4/15 It is now quite large, and has a bank and a dozen or more stores. It is a depot for supplies for a big section, and the railroad company has built large corrals there. A man named Silverthorn--and Alva Dale--are the rulers of Okar, now." "Who is Silverthorn ?" "He is connected with the railroad company--a promoter, or something of that character. He is trying to make a boom town of Okar. He has bought a great deal of land in the basin." "You know what he wants the land for ?" Sanderson smiled at her. |