Manti Messenger | 1930-07-18 | Page 7 | Dog Made Small Town Famous

Dog Made Small Town Famous Jk Is a U small own town In northern north north- northern ern em Norway above the tire sixty ninth meridian In the center of the re region lon known as Lapland It lies a n few miles mlle wesl west of at the confluence of the tire Karasjok aw and Tarm Tana rivers the latter forming the boundary between Norway and Finland The fhe towns town's population Is made up mostly of or Laplanders and Is the tine home haute homent of nt rh rite rhe Balto fatally family made famous unions by byan byan byun an un Alaskan malamute named in honor honorof of one 0 o the members of the funnily family Balto was the lead dog of Gunnar Kasson's famous team that flint carried diphtheria ser serum serum l l on the last mile 00 mlle lop lap In the mlle mile sledge race from Ne Nenana to Nome Name durin during the epidemic of nt l' l t