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Show : OVERLANDWESTERNfRS ; CALL AT MT. PLEASANT ! George W. Beck and J. B. Ransom of the state of Washington arrived " at Mount Pleasant last Monday morn-f. morn-f. lng with a Pinto horse with which they have called upon forty five gov-; gov-; ernors of the United States and only had three more to visit before they completed their visit to all the states ; in the Union. They expect to call on s Governor Spry next Monday morning, f. Then they will go to Nevada and to ! California where their journey ends. The Overland westerners began - their famous State-House-Ride at Olympia, Wash., on the first day of May, 1912, to end at San Francisco, Cal., on the first day of June 1915 ; !l during the Panama Pacific Interna- j tional Exposition. Governor M. E. Hay of Washington presented them 11 with a letter of introduction to all "! the Governors of the United States '4 upon whom they are to call in person, "a distance of 20,000 miles or more, (: than five times across the continent. At each State-House they are to secure se-cure a certificate bearing the state -seal, also to be photographed in front j, of each capitol. These to serve as a j' permanent record and proof of hays' hay-s' ing made their great lide as represented. repre-sented. The object of .he enterprise is to bring one or inoru of the or-!' or-!' iginal starting horses through the -entire journey within the given time band thereby accomplish the greatest & traveling feat ever known to the his-" his-" tory of horse flesh in consideration j,of the change of climate, feed and : water, the condition of the barno, roads and hardships of a ride of thit ' nature. The crossing of many rnoun-" rnoun-" tain ranges with their rocky passes and snow capped peaks, the deep nar Ilrow canyons with their lurking dan ri-gers. The great stretches of plains l and hot sandy deserts with their scar-ecity scar-ecity of feed and water, the fording o:of dangerous streams, facing of hundreds hun-dreds of storms of the various nail na-il lures. On and on over the seemingly endless road, they have traveled to reach the goal of the Goicren West "and back to the bunch grass plains from whence they came. The story of the great ride will in -after years appear in book form and in motion pictures. The Overland 3 Westerners believe they will be ap- predated by those that love horses and dogs and an enterprise that is full of adventure. Pinto and Sip are the only two animals that survive sur-vive the journey thus far and bid fair to accomplish the great feat. Pinto is of Morgan and Arabian stock, 912 lbs., 15 hands high, 6 years at start. Nip is Gordon Setter and Newfoundland, 60 lbs., 1 year at Btart. |
