Show AGAIN DISCREDITED NO TRACE WHATEVER OF DR COOKS COOK'S ALLEGED ASCENT OF MOUNT McKINLEY The Fairbanks Expedition Reaches Highest Point on the Conti net With Little Difficulty After Climb fr of a Month Fairbanks The Thc Alaska The Fairbanks expedition to Mount McKinley the tallest peak In North America reached reach reach- ed the summit April 3 after a climb of oC one month from the base No traces of oC Dr Frederick A. A Cooks Cook's alleged ascent ascent ascent as as- cent were found Cound Thomas Lloyd Llod leader of ot the expedition tion arrived here hero Tuesday night Hi Ilia IUs companions were Daniel Patterson VR W W. R R. Taylor and Charles McGonnigle and all reached the top of or the great grea mountain The Th expedition tion which left Fairbanks December 15 while the controversy over Dr Cooks Cook's disputed ascent was wa still raging was financed by Gus Peterson Peterson Pet Pet- erson and William of oC this thi elt city The plan was to go into camp campon on th the mountain as high as possible and probably about the middle o oMay or of May make a dash for the summit The obstacles encountered were no noso not so great as had been predicted Four Fou camps were established during the ascent ascent as as- cent and a trail was blazed all the way to the crest Up to feet the climbing did cUd not present unusual dUn duff For the next feet the way led over a steep Ice field which at al first seemed to forbid further progress ress Tess but through which upon exploration exploration anon it was found possible to locate a The final dash to the top was made from the foot camp Mount McKInley terminates in Twin Peaks Peals of oC equal height one somewhat rounded and covered with snow the theother theother theother other composed of oC b bare re and windswept windswept wind wind- swept rocks On the rock peak the F Fairbanks climbers placed an American Ameri Amen can flag In a monument of stones The expedition which was provided with Dr Cooks Cook's maps and book endeavored to follow his alleged route but utterly failed to verify any part of his stor story of an ascent r |