Eureka Reporter | 1904-07-08 | Page 7 | In the Far North

IN THE FAR horses find sustenance under many feet of snow A recent bool on the klondike coun try bays in november 1898 horses were left to die on the trails and in daw son there a neither work nor teed for them horses ere offered to me for their keep bat I 1 refused these horses wandered up in the hills where the snow was five feet deep they brushed the snow away with feet and nose finding jus clous whortleberries blad berries and raspberries in areat quantities the lowest authentic record at the bar racks was 5 degrees below zero yet in the spring the horses were reclaimed by their owners and looked infinitely better than when turned out to die at the beginning of the winter this was a lesson as well as a cevela tion during the summer of 1899 horses were imported into the albe in numbers and 1200 of them passed the next winter in transport ing men and supplies from dawson to the mines the dogs were almost en superseded and their value formerly became merely nomi nal for a good horse atter all could pull a ton over the smooth icy trails a labor that would require three sleighs and twenty dogs