 The challenge of the Yukon on King The Wonderdog King swift and strongest of Eskimo leave dogs blazes the trail through storm and snow for Sergeant Preston as he the challenge of the Yukon Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of Northwest mounted police who preserved law and order in the new Northwest country Where the greed for wealth and power led to frequent violence and bloodshed But in spite of the odds against them Sergeant Preston and his Wonderdog King met that challenge and justice ruled triumphant Detroit's great automotive golden jubilee celebration of by and for all Detroiters is here a full half century History on wheels is now in progress with a nationwide recognition of the automotive industry's golden jubilee We joined the entire nation and saluting the great industry, which has made Detroit the automobile capital of the world Zeke Peters had lived alone for years in the wilderness of the Yukon near Bear Creek He was a doer silent man who had no friends and wanted none as Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Monty police entered Zeke's cabin. He knew we wouldn't be welcomed Do you mind if I sit down? Yeah for sure. Thank you Zeke, did you ever live in Toronto? What if I did you have a brother living there, haven't you maybe? Perhaps talk more if I say I know all about you you Know all about me you left Toronto because you were suspected of committing a crime How did you find out your brother's been trying to find you for a long time Zeke? He never stopped working to clear your name and the real criminals been found my brother did that yes I never wrote him. I was sure he thought I was guilty just the way the rest of them did Everybody thought so, but they couldn't prove it Couldn't stand it any longer Everybody avoiding me Everybody suspicious of me. I Hated them all Hated the world and that's why you lived out here alone like this. Yes, that's why I never made friends. I Just worked to get money to go back and prove I wasn't guilty your brother did that for him. I was wrong about Jack Must have believed in me after all well Now I can go back and repay him repay him Nobody knows it, but I have a fortune hidden right in this cabin. I Stuck gold two years ago. I've been working my claim ever since I Never put my gold in the bank Because I didn't want anyone to know about it a little dangerous isn't it? Everybody thinks I'm a little crazy. I guess Nobody ever bothered me But now I can go home Take fifty thousand dollars with me fifty thousand. Well Don't tell anyone about it if you're safely out of here. Don't worry. I won't You sergeant I'm sorry. I was so mean acting when you came. That's all right seek Well king, yes, we'd better go go on our sergeant. Oh, yes I have to go up to an Indian village about 40 miles north of here. I'll be back in a few days. Good luck. See Two men were camped besides the trail leading to Selkirk Jake Reed grumbled as he fried some meat over the fire Suppose I'll have to do all the work from now on Don't see why you couldn't be more careful if you'd waited till I found my metham a hand wouldn't have froze You're always in such an awful hurry. If you weren't such a rattle brain. You wouldn't have lost it Yeah, I'm a rattle brain, but I'm showing you how to get some money quick. I gotta see it first And if I go all the way down a bear creek for nothing There won't be enough of your brain left a rattle. Don't you worry about the gold. I know Z cast plenty I Just couldn't handle the deal alone. I don't see how you can be so sure It's hidden in the cabin if you search just the way you say you did when he was out It's gotta be there never puts any in the bank. I found that out. I hope you're right We'll make the old codger tell where he's hidden. He's a tough old character That's why I came all the way up to Selkirk to get you But you know how to handle I'll handle them. All right Why couldn't we set fire to his cabin? Get the gold out fast enough then Be worth trying If we get started when he's out cutting wood or something have it going good when he gets back Yeah, that's the idea. Hey, there's somebody. That's a dog team. Whoever it is You think I'm crazy Oh, I just been up to Selkirk Buy some things. This is a friend of mine. Jake Reed. How are you Jake? Hello? What happened to your hands? Oh, why is it wrapped up? I lost one of my mittens my hand froze a little nothing dangerous Haven't you another pair of mittens? No, I didn't bring an extra pair This burlap will keep my hand from freezing again. I'm smitten's right here on my sled Oh, don't bother sergeant, sir. I can get along There they are don't bother returning well, thanks. These will be fine. I've warned them a lot, but they're warm Don't you want to stop and have some supper with us? Well, no, thanks Joe I'm trying to get to that Indian village the site of Selkirk by tonight. I had my supper anyway Well, thanks again for the mittens. They'll help a lot. Bye Bye I'm glad that money is going in the other direction It was late the following day when Joe and Jake watch Zeke's cabin from the shelter of spruce trees nearby They go seek now. He's leaving the cabin. Maybe we better search it first before starting a fire. Oh, you're doing that I tried it once He's going over the top of that hill. Is that where his claim is? Yeah, yeah down near the creek. Come on hurry. Yeah Here we are sure and don't start the fire near the doorway We want him to be able to get inside quit giving silly orders and help me Is that your cabin back here over the hill It's on fire my partner's trying to get it out I've got to stop it. I've got to save something. I guess you better save everything you can it's got to get a start Jake I'm going in I got something you better hurry. Mr.. Than walls are going to collapse. Come on Jake. We're going in after it I'm coming. We don't fuck you get things out Smoke's getting thick this back wall here in this opening It's my goal. The whole wall is burning hurry Show you you carry these out I'll take some too This wall is hot. You better get out the whole wall is on fire. It's gonna collapse. Here's a few more Guys get over I'll get a hand Then that's all of them. Come on get out of here. Yes, we we could all think both my hands are burned Joe It's up to you. Let me count these bag one two hurry Joe. All right. Oh That'll take care of him now. We got to get him back in the cabin before it falls I can't carry Malone take you gotta help me, but my hands are burned. So am I but we got to do it The following day sergeant Preston was nearing Bear Creek when Jim trappers a trapper hailed him on the trail Hello, Jim, how are you? Well, I thought I'd stop at like Peter's cabin for a minute first just off the trail here You mean the old man who had to claim over near the creek. Yeah, his cabin burned down yesterday And he was in it. What yeah, I was coming home late and saw some smoke There's nothing left of it when I got there. I Covered his body with branches Well, that's too bad Come with me Jim. I want to look it over Nothing left of the cabinet you said. Yeah, I wish I'd have got here sooner. I might have been able to pull him out of it Poor Zeke Jim you didn't find any gold in the ice as they do. I know Zeke had some but there's certainly nothing here What is it King? He's got something in his mouth. What is it? But It's my mitten your mitten You've got your mittens on mitten. I gave away two days ago. I Think we'd better look the base over these tracks may not be Zeke's you think somebody may have robbed him Okay, Jim. It looks like blood here in the snow. Yeah, it does And look over here someone bought a dog team here behind these bushes. It wasn't me He didn't have any dogs. Wasn't anybody here when I came something funny about this What are you gonna do sergeant? I'm going to follow their trail I'd like to see what happens when I return this mitten picking For three days sergeant Preston raced over the trail in pursuit of Jake and Joe With his powerful lead dog King getting the pace his dog team the fastest in the North country covered the miles in record time On the third day Just as dawn was breaking the mountains stopped his team beside their camp the men were rolled up in their furs beneath the shelter of spruce Bratches Joe set up as he heard Preston's voice Jake wake up somebody's here Who is it? Oh? It's you sergeant Preston We seem bound to meet each other Where are you going? You didn't go back to Bear Creek after all they don't no no we decided on a shortcut We came the other way and we're going to my brother's place in Los Valley Did you freeze your other hand Joe and you Jake you seem to have hurt yours some way? I cut it, but don't let me look at it might be infected. It's all right. I don't need any help Let me see that hand and yours too Joe. I suppose you have a good excuse for that burn on your face What is this anyway? You've got no right. Unwrap that and it's your I'll rip it off all right here You satisfied? I burned it getting a stick out of the fire. Yes, I'm satisfied I'll open that pack there beside you. You listen here, Monty. You've got no right poking your nose My dog doesn't seem to like the tone of your voice. Watch him boy. I'll open that pack and be quick about it. All right. All right There's nothing there, but some gold the day's taken to his brother See and how did these bags that scorched and we just put the packed in near the fire You didn't get them from Zeke Peter's cabin while it was burning I suppose I told you we didn't go near Bear Creek Then how did this mitten I gave you the other day get there? That's not the mitten. I never saw it before you can't deny it Joe You rattled brain on a bust that thick skull, but take he's got no problem I brought me the mitten because he knew it was mine. No use denying it Joe. You're both under arrest You might have got away with this if it hadn't been for King good work fella That's off to the past coats off to the future That's the official slogan of Detroit's great civic automotive golden jubilee celebration It was just 50 years ago that the first automobile was sold to an adventurous customer Now just half a century later the entire nation is paying a deserved tribute to the great industry Which has led Detroit along the path of progress to become the automobile capital of the world These copyrighted dramas originate in the studios of WXYZ Detroit and all characters names places and incidents used are fictitious They are sent to you each week at the same time You holders speaking this is the Michigan radio network