out would pay his return
passage to the States. So when people
tried 70 finance a relief expedition some
time ago to search for DR. Cook, I re-
fused TO subscribe. because I knew he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02

for him. after locating the Pole, to make
his way back TO land as fast as he
could, killing the weaker dogs to feed
the stronger ones. If he reaches Green
land he will be almost certain to fall in
with Danish whalers.
when ! started to ft out my ship
for my shooting excursion had no
idea o. making it include a Polar ex-
cursion as well. but DR.. Cook who has
been on many expeditions, showed me
II would only cost an extra 5000 or
$1,000, so 1 thought it was worth try
ing.
THE crew OF my vessel did not know
this was one of my objects wien we
left Gloucester. though the gu tity Of
5emmican on board and the m-ny bum
6les Of hickory for sledges caused the
captain 10 suspect
This clearly shows that before the
schooner sailed froIE Gloucester
Cook fully premeditated the dash, and
had thoroughly equipped himself for the
hazardous venture
Cook Gets One Volunteer.
The hunting trip was a sucCess. 1t
ended the latter part OF August, when
the schooner was at Annortok, on the
northwest coast of Greenland, about
900 miles from the Pole. Just before
the schooner sailed south on August q,
1907, DR. Cook announced for the first
tine TO the crew of the vessel that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
News In London.

LONDON. Sept. The news Of Or
Cooks success was received with &C
claim in London, though the discoverer
was an American.
Capt Robert scott. VINO commanded
the national Antarctic expedition Of
10000, said:
From the meagn~ news received, It
would seem that Or. Cook started on his
final effort from Cape Columbia, ABOUT
40 miles from the Pole, on March Il, and
reached his destination just thirty-five
days later. This shows an average OF
about twelve miles daily. very good
average indeed. considering the difficult
ties Of the ice packs. Remembering
that Markham, I'm 1876, could make very
little headway ina this direction and
that Peary. IN 1902, got no farther than
81 degrees u minutes, or only eighty
miles north Of Cape Columbia. Il must
be imagined that Or. Cook had extra
ordinary good uck in getting northward
at the speed With which ne must have
Travelled
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was safe and the relief expedition would
interfere with his plans
TT was when I came back from a
hunt I'm Africa, and Dr. Cook returned
from climbing Mt. Mckinley, in Alaska,
that we met We had known each 9TH
eT for wears.
What is your next trip?' he asked
me.
7 am going to hunt big game In
the arctic I told him. He said he would
like TO go along as my guest So when,
in 1907, ] was ready for the TRIP !
notified him. We went to Gloucester,
Mass, and chartered a boat built for
Northern travel. and went to the frozen
North. He kept his intentions quiet,
and did not even reveal them TO mis-
intimate friends. He had sufficient sup
plies from my ship for the trip. I am
sure he has succeeded. for he Is q man
of wonderful courage and determination,
and fitted. by previous experiences in
the arctic. to make the trip"
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STORY OF THE START
OF NOW FAMOUS DASH

NEW YORK. Sept. while none Of
Dr Cooks friends i'm the Explorers
Club. OF which he wa president doubts
that ne discovered the North Pole, there
& one phase OF the matter which chose
having experience in the arctic region
and with Eskimos cannot understand.
IT is this:
The cablegram sent from Lerwick.
Shetland Islands states that Or. Cook
reached the North Pole on April q,
1905
The only white man who started with
him on the dash to the Pole was Ru-
dglph FRANKIE, but he only went with
him as far as Annortok. on the NORTH
west coast of Greenland FRANKIE was
left there 10y Dr. Cook 20 guard sup-
plies He was 10 stay there certain
time and then start south FRANKIE got
back hero iu October 1868, and brought
with him the last message received
from DIT Cook.
FRANKIE and Or. Cook separated on
March Q. 1905. on March II Dr. Cook
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02

had not reported to any one his prog
ress nor taken the scientific world into
his confidence.
1T is a great triumph for America"
said DR.. Willis L. Moore. chief of the
Weather Bureau. and President of the
Geographic Society. There are at
present a number Of expeditions in the
far North trying to reach the Pole. Dr..
Cook has won everlasting fame by ac-
complishinS something for which many
have striven for years"
Asked IL the success of the Cook ex-
ploratiOn would make the Pole more
easy Of access, "Dr. Moore said;
4 doubt it. I question whether it
would be possible for a second expedi-
ton to make the journey with any less
trouble, even if IL were successful l
believe, however. that IL will only be
a few years before we are able to fly
TO the North PO}e. Aviators can then
make the trip ,Sitn but little difficulty.
Science is much Interested in the Studies
that can be made at the Pole. among
the most important things 10 be learned
being the truth as TO land formation and
tidal phenomena
Accepted As True.
Accepting the dispatches concerning
DR.. Cooks route as true. DR.. Tittman
says that the explorers discoveries are
doubly interesting to scientists when
considered In connection with the con-
tention and observations Of Or. Harris.
of the Bureau of Coast Survey, who has
devoted much attention to tidal Obser-
vations on the northern coasts of Alas
ka and British Columbia.
These Investigations have led DIT.
Harris 10 believe that land must exist
for a considerable distance northward, "
said Or. Tittman. He believes that il
there were an open sea stretching
ncrthward the tidal phenomena would
be different.
Prof Albert Zahm, scientist. author.
and enthusiastic supporter of aero
nautics, said:
1T seems strange that the honOrs,
arctic and antarctic discover, should
be divided between the TWO great Eng
disappearing natiOns-America and
E.ngland-Iieutenant ShaCkelton s feats
in the antarctic being 90 closely fol
lowed by DR.. Cooks achievement.
The popular idea has always been
that the North Pole was surrounded
by a large sea OF floating ice II land
exists. the planting OF d monument
there with an American flag IS our
greatest desire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02
Ship Well Fitted Out.

As matter OF fact the schooner was
specially htted out with the supplies
which Or. Cook would need in dash TO
the Pole and . was understood between
him and Mr.. Bradley from almost the
outset that the attempt TO reach the
Pole would be made. Mr.. Bradley adj
mitted this in July. 1908, when he said
ia a statement:
81 think d. Cook has the best pos
sible chance Of reaching the North Pole.
lie has $50 doEs and sleds which he
would have naturally ightenCd as me
got nearer the Pole Then the idea was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-02

would discover the Pole" continued
Mr.. BonsaH. "Of course. DR.. Cook will
bring back material evidence that he
reached the goal.
The rigors of that region are such
THAI Il would be almost impossible to
concvi-e of human beings surviving
there. It has always been a question
Of endurance, and little else"
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Friday nights. Bulletin. terms, &c, apply
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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by their expression or sympathy and
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HOLY Cross Academy

Select school Tor young ladies' and children.
Academic and Preparatory Departments.
Complete courses in Music and At Com
merciaI course. For terms apply TO Sisters
OF the Holy Cross
Reopens Sept 10Th. 18th and Upton SITS.
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ST JOHNS LLEGE-Conducted BY the
Brothers OF the Christian Schools \ select
day college for young men and boys Coz
Iegiate. commercial academic, and primary
departments. school opens September Is
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Continued on Fourth Page.)
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Although many Of the members Of tho
National Geographic Society are out
Of the city for the summer. there was
quite a hubbub over the telephone wires
AS soon as the news of the discovery
VAS received The societN was appealed
10 by scientists, newspaper men and
others for possible further details Of tile
wonderful discovery. Society members,
however. rejoicing IN the tidings, had
10 depend upon the first brief cables
for their information. because Dr. Cook
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-16
The ChautauQua :

Great Bends first Chautauqus
Is a thing of the past. It was
successful. Perhaps not from a
financial point of view of those
who made a guarantee for secur.
inS this meeting, but from the
point OF view thhat it was en-
tertaining, instructive, and that
it awakened a desire on the part
of many who had not been in
the nabit of attending such meet
.ngs, to put forth an effort for
a return engagement next year.
1t was not our pleasure 10
hear many of the numbers, but
those who did hear them pro.
nounce them all to have been
very fine. Personally we were
much pleased with Mr.. Beau
champ and with Judges Lindsey.
Others may have been equally
as good, but we cannot speak
from observation. Certain it is
that a Chautauqua is a good
thing for a town and a commun-
ity, and it should always be en-
cOlraged.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-16
The Header Barge Co.

The directors of the Manufac-
turing Co., which has been man.
ufacturing steel header barges dn
its shops the past year for a
trial to see if the proposition
would make good, met Saturday
afternoon and increased the stock
of the company to $4,000.
company started a small facto-
About four months ago the
ry east of Hutchinson. 1t was
the intention then to make a few
barges as an experiment. to see if
they could be sold to an advan-
tage in this part of the country.
The experiment proved a decid-
ed success and the compny has
been receiving twice as many or
ders as it could fill. The barges
that the company has sent to the
western part of the state this
year have pleased farmers who
bought them and with the new
plant which The company is 60
ing tc c. instruct, it looks as
if there might be a big demand
for tkcir bargcs next year.
Besides the steel barges, the
company will manufacture steel
ladders and a shade for header
horses.
The new building which they
are going to build will be of rein
forced concrete and the dime,
sions will be so feet by 300 feet.
When this new factory is COM
pleted, it will employ about 40
wOrkmen and the output will be
about thirty barges a day.-Hut-
Crimson Gazette.
This is the company organiz-
ed by Winfred Jacobs, former
Barton County boy, to build his
patented header barges.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-16

Since our last issue with one
day on which no game was play.
ed, the ball team has had an ev.
en- break. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of last week they plsy.
ed at Mcpherson, losing all three
games, although by small scores.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
they played at Larned, that town
having taken over the Twin CITY
team. Great Bend won all three
OF the gam,s, one Of which was
a very poorly played one ON the
part Of Larned.
The team has undergone some
changes. Earhman is a new man
covering second base. Weber i.
IN right field in place Of Bar
thlemas, Hoffman in center in
place of Killilay, WIN has beer
released, Patton is a new man
on the pitching staff, Green hav.
ing been released Jbkerst had a
finger hart in the first game
with Mcpherson, and has not
pla,'d any since. He will get
back in this week. This pives
this town a mighty strong team,
and there may yet be something
doing in losing some one out of
first or second place. :
At this time there is a strong
fight on between Mcpherson and
Hutchinson for first place, with
the Macs to the good. Lyons is
third, Great Bend fourth. These
two teams mix it up for three
games on the home grounds be-
ginning today, to be followed by
three games at Arkansas City
Thhe fight for the finish is go.
ing to be a pretty hard one. Near
ly all the teams have been
strengthened up some. Thir
the games remain TO be played
by each team, with one or 50
postponed games additional.
II sou want to see good ball,
go to league park for The next
six days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-16

What do you think of thisi
We have before us an announce
ment from the Grand Island Bus.
mess ard Normal College, Grand
Island. Nebraska, stating that
five hundred young men and
women will be admitted in tht
College next term and given
full course without the payment
of any fees until they have TIM
10 graduate, then they will b.
given a position and allowed Il
pay in monthly installments. Thi
school has a reputation extending
over many states and we adyis
all who are interested to SEM
! for circulars.