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Coldwell is the up-and-comingist hoodlums didn't dig up the road as fast town in the whole of Nevada. Any- as they put it in. Then somebody one will tell you that. Transcontinen- stole all their road equipment and then, tal tourists find in its quiet, tree-shad- by jinks, the burros they was usin' took ed streets, its friendly citizens and mo- sick and died. dern conveniences a haven of rest and quiet after the blindingly hot drive across the desert.

"Coldwell's always been the liveliest town in the West," Sheriff Mose Dun- can told me proudly.. "It's been first in everything." Mose is old and dried up and wrinkled, but his blue eyes are bright and alert, and he has been sheriff for twenty-five years.

"So the Gopher folks give up again in disgust. Meantime Coldwell was growing like all get-out, making their road better, puiting up new buildings and planting trees and the like. It got so that the motoring public forgot all about Gopher.

"By this time there was more agita- tion in the East about a cross-country highway, and Gopher dispatched a man "The town of Gopher's giving you a down to Washington to argue in favour run for your money, isn't it?" I asked. of putting the new road through Go- Gopher. is located twenty miles direct pher because it was shorter. Coldwell ly north of Coldwell. Coming from did likewise and I was 'the hombre east to west or vice versa it is shorter they sent. Well, sir, I put up a fine by ten miles to go through it, for it is argument and showed where we'd built in a more direct line, Coldwell lies a road on our own account and main- south on a spur road.

tained it and improved the looks of our

Old Mose guffawed. "Gopher's been town. It was a good point and I won. trying to give us a run for our 'money The new highway was routed through for hear twenty-five years. They ain't our town. it was as fine a gravel road succeeded yet. They won't now, no as you ever did see and, mister, our matter how many hotels and free public' little town boomed plenty. We still

By Vic Yardman

parks they build." He made himself are, too. We're still the up-and-com- comfortable, tipped his ten-gallon hat ingist tow in the West." over his eyes.

"You can't keep it up though," I said: "They begun back in 1915. That was "This transcontinental highway is go- when there was some talk back Ease ing to be paved, and paving costs money of building a transcontinental highway, and that means they'll save that ten The so-called Lincoln highway was a miles by going through Gopher." couple of ruts that even an ox team

"Maybe," said Mose. "But you wait would shy at. But that year the and see where the tourists go." 'Frisco Fair was held and several thou- sand tourists-adventurers they was 1 returned to Coldwell. I came by called then decided to make the trip West by automobile.

"It was an adventure all right. Three months was considered good time. A good many of 'em never did make it.

It wasn't until the next summer that

plane and so didn't see that a new pav. ed highway extended straight across I see that the highway running down the desert through Gopher. Nor did to Coldwell was also paved and that most of the automobilists were using

the

"I was living up in Gopher then and I tried to sell the citizens the idea of it. building a decent automobile road

I looked up Old Mose and asked him through town so's folks would get

about it. He took me east of town good impression and maybe stop and brand new paved road cutting through about five miles and turned north on a visit us awhile, Gopher folks scoffed the desert. We followed this road for at the idea. They didn't have no money nineteen miles and came out on to throw away on automobile roads

"So I got sore and come down here cast of Gopher. Mose pointed to

main East-West highway five miles. to Coldwell and talked to these folks. sign alongside the road. "This mark- One or two of 'em liked the idea. We raised all the money we could and col- where, two carloads of tourists were er," the sign read; "indicates the spot lected volunteer road builders and built held up and robbed by desperate high- a smooth, gravel highway from the. junction cast of Gopher down to Cold well. Then we put up a sign saying that the south fork was the quickest and smoothest road west.

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through civilised, law-abiding Coldwell. waymen last June. Take the road left Only nine miles longer.

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I looked at Mose. "Have they caught the highwaymen ?”

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"Well, sir, those automobilists would have taken that road if it led 'em kon they will. Leastwise, not whilst "Nope," said Mosc, "and I don't rec- hundred miles off their route, they were- I'm sheriff." He grinned and I grinned that tickled. In no time at all business began to boom in Coldwell, and before.. a month had passed we'd raised enough money to continue the highway through town and on west to meet the main, route on that side of Gopher, bo

"Gopher citizens after awhile begun to get onto theirselves. They was mad as all get out, and decided to build a road of their own. But would you be- Hove it, the darnedest things happen- ed! First it rained and a herd of cattle - got loose and tromped that roadbed of theirs into a mudhole. Then there was a mysterious explosion that blow the whole thing to smitherines. Why shucks, afore a month had passed thos Gopher chana run out of money and spirit and had to abandon the entor prise.

"They tried it again the next sum- mer, and I'm danged if a bunch ́ ́ ́

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