Show AGAIN discredited NO TRACE W WHATEVER OF DR COOKS ALLEGED ASCENT OF MOUNT mckinley the fairbanks fall banks expedition reaches highest point on the Cont fontinet Inet with little difficulty after climb of a month fairbanks alaska the fairbanks ex expedition tion to mount mckinley the tallest peak in north america reached the summit april 3 after a climb of one month from the base no traces of dr frederick A cooks all alleged eged ascent were found thomas lloyd leader of the expedition arrived hero here tuesday night ills his companions were ware daniel patterson Patt erBon W R taylor and charles mcgonnigle and all i reached cached the top of the great mountain the expedition which left fairbanks december 15 while the controversy over dr cooks disputed ascent was still raring raging was financed by gus pet erson and william Ic Phee or of this city the plan was to go into camp on the mountain as aa high asi all possible and probably about the middle 0 of may make a dash for the summit the obstacles not agre 1366 5 four jr ur cent and a trail was wag blazed all the way to the crest up to leet feet the climbing did not present unusual difficulties cul cult ties les for the next feet the way led over a steep tee ice field which at first seemed to forbid ress rasa but through which upon exploration aaion it was round found possible to locate a pata the final dash to the top was made from the foot camp mount terminates in twin peaks of equal height one somewhat rounded and covered with snow anew the other composed ot of bare and windswept sw ept rocks on tho the rock peak the fairbanks climbers placed an american flag in a monument ot of stones the expedition which was provided with dr cooks maps and book endeavored to tollow follow his alleged route but utterly failed to verify any part of ills hla story of 0 an ascent halo hale and hearty st at denver denven on slay may 20 t f wilt bo be I 1 years old said william taylor pa on tuesday to the registration clerks clerics for the approaching city election dorn born in scotland and a veteran ot of the tha crimean mexican and elvit wars mr taylor is a disciple of wesley and a familiar figure to the dally colony 0 of t pedestrians on capitol wit bill Us ile came to denver from lacrosse wis six years ago and boasts thal thai he does not require glasses g asses to reid read the finest print |