WHY PEOPLE GO TO
CANADA
Those who are wondering why the
number of Americans going to Canada
year by year Increases In the rates
that it does, would not be so surprised
were they to accompany one of the
numerous excursions that are being
run under the auspices of the Govern
ment from several of the states, and
remain with the settler until he gets
onto the free homesteads, which, as
stated by Speaker Champ Clark, in the
U. S. senate the other day, comprises
160 acres of the most fertile soil and
with remarkably easy settlement con
ditions. Then watch the results,
whether it be on this free homestead
of 160 acres or on land which he may
purchase at from $15. to $20. per acre,
fully as good as the $100. and $150.
per acre land of his native state, and
which his means will not permit his
purchasing. On the part of the mem
bers of the U. S. Senate and Congress
there is nothing but praise for Canada.
Canadian laws and Canadian lands al
though the reasonable desire is shown
In their remarks, that they pass legis
lation, (which is very praiseworthy)
that, will make the land laws of the
Unitted States much easier.
Itjjte the success of the American
settler in Canada that attracts others,
and when experiences such as the fol
lowing are related to the friend "back
home" is it any wonder that increased
Interest is aroused and a determina
tion arrived at, to participate in the
new-found way up in Canada that
means wealth and health and all that
accompanies it.
William Johnston, who formerly
lived at Alexandria, Minn., settled In
the Alberg District near Battle River
and in writing to one of the Canadian
Government agents, located in the
United States says: "We have had no
failures of crops during our nine years
in Canada. I threshed 1208 bushels of
wheat and 1083 bushels of oats in 1911,
off my 160 acres. This is a beautiful
country. I keep six good work horses
and milk seven cows, getting good
prices for butter and eggs. We get
our coal for $2.00 per ton at the mine,
about one mile from the farm. Am
about one and a half miles from a fine
school. As for the cold weather it is
much milder here than in Minnesota,
where I lived for 21 years. Our well
Is 35 feet deep and we have fine wa
ter. Wild land is selling for $18.
to $25. per acre. Improved farms are
much higher. I am well satisfied with
the country, and would not sell unless
I got a big price, as we have all done
well here."
Good reasons to account for the
number going to Canada.
Filipinos Dislike Autos.
The reckless and insolent automo
bilist is hated the world over. In the
Philippines, where most of the auto
mobilists are foreigners, and where
the natives have been used to loiter
comfortably in the roads after the
fashion of easy going southern coun
tries, the automobiles have long been
a grievance, and, failing to secure ef
fective regulation, the Filipinos have
adopted the practice of rolling big
boulders into the roadway as a hint
not to turn corners at a breakneck
Weed.
RASH ALL OVER BABY'S BODY
Itched So He Could Not Sleep
**On July 27,1909, we left Boston for
ft trip to England and Ireland, taking
baby with us. After being in Ireland
a few days a nasty rash cache out all
over his body. We took him to a doc
tor who gave us medicine for him.
The trouble started In the form of a
rash and was all over baby's body,
head and face, at different times. It
Irritated, and he would scratch it with
all his might. The consequence was
tt developed into sores, and we were
afraid it would leave nasty scars on
his face.
"When we reached England we took
baby to another doctor, who said his
condition was due to change of food
climate, and gave more medicine.
^Kve rash got no better, and it used to
itch and burn At night so bad that the
child could not sleep. He was com
pletely covered with it at different
times. It was at this time that my
mother advised us to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. After using Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for
about nine months the places disap
peared. There are not any scars, or
other kind of disfigurement, and baby
Is completely cured by the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. We have no fur
ther trouble with baby's skin. Noth
ing stopped the itching, and allowed
baby to sleep but Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment." (Signed) Mrs.
Margaret Gunn, 29 Burrell St., Rox
bury, Mass., March 12, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to Cuti
i," Dept. L, Boston.
It must be some satisfaction to sail
ore to know that buoys will be buoys.
BEnt™
ILE9 CDRED IN 1 TO 14 DAYS
Iruggtst will refund money It PAZO OIWT-
1
nils to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
or Protruding Piles In to 14 0»J«. GOo.
JSedin*
.It's difficult for a man who Is broke
(0 break into society.
As we grow more sensible we refuse drug
Mibutics a°d take Instead Nature's herb
Sfcre, Garfield Tea.
jBetter a strong prejudice than a
V«ak conviction.
"pink Eye" Epidemic In the
Spring.
Murine Eye Remedy (or Reliable EeU«t
There are times when we should be
thankful for wbat we tall to fet'
MSCOnBEPORTS
PENETRATE8 SOUTHERN HEMI
SPHERE TO WITHIN THIRTY
MILE8 OF THE POLE.
HE ENCOUNTERS STORMS.
Miraculously Escapes After TVyftig
Experiences—Motor 8leds, Tele
phone and Moving Pictures
Were New Ideas.
•pedal Cable to the New York Ttmea.
Akaroa, New Zealand, April 2.—
Lieutenant Pennell, commander of the
Terra Nova, of th6 British Antarctic
expedition of 1910, which arrived here
yesterday, brought with him a long
and intensely interesting account of
the work and experiences of the ex
pedition up to Jan. 30 last, written
expressly for the New York Times by
Capt. Robert F. Scott, the leader of
the expedition. Captain Scott's story
is as follows:
Special notice: Capt. Robert F.
Scott's narrative of his explorations in
the Antarctic published below was is
sued by New York Times company as
a book, duly entered for copyright and
publicly exposed for sale, the same
being its first publication anywhere in
the world. Its reproduction in this
newspaper is of course duly authorized.
Its reproduction elsewhere in the United
States in any form except by permis
sion of the Now York Times company
is forbidden.
Copyright 1912 by the New York
Times company (all rights reserved).
Copyrighted in the United Kingdom by
the Central News, Ltd., London. Reg
istered in the department of agricul
ture, copyright branch, Dominion of
Canada, by the Central News, Ltd.,
London.
Macmurdo Sound, Oct. 30, 1911.—
Shortly after the departure of depot
laying party from Cape Evans on Jan.
25, 1911, the sea ice broke at South
Cape and severed communication with
the ship. The depot party, consisting
of twelve men, eight ponies and two
dog teams, occupied till Jan. 30 in
establishing a base camp at the bar
rier. seven miles east-southeast of Hut
Point. Owing to the heavy weights
Captain Robert Scott.
to be transported the main part of the
Bupplies were left at this camp. The
party proceeded with single loads
east-southeast twenty-seven miles to
a spot named Corner Camp, before
turning south to avoid the crevices
of White island.
The snow surface proved very soft,
making terribly hard work for the
ponies. A three days' blizzard at Cor
ner Camp was a further severe trial
to the animals, which were- not in
good condition. On Feb. 8 we pro
ceeded south, marching by night and
reBting by day. The weather was ex
ceplonally bad, but the surface im
proved. The three weakest ponies
were sent back, but these unfortunate
ly were caught in another blizzard
and two succumbed. With the re
maining ponies and the dogs we reach
ed latitude 79^4 degrees on the 16th,
when I decided owing to the condition
of the weather and the animals to
make a depot there and return. We
left more than a ton of stores at this
point, which we named One-Ton Camp
and which should be a great help to
us this season. We then returned to
our base camp with dog teams.
Whilst cutting a corner of White
island in a bad light, the whole of
one dog team fell into a crevice.
Mears, myself and the sledge were
miraculously held up on a part of a
bridge across the crevice along
which we had been traveling and most
of the iWa hung by their harness.
With great difficulty and after three
hours' work we extracted the animals,
one of which was badly Injured by
falling sixty feet, afterward dying.
At the base camp I found every sin
gle pony well, and visiting a hut I
received news of the Terra Nova and
Fram.
On Feb. 24, with men on skits and
a single pony. I started to take more
stores to Corner Camp. On the out
ward journey we passed returning
ponies going well. Returning from
Corner Camp, I was held up by a
blizzard on the 28th. I found the
storm had been phenomenal at this
filace,
raging for three days and caus
ng enormous accumulation of snow.
Shifts of wind had baffled all efforts
to shelter the ponies with snow walls
and the animals had suffered very
badly, so I decided to retire to Hut
Point without delay.
Wilson and Mears, driving dog
teams, reached Hut Point in safety.
Oats, Gran and I remained to try and
save the one pony which had been
badly hit by the blizzard, while Bow
ers, Cherry, Garad and Crean, with the
four best ponies, set out to follow
the dogs. Nearing Hut Point they
found badly working cracks In the sea
Ice, and hastily turned and marched
for miles south.
There at 2 a. m. on March 1 the
tired condition of the ponies obliged
the party to camp. At 4:30 the boys
awakened by a noise found the ice
broken around the camp and giving
away with every swell. One pony had
disappeared from the picketing line
and was not seen again. Hastily pack
ing their sledges, the party decided
to try and work southwest over the
pack ice. With infinite difficulty the
sledges were dragged, the ponies jump
ing from floe to floe towards the bar
rier.
About noon the party neared the bar
rier, but found its ice wall unclimb
able and the swell churning and threat
ening heavy floes against it. In this
dilemma Crean was allowed to attempt
to obtain help. He traveled east over
the moving pack to find a break in
the ice wall and eventually hoisted
himself to the barrier surface by
wedging his ski stick in a crack.
Ignorant of these events, after falj
ing to save our sick pony, my own
partv reached the barrier, where ice
breaking uoUer forced us .to re
treat hurriodly with the cwvest anx
iety for our companions. My fears
were confirmed when Wilson, who had
traveled out over land, reported hav
ing seen with glasses ponies adrift on
sea ice. An hour later Crean and I
set oft immediately to the west. Work
ing around the bay we approached the
barrieV edge, and at 6 p. m. by good
fortune discovered the missing party
on a pack which had been drifting
slowly northwest and had temporarily
stopped, owing to swell subsiding.
With Alpine ropes the men were res
cued with difficulty.
Working on through the night we
succeeded in saving the sledges and
their loads, but could do nothing for
the ponies, which were only thirty
yards away. At 4 a. m. the pack be
gan to move again. We left the
ponies with full nose bags and rested
till 8 a. m., when the pack was again
stationary. We made desperate efforts
to save them. Bowers and Oats risked
a long detour over the pack and led
the animals over many Jumps, while
the remainder of us dug a trench to
the lower part of the barrier.
The edges of the floes were high
above water and very uneven. Killer
whales hung about within a few yards.
The ponies failing at the jump were
Irretrievably lost. One pony only won
through. The pack was moving again
as we left it and drifted clear to the
north. On March 4 we ascended hills
east of Castle Rock, and on the 5th
the party with the two remaining
ponies and the dog teams was safely
housed at Hut Point. By this Incident
we lost three of our strongest ponies.
This was a severe blow to the expedi
tion, but not enough to wreck its plans
if the remaining animals could be pre
served.
The heavy swell which caused this
disaster, broke more than ten miles
of sea ice, large fragments from the
barrier, and two miles of glacier
tongue, a feature which had remained
otherwise unchanged since discovery
In 1902. The hut was found almost
completely filled with hard snow, the
windows broken and the door unhinged.
With much labor we cleared and re
paired it. It then afforded good shel
ter. While forced to wait for the sea
breeze to blow over we settled down
to a very primitive life. With old tins
and discarded fragments of metal we
constructed an excellent blubber stove
and several blubber lamps. We fed
almost entirely on seal meat. Seals
could only be obtained at a distance
over hills and were sometimes scarce,
but the supply never failed entirely,
thanks to the ingenuity shown by my
companions in improvising arrange
ments with the slenderest resources.
With splendid health we were quite
comfortable and enjoyed the luxury of
a box of old magazines.
On March 15, the Western Geological
party returned, bringing our tartal to
sixteen persons. This party had spent
six weeks, making a close survey of
the dry valley, lower ferrar, and
Koettlltz glacier regions, thus complet
ing an important part of our plan for
the geological survey for the coast.
Preparing for the Winter.
On March 17, Lieutenant Evans led
a party to Corner Camp, completing
the depot arrangements for the coming
season. The temperature at the barrier
had already fallen to minus 40 degrees.
Throughout the month Ice continually
formed over the sea but strong winds
quickly drove it out. After March 25,
the ice remained fast in the sheltered
bays but continued to drive out of the
sound. Huge land-ice falls on the
southwest slopes of Mount Erebus pre
vented any possibility of returning to
Cape Evans by land, but with the
freezing of the bay I decided to make
an attempt to reach the station, partly
by land and partly by sea ice.
With eight companions I started on
April 11, and, although caught by a
storm on sea ice, we reached Cape
Evans early on the 13th. We found
the station, which had been left in
Simpson's charge, in excellent order,
and arrangements for comfort remark
ably perfect. Numerous self-recording
instruments were in full swing, and
all records complete to date. All the
news was good except the loss of one
of the nine remaining ponies and one
dog. During our absence there had
been much wln|), the mean velocity for
two months aelng twenty-four miles
per hour. Fot nineteen per cent of
the whole time, the wind had been
over gale strength. All observations
pointed to an exceptionally severe sea
son.
On April 17 I returned to Hut Point
with a fresh sledge party carrying sup
plies and stores. As It was impossible
for animals to travel on the route tak
en, I left Mears and five others In
charge of those at Hut Point and again
returned to Cape Evans on April 30.
Sea ice continued to drive out of the
Sound until the first week in May. It
was not until May 13, three weeks aft
er the sun had gone that the men and
animals left Hut Point and safely re
turned to the main station. The Sound
froze solid in May and later In winter
pack ice extended to an unapprehended
distance northward. After the return
of absentees we settled down very com
fortably in our winter hut, its arrange
ments for lighting, heating, cooking
and ventilation proved eminently sat
isfactory. A comfortable stable had
been built for the ponies and some
shelter Improvised for the dogs dur
ing the four winter months.
The temperature at the station was
rarely below minus 40 degrees, at low
est minus 50 degrees. The wind aver
aged fifteen miles an hour, but some
times blew hard with the temperature
minus 30 degrees. Everyone was very
fully occupied with station and scien
tific work, exercising animals, etc. A
series of lectures was organized and
football was played to within a month
of midwinter. Frequent visits were
made to Cape Royds and Hut Point.
The animals steadily Improved In con
dition. On June 27, middle winter,
Wilson, Bowers, Cherry and Gerrard
started on sledge Journey to Cape
Crozier to observe the incubation of
Emperor Penguins at their rookery.
Very heavy surface on the barrier
forced the party to relay work during
the main part and a fortnight was
taken on the outward Journey. The
temperature was seldom above minus
60 degrees and often below minus 70
degrees, the lowest observed with a
sling thermometer being minus 77 de
grees. Behind a land ridge on the
slopes of Mount Terror the party spent
three days in building a stone hut
which they roofed with canvas from
this camp. The men had great diffi
culty In crossing the huge barrier pres
sure ridges in the dim noon twilight
to reach the rookery. They were suc
cessful at a second attempt. They
found comparatively few birds at the
rookery, but these had began to lay
at even this early date. Fortunately
some eggs at different stages of de
velopment were secured which should
give considerable information concern
ing the embryology of this Interesting
bird.
The same night a .violent gale com
menced and the ridge proved Inade
quate shelter from the hurricane gusts
which whirled down on the hut! A
tent and other carefully secured ar
ticles were blown away, and after
straining for fourteen hours the roof
of the hut flew to ribbons. For thirty
hours more the travelers were confined
In their frozen sleeping beds, half
burled beneath snow and rock debris.
Forty-eight hours elapsed before the
wind decreased, and they were able to
get a meal. Searching for lost articles
they were fortunate in finding the
missing tent between some moralntc
boulders, practically uninjured. The
state of their equipment now forced
them to turn homeward. On the return
journey they were held for two days
by another storm after which the tem
perature fell and remained below minus
60 degrees. The party returned after
five absences incasted in Ice and suf
fering from want of sleep, but other
wise well.
Having regard to the darkness and
extreme temperatures this first winter
journey In the antarctic regions was a
remarkable feat of endurance. It also
shows the extraordinarily severe con
ditions that obtain on the great snow
plain barrier during the sunless sea
son. Since the return of the sun in
August considerable increase of wind
has been recorded and temperatures
have remained as moderate in spring
as in winter. On September first,
Mears and Mlminenter, with dog teams,
made their headquarters at Hut Point
the dogs leaving for that depot In
SDlendid form. At Intervals since our
arrival, however, some obscure dis
ease has robbed us of four excellent
dogs. In every case the dog attacked
appeared vigorously healthy, but illed
ia
a.
few
hours,
JUis thsugW, -ibe
must be some minute bread worm en
tering the brain.
First Antarctic Telephone Lines.
At the end of the month, telephone
communication was established with
Hut Point through fifteen miles of
bare wire. This telephone has already
proved extremely useful for reporting
the number parties, pending changes
of weather. Lieutenant Evans, Gran
and Forde traveled to Corner Camp to
rebuild cairns. They experienced tem
peratures between minus 60 and 70. and
Forde's hands were badly frost-bitten,
but ate now recovering rapidly. With
Bowes, Simpson and Petty Officer
Evans, I traveled west on Sept. 16,
ascending Ferrar Glacier. We found
by stakes planted by Wright that the
ice stream had moved thirty feet In
seven months. Later, forty-flve miles
northwest of our stations, wo found
part of the glacier tongue broken in
March with the forge depot left by
^Campbell intact.
Owing to work at the station and
the need of increasing exercise for the
ponies we have been unable to under
take further spring Journeys. The
western geological party, consisting of
Taylor, Debenham, Gran and Forde,
delayed by Forde's accident, will leave
In a few days for Granite Harbor.
All plans and preparations for the
southern Journey are now complete and
despite the accident of last season we
have great hope of success. The neces
sity of getting the utmost out of our
remaining ponies has decided me not
to expose them to great cold. We shall
therefore start later thaji originally in
tended.
The motor sledge party, consisting of
Lieutenant Evans, Bay, Lashley, and
Hooper, started five days ago, with two
motor sledges, dragging fuel and for
age. The motors experienced unex
pected difficulty on sea ice where it
was very thinly covered with snow,
but were last seen going well on the
surface of the barrier beyond the base
camp of last season. They have, there
fore, placed the possibilities of motor
traction beyond question. The pony
party, consisting of myself with Wil
son, Oats, Bowers, Cherry, Garrard,
Atkinson, Wright, Evans, Crean and
Koehane, will start about November 1.
Independently of the success of the
motors, ponies will be worked with
light loads In easy marches to Corner
Camp with full loads and easy marches
to One-Ton Camp and with such pres
sure as necessary thereafter. Dog
teams starting will rejoin us at One
Ton Camp and help to advance loads.
By these means we hope to get thirty
units of food to the foot of Beardmore
Glacier, a unit being a week's provi
sion for four men. Then with three
divisions of four men and twenty-one
units of provisions, I hope to extend
the advance to the required distance
if the weather conditions are not whol
ly unfavorable. Of the ten remaining
ponies one is unreliable and one doubt
ful, the remainder being in very fine
form. Officers and men are in splen
did health, and eager to go forward.
Owing to my decision to postpone
there is an obvious chance that the
most advanced southerly party will be
unable to catch the Terra Nova before
she is forced to quit the Sound. Un
der these conditions, having regard to
important scientific work done and fa
cilities offered for further work, I
have decided to maintain the station
for a second year. The majority of
the shore party will probably remain,
but details depend upon the date of
our returning from our Journey on
home news, and the extent of fresh
transport provided. I shall greatly re
gret the departure of any member, as
we have lived In the happiest social
accord.
Ponting probably returns with a
large batch of photographic material
to which a second year might add lit
tle of importance. Owing to Ponting,
the photographic results of the ex
pedition are a remarkable record of
our Pole life. Plans arranged for the
scientific work of the expedition have
succeeded so far almost In their en
tirety.
November 24, latitude 81, 15 S: We
left Hut Point on the eve of Novem
ber 2, having decided to march by
night and rest during the day to give
the ponies the benefit of warmer day
temperatures. We reached Corner
Camp this morning. Traveling south
for,.sixty miles we followed the tracks
of the motors, then found the ma
chines abandoned. The party had pro
ceeded onward as directed, were de
layed by a blizzard on the 8th, but
reached One-Ton Camp on the morn
ing of the 16th. The dog teams had
caught us up some days earlier and
the whole party proceeded in company.
A day's rest was given the animals at
One-Ton Camp, which we left on the
17th. Having regard to the weight
of the loads, the heavy surfaces and
limited number of animals, I decided
to march fifteen miles only «very night.
This distance has been* maintained
eight nights and so far as we can
foresee it should be continued. The
ponies are going very steadily and
keeping condition remarkably well.
The first pony has been shot for ex
pediency but could have traveled fur
ther. The animals have ten pounds of
oats and three pounds of oil cake
daily. We are hopeful of getting the
men's food supply to the Glacier, ac
cording to program, without great dif
ficulty, but should be a day or two
later than anticipated.
We found the motor party waiting
at latitude 80%. Two of their number
now leave us. The sole cause of the
abandoning of the motor was the oy©r*
heating of the air-cooled engines. Time
did not permit of the defects being
taken in hand. The system of propul
sion of the motors proved entirely sat
isfactory. The machines dragged heavy
loads over the worst part of the bar
rier service and crossed several crev
ices. Considering inadequate trial,
their success has been remarkable.
With the experience now gained a re
liable tractor could be constructed that
would travel anywhere in this region
and save the sacrifice of animals. We
are building snow cairns at intervals
of four miles to guide the homeward
parties and leaving a week's provision
at every degree of latitude to the Bar
rier. The surface was extremely bad
and trying to the ponies up to One
Ton Camp, but has been comparatively
good since. The greater number of the
ponies have been dragging over 650
pounds.
December 10, latitude 83 degrees 15
minutes: After the return of the mo
tor party from latitude 81 degrees 15
minute3 we pushed steadily south,
hopeful for better weather conditions.
A second pony was destroyed at lati
tude 82 degrees 10 minutes, a third
at latitude 82 degrees 45 minutes, and
two more at the 83d parallel. None
of these animals were exhausted but
were sacriiiced to lighten loads ana
give food for dogs. As we proceeded
the weather grew worse, snowstorms
were frequent, the sky continually
overcast and land very rarely visible*
Under these circumstances it was most
difficult to keep a straight course and
maintain steady marches. The ponies
continued to pull splendidly. The ex
cellent condition they retained under
severe work I attribute entirely to
the management of Captain Oats.
In spite of delays we reached lati
tude 83 degrees 24 minutes within
twelve miles of Mount Hope on Dec.
4 We could have reached the glacier
with five ponies on the following day,
but for tne intervention of a south
erly gale which lasted four days, dur
ing which we did not sight land, al
though only a few miles away. The
wind was very violent at times, a
prodigious amount of snow fell, and we
nad continually to dig out ponies and
tents The temperature rose to plus
3 the snow melting on our equipment
and completely soaking everything
with water. No such prolonged storm
has hitherto been recorded in these re
gions in December.
Hard Work In the Deep Snow.
On the 9th. after the storm, eighteen
Inches of wet snow covered the orig
inally soft surface. We could not have
advanced at all had not the leading
Dony worn snowshoes. The men haul
ed on skiis. It took fourteen hours
without a meal to go eight miles. At
the first halt, the ponies were destroy
ed as we had no more forage for
them Today we have come through
the pass and descending on Beardmore
glacier, but only with infinite difficul
ties and after twelve hours' hard
work. The soft snow brought by the,
storm continued over the pass. Men
on foot sank to their knees and sledges
sank to their crossbars continually.
The dogs have given some help, but
could only be lightly laden on such
a surface. I send this note by return
ing teams. The party is very fit, but
fce«9
up
Ue beura -wWcfc.. jjrp
'.£*3
have been worMa*. The
already coat as Ave d*y«
m»y ret delay ns farther,
be a serious matter. Otherwise every
thing has worked sis planned, ft
hope to find better conditions as we
advance up the glacier. We are neces
sarily dependent on the weather and
the season thus far has been very un
promising.
Dec. 21, Latitude 85 Degrees 7 Min
utes South, Longitude 163 Degrees 4
Minutes Bast, Height About 6.800 Feet
Four Miles South, /Thirty West or
Mount Darwin.—Largely as a result
of the storm reported In my last dis
patch, the lower reaches of the glacier
were filled with terribly soft snow.
Men on foot sank to the knee at each
step. It would have been quite im
possible to advance had we not pulled
on skils. As it was the runner sur
face of the sledges proved Inadequate.
They frequently sank to crossbars, re
quiring to be oxtracted with standing
pulls. For four days we struggled In
this morass, scarcely advancing Ave
miles a day. although working ten to
twelve hours. It is difficult to pitch
camp and load sledges on such sur
face. On the fifth day the surface
grew a little harder, and we were able
to push on, still pulling on skiis. We
did not come abreast of Cloudbreake*
mountain until the 7th,-so that the
snow cost us a week's advance.
Since the 16th we have been able
to make very good marches, working
up from thirteen to twenty-three stat
ute miles per day. By program I ar
ranged to push on from the 85th par
allel with eight men and twelve units
of provisions, but I hoped to reserve
a margin over this. As we stand we
are only half a day's food short on
program and should have a good
chance of getting through. The weath
er continues unsatisfactory. We had
to march without sight of land on
occasions. We are getting Intermit
tent fog in this most creviced part of
the glacier. Everybody Is In the best
of health and spirits.
It has been most difficult to select
the returning party of four who car
ries this note. Our position consti
tutes our upper glacier depot. Com
plete depots have been established on
the homeward route. The track of the
barrier Is well marked with snow
cairns. The members going forward
are Scott, Lieut. Evans, Wilson, Bow
ers, Oats, Lashley, Petty Officer Evans
and Crean.
Jan. 3, 1912, Latitude 87 Minutes, 83
Degrees, Height 9,800 Feet.—After
leaving the upper glacier depot, south
of Mount Darwin, I steered southwest
two days. This did not keep us clear
of pressure ridges and crevices which
occurred frequently at first and gave
us trouble, but we rose rapidly In al
titude. Probably the difficult places
were more snow covered than further
eastward. The advantage of this
course was mainly felt on the third
and fourth days, when, owing to our
altitude, we got a splendid view of
distribution of land masses fringing
the Ice sheet and the arm of ice falls.
Since leaving the depot our marches
have averaged over fifteen statute
miles a day. On Christmas day we
were close up to the 86th parallel and
the prospect of Christmas fare gave
us an excellent march, seventeen miles,
but the effort was not so hard the
following day. The surface grew more
difficult as we approach^ the 87th
parallel. On New Year's eve In lati
tude 86 degrees 56 minutes we depos
ited there a unit procession and re
built our sledges with new short run
ners, which remarkable piece of work
was performed by the seaman of the
party tinder adverse conditions. Al
though it cost us nearly a day's march,
the change amply repaid us. We have
been able to keep up our average and
we are now within 150 .miles of the
Pole.
I am going forward with a party
of Ave men, sending three back under
Lieut. Evans. The names and descrip
tions of the advance party are: Capt.
Scott, R. N. Dr. Wilson, S. C. scien
tific staff, Capt. Oats. Innlskilling
dragoons. In charge of the ponies and
mules Lieut. Bowers, Royal India
marine, commissary officer. Petty Of
ficer Evans, R. H„ In charge of sledges
and equipment.
The advance guard goes forward
with a month's provisions and the
prospects of success good, providing
the weather holds and no unforeseen
obstacles arise. It has been very dif
ficult to choose the advance party, as
everyone was lit and able to go for
ward. Those who return are natural
ly much disappointed. Everyone has
worked his hardest. The weather on
the plateau has been good as a whole.
The sun has never deserted us, but
the temperatures are low now, about
minus 20 degrees, and the wind pretty
constant however, we are excellently
eauipped for such conditions and the
wind undoubtedly improves the sur
face and so far has worked out very
satisfactorily. It is more than prob
able that no further news will be re
ceived from us this j'ear. Our return
must necessarily be late.
(Signed) Robert F. Scott.
Lieut. Pennell expressed the utmost
confidence in the ultimate success of
Captf Scott and his party and declared
that the scientific work being per
formed by the expedition was of an
extremely valuable character. In ad
dition to the southern party, the Terra
Nova was compelled, owing to the bad
Ice conditions, to leave behind Lieut.
Campbell's party, who were landed at
Drygalsky Barrier and thence sledged
into the Interior. Both parties, how
ever, were fully prepared for this em
ergency, says the commander of the
Terra Nova, and no alarm need be
felt for their safety. Tht two geolog
ical expeditions of the west coast have
produced good results, coal and fossils
which latter had not been discovered
before being found. The health of the
members of the expedition is excel
lent, the only exception being Capt.
Evans, who is convalescing from scur
vey. The Terra Nova returns south in
November next.
OXFORD THE WINNEB.
In the Annual Race Over the Course at
Putney, England.
Putney, England. Oxford won
with the greatest ease the sixty-ninth
annual boat race between eight-oared
crews representing the universities of
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course on the Thames from Putney
to Mortlake. The Dark Blues finished
six lengths ahead of their rivals.
LaCrosse Boy a Prisoner.
La Crosse, Wis. A letter, smug
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written by Harry Conklin to his moth
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are held captive there by a band of
about 300 Mexican bandits, and that
their lives are in momentary danger.
The letter waB dated March 19 and
some fear Is expressed for the safety
of the Americans.
Lluvia is a small mining settlement
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