Show story stor of dog heroism i appealed to children balto the dog with a heros heart took antitoxin to the children of nome balto dying peacefully of old age a will live lire again in effigy tor for generations erat ions of children of cleveland the story of this husky and his bis teammates and their trip across the wintry wilds of alaska for the relief of diphtheria stricken nome has been told and retold and told again the rescue of balto and his companions from the ignominy of a california dime museum and the bringing of them to cleveland financed by the pennies of our school children all this Is part of the annals of cleveland put hut balto dead will not lose his niche in the he community carefully mounted his sleek fur stretched lifelike over a dead form instead of the vigorous pulsing body which took hope to nome he will take his place among the attractions of the cleveland museum of natural history the effigy of a great dog gone to his reward cleveland plain dealer |