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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 325, 4 January 1911, Page 6

fir. Cook's dairy business in Cciiior.-l Avenue, Brooklyn, which w a s i-uii by iiis brother, Mr. W. J-. Cook, ;ur;•.-••: Dr. Cook'u Arctic exploiati<n. 'r'sn a small beginning of live cows •ml cn> milk waggon, sufficient -.non-.-y was got together to send one >; the brothers, Dr. F. A. Cook, to college As is known, he "made good." The explorer still retains a '.lulf-slure in the old-established business, and it was from this little shop that the money was got to start him on his Arctic explorations. Originally ffm. I;. Cook milked the cows and Ihe present Doctor peddled the milk, •ait since this a fortune has been made out of the business, which now !,oasts one ot the largest dairies in Brooklyn. It is remarkable that a mil'.man has claimed to have dia= covered the North Pole. Although he is an Annriean his apprenticeship war; very similar to the London milkers', and speaks volumes for the re.,.lit of continued exposure to all sorts of weather, enabling the milkman to endure the climate ol tho Arctic regions.