Challenge of the Yukon: The Skagway-Mail

Now as gunshots echo across the wind swept, Snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quaker-pop wheat, and Quaker-pop right, The breakfast cereal shot from guns, Present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the Northwest, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police, in his relentless pursuit

of lawbreakers. One king! One new husband! Gold. Gold discovered in Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in a wild race for riches. Back to the days of the Gold Rush. With Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice, bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon.

Say, fellas and girls, do you and your pals have a swapping club? And do you ever collect or swap trading cards? Or have you ever wanted to? Well, man, oh man, there's nothing more fun.

So keep your ears open. In just a few minutes, Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice, the swell tasting breakfast cereal shot from guns are making you an offer that's out of this world. Don't miss it.

Keep listening. In the winter of 98, the northwest mounted police carried the mail between the gold rush capital of Dawson and the saltwater port of Skagway. The mail was carried in 30-mile relays. At each relay point, a driver with a fresh dog team was waiting to take over and speed the mail sacks to the next mountie post along the route.

It was early one morning in December that Corporal Eden started out from Dawson City And what he supposed will be just another of these routine mail runs. Is that the last mail sack? Yep, that's all, Corporal.