Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-04

have been draped in flags and bunt-
| ing in honor of the occasion. At a
banquet in a hall tomorrow night at
which Cook will be the guest Of hon
or, Lord Mayor Oldenburg will pro-
| pose a toast to President Taft and
King Frederick, Minister of Com
merce Johan J. c. Hansen wiwll
make a speech in honor of Cook,
and Commodore Hougaard, comman-
der of the Danish Arctic expedition
of 1S82-84 will welcome the American
and on behalf of polar explorers con-
graduate him upon his success in
finding the pole.
The Danish newspapers are full of
praise of the American enterprise
which made possible the exploration
trip of Cook and express their de-
light at his success.
These articles are replete with
sympathetic reference to friendship
existing between the United States
and Denmarck. None of them ex-
pressed doubt Of the truth of the dis
coyery of the pole and all believe
that Cook will be able to put forward
his proofs. The Danish question has
taken a place in newspapers secon-
DAIRY to the news of Cooks achieve
ment.
London, Sept. ga special dispatch
received here from Skagen says:
AS the steamer Hans Eyed steamed
by I caught through my glasses a
vision of a small man in a dark suit
and a peaked cap shading his eyes
with his hands as if straining to see
the welcome civilization, after years
in icy exile. It was DR.. Cook, the
explorer, whose name is on every
+onque. He was chatting with the
coDtain on the bridge, now smiling,
n"r7 waving mis- nands.
l was allowed to board the Hans
Egede. DR.. Cook spoke briefly con-
corning his journey. Regarding his
discovery he said:
"rhen came April 81. That was the
greet day. We looked for the sun
AS soon as We got it made several
observations. Great Joy came over
us. We were only sixteen miles
from the desert pole. I said to my
self, Bully for Frederick Then we
went.
"Tbe last stretch was the easiest
I ever made in my life, although Il
had still to make three observations,
and the ice was very broken here.
But my spirits were high and II
shouted like boy The Eskimos look
ed at me surprised at my gaiety.
They did not share my Joy.
IT felt that I ought to be there. I
made my last observation and found
that I was standing or the pole. Ny
feelings, well I was too tired to feel
anything. sensational. 7 landed the
stars and stripes in the ice field and
my heart grew when I saw it wave
in the wind" &c.,. i
''How does the North Pole look" he
was asked" ~ So
Well" said Cook smiling, | "It
amounts to about the size of twenty
five cent piece. There is nothing but
ice, ice, ice, no water, but ice There
we're more holes here than at the B7th
degree which shows there is more
movement and drift here, but this
and other observations made after
wards, when I got more settled. II
stopped two days at the pole and
can assure you it was not. easy to say
good bye to the spot.
CAS- 1 was sitting at the pole + !
could not help smiling at the people, |
who on my return would call the
whole expedition q humbug, and
was sure that many would say that |
bought my two witnesses and that
my daily observations had been man
ufactured on board this ship. * y
"Let the skeptics who disbelieve !,
my story 60 to the north pole. There
they will find small brass tube
which I buried under the flag. That
tube contains q short statement
about my trip. / could not leave my
visiting card because I did not happent
% have any at the time" |