Millard County Chronicle | 1919-04-17 | Page 7 | Dog Teams Saved Many Lives

Dog Teams Saved Many Lives Word hits has recently been received of ot the heroic efforts made during recent months to check the Influenza epidemic In Yukon territory where here remote communities communities com com- faced face grave e danger anger because of or limited medical an and nursing sup sup- plies To meet the emergency Indian runners with dog OA teams were dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- dis- dis patched from Dawson with anti anti- Influenza serum and sent across the snow now as far north as Fort McPherson near the mouth of the Mackenzie river making the round rounel trip of or 1000 miles in a little leR less than two months which Is a fair performance In mid The journey Included Include crossing the Rocky mountains