THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
MORNING BATH ON WESTERN FRONT
she leaked hiully. It took three months
to patch up tlio vessel, nnd fuel Und
provisions were running low.
Crossing the Cumberland gulf In Oc
tober, she was hit by nnothcr gale, nnd
her Jury rudder wns cnrrled nwny. Cnp-
tnlu Bartlett swung n beam from the
boom to steer by nnd rnn before the
gale four days, finally making the
northern tip of Labrador, where coal,
provisions, water and wood were ob
tained. The vessel got to llcbrun, u
Moravlon settlement, where enough
supplies were obtained to. take her (o
Nuln, There food was obtained. And
so, getting small supplies of food nud
fuel, the vessel dually reached Nova
Scotia. .
Again the Roosevelt, with Captain
Bartlett in command, went to Cape
Sheridan In 1000, and Peary and Bart
lett started for the North Pole. Cap
tain Rnrtlctt was taken to the 83th
parallel, and ordered to remain there
whllo Peary went on with Matt Ilen-
scn, a negro. Tliat was wncn reary
discovered the' North Pole.
In 1018 Cuptaln Bartlett wob captnln
of the Knrluk, In which Vilhjalmur
StefunsKon went to the Arctic ocean
English troops cm the western front having the.r morning bath in a tub "--.
GOOD
ROADS
EXPERIMENT IN GOOD ROADS
made of timber and tarpaulin.
HOMESICK FOR
FROZEN NORTH
AND ICE PACKS
Veteran Arctic Explorer to Drift
Five Years Across Top of
Continent.
in the Ice und carried from Point Bar
row toward tho Siberian shore. On
"It is possible tlint wo would dis
cover now land during our travels. We
would tnke about n hundred dogs and
what sledges wo required for explora
tion. The dogs would be fed on bear
meat and llsh, of both of which wo
would hnvo no difficulty In getting all
wo required. Our own principal meat
diet would be hear nnd seal. Of course, shorter direction to rcnoh land,
wo would have canned meats with our were lost,
TAKE COLLEGE MEN ALONG
Captain Robert A. Bartlett Tires
New York and Is Arranging to
Gather SelemMflo Data In the
Million Miles Yet Untouch
ed by White Men.
of
January VI, 1014, when the Knrluk wns
about 125 miles off Wrnngell Islnnd,
near which is Herald Island, she wns
crushed In tho ice. Captain Bartlett
bad foreseen such a disaster and had
put provisions for two years on the
ice. Eight of bis men Insisted upon
going in what they thought would be a
They
New York. Capt. Itobcrt A. Bart
lett, who has been In arctic exploration
for 18 years of IiIb life, who has been
farther north than any other white
man with tho exception of Peary, who
has suffered hardships In tho frozen
regions, 1b ufllictcd with arctic nostnl-
gla. llo is homesick for leu peaks,
frozen seas, polar bcur and seal meat,
blubber and nights that last six
months. IIo wants to go to tho far,
far north again, get frozen up in tho
arctic oqeau, nnd drift wherovcr tho
currents may curry tho lco puck and
ids ship.
Captain Bartlett, who Is an Amorl
can of English birth, forty years old
tall and straight ns nn arrow, but soft
spoken and almost diffident In his man
ncr, explained In detail his latest pro
ject for arctic exploration when I suw
him tho other day at tho Explorers'
club, says a writer In tho New York
Herald.
"My Idea," ho said, "Is to superln
tend tho construction of a wooden ves
set of about 1150 tons, especially de
signed for arctic work; start In May,
1018, northward through Bering strait
go eastward off the northern coast of
Alaska to about 180 west longltudo,
and lailtudo 74 or 7G, or even further
north; let the vessel freeze up and go
with tho lco drift through tho great
unexplored arctic regions. Thero nro
more than a million equuro miles of
unexplored territory In tho Arctic
ocean,
"I would take only eight men with
roe on the trip, preferably young ool
lege men, not too scientific, but with
sufficient knowlcdgo und brnlus to do
the scientific work necessary. While
we drifted wo would tnko soundings
nnd use a deep-sea dredge to gather
the flora and fauna from tho floor of
the ocean nnd keep a careful record
aa well ns specimens of what wo found.
This work would be of tho Maine char
actor as that undertaken by tho prince ,
of Monaco, tho Into Sir John Murray
nnd, to soma extent, by Nauson.
"I believe thnt such an expedition,
while havlne little of tho Bnuctnculur
about It, would add greatly to the !
world's scleutlflc and geographical
knowlcdgo. It has tho moral support
of tho National Geographic society, nt
Washington; tho Philadelphia Geo
graphical socloty; Admirals Plllsbury,
CheBtcr and Peary, tho United States
coast and geodetic eurvoy, tho Explor
ers' club and many other societies und
Individuals of note.
Financial Assistance Pledged.
"I novo pledges of Hnnnclal assist
ance to tho extent of $85,000 already,
and I will require about as much moro.
J nra encouraged to boliovo time tho
full amount can bo obtained without u
great dcul of trouble, for thero aro
many public-spirited men who will sub
scribe to tho project when they under
stand Its nature und vuluo.
"Instead of regulur steam engines
and boilers, requiring tho consump
tion of coul, I will Install n Bollinger
cruao oil engine, thus doing away with
the necessity of engineers und firemen.
"From my knowledge of tho arctic
regions and the currents and general
flrlft of Uio lco I should say that wo
would drift about flvo years before
reaching civilization again, but wo
might do It lu threo years. I would
proyislon tho shlr for flvo or six years,
ftJHl that would bo easy with only nine
ma to provide for. Tho genornl drift
woold be to tho west, nnd I should ony
Ut we would evcntuully come out
either between Greenland nnd Spit
bergea, or between Spitsbergen ami
Fratts Jef Lnd.
provisions, but I hnve never enred
much for them In urctlc work. Seal
meat Is delicious, nnd the polar bear
meat Is good, too very like pork,
I have not tho slightest doubt that
wo would" Und many new fishes, shell
ilsh nnd sea plants with our deep-sea
dredges, and would add greatly to tho
scientific knowlcdgo of the world. As
said, thero will bo nothing spectneu
lar about the trip, like hunting for the
North Pole, but It will have a sclcntllln
value, nnd may add greatly to geo
graphical knowledge. I am pretty sure
that thero Is land somewhere In tho un
explored regions, nnd I sco no reason
why wo should not find It nnd explore
It on such n trip,"
Captain Bnrtlctt ran away to sea
when n boy, nnd hns lived most of his
Ufa since on scalers, whalers and In
nrctlc exploration. IIo was first with
Peary on tho Windward In 1897 nnd
1808. lie went on another cxpcdttlon
to Hudson straits und was cnptnln of
a scaling vessel off Newfoundland. In
1005 he wus preparing to go north
ugnln, nnd planned tho Roosevelt nfter
the manner of tho Pram. IIo superln
tended tho vessel's construction, and
us skipper piloted her In 1005 through
Kane basin, Kennedy channel, Kobe-
son channel, nnd finally to Cape Sbcrl
dan on tho northeast corner of Grant
Lnnd.
An Epic of tho North.
In , tho summer of 1000 Peary and
Bartlett started over tho polar lco to
reach tho North Pole. They attained
latltudo 87 degrees 0 minutes, tho
farthest north over reached by n white
man previous to tho discovery of the
Pole. Captain Bartlett was In chargo
of tho supporting parties, und wus on
tho lco li!0 days. Tho ice broko up
and tho itoosovclt was started on her
homo voyago, but encountered a hurrl
cano near Capo Union, between Green
land and Grant Land. Tho lco piled
up nnd drovo tho Itoosovclt ashore,
Her rudder wns torn out, two of her
four propeller blades were broken and
The Rescue From Wrangell Island.
Captain Bartlett, with 17 men of
tho expedition, two Eskimo men, one
Eskimo woman and two children,
reached Wrangell Island March Kt.
Thero ho established a camp, und then
with an Eskimo boy eighteen years
old, one sledge and seven dogs start
ed over the Ice to the Siberian const,
moro than one hundred miles away.
Ho traveled over broken Ice, ferried
open lnnes on pieces of Ice nnd reached
tho coast In the first week in April.
He followed the coast for u thousand
miles, and finally received aRslstnnco
from Baron Klclst at Emma harbor.
Tim, bnron sent him to St. Michael's,
Alaska, whero he found tho United
States revenue cutter, Bear, and went
north In her to Wrangell Isluud for
his men. He found them all safe, und
they were brought buck to tho United
States.
Thnt wns Captain Bnrllett's last trip
to tho arctic regions. Now he wants
to go back ugnln and see a little more
excitement. Tho Ufo here pnlls upon
him. Ho became bo disgusted in Oc
tober, 1015, with inuctlon that he went
to work us a stevedore at Pier No. 7,
Hudson river. Ho did not hnve to
make a living that way, but he liked
actlvo work.
Dr, It. A. Hurrls of tho United Stntes
coast und geodetic survey, Washing
ton, Is enthusiastic over Captain Bart-
lctt's proposed expedition, und hns sug
gested that the following subjects will
Indicate the nature of tho work of such
n project:
The distribution of lund und water.
including the extent and character of
land yet undiscovered; depths ot
soundings of tho waters; tidal observa
tions; currents and lco drifting; ice
conditions; temperature, salinity and
chemical composition ot witter nt vari
ous depths; character of tho sen bot
tom; murine llfo In tho Arctic ocean;
other nrctlc llfo; geology of nrctlc
lund ; nrctlc meteorology, temperature,
atmospheric pressure, winds, precipita
tor, ntf mnrrnnrlr nhtmrvntlmia hdn.
GIVES $3,000 TO RED CROSS durum observations; feasibility of the
Northwest passage; feasibility of oth
er possible routes.
Scientific Value of Trip.
"From theso Items," says Doctor
Hurrls, "It is evident that certalr
physical sciences must remain Incom
plete until observations huvo bcec
made In tho regions now designated at
unexplored, viz: meteorology, ocean
circulation, tho tides, terrestrial mag
netism nnd geodesy.
"Tho probable vulue of n drifting
In arctic lco depends upon tho length
of time for which the projector of the
expedition hns mado provision. A long
period of drifting generally means long
dlstnnces covered and so unknown wa
ters traversed, new positions attained
and greater likelihood of making geo
graphical discoveries. For Instance.
tho drifting of tho Jcnnnctto proved
that very Bhullow wutcr, less than 100
fathoms In depth, extends 300 geo
graphical miles northward from tho
coast of eastern Siberia, whllo the
drifting of tho Fram upset tho pre
viously entertained notions by proving
that ocean depths occurred In high
latitudes whero tho waters were sup
posed to bo comparatively Bhullow."
Somo Idea of tho estimation In which
Cnptatu Bartlett Is held by geograph
ers may bo obtained from tho fact
that ho has received medals from geo
graphic societies In America, England
and Italy. But ho Is too modest to
talk about such things. Ho cares noth
ing about past performances now. All
ho wants Is n chance to get far Into
tho Arctic circle ngnln nnd llvo tho llfo
ho knows so well and enjoys so thor
oughly.
Government Constructed Over 480,000
Square Yards of Different Types
In 1912-1913.
Over 480,000 square yards of differ
ent types of roads for experimental
and object-lesson purposes were con
structed during the fiscal year 1912
1013 under tho supervision of the of
fice of public roads, United Stntes de
partment of agriculture, according to
Bulletin 53 of the department, making
a total of over 4,000,000 squnro yards
of road constructed under the super
vision of this office since 1005.
Tho types of roads built wero brick,
concrete, oil-cement concrete, bitumi
nous concrete, bituminous-surfaced
concrete, bituminous macadam, sur
faco treatment, macadam, asphalt-Blag,
oll-nsphalt-grnvel, oil-gravel, oil-coral-Ine,
gravel-macadam, gravel-slag, sand
clay, sand-gumbo, burnt clay, sholl nnd
earth. Tho object lesson nnd experi
mental work during the past year was
dono at a cost to tho local communities
Df $130,841.89. This does not Include
tho salaries and expenses of tho de
partment engineers.
Tho road work during the year was
Jone In Arkansas, Floridu, Georgia,
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Ne
braska, North Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
und tho District of Columbia.
CONCRETE ROADS IN HAWAII
Fine System of Highways Being De
veloped on Islands Paradise
Offered to Motorists.
A largo Increnso In visitors to tho
Hawallun Islands this year has
brought prominently to the front tho
vital question of good roads. Tho sec
ond city of the territory, Hllo, has led
the way, and has already constructed
handsome concrete boulevards leading
from the wharves throughout the busi
ness section. Tho outlying districts,
under tho management of a progres
Blvo local government, have put their
highways in thorough order, and auto
mobiles may now enjoy on tho big
Island, somo hundreds of miles of per
foct macadam surface through tho
most magnificent scenery. With
cholco of every variety of climate,
from tho fully tropical to tho eternal
snows of the high mountains, the
Islnnd of Hawaii offers a motoring
paradise without a peer In the world,
Federal Road Funds.
Tho apportionment of federal
road funds available for tho fis
cal year ending June 30, 5017,
nro as follows for New York
nnd neighboring states :
Now York $250,7a.27
New Jersey 9,212.68
Connecticut 31,090.41
Delaware 8,184.37
Maine -48,451.60
Maryland 44,047.22
Massachusetts 73,860.00
New Hampshire 20,996.63
Pennsylvania 239,644.17
Rhode Island 11.CC5.71
Vermont 22,848.47
For tho fiscal year ending
Juno 30, 1018, ench state will re
cclvo doublo tho above figures;
lor 1010 three times, for 1020
lour times, and for 1021 flvo
times tho amounts above stated.
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CAMPAIGN IN WEST VIRGINIA
Itltu Kohler, daughter of (he Into
Charles M, Kohler, millionaire manu
facturer nnd horseman, ltltn and her
older sister, Vera, recently assisted
at tho Itcd Cross baeanr given on
their mother's estate at Suffem, N, Y.
Each of tho girls donated $3,000 to tho
fund of tho Bed Cross to bo used in
the relief of tho wounded on tho bat
tlefield.
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'olitical Views Divide Many Washington Families-
W
ASHINGTON. Meredith Nicholson, tho author who was offered a post
In tho diplomatic service by President Wilson, nnd his wife hnve ngreetf
to differ on a most hnportunt question. It is thnt of the candidacy of Mr
Wilson for re-election. Mr. NIchol
son Is for him and Mrs. Nicholson 1p
against him nnd for Mr. Hughes.
A number of other equally well
known families hnvo divided wlthltr
tho last few weeks over tho presl
dcntlal campaign. Among the cou
ples which hnve ngrecd to differ ns tc
presidential candidates are Repre
sentative William' Kent of California
and Mrs. Kent, Mr. nnd Mrs. Frcmonf
Older of California, Mr. George Mid-
dlcton nnd his wife, Fola La Follettot
daughter of Senntor La Follutte of Wisconsin; Mr. nna Mrs. J. A. u.
Hopkins of New-Jersey, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Illchard Lloyd Jones of Mauison-
Wis.
The wives maintain that for them and for all women no issue Is of mor
fundamental importance than that of national woman suffrage, which has
been Indorsed by Mr. Hughes nnd opposed by Mr. Wilson. For tills reasor
they aro out to defeat Mr. Wilson.
Rapid Work on the Beautiful Lincoln Memorial
ANOTHER step in tho building of tho Lincoln memorial In Potomac pari
has been taken that of letting contracts for construction of tho terraco
walls of tho beautiful monument nnd of tho masonry approaches to tht
gigantic pile., An appropriation of
$309,500 Is avallablo for the building
of theso features of the memorial,
which, according to specifications, are
to bo of tho best granite obtainable.
Indications nro thnt tho Imposing
monument to tho martyred president
of ,tho, sixties will bo completed months
ahead of tho time stipulated in tho
contract. Tho contract tlmo is March,
1018, but work Is progressing at such
rate on tho memorial that the more
optimistic of tho officials In charge of
the construction are hazarding tho belief that the structure will bo standing-
ns a complete tribute to the lmmortnl Lincoln by tho end of 1017.
Already tho colonnade and the outside walls of tho structure are com
pleted. Tho interior, mostly of limestone, is almost installed, whllo tho eight
interior columns nro now In plnce. The celling beams of. bronzo are not yet
In and tho roof is not yet on.
Work on tho granite terrace walls nnd the masonry approaches has been
started, and grading of tho mound on which tho memorial stands Is being
pushed forward with all possible speed. Hundreds of workmen and score
of teams aro engaged in the work of completing this mound, which necessi
tates extension of Potomac pnrk In tho vicinity of tho memorial Into thp
river moro than 200 feet
Dredges nro employed In tho building up of tho new ground, taking the
earth from the river and piling It up behind tho new seawall which Is beln?
constructed for the purpose. This work means that the park In the vlclnlt
of the memorial, instead of following the lino it now does nlong the driveway.
will bo bowed out 200 feet farther Into tho river.
Officials In charge of tho work said that landscaping and grading Is ont
of the biggest tasks in the construction of tho memorial, and explained that
whllo n grent part of this work has. already been accomplished, it will bt
weeks before the ground In the locality of the monument will begin to assume
tho appearance it Is expected to take on according to tho plans of thf
memorial.
Post Office Department Running a Big Laundry
"Get Out of the Mud" Is Slogan Used
In Behalf of Better Roads
Motorists Are Wanted.
"Get Out of tho Mud" is the slogan
used In West Virginia In a campaign
In behulf of better roads. Several
counties huvo recently vot6d fuvorably
on bond Issues for road improvements,
and theso words plnycd an Important
part In tho activities of good-roads
udvocates preceding tho elections. Tho
slogan wns employed as tho refrain to
a song In ono election. Good roads
advocates In West Virginia say that
satisfactory highways will bring In
runny motorists, ns tho mountnln scen
ery of tho stnto Is of rnro benuty.
ENHANCED VALUE OF A FARM
It Would Aid Greatly If Roads Were
Permanently Good So Bigger Loads
May Be Hauled.
IT MAY not bo generally known, but Undo Sam Is today running a laundry
By this means ho Is combating the high cost of living. A couple of year
ago, when tho post office department asked for bids for tho washing of towels
for the department in Washington
the prices seemed to bo abnormnll
high for the great number to be laun
dered.
Someono In tho department sug
gested that it take over tho towel
washing business Itself ns an expert
ment. The suggestion sounded good
to the officials, who purchased a small
washing machine, nnd it wns soor
found that the towels wero being
washed nt a rate much below that
quoted. The department has within
tho past few weeks, decided to go Into the laundry business on nn even large
scale. A new nnd larger washing machine has been purchased, and It now
proposes not only to wnsh the towels of the post office depnrtment, but also
those used at tho Washington city post office. This will mean that the post
office laundry will wash on an average of about 4,000 towels each day.
Tho department has fouud thnt It can wash and iron theso 4,000 towels
nt a cost of not over 18 cents per 100 towels. It is Bald that tho bids received
by tho department were In tho neighborhood of 50 cents per 100. It cut
therefore be estimated that tho department is saving approximately $500 s
year by doing its own laundry work, and not only has Its towels on hand;
at nil times, but Is suro that they nro thoroughly washed.
Rat Proves Prediction on Fashions is Correct
THE latest fashion note that skirts will bo higher this season was moro that
vindicated the other night, when a largo rat, in his efforts to escape twe
bulldogs, ran toward u crowd of women who wero watching the chase nenr tho
corner of Thirteenth street and Penn
sylvania nvenuo northwest.
Through somo mysterious agency
of "rntdom" a hugo rodent escnped
sentries nnd menndered townrd tho
white light of tho nvenue. As far as
can bo learned it wus but a sight
seeing trip, but Sir Rodent had not
counted up tho carnivorous capacity
of other members of tho animal king
dom.
Two bulldogs simultaneously
spied tho tourist and both claimed
him for their own. Two sots of teeth closed upon Mr. Rat about tho sanio-
tlme, and a guttural argument ensued ns to rightful ownership. Becoming
Do you know how much tho value
of your farm would bo enhanced If I
your roads wero permanently good so '
you could haul two loads ono trip In- incensed at tho futility of this argument, both dogs loosened their hold upon
efnnil r r Ann Ih nn) I.. . . . i - m i a.
I tno rat, wno scntnperea towaru wnac iookcu io do n wnu oi protection, uur
wnicn wns rcuuy a hock or starts wnoso owners una stopped on uie corner
to witness tho ctvuggle. ,
Then It wis tint fashion enmo Into her own, for skirts certulnly went
higher, and hastily departing visions of dainty nnk but then, as Kipling,
would say, "that Is another story."
His Ratshlp was captured.
stead of ono load In two trips?
Begin tho Improvement by putting
tho roads ndjnccnt to your own ranch
In good cond'tlon, thou offer your serv-1
Icos to help In tho Improvement of
other sections cf th road.
Milk Saves Blazing Barrt,
Altoonu, Pa. Milk hns provrd just
us efficacious as water In extlngulshtng
n lire, even It It Is n bit mora expensive.'
Tho dairy burn of A. M. Wesson, nenr
Tyrone, was struck by lightning. Mrs.
Wnsson and her two sons, Alton and
Robert, wero In tho building milking.
Flames followed tho bolt, a delay would
hnvo doomed the structure, a dozen
gallons of milk, tho result or tho day's
Lot of Fungus Trouble.
Thero Is n lot of fungus trouble this
season. Blights, rusts, rots, mildews
nnd other bacterial and fungus dis
eases aro common. Thero Is no use
dodging; wo must fight them with thq
proper fungicides or they beat us.
Right Size of Farm.
Sailing oft land till all debts aro
canceled and Uttlo or no hired help
needed has saved a good homo for
MORE HORSES THAN EVER BEFORE.
Nearly everyone believes that tho horso Is fust disappearing; but they nro
In error. Census statistics show that thero aro moro horses In this country
now than over before, notwithstanding that 500,000 horses bavo been gathered
up toy Franco and Grent Britain nnd sent to tho war front.
Tho motor car and tho motor truck, whllo greatly Increasing In numbers
hnvo not caused a corresponding decrease In the use of horses. ThU Is shown
by figures gathered In Chicago, whero In tho last flvo years motor vehicles In
creased from 11,000 to 43,000, while horse-drawn vehicles only decreased from
B8.000 to 40.000. Thus 82.000 motor cars came Into use, but they displaced ouly-
0,000 horse-drawn vehicles. From theso figures It would seem that It will bu-
miS, vas at handV Tie miik Baved clung to tho big to would have lost I tlmo before horses disappear from the streets
tho barn and stock. I tfl.
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