The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-05-13
Shep started for the Klondike

tn'S Work is three pOuhus Jay, Vi
rice, oatmeal and bacon, carried on
the sled for the purpose and just
what his master eats, though both
OF them have more than once, through
the vicissitudes Of fortune been COM
PEELED to travel far on much less food
A sled team varies from three To eight
dogs, and on the allowance OF food
given above each dog is supposed to
pull 100 pounds.
Sore feet come from travelling in
snow when the thermometer In just
right to freeze it between the toes
In this case a green dog tries at
every halt, to pull the froozen
snow out from between the toes, and
when 1t comes hair and skin come
with il. Most of the trails are on the
frozen river beds. II these are COW
cred with dry snow the travelling is
good but when the snow melts and a
freeze follows the path is covered
with sharp little points OF ice, which
cut like glass and then there is no
alternative but to put moct asians OF
caribou hide, or anything else that
may be had, on the animals feet.
This, OF course, makes travel slow
en-
A great many OF the dogs used il
| the KIondike tor Shedding are Of
Shops breed and they seem to belgood
Tor the work. The husky" which
is the dog invented by the Hudson
bay people and orig ionally used for tn,
purpose, is a cross between the New
| iourdland dog and the wolf They
are somewhat larger and stronger
than the collieS, but OF not much
greater endurance If the latter b. &c
climattd.
DR.. Woodward went to the Klon-
dixie with hts brother, c. II. Wood.
ward, In 1897. Both were unmarried
and both were stehographers. When
/ the news of the the big str kes reach
Ell them here the temptation to trave
proved too strong, and they started.
! They have been up ther- for six and
half years, and returned just recent
! " for a short visit only, as they now
have interest in aud around Dawson
/ that require their attention. During
these years they have Travelled extern
sively through the Yukon territory
and Alaska. and could fill several
volumes with their adventures and
the ups and downs they have met
with.
Had Mr.. Woodward known the SIT
uation as we'll as he does after six
years OF study, he would have taken
type writing machine with him, io'
in Dawso.. in the boom days stenog
rspher and typewriter made tom S.
to 500 a day without working ever
time. As it was, Mr.. Woodward Sc
cured an old machine once while in
Fairbanks and got out one issue o!
the Fairbanks Miner-a popular
name, as may be imagined, fer very
many of the papers In that part Of the
world He printed fifty copies OF
this paper on the typewriter and
sold them for s. so per copy. Now
there is print shop In Fairbanks,
and a paper is printed from the regular
newspaper type.
In 1893, not to mention other times
the entire town OF Dawson ran out OF
print paper and the Nugget was print
ed on the brown wrapping paper used
by butchers, of which there happen
ed to be just enough fer the edition
During this stringency grants for
mining claims and similar important
legal papers were written on the b ank
side of tomato can wrappers or any
thing of the kind that could be
had.
But such days OF stress have go, {
from Dawson. 1t Is now in touch with
civilization. Faro dealers who got
$Is for shift of twelve hours have
departed. chased out by the authori
ties, and along with them have gone
the theatrical shows at which bottle
of beer served in the boxes cost SIS
and champagne from $40 to $40 and
much Else that wss picturesque. Il
costly. Dawson, which In b Dom days
had widely fiuctuating waning pop
ulation, never less than 10000, ha'
now settled down to not NOR:
than s 600, and Mr.. Woodward thinks
there are are scarcely more than TO.