 the challenge of the Yukon King the swiftest strongest of Eskimo lead dogs blazes the trail through storm and snow for Sergeant Preston as he meets the challenge of the Yukon Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of Northwest mounted police who preserved law and order in the Yukon during the gold rush of 98 that was the year that brought over 50,000 men swarming into the Klondike region and the greed for gold led to frequent violence and bloodshed but in spite of the odds against them the force preserved a splendid record in maintaining the right the challenge of the north was answered and justice rule triumphant on the trail from stovepipe a group of high rocks concealed the entrance to a deep cave oh oh you know if we get these first into the cave I'll shove back in the city yeah the boss will send someone along to pick them up yeah well it's a quicker way to get rich and working with a pig listen I seen more gold in these last two years and a minus running over his claim none of that stuff for me yep slim pays off all right but it'd be a bad man to cross there's only one answer to that one right yes smart you don't cross yep remember what happened to lefty never did hear that story straight got some more frozen sled hey last I heard was he got hung for pop Johnson's murder lefty didn't have no more to do with pop Johnson's murder and you had here you dropped a beaver pop yeah put it on top this is the last of the batch who say all anybody knows what he thought he was getting too big for the gang yeah it's all set to strike out in the zone pull a couple of jobs and leave the you can what happened always a body got it from where there any swung the week later how come he got hung so soon after his car that's funny part of it two or three hours after someone brought slim the news and left he was gonna rat on him to save his head left he was found in his cell hanging nobody knows this day hot heaven not even the money to put the handcuffs on him and nobody had the keys they were scared they had to get in some way the only ones got the answer that is slim and he don't say was it yeah right there my job's done yeah all right back there still but you stay here when the boys comes to pick up his load you ought to be along son we'll have long to wait now get some hey what's wrong look I'm down the trail right in that trail it ain't be coming from the north of it was but it get out of here and wait a minute maybe we can get behind these rocks it's a money you must follow the tracks get your gun back don't worry I'm ready and let him have a spot it is that was too close gonna make a break for it hey what do you mean how am I gonna get the slip he'll take care of you cover me do you hear my shoulder let's see that wasn't a bad wound King bring me my kit when you're taking me money that's it I back to stove pipe soon as we get this fixed up and I want to look inside that cave I wouldn't reach for that gun King's keeping a close eye on him no here you say I'll go along piece of sorry King you watch him while I go inside the cave you won't be calling the cars along mighty is this your hideout the only answers you got how come that one ain't in your book partner wouldn't have hit the trail so quickly well stolen pelts every last one of them marked with a K and these aren't Dan Kelly skins they must have just stored them here stove pipe boasted one of the few newspapers in the north edited by Jim Armstrong the language of its editorials was often more strong than correct but it was geared to the needs of the man who read it and crusaded always for law order and justice in the Yukon sergeant Preston and his prisoner rode in the stove pipe just as oil lamp for being light okay all right Mac come on but you're very money I want to ask you some questions questions usually gonna have answers hello Jim how's everything the clarion quiet too quiet who's your prisoner Mac Wiley yeah what are you doing stealing fur's stealing fur's huh who's Dan Kelly's as far as I know now right in there Mac you can take these handcuffs off now can't you say you sounded like you thought there was more behind this than meets the eye sergeant as I think there is mind if I stay around a while well always the newspaper manager sharks got a print something or the boys are on me out of town no chance of the running you out of town but stay if you like you might find it interesting I wouldn't count on that Monty say ain't answering any questions see you can keep me locked up here for any charges you think of you mean you'll serve a jail sentence before this stuff makes sense maybe it does make sense what are you afraid of your partner won't be able to get you out ain't talking it might go easy with you listen I ain't signing my own death warrant what kind of a fool do you think I am think I want to be found hanging from the ceiling in the morning not me hanging from you heard me go on ask me anything you want if you like talking to yourself you mean lefty Watson that look like suicide you monies ain't so smart lefty committing suicide that's a laugh the boys get I ain't saying anymore who is the boss no one could have hung left all night long Preston and Jim Armstrong fired questions at the outlaw but after his one slip mentioning the boss Mac refused to say more as the hours wore on the light flickered on his tired lined face but his resolution was not to be shaken a few hours before daybreak the sergeant and Jim left him I'd say that was a mighty scared man that's indeed boss you know Jim I have a hunch this is the gang behind most of the robberies in this part of the north robberies and murders they've been stealing gold and pearls for a long time now if we could get Wiley to tell us what he might be a way to reach him what do you mean listen Jim do just as I tell you the next morning as sergeant Preston sat behind his desk in the jail you're up early Jim thanks I'm releasing my prisoner this morning releasing them as lack of evidence all right Mac you mean I'm free yes but let me give you one tip I catch up with you again you'll stay behind bars a long time so long mr. editor oh we'll be seen more of each other you see the clarion yet I never read any papers besides I'm in a hurry you made the news this time sure read it captured by sergeant Preston Mac Wiley told this writer and the sergeant of the leader of a gang hey makes good news don't it I didn't say well if I told him the truth wouldn't be nothing exciting there I'll say escape from jail in the next one hey money you can't let him do this to me Jim Prince what he wants to sure ain't you ever heard of freedom of the press no I guess you wouldn't I didn't talk I didn't know this this says I did he won't believe me I don't have a chance I tell you you're a free man go on out and squared with your gang yourself I can't they shoot me on site money lock me up lock you up Mac I just told you yeah yeah I know but you got it you got to lock me up I tell you they'll kill me if you don't they might even done for I guess that's all your fault you've done this oh wait a minute there might be a way out of this for you what give me the names of the men in the gang I can almost call their list of crimes but I need your help Mac and captured they can't do you any harm captured you'd like that wouldn't you money a nice feather in your hat besides they get me anyway well if that's the way you want it I don't want it anyway you got me into this person you got to help me out I can't do anything Mac without evidence my hands are tied how fast we'll let that paper get around don't have enough copies for everybody one man passes his along to the next fellow what if I if I give you the evidence you want if you do that the whole gang will be behind bars by sundown well I guess there ain't anything else to do one way or the other can't win you'll find slim at the cabin three miles west scum following Mac's directions sergeant Preston and Jim headed for the hideout the great dog King breaking tracks through the snow with the advantage of surprise they prepared to take a stand against six desperate men the son had already gone down behind a line of somber pine trees as the money pulled his sled into the protection of a group of rocks leave the dogs here I think if we go from here on snow shoes it'll be better you're right you're supposed to get someone on guard hard to tell from here all I can make out is a cabin but by keeping in the shadow of those pine trees we should be safe enough all right King oh boy come on to the back of the cabin Mac said there's a door there what if he was lying and so to the back of the small cabin the two men crept the great dog King soundlessly hugging his master's footsteps every muscle tense ready for the conflict to come the outlaws feeling secure had long since forgotten to bolt the wood door the two men now silently faced the mountain pushed it quietly and a Jim's astonishment had swung on its hinges they entered a darkened room shutting the door behind them we're coming in all right but not with our hands up all right King good work fella better hand cut a lot of them Jim you ain't got nothing on us that's right that's wrong I've got all the evidence against you I need slim yes we persuaded Mac Wiley to give us a few details we didn't have Mac well the boys see the paper I roll out when we get back to stove pipe I got a hand it to you sergeant it was a mighty smart trick faking that copy of the clarion without you and King here to help these boys might still be free Jim all right you might tell your men slim that they have a long trip in front of them a one-way trip you heard the sergeant get gone that's King cases closed upholding the motto of the Northwest mounted police sergeant Preston and the great dog King maintain the right and get their man don't miss their next thrilling adventure when they meet the challenge of the Yukon once again on Saturday at 6 30 challenge of the Yukon a copyrighted feature of the challenge of the Yukon incorporated brought to you every Saturday at this time originated in the transcription studios of WXYZ Detroit the characters and events in tonight's drama were fictitious Bill Morgan speaking this is the Michigan radio network