Show i H y r rk POLAR EXPEDITION EXPEDIT k MAKES DISCOVERIES IN CREEK CANTON C i Perilous Journey Completed Successfully but the Explorer Is Nearly Exhausted When Goal Is Reached Reach edat at Last L st The great grant Herald polar expedition or organized to wring from the reluctant reluctant fastnesses fast fastnesses fastnesses nesses of ot City Creek canyon data both practical and poetic concerning the recent snowfall which was to Immortalize the deathless s beauty of ot the trees 1 and the resistless enErgy faithful promise prom promise promIse ise of ot returning spring expressed by the bubbling stream am dashing beneath the del delicate late kate tracery of ot boughs coughs garbed in the glit gilt glittering glittering habit of ot premature winter yester yesterday day da achieved Its sublime object The expedition ex expedition pe proudly planted the stainless flag flagor 1 of or The Herald reportorial force upon the ther r i t l rugged hills of that unknown and unexplored unexplored St i country lying north of ot the Eagle I Gate and eclipsed the proud records of oC r a Peary and Due de Abruzzi and Walter Valter Wellman W lIman In future years ears when the first air ship passes pases above the inaccessible J i r t heights beyond the waterworks the rem remnants remnants nants of or that flag will bo be found and the fear lear is that the frozen and emaciated d remains re remains remains mains of ot tho the dauntless leader of oC the ex expedition expedition will Iso be found i 5 The Th left The Herald office of lice a J amidst the cheers eh ers of the multitude at and after a surreptitious Interview I with the cashier the members of or the force torce j I J proceeded to assemble Il emble supplies S r J f for tor a polar expedition These supplies J 1 X were carefully selected and care was wast wasS S t l t taken to lay In fresh supplies as the exI ex expedition II I 4 1 moved north on Main lain street 1 The farthest available harbor north was wast t chosen choson as al a permanent base baSt of ot supplies i and the colliers and alt all other Impedimenta s a manta menta were cast aside in preparation for fore e the death defying dash to the country countr M above the Eagle Gate G te teI c I Mutiny Breaks Out Outi J i At t Eagle Gate the peerless leader was f I confronted with a mutiny caused au sed by U the 1 eare earel s ss mention of turkey by one of or the more fainthearted members of the party part I Not to be turned from his hI purpose ant and determined to fulfill the trust imposed In him by his city editor the greathearted leader lashing his recreant followers with burning invective snatched from them a portion of oC the provisions the wireless outfit carrier and Into outfit and a carrier dove and dashed into the unknown At the following message was re received received from him by wireless Waterworks City Creek Canyon Have got Pe ry and Abruzzi skinned to death Arrange lecture tour Am sending data of or expedition and Journal by carrier dove doe At the carrier dove fell leU exhausted against the skylight of or The Herald build building buildIng buildIng ing with the following careful journal of or orthe the expedition exp and data on snow condi conditions conditions conditions What the Log Shows Despite adverse traveling condi conditions conditions conditions and hampered by b the supplies carried car carried carried ried I completed the first stage of oC the terrible journey and have Just arrived at Veteran halL halt Stopped for lor hasty refreshment throwing the bottle over overboard overboard overboard board trusting that It might bring news of ot the expedition to civilization 4 3 Left the last igloos of or the Eski Eskimos Eskimos Eskimos mos living in City qty Creek canyon behind Route extremely tortuous on account of Ice hummocks Supply of cigarettes al almost almost almost most exhausted It must be a quick dash or I will be overcome by cold and a d privation prIvation privation Stopped for tor meager refreshment Met Flora and Fauna who refused In Information Information information formation and were only interviewed after receiving present pr sent of last cigarettes Am reduced n to a pipe and very ver inferior Interior tb to tobacco bacco Was caught beneath a terrific av avalanche avalanche avalanche of snow which slid from the branches of oC a tree upon the mountain mountainside side Most of ot the avalanche settled be between between between tween my collar and the back of or my m neck Extricated myself with difficulty Depth of snow rapidly Increasing Am growing weaker Traces of Peary Passed the remains of Peary Pear ex expedition expedition opposite Pat lorans asphalt mill A feeling of lethargy leth Is stealing I over me I must struggle onward before I am overcome with cold Saw two musk oxen and a polar bear Shot polar bear but he escaped d Owner of ot bear will present pre present present sent bill at office Threw away alaY last of or provisions Goal is in sight I crawl onward with the flag in my teeth Ate portion of or flag The terrible winter night is closing down upon me Was forced to kick the dog he reciprocated r this token of or after affection affection tion by b biting me upon the leg Planted flag above the water waterworks waterworks waterworks works and have hae sunk exhausted upon the threshold I send copy coP of or the valuable and unique data on the snow and snow conditions gathered during journey journe by carrier dove that they the may ma not be lost to the world should I not return The data which will be of benefit ben to scientists throughout the world follows The snow mow of or City Creek canyon is cold deep d fp and wet wetA wetA wetA A relief expedition to rescue the daunt less em explorer is now leing formed |