MACMILLAN, AMUNDSEN ANI)
STEFANSSON WRANGLING
OVER COOK’S POLAR CLAIMS
Fort Worth, Texas—That Dr. Fred
erick Cook is a “genius,” and that no
matter what he has done in business
he deserves the respect of Americans
for his exploration work, was the
statement of Roald Amundsen here,
Saturday, who said further that it
was just as easy to believe that Cook
found the north pole as to credit
Peary’s discovery. Amundsen charac
terized evidence gathered by Donald
B. Macmillan to discredit. Cook’s
claims as of “no importance.” The
Eskimos will give any kind of an an
swer that is wanted, said Amundsen
Denver.—When Amundsen’s state
meats concerning Cook’s claims for
discovery of the north ik>1c were re
peated to Stefansson he said they
were “most extraordinary." He said
■.hat ePary had a lifetime of integ
rity behind him. while Cook's career
had. been one of consistent faking
ever since his fake Mount McKinley
climb, .and that “his career of faking
had continued until it landed him in a
federal prison.” Stefansson said that
Amundsen would not have said what
he did if he had had.experience with
moving ice.
Rockford, 111.—Macmillan said that
he stood on the spot where Dr. Cook
had aised his Hag and called it the
north pole, and that it was 500 miles
from the-north pole. “Peary’s claim
toi the north pole is fully as good as
Amundsen’s for reaching the south
pole,” said Macmillan.
KAtisas, City.—Dr. Cook is willing
to. rest his claim to' discovery of the
u<jle with future generations, it is
said here, and in a letter to the Jour
nal Post he said that his published
records of the results-nf his explora
tions of eighteen years proved many
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of his claims and disproved many of
Peary’s.
The monotny of Cook’s prison life
j has been momentarily lifted by the
present discussion which brings the
Doctor once more into the lime
light. He is serving a 20-year sen
tence for using the mails to defraud,
in connection with an oil well pro
motion scheme,
Houston, Texas.—Amundsen denied
the Fort Worth statement attributed
to him to the effect that Cook’s dis
covery of the North Pole was as
sound as Peary’s. He said: “Speak
ing as an explorer, what 1 said was
that 1 could not form an opinion
without having the opinions of both
Cook and Peary before me. I was
misquoted.”
, Macmillan’s statement concerning
! Cook’s Pole claims was to the effect
that Peary remained at the Nortii
Pole fifty hours and was within five
miles of his objective and within one
and one-quarter miles of the Pole.
“No human instruments have been
devised whereby the exact location of
the North and South Poles could he
discovered. Their approximate loca
tion is sufficient," said Commander
McDonald, of the United States navy,
who accompanied Macmillan to the
Arctic last summer.
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A Shrewd Little Girl.
William B. Shearer, the better navy
champion, said at a Washington re
' eeption:
“You’d think the present alarming
state of Europe would convert our pa
cifists, but there’s a lot of them still
knocking about. When they talk their
pacifist doctrines to me 1 tell them an
anecdote.
“ ‘Suppose, my dear,” said a little
. girl’s Sunday school teacher—sup
pose a bad boy should strike you, and
the next day you should give him an
apple. Now, what do you think the
bad boy would do then?’
“ ‘He’d strike me again, of course.'
said the little girl, ‘to get another
apple.’ ”
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Maybe it would be best to wait and
i go to Florida for the clearance sale.
*j —Toledo Bade.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana to Tavern . 17
Tavern to Knight’s .24
Knight's to 19 Roadhouse.113
19 Roadhouse to Riffle Role Road
house . .-. 8
Riffle I’ole Roadhouse to Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to Roosevelt l'i
Roosevet to Lake Minehumina 2.7
M ake Minehumina to Lone Star
.Roadhouse. 21
( Lone Star to Telida . 18
; Telida to Tent Roadhouse.10
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork 6
.Slow Fork to East Fork.22
j,Kast Fork to Nicoli . 10
Nicoli to Big Riiver .. 21
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath. . 27
-McGrath to Tokotna . 12
j From Nenana to Tokotna . 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss’ Roadhouse 12
■ Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir ... 10
| Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse 83
i Jerry’s to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 27
I Schermeyer’s to Iditarod . 10
Iditarod to Flat . S
From Nenana to Flat
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Fresh Fruits
Fresh Vegetables
Plenty of Nuts
Choice Canned Goods
Meats
Mukluks or Shoes for the Dancers
PRESS SQUIBS.
One of the ironies of fate is the ap
pointment of Parker, Hughes and
Davis, defeated candidates for the
presidency, on a committee to arouse
popular interest in voting at all elec
tions.—Chicago Journal of Com
merce.
Minister calls Americans the most 1
conceited people in the world. We;
thought so, too, until we talked with j
I the natives of a few other countries.— j
Dalios News.
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! Scientist says that it is impossible
j for the human hair to turn gray over-1
1 night. Maybe so. But just wait until
gray becomes a popular color for
human hair!—Arkansas Gazette.
When Shakespeare is completely
modernized, it is assumed the Apothe
j cary in “Romeo and Juliet” will carry
the customary full line of stamps,
magazines and boiled dinners.—-De
troit News.
Conservatism is a state of mind re
sulting from a good job.—Richmond
News-Leader.
People talk of nuisance taxes as
though there were some other kind.—
Florence (Ala.) Herald.
The trouble with Texas seems to be
not that she is governed by a woman,
but that .she isn’t -Boston Transcript.
If only the days were longer, Hoo
ver might handle Several other de
partments.—Roanoke World News.
Ah, well, when the go-getters all go
to Florida, the rest of us will have a i
better chance at home. Tucson Citi
j zen.
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In fairness it ought to be generally
conceded that a large proportion of i
modern blank verse is blank.—Detroit
News
j Life isn’t just one dam thing after
j another. 11 is just about a million
| darn things after another.—Columbia
j Record.
“Why aren’t there parking places
1 for pedestrians?" asks a motorist.
He forgets our commodious ceme
teries.—Punch.
When Europe hear , something fall,
it is usually either the Prince of
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A Bath in a Real
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Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paper Hanging
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Wales or the French Cabinet.—Flor
ence (Ala.) Herald.
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A professor in Italy says Italians
made America great. This seems to
be praising a fruit diet a little too
much.—Birmingham News.
France is the land of real oppor
tunity. There, sooner or later, every
man has a chance to enter the Cab
inet.—Milwaukee Journal.
If chloroforming of “human husks”
becomes legalized, there will be some
steady jobs for quite a few people.—
Florence (Ala.) Herald.
The old graceful full-rigtred ship is
seen rarely nowadays at sea. And
the full-rigged woman w ho inspired
the illustrations in God"y’s Lady's
Book has been succeeded by agirl as
compact as a speed boat. Louisville
Times.
And so Americans are dollar-chas- .
ers? Well, can Europe suggest any
othe method of getting money enough
to lend?-—Wheeling Intelligencer, r
France Expected to Reopen Debt !
Parley Soon.- Headline. Let’s hope
that France has learned by now that
it takes jacks or better to open.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
There are now more than 12,000
men and women regularly employed
as recreation directors in thi pro
gressive country, but of course they
can’t be on duty all the ile, and we
suppose the children w e to have!
considerable real for. between
times.—-Ohio State Jou-ral.
Alex. Liska, noted N ‘hern guide;]
and mountain climber, v 1 leave An- j
chorage in March with a -mall party |
and hopes to ascend to the old crater, I
12,000 feet, up, and try to solve the j
Mount McKinley phenomena.
Liska climbed 12,000 feet via the
northeast in 1918, and was blocked by |
precipices of ice and snow, so he will
go to Kochitna and Murry River from
the northeast, the same route taken
by Hudson Stuck. Liska will try to j
ascend the summit alone if the party j
turns back.
Cold Comfort.
“Wayne Wheeler’s demonstration
that the death rate among prohibi
tion enforcement agents is higher
than the army death rate during the
world war—well, that gives us prohi
bitionists cold comfort.”
The speaker was Superintendent .T.
H. M. Burnett, of the New York Anti
Cigarette League. He went on:
“It reminds me of the cynical ma
tron to whom a young bride said over
a cup of tea:
“ Dearest Reggie is away over Sun
jay on a business trip. This is the
first trip since our marriage that I
nave been left alone.’
“ ‘Oh, well, don’t worry,’ laughed
he matron, ‘it won’t be the last.' ”
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Tokotua, Alaska
Laundry
Front Street, Tokotna
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long, extending from No. 1 below discovery to
the mouth of the creek.
Pay located all along for a distance of about three miles from
upper end, and pretty well prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7 to 20 feet. Top is all black
muck,that can be craped freely. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to per square foot of bedrock.
Pitch on the ground, 3 miles long, together with water rights.
Ground is pretty well cleured. There is also a drain, 3 miles long.
Also a water right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water can
be brought to Yankee creek with a, ditch less than a mile long
(4,900 feet), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1000 feet to the
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there will be from 4 to C feet of
dirt to handle.
Only about $11,000 has been takin out.
Prospecting work during the past winter has resulted in finding
values that run up to $1 per Square foot of bedrock.
I will either sell the ground or give a lease on it. If the prospect
is satisfactory to the buyer, a cash payment will be expected.
For further information, terms, etc., call on ground, or write or
telegraph me.
BD NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaaka.