The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-18
'SC0TTY'' ALLAN
Of NOME HERE
WINNER OF ALI.ALASKAN
SWEEPSTAKES SPENT DAY
BEEN AWAY 12 YEARS.

Alex A. Allan, familiarly known
as "Scotty," arrived in this city this
morning from Seattle. This is the
man who won the All-Alaskan Sweep
stakes dog team race last April. This
was a race from Dawson to Fair
banks, 4O8 miles, and was made in
80 hours and minutes. Allan was
practically raised by P. D. Sutor of
Burch Flat. These men are both
Scotch, coming here from the old
country. Mr.. Sutor first settled in
Dakota and young Allan brought
over a load of horses from Scotland
for Sutor and for years made his
home with the Sutors. On their COM
ing to this country Allan accom-
panied them and most of the time
he was in Chelan county he was en-
plOyed with the G.. n. railway COM
pany He was superintendent clerk
when the Alaskan craze set in and
he and John Ferryman of this city
were grub-staked by Leavenworth
| men to make the trip to Alaska. Fer
ryman remained but the one year
while Allan was in - years without
coming out
Allan is a married man and his
family has been with him all through
his life in Alaska A wiry little
Scotchman, standing feet Az
inches is this "Scotty.' At AZ he is
as spry as a high school boy, and
every pound of the $50 which makes
his weight is filled with an energy
that makes the whole a tireless ma
chine. !:
Allan was very cordially greeted
this morning by Mr.. Sutor, Carl
Christensen. w T. Rarey and a num-
ber of old Leavenworth and Wenat-
chez friends. He is now connected
with one of the largest hardware con-
+ d
sail again for the north on the goth
of this month He intends to leave
on the night train for Seattle. Allan.
like most of the pioneers of the
north. has had his ups and downs,
the first years especially being very
trying. but he was persevering and
is now well fixed for the balance of
his life. The first year was spent
hauling wood. He secured the first
team in his section and hauled wood
to. Nome for which the residents paid
| $50 a cord. He made a nice little
sum that winter and then purchased
a boat which cost $4,000. On the
/ first trip the boat was wrecked and
he cleaned up $500, but he was a
sticker and was soon on the road to
another fortune
The people of this valley took
great interest in the dog race last
spring from the fact that Allan was
one of the competitors.
Ever since his boyhood days in
Scotland, Allan says he has been
fond of horses and dogs. He made
companions when a lad, and when
he came to North Dakota with blood
ed horses in 1887, he liked the wild
free life of the men and animals.
He says he loved the range horses
just for their wildness. Then he
came to the west in later years with
the Great Northern railway, for all
his life he has followed work with
pen, while his pastimes have been
with animals. Then came the stam-
pede in 1897 to the Klondike and
"Scotty" Allan was the first to go.
1t was his first sight of dogs working
in harness, and from the moment he
first looked at them until the pres
ent day "Scotty" Allan has always
had string OF dogs. Although he
is president of. the school board at
| Nome, secretary of the Darling &
| Dean Hardware company, the larg-
est in Alaska, and an official of sew
eral other companies and societies,
he will always leave his business
cares to enter racing competition.
Allan was associated with Jake Ber-
ger in the great dog race. Berger
owned the dogs and they were train
ed by Allan. When Mr.. Berger came
out last fall he entrusted his dogs,
score in number, to "Scotty," leav-
ing good sized bank account to see
that they were properly trained. Dur