The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-16
LONDON CANNOT, HOWEVER,
DOWN THE TERRIsLE SPEC
TIRE FOR LONG.
economy Is Watchword in English
Governmental circles-Much
interest in AeropIanes.

arrived of Lieut.. Shackleton's record
Journey to the south pole. Great homes
are based on the natural history dis
coveries, while the fact that fossil or
ganisms were found is considered one
or the most important items of news
respecting the expedition Previous
expeditions brought only .fragmentary
specimens, believed to be fossils, but
they were practically useless for re-
search purposes.
Before he left England Lieut. Shack
Teton had great hopes that his motor
car would enable him to get very near
the south pole. He explained to his
friends several things about the con-
struction of the car, which had. been
specially made for the expedition. The
body was made very high. because of
travelling through snow, and the wheels
were so made that either spikes or
studs could be screwed into the rim.
the spikes for travelling over ice and
the studs for travelling over snow.
Lieut. Shackleton said that when htey
got the motor car started they would
have to travel day and night, and the
| inside was arranged so that some one
| of the three who were to accompany
| the car could always be asleep.
He was perfectly confident that the
motor car on the great Antarctic con-
tinent would enable him to accomplish
| much more than had ever been done
| before, but as a matter Of fact, it
seems to have been of very little use.
| There is no mention in the messages
L III 60 ~:
| try of it having been employed in the
! dash for the pole and dependence
| seems to have been entirely on sledges
| drawn by Siberian ponies-the latter
| being shot for the pot as food became
scarcer. It was a disappointment for
| those who were specially attracted by
| the idea of motoring to the south pole.
and the inference is that the ice bar
| rier offered obstacles to anything less
sure than flesh and blood.
But the expedition shows the amount
| of hard and valuable work accom-
| plished in one Antarctic summer Not
a single day appears to have been
wasted and the swiftness of the whole
thing is perhaps best realized when one
remembers that it is hardly eleven
T..
at his farthest south This expedition
in fact, seems to have accomplished
more in one season than the Scott ex-
petition did in two, a result which can
only be attributed to the extraordinary
energy and resolution of its leader. 4
Next Line of Exploration.
The point now arises, what will be
the next line of advance. The efforts
of British explorers will probably be
most usefully employed in an attempt
to penetrate from the Ross Barrier to
the rear of King Edward Seventh Land,
with a view to establishing the exist
ence or nom existence Of the land re-
ported bv Capt Cook in 1774, about
latitude 70. longitude no. Given a
favorable base at the east end OF the
barrier, this might be done with a
sledge Journey of the same extent as
that which Lieut.. Shackleton has just
ACCOMPLISHED In any case, it is certain
that the Ross sea and barrier AFFORD
the most promising base for future
work. Efforts to approach the Antarc-
tic continent from any other point In
its vast circumference give little nope
Of success, and the French expedltlon
in Pouruuoi Pass, now about to winter
in the vicinity Of Graham Land, IS
hardly likely to achieve results tnat
can compare with those of the recent
British expedition.
The expedition has robbed the novel
ist of a favorite field of exercise for
Imagination. Frequently fiction writers
have pictured an Antarctic Utopia.
bathed in sunshine. sheltered from the
rude blasts of corroding competition,
wherein ideal socialists had all things
in common among them" The MINI
rod has dispelled that illusion and mar
rowed down the dreamers to still more
restricted limits than hitherto.
Mention of Capt Coop reminds one
that the Prince of Wales has consented
to become honorary chairman of the
general committee formed to promote
the erection in London of a memorial
in honor of Capt Cook, the great navl-
gator and explorer. The proposal was
originated by a letter from Sir Joseph
Carruthers, ex prime minister of New
South Wales. published last November
urging that the capital of the British
empire SHOULD not be without monu-
ton of the present greatness OF Aus
tralia and New Zealand
Interest in Aeroplanes.
The aero expedition in London this
week has effectively proved that new
Industry has been born in England, as
in other countries. The exhibitors as
sure the writer they have done a brisk
business in aeroplanes. One British
inventor and builder, Howard T. Wright
has received orders for six aeropianes
on his model, at $4,000 each. on guar
anty being given that they will fly, and
the inventor will instruct the buyers
in their USE Capt. Wyndham, King S
messenger, has sold one OF ms aero
planes to a DIR. BOYD for $4,000 me
inventor promises to fly across the
channel this year. Several other or
ders are announced besides these AS
! as matter of fact, it is very curious
kind of excitement that one feels at