The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-06
AN INTERVIEW
With DR.. COOK
Or. Frederick A. Cook, Famous Dis
coverer OF North Pole Passed
Through keokuk on
Way South.
HE TOLD SOME SECRETS
Did Not Know That Old. College
chum Was Newspaper Man
and Spoke Out Quite
Frankly
HE TOLD SOME SECRETS

| Upon receipt of a telegram from
Chicago, announcing that he would
pass through Keokuk this morning,
enroute to st. Louis, DR.. Frederick
A. Cook, discovered of the North Pole,
was met at the union depot this morn
ing when the south bound train pass
| ed through, by Gate City represen-
tative, who had been classmate OF
the noted explorer at the Brooklyn
Barber College in 1888.
The greeting was a most cordial
one, DR.. Cook swinging off of the
platform of the smoking car and the
two old friends leaping into each
! others arms like couple of excited
/ Frenchmen.
DR.. Cook was smoking two cigars
at once and also chewing on a large
sized quid of tobacco You see,
ran out of tobacco in the arctic and
am making up for lost time these days
he explained as he took fresh chew
from plug as large as ten cent
magazine.
"If you had lived on blubber for six
months, you would gladly chew pine
knots to get rid of the memory he
said.
The newspaper friend of the ex-
plorer, remarked that the train
would be pulling out in few minutes
and that the doctor had better do all
of the talking and not waste any prec-
ious time.
Talk" he, replied. That's all have
been doing for a month steady. I
have about run out, but believe | can
keep it up for a few months longer
especially at $4,000 per talk. Do you
know what / ought to charge yor cor
this five minutes"
The Gate City man had not time to
; figure it out, but made wild guess at
s132.S5. "You are near right re-
piled Cook, but of course there Is no
charge to converse with an old col
lege chum.'
| Then followed the following quizz
the questions and answers being prac
tically in the exact words used. Dr.
, Cook did not know that his friend was
) a newspaper man and SO talked freely
! and is supposed to have told the
) truth:
} Really now Doctor, did you get to
the north pole?"
!, The Doctor replied; "Ill tell yo,
the truth as an old friend. / did no
get to the pole or anyplace near it,
: spent the last two years right at hom'
in Brooklyn and have made the Who'll,
story up in order to fool the peopl
: and get lecture dates"
:. 'But how did you show up in Den
: mark on steamboat?'
: easily explained, said the Doc
/" tor, lighting two fresh cigars, Il wen
over to Denmark to get my hair cut.
. How about Peary?"
s'Peary has turned out to be m
~ best friend Everytime he boils over
y 1 get another lecture date. Hope
can keep him stirred up for the mex
=, seven years"
10 did Peary find the pole?'
How could he find it, when
70 brought 1t hack with me?"
Va Where is It now?'
20 at is on the rocks at Etah. / wral
le ped it up In an old newspaper an
gave it to Harry Whitney to keel
nc Peary made him leave it behind"
10 What did the north pole countr
look like, Doctor"
70 Like Cedar Glen on a winter day
&c How can you prove that you foun
of the pole?"
h. .By certain signs. pass words ar
the grip
re- Then you have the grip"
mo. got over il. ] still have n
satchel however
what proofs are you going to su
dis NIT to the Danish and American &c
mr. graphical societies. that you found tt
ely pole?"
81 was going to show them pilot
graph of it, but since Peary has talk
- so much, l believe I will merely tu
- over his objections ] believe he b
done more for my proof than any re
ords can show
at is true that you have always Ike
your temper over Peary's ravings?"
II SWOT6 III EShluO ebO IL ~ 'ih'A-
heard it, but since then have cal
ed down.
aDid YOU use an artificial horizo
to find your bearings?'
Eyes sir and artificial Eskimos al
dogs
= "Peary said that you had no su
able shoes. is that so?''
ut is; / walked the last 700 mil
in nv bare feet. It was so pleasan
"Doctor, why don't you turn in a
ask Peary a few questions about
pole?"
"He has exhausted them all on M
Just then the conductor called
"all aboard" and the Doctor start
up the steps, The newspaper m
shook hands again with his old frie