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. crp ivszz:i adGoxnuLzz '-"- i - ; r -- - - - . . 1 FLCUTl FCn STARVING ART.1ENLAH3 i i -n ; .JV . ,:i .-iJii-i j ; -. b n? r.2ST ' ' twtaaad froB Pat Oaa.) - TaoMdsr wata 1m walk late tTfailtiTS account of Ortlnd. r" TZuZ r thm Arctic. ffTfliltn tO rr old. He LTkom to Craasoa, Pa.. In 1I5. ikthar died when ha waa 3 e(j and bla mother took him JJrortlaad. Me., where h. ipent wL kortood. roaming about Caaco f. H went to Bowdoln college. m tame there as a rnnner and ,Zau and flood m the honor col "ZTrt icholarehlp. It waa a little irftr that he had gone to Waahing ' ST w work as a draughtsman In Jh, coast and geodetic survey ot h. inent bis snare time ludrlM civil engineering and paaa rttt that branch Into the natal fries. He became ueumuuu ' - iHigaed to Tropica. ; orst sasignment was to the t-gfei He was a leaaer 01 ue iirrtrtU tor the Nicaraguan canal ' it was when he returned to uMhiagton that he fell upon the look about Greenland, and tnere idir Tirtaally consecrated himself ts folsr exploration. . OtUlning leave from the naval Write, be led an expedition into Greenland, to determine the extent t tits mysterious land. He deter mined Its insularity, discovered and sinei many Arctic points which today are familiar names each as Iattpradeace bay Melville land, tad Bellprin land, and In one of tit later voyages he discovered the (moos meteorites which he tnestt back to civilisation. One of them, weighing 80 tons, la the wonder of visitors to the Museum of Kitnrsl History in New York. : Between voysges Peary resorted "to the lecture platform to raise (nods tor further exploration. In eoe instance he delivered 168 lee tuns in M days, raising $13,000. . On his sixth voyage, with the sole In view, he had to give up be came both of his feet became fros ts. Although he had reached the most northerly land In the world aiming it Cape Morris K. Jessup, st the tip of Greenland and had site attained latitude 84.17. the mortheramost record In the west era world, he was still in great de spair. He wrote in his diary: The game Is off. My dream of II years is ended. I have made the bast light I knew. I believe it waa a rood one. But I cannot accom pliih the Impossible." By the time Peary reached civll Itttlon, however, he had decided sbob still another trip. With the specially designed ship Roosevelt, v st rs i in -wv .11 - wei :i r 1 1 rrv"i iv j . ii ii . . r i m f i ; . f ' i in xr"v ir ii .i; vl w, ii i iunvjj ws.iu.. i xmi f w"w. in it lM! ATTENTION LADIES! 1- AvC& to water at Yaaeewver sadwswd. The 8,200-ton steel steamer Desrport was recently launched 95 per cent complete at Vancouver, Wash.. The ship has been chartered by the near east relief committee to carry, on Its first voyage, a cargo of $1,000,000 worth of flour, purchased on credits by the govern ment of the new republic. Peary drove further mto the frozen ocean than navigator had ever been before. On foot he advanced until his record for this seventh trip stood at 86.6, where starvation and cold again checked the party. The explorer was 52 years old when In July, 1908, he set out on his eighth and successful invasion of the polar region Heated Last Tears. Peary's closing years were spent in well-earned rest, living for a large part of the time with his fam ily of three wife, daughter and son on Eagle island, off the coast from Portland, Maine. Mrs. Peary was formerly Josephine Diebitsch of Washington, D. C. marrying the explorer in 1888. She frequently accompanied her husband on his northward journeys, and on one of these trips Marie Ahnighito Peary was born and bears the distinction of having been born farther north than any other white child in the world. . She was popularly known as "The Snow Baby." Spoke Here in 1907. Admiral Peary was an honorary member of the Tri-CIty Press clnb, under the auspices of which, in the fall of 1907, he delivered one of his public lectures. At that time he was making preparations for his last and successful trip north. He had with him and displayed to the audience in the Burtis opera house the silk flag which had been given him to "nail to the north pole" when he should finally find it FINE TAILORING FOR GENTLEMEN yOU CAN HELP ME HAVE THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE BEST TAILOR IN TOWN BY COMING IN AND LET ME MEASURE YOU FOR YOUR NEW SPRING SUIT AND TOP COAT. THE NEW SAMPLES AND STYLES ARE IN. I DO NOT CARRY A STOCK OF MADErUP GOODS THAT REQUIRES A -TREMENDOUS OUTLAY OF MONEY. I HAVE NO POOR SELLERS ON HAND THAT I LOSE MONEY ON THAT MAKES IT NECESSARY TO ADD LARGE PROFITS ON GOOD SELLERS. EACH GARMENT I SELL IS A SURE SALE AND AS I SELL FOR CASH I AM SATIS FIED WITH SMALL PROFITS. If In addition to giviiv yoo low puces on tho better gi tilei I give yon garments by far superior in workmanship and fit All strictly band tailored to your individual measurements and they possess snappy and graceful lines. EVEN FOR LESS MONEY THAN READY MADES. GIVE ME A TRIAL AND YOU WILL BE ONE OF MY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. YOU WILL SEND YOUR FRIENDS LIKE LOTS OF OTHERS ARE DOING." THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ORDER EASTER -CLOTHES. E. B. GOLDSMITH FINEST CLOTHES AND SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER 201-202 SECOND FLOOR-CENTRAL TRUST BLDG. HAND TAILORED GARMENTS FOR MUCH LOWER PRICES THAN ORDINARY READY MADES YOU CAN REDUCE THE H. C. L. AS F AR AS CLOTHES IS CON CERNED BY BEING PARTICU LAR WHAT YOU GET FOR WHAT YOU SPEND BE SURE YOU GET ALL WOOL FABRICS AND HIGH CLASS TAILORING! NOTHING ELSE WEARS SO WELL. THE GARMENTS WE TAILOR ARE GUARANTEED TO BE STRICTLY MAN-TAILORED IN THE FINEST GRADE OF WORKMANSHIP AND TO FIT YOU PERFECTLY. COME IN AND LET ME SHOW YOU MY WONDERFUL LADIES' LINE 250 HIGH GRADE FABRICS 60 SNAPPY STYLES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE YOUR SUIT, COAT OR SKIRT CUSTOM MADE v ' AT SURPRIS1NLY LOW PRICES SO PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW Eo Bo GOLD meif CMICA60 WOnsrf FjtfO f r ,t1o ECOrfOHICflL T HAVE THEIR 5MflW AA-Dtcei&CT '27. j ;ETJ HIGH PRICES OF READY TO WEAR BOOM CUSTOM MADE? Chicago. In ' high, elasseirelssot ready to wear it Is said with author lty that If prices continue to be so high, and to last another season, the ready to wear people will have to look to their laurels.. Prices are so high now, that It la only the addition of a few roore dollar (ohavt th ItTBls' wUt same salt made, and t or . dress custom e women- cave oeen oo It mis season at an aarming waa" the conHdenQai . report m one shop. ' "If it continnea'we shall have to-l find a remedy," was the comment. A woman who has been for years in very close touch with the '"Inside" workings or smart shops said "A change is due in the methods In use Old ideas must go. The period, of reconstruction is here -for the ready to wear shops as in everything el&e.if they ever expect to retain and to hold the trade they have, they will have to make extensive changes. Prices which directly compete with the best dress makers are the problem, and of course, the trade goes to the artist, rather than paying a big price and knowing it i3 made in a factory." to I HAVE TRIED THI SYSTEM NOW FOR TWO SEASONS AND HAVE DECIDED TO G6 INTO IT ON A LARGER SCALED AM SURE I CAN SAVE THE LADIES OF THIS VICINTY FROM $20.00 TO $50.00 ON A GOOD SUIT OR COAT AND GIVE THEM BETTER SATISFACTION AS TO FIT AND MAKE. A FEW OF THE STYLES SHOWN ABOVE HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEW MATERIALS IN VOGUE THIS SPRING s TOUE DK LAIVE, PLOfETTE SILTERTOM rHETKllA. Y A LAM A. TRICOFfXA, SILTERTIH BOLIVIA. POIRET TWILL. TKK'OTI.NE. JiOVELTf WORSTED CHECKS, TI5SELTOSE, MEN'S WEAR SERGE, CASCADE COAT PNG, CHAMELEON CORD AND MANY OTHERS BESIDES ANY IN THE MEN'S LINE. THE COLORS ARE HORIZON'. BLITE 'J AT, TAPIR, TYPHOON, PARTRIDGE, TWINE, RADII . N ATT, BEAVER, P0NGE, MX'SKETEER, TI RQUOISE, TROOPER, REINDEER, MIDNIGHT BLl, FOREST SAND AND OTHERS. FINE TAILORING FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 201-202 SECOND FLOOR CENTRAL TRUST BUILDING ROCK ISLAND SMETH 1