Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09

lions before any geographical society
doubt about my obtaining authoritative
recognition. I have already received
kilograms of congratulation from the
geographical societies Of Sweden. Nor
way. Denmark and Belgium, and other
countries, while Amundson, Norden-
skiold Cagni and Leeointe acknow-
ledge my work. I offer my observa-
lions to science the same as others
have done, and accept the response
bihty.
The temperature at the pole was
minus 50. / took 400 photographs, one
Of which. shows the American flag fly
ing. These have not yet been devel-
oped.
Questioned regarding his great
speed. Or. Cook said:
THE daily distance covered on the
northward trip was slightly less than
Is miles; on the southwark it was 10
miles. This is not abnormal for the
Eskimos on the ice. They often
travel so and 60 miles with dogs. One
of our greatest advantages was that
didn't take the famine route. We
had game a long time. perhaps a nun
dred miles. We fed the dogs through
out the winter at Greenland, ran
them 400 miles, giving them fresh
meat daily. Thus we brought them to
the polar sea fat and we'll We had
the best men and the best dogs.
I'VE lived entirely on dried meat
and beef tallow, reducing the food
problem to a science The last trace
of animals was a bear track at So de-
grees. Afterwards We didn't see life
in the water. except aIgae. The drift
of the ice during the entire southern
trip was slightly south Of east; the
wind generally was south OF west.
We found several old camps. The
reason we utilized the silk tents on
some occasions was that we were so
exhausted, he had not strength to
build a snow shed. We had figured
and planned everything so that there
was no surplus weight to carry. We
did not run short except when we
went astray.
During the expedition, we ate all
kinds of meat. I like musk OK best,
but We ate bear or fox if other was
not obtainable. Everything tastes
good when one is starving. We
brought 10 dogs back, the others were
eaten by their companions. We used
the Iasso. traps, bows and arrows to
catch game. 1t took two months to
learn how to trap a moose"
DR.. Cock stated that he is going to
New York as soon as possible. He
will remain here a few days and then
proceed to Brussels, where he is a
member of the Polar club. He as
sured his hearers that he didn't want
to go to the pole again, either north
or south.
Cook Had No Brass Band.
New Haven. Conn, Sept. 5.-Refer-
ring to statements of Chicago profess
sors and others, that DR.. Cook had not
discovered the pole, Professor Viii
liam H. Brewer, of Yale. said yester-
day that they did not know what they
were talking about
Said Professor Brewer:
Very few of us knew before his de-
parture that if the conditions were
good he would make the trial, and
Bradley kept it quiet. DR.. Cook did
not leave New York with a brass band
for he knew there was a possibility Of
failure. Now that he has succeeded,
he should have every honor"
Mrs. Cook Remains Silent.
Portland, Me, Sept. 5.-Mrs. Cook
continues to decline to talk for publ
cation, but friend of hers said last
night that Mrs. Cook probably will
go to Brussels to meet her husband.