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PAGE EIGHT The Goat Getters ■■By T. E. POWERS, the Famous Cartoonist Oenmght, I*l2, by the btar Oowpaay. Grau ikHna Rifnu K«w»t<s COL.SWhS) TqliU |/c THE SOK o£ MN dear) ( ITHZZuqHT IW BE Y<>v’t> KNOW ( IWAHT SOMETHING SWELL, Y SEE SON VJAMTSTb SEE HIM ( FKiEND Col. Smith is \ that looked qood. ) I was lift tackle oh our. college t W6lc^ e . hat cai4 wo«K q \ HiX 0N AKn ten Hour a / S Tsvvano IM A MEMBER or the r f M_ r ’ A . 'H -s- J •? IC3 1 «w Ww SSW '"• , pP jJ * i fe= > VI J pgaz u*sj V y?, -^ y -- J CHELLO HOUR BASKET) T. )WjTETw) 142 T^a s z<d xlt K F~jjQfe )H° W I Discovered the South Pole”—Amundsens Own Story of Famous Trip (FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR NOVEMBER) Amundsen's discovery of the South Pole is one of the mile stones of great achievement in modern history. The famous ex .plorer tells his story of daring and accomplishment in Hearst’s Mag- Mthe for November, now on sale *%,t the newsstands. It is an amazing and yet very . %uman narrative, as the following xcerpts show: JZ"XN April 11 th* sun disappeared. X/ 1 I The longest night any man had | known In the Antarctic regions ihad begun. Old campaigners as we '•u'ere, everything was well prepared for jit. There was the hut. stout and strong INo storm, no matter how It blew could hurt ft. T.lght and warm It was Inside, dry and airy. The large, roomi eav- E erns we had exi avated In the fee bar rier and connected directly with the hut gave us Apace sufficient for our work shops: we did not need to use our hut to work in. We were amply supplied with pro visions. Seven hundred yards from the hut was our chief store, containing enough for several years We had killed and laid by 120.000 pounds of seal meat, enough for ourselves and our dogs sot our whole stay Phtel and light we had in abundant •. the best |>y Welsh coal and the dryest Not egian F birchwood. Barrel upon bat re! of pe troleum lay in out cellars. The winter work consisted In pre bating out outfit and getting every thing ready for out march to the south. Our tours in the months of February March and April, to form depots 1n lat.- tude 80. 81 and 82 degrees, had taught us that we must make many alterations 1n our outfit. Making the New S'edges Thus Bjuaiand. ski and sledge makvt. ■n.is sent to make the necessary pa is fo> four new sledges, weighing about 5!) . pounds apiece. The original sledges M' igheil 150 pounds apiece Wi-ting and Hanssen, both good sailor.- ami khe latte- an experienced polar explorer, had to fasten the parts together as Strongly as could be done Siubberud > a carpenter and joiner by trade, «as| assigned the unenviable task of redm I Ina ih<- Height of our sledge provision I 1 boxes. . Tm- packing of the sl -dgc provisions 1 ■kyii- iiattet of the very utmost hn- I 1 1 - s 1 ~0 • —MAGAZINE SECTION. of thought and attention had 10 be de voted to the subject. This was in trusted to Johansen Ptaeste-ud was occupied with the scientific arrange ments for tlie expedition—-pendulum and astronomical observations. Titus each had his hands full and the winter set In Our provisions were not rich in va rieties of courses, but were the most nourishing and most concentrated ob tainable. They consisted of pemmican. biscuits, chocolate and <iried milk. The pemmican .was made in Norway and "as somewhat different from' that which Is generally used, being mixed with oatmeal and vegetables, as well ns meat and fat. The biscuits «ere made expressly, and possessed a very high degree of nourishment They consisted of oatmeal, mflkmenl or dried milk and sugni-. The chocolate was an ordinary kind. The milkmeal proved a splendid thing, and as much as possible should ■■e taken on all such expeditions. It hght, packs well and keeps good under all cir< um-iances. brought dried new milk with n» the manufacturer assuring us it would keep through the tropics we had 10 traverse. Despite the treatment ft re< eived It kept perfectly good the whole time. We could make ourselves a cup of new milk at any time, and that is a great advantage on such a long expedition. Double Sleeping Bags. On the first part of the journey, we used double sleeping bags The outer one Ot the skin of reindeer buck. The inner one of light skin of reindeet doe or reindeer calf Both had the hnirv ride in. Outside the two. we had a cover of light linen cloth, somewhat longer than the bags This cover was always kept on. both in the tent and on the march. Jn the tent it protected the bags from damp, while on the march It kept the driven snow entirely out. Os snow spectacles, several kinds were used each thought he had dis covered the bem. PersonaJly. I used a pair of ordinm y spectaclt e with light cellow glass It may seem unheard of to go on an expedition of 1.500 miles In tli.-e surroundings with only a pair of oidinary unprotected spectacles, in which the light can enter everywhere but I did .I and what is more, with out «o much as suffering once from .'•not* blindiK ♦Mi nis h«lies 1 used, from uui i< i qunriPfs t<» th» po ♦ Mini bin k. a pa < of ordinary walking woolen mu tens with th. font tlngets together tn i he Atlanta Georgian and news.satl rday, November 2. ihu. one compartment. <me pair lasted the whole way . Our sledges were of the ordinary Nansen pattern, but of unusually light build. Two were shod with steel, the others not. All four had spare run ners. The sledges were as strong on our return as when we sent out. On August 23 all was ready, and at noon we drove our laden sledg.-s up to the starting place on the other side of the bay, about three miles from our establishment, "Krautheim.” We had won in our race ivith the sun, which reappeared on the following day. Ow ing to the low temperature, 50 to 70 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit, we were obliged to wait some days. At lost, on September 8. at 12:3o noon, we were able to get off. The journey that followed I shall pass over ouiekly. It was I■ rntlcally cold, ranging from 60 to *•'» degrees beloxy zero; the dogs suffered greatly at night and three of the men had frozen heels. We bad 10 be satisfied with reaching the depot, at 80 degrees, that we had built five months before, leaving stores there and returning to "Pramheim.” Thi« trip, however, taught us much. I saw we could without risk divide our. selves into two patties and thus ac complish more woik. It was then de termined that one party, under Lieu tenant Praesterud, should go to King Edward's 1-and and do what they could there, w hile we others would follow the main plan--the march to the south. At length October 20 arrived—time seems long to those who wait. The weather was a little uncertain in the morning -squally But at 8 o'clock it cleared from the east w ith a light breeze, and off we went. There were five of us—Hansstn. Wisting, Hassel. Bjaaland and myself—with four sledges and fifty -two dogs, thirteen to each sledge. As we bad all our provisions at eignty degrees, the sledges were very light, and we went along at a gallop. We did twenty miles a day those days, reach ing our depot at eighty degrees at 1:38 l>. m. on October 23. in the densest fog. This gave us a convincing proof ot the ai curacy of our compass and of our distance meters. Went 15 Miles a Day. After leaving the depot of October, we made fifteen miles a day. giving rhe dogs a chance to eat their till at the lb pit .- Soon we began erecting snow beacon- to serve to guide us on re turn-tig. Such a b. aeon was somew hst more titan a inan’j height, built -HL. ■ about sixty blocks of hard snow cut from the surface. We put up about 150. necessitating 9,000 blocks. At first one was built every seventh - and eighth mile—subsequently every 11ft‘i ami at last, near th-' ; ole every second mile. In each of these beacons a note was left stating the number of the beacon, its position, the direction , and distance of the nearest beacon. In . this manner we always k- pt a control ■ of our march. t'n the morning of the ninth of No- 1 vember. when we got outside our tent. 1 w'e found the air clear, and on exam ining the patches of cloud, which were still in the same place, we saw they were the tops of hugi mountains. This sight w rought in us quite a curious sen sation. There we had. before us, rhe mighty continent covered with ice and snow and barring our way to the pole. Some mountains were more bare than snow-covered. Thus, that part of the mighty Fridtjof Nansen’s” mountain, which faced the Barrier, was almost entirely bare. It stood like a dark, dreary sentinel, guarding the entrance to the mystic regions. Its head was capped by a magnificent, dazzlingly white, glittering helmet at an elevation of 15.001) feet. The 17th of November w as a red let ter day. VVe climbed an undulating ridge of ice 300 feet high and then de scended to the "beach.” We encamped here nt 85:5 degrees and prepared for the next stage. We five pedestrians were about to be transformed into Al pine climbers. Ihe story of the ascent to the pla teau Is one of almost constant adven ture. of narrow escapes from death., from falling into crevices in the gla ciers or off of bleak, slippery preci pices. At times the faces of the men were swollen almost beyond recognition I in the merciless antarctic gal- s. Once men and dogs suffered from the heat with a blazing sun and the temperature at fifteen degrees above zero We were constantly sacrificing the dogs—once we had to dispatch 24 of our brave four-footed comrades at one time. Several times ive camped over 9,080 feet above the sea. At times we traversed snow ridges, eerie and dan- ' gerous. at others poltsned. wind-swept I ice. But at last we forced our way I and reached the level plateau. I shall never forget the day we : reached Shackleton s Farthest South.- I: »)« my turn to be pioneer. Hassel utim 1 took turns. It is a tiresome woik Ik t thus going on in front. No one to t talk to. nothing to see. The plain spreads out in all directions till it loses 1 itself in the horizon. I had now gone on for a couple of hours and was ■ deeply immersed in my own thoughts, when I was aroused by ringing cheers. Shackleton Outstripped. 11 turned sharp round and remained 1 still. The scene was so engrossing that 1 all description fails. The Norwegian flag—my own dear country’s Hag un folded itself from the foremost, sle, e and fluttered in the gentle southerly bieeze—Bß:23 degrees bad been passed. We gathered round the flag and ’ pressed one another’s hands. It was a wonderfully solemn moment. It may . well be believed that we sent him who had reached thus far and his faithful, brave companions a thought, full of ! admiration and respect for their man ly courage and the perseverance they displayed during their long, severe struggle. There will ever be honor and renow n for w hat Sir Ernest Shackleton has accomplished. The rest of the journey was exhaust ing because of the altitude, but we made good speed. I On the 11th of December, we were at 89:15 degrees. Dead reckoning and observation again agreed exactly. We were nearing our goal with rapid strides. JThe next three days were spent un der precisely the same conditions as tlie previous ones. Temperature con tinued even, at about fifteen degrees, and the sun was out the whole time. On the 12th. by reckoning and observation, 89:30 degrees. On the 13th, the obser- COLLECTIONS EAR in and year out, we increase the vol ume of mercantile claims and collections handled. Our organization is recog nized and appreciated be cause of its efficiency, prompt service and cour teous treatment, which gets the money, but holds the customers for you. ASSETS CONVERTING CO. I Merchantile and Claim Department SOI Fourth National Bank Bldg 1 I Phone Main 112 S vation at noon gave 89:37 degrees. That evening we pitched our tent at 89:45 degrees by reckoning. And then came The G’-eat Day. After 10 o’clock there came a change in the sky’ and it blew a little from the south east. so we did not get the meridian that day. At 3 p. m., the distance meters announced that our goal was 11 i "Yf ’IU < /K 1 .-,.L' 'di 1/ ( ?''' w It’s Daddy Talking " T_T USH, children; it’s daddy talking.” 11 “Yes, Jim; we are all well and the children have been real good. How have you been ? Coming home tonight ? That s fine! It will seem good to see you again.’’ The businessman who is obliged to be away from home brings joy to the family circle by cheery words over the telephone. The local and longdistance Bell Tele phone service keeps him always in touch with home conditions. 1 on Telephone—Smile ‘ SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY reached. We had got our silk flag ready in the morning. We gathered round it now. each man took hold, and together we planted it here—at the same time naming the plateau, on which the pole is situated, "King Haakon the Sev enth's Wilds." We had reached the pole with three sledges and seventeen dogs.