Carson City Page #2

I can wait till I get a shave.

As head of the family I've got

to make a good impression.

How do you spell

"inconsequential"?

How do you spell

"inconsequential"?

Look it up for yourself

so you'll remember it.

You're not fooling me.

You don't know yourself.

I wish dad would use

shorter words in his editorials,

Or else learn how

to spell the long ones.

That's the beauty

of owning your own paper.

Nobody can edit

my copy.

You're not supposed to

hear that.

I... N...

Hmm.

Alan!

Look, it's Jeff!

Jeff!

Jeff!

Jeff!

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't

mean to. I just got so excited.

That's all right.

I'm afraid I don't...

Susan Mitchell.

Don't you remember me?

No. Why,

I can't believe it.

What do you expect me to do,

stay 13 all my life?

Hello, Jeff.

- Alan.

- Welcome home.

Say, you filled out.

Well, people change

in 10 years.

You haven't.

I knew you right away.

I had such a crush on you. I was

always trying to impress you.

Give me your coat.

I'll get the stain off.

There's plenty of time. I'm

going to be around for a while.

Wonderful. Will you have

dinner with us tonight?

Soon as I get cleaned up.

See you later.

So you've still

got a crush on him.

Don't be silly.

That was kid stuff.

Good.

That was quite

a reception.

That was my brother

and a girl I used to know.

Used to?

She was 13 when I left.

Wore pigtails down to here.

She doesn't anymore.

MINE OWNERS MEETING

ROOM 204

I'm not asking anybody

to put up any money.

I just wanted you to know

what was going on.

In other words,

you hope we like it,

Whether we like it or not.

Is that it?

- Not exactly, Zeke.

- That's what it sounds like.

In the first place

it doesn't affect you.

You wanted to get the story

firsthand for your paper.

Anything that happens to this

town, that's my business.

Afraid you're all ahead of me.

- Hello, Davis.

- Hello, big guy.

Sorry I'm late.

Got held up at the mine.

What's this all about?

I'm going to put in a railroad

to Virginia city.

I was just telling him

I'm against it.

I'm tired of these

so-called champagne bandits.

I want my gold to go through,

I'm going to see that it does.

Perhaps if you increased

the reward money.

I personally offered

to put up $5,000.

That didn't do it.

This is the only solution.

I'm surprised you aren't

in favor of it.

- It'll bring in more people.

- What kind of people?

Roughnecks, thugs,

claim jumpers.

That doesn't

necessarily follow.

We have a peaceful town.

Should be kept that way.

Open it up, and you'll

have another dodge city,

Where a decent woman can't

step outdoors after sundown.

Is that what you want

for your families?

That's a pretty

one-sided picture.

What happens

to my stagecoach lines?

We can't stop

the clock, Henry.

The railroad

is faster and safer.

My bank has an investment

to protect.

I have a contract

with Henry dodson.

I intend to honor it,

railroad or no railroad.

And my paper's going to

fight against it.

I think you're making

a mistake.

- We'll see.

- I'm with you.

Afraid I'll have to stay

with my friends.

I'm sorry, gentlemen.

Now if the rest

of you will stay,

I'll go into more detail.

Thanks, John.

I won't forget this.

What are friends for?

Sharon's not

in San Francisco now.

He'll find out I swing

some weight here, too.

- Thanks, Zeke.

- Anything I can do, Zeke?

Read the paper

tomorrow.

If that deal goes through,

we'll be out of business.

- It won't.

- What are you going to do?

Never fight your own battles

when you get somebody else to.

Only thing that's going

to stop Sharon's a. 45.

He's got a long way to go.

Must be a fascinating life...

New places, new people.

Always something different

around the corner.

You make it sound a lot better

than it seems at the time.

You must enjoy it,

or you wouldn't do it.

Maybe he just hasn't

found anything better.

I guess that's about it.

Well, I must be going.

Dad will be sorry

he missed you.

Give him my best.

I'm sorry, Jeff.

Didn't come out very well.

Oh, forget it.

It'll get a lot dirtier

before I'm through.

- Mr. Mitchell.

- Jeff.

- Glad to see you.

- Wish I could say the same.

- Dad?

- Nothing personal.

I just don't like

what you're here for.

What's wrong with it?

Lots of things.

Susan, will you take this

downstairs and set it up?

"Proposed railroad threat

to Carson city. "

Why is it a threat?

This will be a different town

if you put a railroad in here.

It could stand

a little waking up.

I like the way it is.

Growing pains are always

a little tough,

But you can't get

to be an adult without them.

Depends what you mean

by being an adult.

I don't judge a man

just by his size.

You got a good point there,

Mr. Mitchell.

Good night, sir.

Thanks for dinner.

Don't sound so formal.

I've got to get used

to you being grown-up.

Wait a minute.

I'll walk down with you.

Good night, Susan.

Good night, Mr. Mitchell.

Good night, Alan.

I don't think that was a very

nice way to greet him.

We're on different sides

of the fence, that's all.

- He understands.

- Well, I don't.

Look, it's late. You better

hurry up with that copy.

So you're

a newspaper man now.

Yeah. Not much by your

standards, but I like it.

That's what

they pay off on.

I thought it might be hard for

you to understand how a man

Could be satisfied

to stay in one place.

You wanted to see what was on

the other side of the Mountain.

Both sides

are pretty much alike.

The way I figure it,

You got everything

you want right here.

Not much sense

looking anywhere else.

Of course, it doesn't

make a man out

To be a very

dashing figure.

You're on the right track,

kid. Stay on it.

- I intent to.

- Remember, I'm on your side.

Come on in.

I'll buy you a drink.

No, thanks. Glad to have

you back, Jeff. Goodnight.

Good night.

Maybe you can go

with dodson, but I can't.

If the railroad guarantees

delivery at cheaper rates,

I have to go along.

- Beer.

- Right.

REWARD 7,500 $ FOR THE CAPTURE

ALIVE OR DEAD OF THE BANDITS CHAMPAGNE

"Champagne bandits. "

Pretty fancy title

for a bunch of holdup men.

From what I hear, they're

a pretty fancy bunch.

You the fellow that came

to town with Sharon?

Yes.

My name's Davis.

At our mine owners

meeting just now,

Sharon's been telling us

about this railroad idea.

Glad to know you.

I'm Jeff Kincaid.

This is Dave Fairchild,

Ben Roberts, and Jim squires.

I understand

you're the engineer.

That's right.

You really think

you can put it through?

I don't see anything

that can stop us.

What about the terrain?

It's pretty rugged country.

That's what

makes it interesting.

Are you against it, too?

Might say

for ethical reasons.

I have a contract

with the stagecoach line.

The owner's a friend. Nothing

in the book against my buying

A drink for the opposition,

though.

Thanks, but Sharon's waiting

for me. We've some work to do.

Don't you go tell him

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