New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
DOGS NO LONGER NEEDED.
THEY HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED IN
ALASKA TRAVEL.
From The Seattle Post st-IntelIigencer.

From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
big strappng. broad-shouldered man
strulled into the lobby OF the Butler Hotel yes
tefday afternoon leading thoroughbred Mala-
moot dog by the chain. The man was a plct-
uresque figure His type was frequently seen on
the streets Of Seattle at this season OF the year
i'm ls!.s and IS.g and even as late as last win
Ter The man and the dog, however, belong 10
an era which is practically part OF the history
Of Alaska. -
who was "a Klondike miner of the conventional
type The dog. however attracted all eyes.
He was a beauty. OF more than ordinary
siza broad chested and broad backed, the Mala-
moot tugged restlessiy at his chain painting the
while as ii in pain from the warmth OF ue
..Hr.s worth Slno of any mans money said
the miner. answering an interrogatory. M oI
course. l can't get that for MN oulSlde' nut II
his true value. l would take S0' Tor MIN ana
Three years ago a dog like this would have
sold for from $50 10 s''" IN STAIRWAY con
tirued the miner. That was before the day oi
the railroads and when roadhouses on the Oi'prF
Yukon were mighty few and far between III
those iavs a winters trip over the riNer from
stairway To Dawson earned many fortune OF
from $4,000 to SlO0tUD Then claims were
sold on the outside in the form of options WINE
the miners on the inside were digging The Soid
ont of the creVices OF the bedrock by the table
sroonful and dumping it in coal oil cans.
= There was only one way of quick communl-
cation between Seattle and Dawson possible in
the winter three years ago This was hy means
. OF dog teams. and the Malamoot. Of all animals
in the frozen Norm, was iibSt NdiudbIt- oHcI-
herds Newfoundands and St Bernards, full
. boods and scrubs brought good prices. but the
thoroughbred Malamoot carried the banner for
r.aoney value. / have seen them sold readily fof
$3.50 each in Dawson when a party was made
,ID to come out over the ice in the early days o.
the camp.
but this is all changed now. Il is true that
the. old timers scOTn the steam locomotives ana
the trains in winter time, and go over the tran
i'm little groups with dog sleds 10 This city Ihey
have made better time than the trains TOO our
ing the late snow blockade. But where a miner
used 10 have his team of four or eght dogs ne
only has two now, and prices have dropped ac-
cordingly. , l. In
..It is easy now for man TO travel 10y doe
team from Skagway TO Dawson with a llSht sieu
a Nv and two hundred POUNDS Of food Tor nun
eli and his animals. This is because the road-
houses are frequent and new supplies can he
ohtained at any point. In the OLD days the hliiei
had no roadhouscs TO deIend on - N I stai r.
,yith full outfit of from loJo TO Zo'" fouhds
! one Walamoot to 30 pounds Of freight was th'
ordinary reckoning. As the necessity Tor til'
fogs has grown less and less every year theli
value has decreased ,...o. ,.,,;,
The Nfaiamoot lay painting and whining whii'
his master talked, as If bewalllhs the iate - ,
bis kind The dog fine specimen or hl'
hreed with a thick undercoating OF SOFT down!
wool and a rough outer coat oil gray iair aiiii's
@nikv with the ends tipped with black
The Malamoot was bred In the MAJ ChSliN ~
. ! piver country originally. and was started IRON
| the mating Of Scotch coles with native Wow
..rbe Nalamoot pups take as kindly TO TN
o,,ar and traces on a dog sled as a duck doe
% vrater concluded the miner some pieeu
ars % Nalarnoots have made fortunes ffoin tie ~
, / know of one Of these VINO has d hd"Ne -
: | harian she-wolf which is the nuther Oh III"
| az Nalamoots that have melted the o"He'
| fortune OF SlU,oo0