Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-09-03 | Page 2 | Bauer Believes Cook Has Reached The Pole

BAUER BELIEVES COOK ILVS REACHED THE POLE WINNIPEG. Man., Sept. 2. "T believe Dr. Cook has rarhed the North Pole," said Professor Louis A. Hauer of Carnegie Carne-gie Institute, Washington, today. "Dr. Cook discussed with me In 1H0" his plans to reach tho pole. He was profoundly pro-foundly Impressed with tho possibility of tho great achievement If 11 was scientifically scienti-fically planned. His achievement will unquestionably un-questionably be attended with most valuable valu-able results to science. Dr. Cook hns made an almost lifelong study of the northern and southern lights, and should havo much that Is now to tell of these wonderful phenomena. "Thnt telegram to his wlfn." continued Professor Bauer. "Is not very dellnlto, but pesonnlly I think Dr. Cook hns hit the pole. Ho is tho manner of mnn who would utilize tho word 'successful for nothing less." J. R. Tyrrell, an eminent engineer of Toronto, who is a member of .the New York Explorers' club, of which Dr. Cook is also a member, recalled the circumstances circum-stances of Dr. Cook's departure on his perilous expedition. "A good mnny people did not take tho expedition seriously," said Mr. Tyrrell, "but we all knew ho would go as far as ho could without the slightest concern as how he wns going to got back. You get a fair Idea of the man from his mountain climbing achievements two years ago. Every ono said ho could not climb Mount McICinley, but ho did climb It and it was a climb of 10,000 feet higher than Abrus-zl's Abrus-zl's famous ascent of Mount St. Ellas."