 Well, it's time now for Johnny dollar Pat McCracken Johnny universe Good Judgment. Hi, Pat. What's new? At the moment Cooper's been never heard of it. Neither did I till this morning. They're having a big celebration out there Frontier week. So what do you want from me a beard might help if you thought of growing one Johnny and how about a 10 gallon hat you got one of those. Oh sure and my horse is tied up in the bedroom. Now look what's this all about Pat from what I can gather Cooper's been with just a sleepy little western town dying on its feet. That is until last week. So what happened last week? A publicity man named Bill Williams organized this frontier week to wake the town up. I guess somebody out there doesn't like me. What do you mean? Looks like somebody's trying to put Bill Williams to sleep. The hard way. I'll be right over. Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action tactic spend the count on America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators. Johnny dollars and I'll act one of yours truly Johnny dollars expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Home Office Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford Connecticut following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the killer's brand matter expense account I don't want a dollar 20 cab fare from my apartment at the Office of Universal Adjustment Bureau Pat McCracken was waiting for me too much to go on actually Johnny but I figure it's worth you're taking a trip out to Cooper's Bend to see what's what one of the companies we represent as a hefty policy on Bill Williams life. Who is this Bill Williams what they do little of this little of that I guess sort of a fly-by-night type freelance publicity that sort of thing. I used to guess it over the phone that there'd been an attempt on his life out there well at least somebody took a shot at him oh you have any idea who know that's what I want you to find out it would have been an accident Pat maybe somebody got carried away during a two o'clock in the morning Johnny even during frontier week people in Cooper's Bend don't stay up that late okay what do I find William there's only one hotel you look for them there and Johnny yeah watch yourself some of those characters out there can shoot pretty straight and one of them is pretty riled up about them shoot straight you miss Williams didn't he oh yeah the first time Expense account of two hundred and eighty seven dollars fifty cents in the metals and transportation by plane and a rented car to Cooper's Bend Nevada the town was baking in the sun when I arrived in the middle of the afternoon aside from the fact that there were cars parked on the main street instead of a string of horses the place could have easily passed as a set for a western movie a salon a general store one weather beaten hotel the works I kept wanting to go around behind the buildings to see if they were real it was even a big horse trough in front of the hotel I stopped for a moment to take a look at and that was my first mistake suddenly I heard a crowd bang down I'm a real dude what do you mean layoff of them you know the frontier we grew hey look look what's this all about come on mister often your shirt now we're done for a minute partner anybody on the streets about a 10 gallon hat during frontier week get stuck in the horse trough look I just got into town how am I supposed to know the rules well is there one good way of finding them out anybody want to tell me a 10 gallon hat quicks away buddy well he's got a sense of humor anyway I'm gonna help you up in your church thank you okay okay that's it now just take it easy partner take it easy frontier week oh thanks thanks a lot I'm pretty good three buttons on my shirt I bid upon farewell to the horse trough committee I went to the hotel to find Bill Williams the publicity man he wasn't there at the moment but the clerk told me I might find him at the newspaper office that was three doors down the street the Cooper's been sent a little less Bill Williams wasn't there but for the moment I didn't miss him at all well hi you must be miss Cooper's been frontier week you run the paper wrong again I just work here well I'm not doing very well so far am I oh I don't know don't give up oh I won't my name is Johnny dollar lowest I'm looking for a guy named Bill Williams lowest you know him yeah I know we're gonna find him well this is a good a place as any he ought to be here soon last I saw him he's with Fred Kirby Kirby the editor of this paper the two of them were all wrapped up in further plans for our glorious frontier week I gather frontier week doesn't appeal to you a good idea like everything else about this time oh yes that's Johnny dollar said Kirby well thanks but we've already met mr. Kirby was one of the boys who helped me take a swim in the horse trough a couple of minutes ago all in fun mr. dollar part of frontier week yeah sure Kirby I'm looking for Bill Williams oh he's not making some final arrangements for the rodeo this afternoon he ought to be back in a few minutes okay any place I can get a cup of coffee while I'm waiting oh sure four doors down the street can't miss it I'll say where it is Johnny fine thanks I thought you had some work to get out law it'll keep you don't mind do your friend oh no of course not as well take your time as we left I get sent an undercurrent between Lois and Fred Chevy and I can see this point matter of fact all undercurrent was too mild a word for Lois item 3 20 cents coffee for Lois you're gonna be in town long Johnny all depends how long does frontier week last this is the last day oh rodeo this afternoon dance tonight that answers then the town goes back to sleep huh probably I won't be here to watch it though oh are you going away as far away as I can get along for good oh how about your job you mean the paper that's a job I think I can get along without it how about the editor he got along without you Fred Kirby sure why not oh I thought he was in Lois I've been looking for you having a cup of coffee obviously this is Johnny dollar Dan Dan Biggers Johnny owns a ranch near here darling I look low it's about the dance tonight what time will I pick you up oh I don't know about the dance Dan I don't know if I'm going or not we're gonna go Lois I said we're gonna go over heaven thanks for the coffee Lois you know big is if you don't mind my saying so that approach doesn't seem to go over so well with her yeah well I do mind your saying so I don't need any advice from you okay just for the record Lois and I engage congratulations don't get funny with me on how easy big as simmer down you simmer down dollar what do you mean I mean stay away from Lois are you kidding so I bought her a cup of coffee anything wrong with that you heard me stay away from her one thing about Lois she sure had the knack of stirring people up the news that she was engaged the biggest is quite a surprise though and I wondered if she was as eager about it as he was if so she didn't show it but all of this wasn't getting my job done which was to find out who made the attempt on Phil Williams life I went back to the newspaper office and pretty soon he came in he turned out to be the gent who'd supervised my dunking in the horse job but you're probably not feeling very kindly toward me at the moment on why not you come all the way out here to protect me and get thrown in the truck right off the bat I didn't know you were like you better get yourself a 10 gallon hatch that won't happen again don't worry I'm going to I'm trying to stand it William this frontier week was your idea yeah I was driving through here on my way to Frisco a few weeks ago the town was dead on its feet but I could see the possibilities of waking it up so I cooked up this game the town went for it how come you were so interested in waking the town up for the dough what else I get 10% of the gross on the rodeo dance and other celebrations I figured he get close to a thousand out of it and frankly I can use the money I see well how about this attempt on your life come on up back I'll show you what my car there it is take a look at the windshield yeah bullet hole mm-hmm how did it happen I was driving along the road just outside of town the other night all of a sudden whammo and I got a pretty good idea who did it oh the rancher Dan Biggers oh why I smiled at Lori oh now look touchy as big as this about laws that's not enough reason away wait she smiled back at me is that all there was to it of course it was you think I'm crazy or something that trigger happy big as it's so jealous of her he can't see straight not stupid enough to get mixed up in anything like that yeah he's jealous all right loris and I worked together at the newspaper office on some of the publicity for Frontier week bigger didn't like that speaking of the newspaper you know the editor very well Fred Kirby I met him when I first came here is all why he's been keeping an eye on us through the window ever since we've been standing here huh you think he might be interested in law wouldn't surprise me he makes that job of hers on the paper pretty easy for after all it wouldn't be hard to be interested in Lloyd no no I'm sure it wouldn't well you'd better quit driving around the roads at night with him don't worry ever since it happened I've been staying right here in town at night with a bright light I think I'm home free now anyway yeah the dance tonight winds up Frontier week tomorrow noon I get my share of the dough and then I'm leaving you know it's mentioned something about leaving Tom then she used to make noises about leaving when we were working together I doubt if she means it though I think he's just trying to get bigger is riled up that isn't hard remember now she said it once in the office when Fred Kirby was around what was his reaction he didn't say anything at all but he he gave her a real funny I see well I gotta go make the final arrangements for the dance tonight you're gonna be there oh yeah yeah in the meantime we just better keep your eyes open don't worry since that attempt on my life I sprouted eyes in the back of my head or in speaking of head yeah you better get yourself a 10 gallon hat very good advice I had no desire to get dumped again I started across the street toward the general store then realized my mistakes there was a reception committee again that's a horse drop I had to get to that door I almost made it true oh well expense item 6 15 bucks for a two late 10 gallon hat the dance was in full swing when I got there I didn't see Lois the figure looks like he didn't get that date after all pretty soon I spotted William near the bandstand when he saw me came over there crowd dollar you're more people in Cooper's been tonight to never heard of the place before frontier week man I'm really gonna clean up I stayed around a while watching Williams happily counting noses and adding up his 10% and I went back to the hotel there was a message there from Lois she wanted to see me this I didn't get but she left word it was important she's also left direction for getting to her house so I drove out it was outside of town on a back road the lights were on but nobody answered my not I waited a while and tried the door there was a fire burning in the fireplace and the room looked very cozy all except for one thing Lois she was lying in front of the heart and she was very dead back to of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment for a long time people have been saying that the earth is shrinking because transportation is getting faster and faster and because this is true people are getting closer to today our neighbors are not only the ones who live next door to us they're all over the world it is axiomatic that one should help his neighbor but Americans have gone a step further in addition to individuals helping individuals now many American cities help many other cities through the sister city program now perhaps you've heard how it works it's not here's an example or two in the fall of 1959 a large area of Nagoya Japan was struck by a devastating typhoon their sister city Los Angeles California sent tons of relief materials to Nagoya by way of an Air Force plane headed for the area the Marines and the Navy rendered vital emergency aid during the disaster when earthquakes shook vina del mar chili during the summer of 1960 her sister city Los Alito California spent hundreds of dollars worth of relief materials to help out another case in point the school children of Clovis, New Mexico and a number of cultural exchange packages to students in their sister city of Adana Turkey there are hundreds of such examples because there are hundreds of sister cities by using this means of diplomacy friendship and understanding have increased throughout the world and paved the way for permanent freedom the right of all men everywhere and I'll act to of yours truly Johnny dollar and the killer's brand matter lawless dead lying on the floor of a living room in front of the fireplace there was a poker near her hand that had been pulled out of the fire and scorched the rough at first that's what I thought she'd been hit with and I took a closer look and see she'd stuck her head in the heart there was a struggle in the room then suddenly I heard a noise outside I ducked into the next room down the side door and ease outside I listen nothing by the time I got around in front of the house it was just disappearing around the bend in the road running without light it looked like a station wagon but that's about all I could make out I went back into the house and put in a call to the sheriff he arrived about 20 minutes later okay it looked like there was a fight you got thrown down hit her head on the heart yeah that's the way I said it up now let's size you up for a minute dollar me mind telling me what you were doing here tonight I don't know come on come on no I mean it lawless left a message in my hotel if you wanted to see me you don't know what about no except it's a good bet this killing ties in somehow with that attempt on Bill Williams life we're going to think that was Dan Biggers took that shot at him yeah that's right well it could be Dan's always been awful jealous I had trouble with him once for for the same reason oh a month ago he beat up a guy pretty bad on account of lowest yeah yeah seems a guy that's lowest for a date so it was lowest never discouraged guys asking either hey look Sheriff lowest told me earlier today that he was planning to leave town tomorrow now if Dan Biggers learned about that yeah come on we better drive out this ranch never talk with him there's the gate Johnny ranch houses up on the rise yeah no lights on up there you think Dan might have cleared out came from that clump of brush over there don't be a fool Dan you drop that gun and come out of there I said hold it and to take me in huh I'm not going just now good Dan first I'm going to find out who killed Glawis and take care of him then you can question me all you want very interesting you should know about the killing already Dan I can think of one reason you might yes I can die I was in town when the call came in one of the deputy told me about it I figure it differently Dan you found out lowest was gonna leave town tomorrow lowest leave you're crazy that's what she told me he's never do that he's never leave you tried to stop her she grabbed a poker and swung at you you threw her down on the heart Dan you're acting like a fool now now give me that gun I'm not coming in now Sheriff I can put these shots where I want to don't make me put him in you okay Dan he got the drop on us now but I'm coming back I'm gonna take you one way or another you know Sheriff I can't help feeling kind of sorry yeah he always did have a knot in his brain where lowest was concerned you really think he killed her I don't know Dan's pretty smart sometimes that routine he was just giving us this might have been a cover Sheriff you haven't I know if Dan drives the station wagon drives a pickup round town mostly and I think you've got a coupe too but no station wagon why that's what I spotted pulling away from lawson's you didn't get the license number no it was running without lights not much help Johnny a lot of station wagons in this part of the country expense account at a make one dollar two drinks for me while I tried to put some pieces together however much I shifted them around they still seem to add up to Dan Baker somehow I wasn't inventive he was the killer why hadn't he taken off of course maybe he figured he couldn't very well leave his ranch so I went round and round again and ended up nowhere I started thinking of other possibilities Bill Williams for instance I'd seen him at the dance but he could have left for half an hour and nobody to miss him in the crowd why I couldn't figure any motive for him and I thought of Fred Kirby the editor yeah he might be worth talking to so I went to the newspaper office Kirby and Bill Williams were there any idea who killed it Johnny I don't know Williams that's what I want to talk to the two of you about I'll bet anything it was Dan Biggers what makes you so sure Kirby you saw him around loss you know the way it was question is if he did it why I said she was leaving maybe he couldn't stand any idea he claims he didn't know if she was planning to leave now that's a lie I heard her tell him once right here in this office you know it's quite a coincidence but uh Lois was gonna leave town tomorrow Williams so were you you weren't by any chance gonna leave together now were you now look G man I told you there was nothing between us you think I'm a jerk to go fooling around with her knowing what Biggers was like sure she kidded me about what was it Kirby hitting the ride to Frisco with me yeah here in the office once Williams just laughed it off and that's all it was two of us hey wait a minute if figures happen to hear about it yeah maybe no dollar I was smart enough not to get involved with it matter of fact I guess I'm one of you guys in town who can make that statement you don't have to talk that way about her I'm sorry I guess I'm tired you turn in you'll see in the morning darling you'll be around huh yeah to pick up my money you know Kirby you're trying pretty hard to pin this on Dan Biggers why because I think he did it he didn't want Lois to leave there's someone else didn't want to leave either who you what you've been carrying the torch for Lois quite a while haven't you what's that got to do with it what business is it of your I think it all ties in well I didn't kill her if that's what you're saying drive a station wagon don't you so what after I discovered her body I spotted a station wagon leaving her house a lot of guys drive station wagons around here I wasn't in her place I why didn't use the wagon at all tonight you're lying now look come on open up Kirby well I okay dollar I I drove out to her place to try to talk her out of leaving don't I that's all there is when I got there I changed my mind and came back to town sure I didn't go inside dollar I didn't kill her I swear it I call the sheriff and he took curvy in for further question but by morning he hadn't changed his story oh he admitted being at the scene of the murder but that's all he'd admit he was still a big question mark and we were still no where the sheriff went out the biggest ranch again hoping Dan would give himself a piece of it if he knew Kirby was in custody I had a cup of coffee and went outside Bill Williams was in front of the hotel and they know on the killing journey and you know Kirby was being questioned yeah surprised me at first but then I get to thinking you know he's a strange guy he doesn't say much but there's a lot going on inside particularly about Louis yeah yeah did you get your cut of the dough from frontier week all right yeah well I'm sure glad it's over that killing last night turn the whole deal sour I'd be glad to get the taste of this time out of my mouth when you're leaving I told the sheriff I'd be around in case he wants me for further questioning I'll leave when he says the word what's with the crowd heading this way I don't know what are you talking about you're getting out of hand and I just don't look like a horse off your stand in the back right now what frontier week is all that you know that in the first place we thought you'd like I'm no more for jokes this morning I lay off no not this morning I'm thinking the whole idea I said lay off and I mean it the crowd broke up and drifted away and she went to sleep again but all of a sudden I woke up I thought of that hot poker I found lying near Louis's body and a couple of things added up fast sure it was a wild idea but it was worth a chance bunch of jerks hey you know Bill when I first arrived in town you ducked me in this horse trough because I wasn't wearing a 10 gallon hat yeah it's part of frontier week well you're not wearing a hat now look like I told those guys frontier weeks over I still want to return the compliment am I gonna have trouble with you $2 I guess you were because I'm gonna duck you in that trough take off your shirt now let's stay away take it off get your hands off of me what's the matter you are afraid to take it off what are you talking about let go I said well well what do you know a nice big burn on your chest and on your arm a few scratches to lower step that just before you kill their brandage okay smart boy there's a gun in my pocket and pointed right at you so just relax you were a lot more involved with lower than you were letting on Williams why did you kill it I was trying to shake her she wouldn't shake she wanted to go with you huh yeah and that would have been just great dragging a well dragon something like her would be to San Francisco that's a real sweet thing to say I suppose you said it to her too that's when she grabbed the poker come on dollar we're getting off the street now move my hand was beside the horse trough I scooped the water right into its face shot went wild but a chin was wide open yeah Bill Williams got after all 10 $183.50 transportation and incidentals back home total expenses $528 remarked about Dan Biggett he really wasn't a bad guy except that like the sheriff said he had a knot in his brain about law he sold his ranch and moved away about Bill Williams well you better cancel out his policy patch he's going to go on trial soon and in my books he's a pretty bad risk your truly Johnny dollar our star will return in just a moment our flag now numbers 50 stars and behind each star there stands yet another flag representing one of the 50 states Oklahoma state flag depicts an Osage Warriors circular buckskin shield from which hangs seven eagle feathers across the shield is the Indians Calumet or pipes of peace crossed with a white man peace symbols the olive branch on the shield our small crosses the Indians graphic sign for stars indicating lofty ideals or a purpose for high endeavors the background of the flag is a field of blue the blue of the Oklahoma sky signifying loyalty and devotion the important symbols however are the Calumet and the olive branch these override the shield the symbol of war and we speak a predominant love of peace by a united people Oklahoma state flag the flag of the 46th state to enter the Union was adopted on April 2nd 1925 now here's our star to tell you about next week's story next week a terrible storm that yields up a body from the deep join us want you yours truly Donny dolly