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Challenge of the Yukon: The Bonanza Belle

Challenge of the Yukon · December 4, 1945 · 14 min · 2,102 words

The transcript of “The Bonanza Belle”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast December 4, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Challenge of the Yukon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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A challenge of the Yukon. One king on New Husky. A wonder dog king, swiftest and strongest of Eskimo League dogs, blazes the trail through storm and snow for Sergeant Preston, as he meets the challenge of the Yukon.

Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of northwest Monic police who preserved law and order in the new northwest country, Where the greed for wealth and power led to frequent violence in bloodshed. But in spite of the odds against them, Sergeant Pestan and his wonder dog King met that challenge and justice ruled triumphant.

A crowd land the bank and cheered wildly. As the riverboat, the Bonanza Bell steamed into the landing at White Horse on her maiden voyage. She was the first riverboat to come into the Yukon territory, bringing mail and carrying freight into the interior where only dogs and mule teams at the nearest. It was a great event,

and everyone was jubilant except two men who set away from the crowd on the riverbank and looked on bitterly. Just a bird day for us. It's sure ain't our ship coming in. Well, this means the end of our freight list. One more season we can return. With that flub with tub cup, meringue, we ain't

get a chance. Hope she runs a ground or busts a baller. That's first. Jake. That's an idea. Huh? Why couldn't we see to what she does when a ground or bust a baller is something? I mean, wreck her somewhere? Sure. A pete. Reckon a boat. Someone might get killed.

They don't care whether they wreck us or not. Of course we could haul the freight for the same right there charging do it quicker with mule a working for that kind of money this business was a gold mine it's going to keep on being one yeah but we could do or up that's it dynamite any I mean here the dock they got to make it look as

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