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THELONE RANGER

HIS MASK

To most people a black eye mask means an outlaw. But, in The

Lone Ranger's case, his mask stands for a mysterious lawman.

When The Lone Ranger left the cave where Ton to had helped

restore him to his former strength, he found six graves outside. But

Tonto had buried only five Rangers in those graves. He had made the

sixth grave so that if the outlaws who had attacked the Texas Rangers

returned, they would think no one had escaped their ambush and

would not try to track down the one surviving Hanger.

So that all outlaws would believe lie was buried in that empty

grave and never know the identity of their relentless foe. The Lone

Ranger donned his famous black mask.

Now, his true name known to but a handful of men. The Lone

Ranger carries on his fight for law and order, knowing his is the one

mask that strikes fear, not in the hearts of law-abiding settlers, but

in the hearts of the lawless.

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GOVERNED BY THE" PEOPLE—By LAWS THAT ARE BESTFOR THE'SREATEST NUMBER! YOUR DUTY, DAN, IS TOPRESERVE THAT HERITAGE AND STRENGTHEN IT) THATIS THE OpTY OF EVERY AMERICAN!

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BUT HOW'LL THI5 ) HE SHOULD BE ON THE PLAINSSIGNALING ^BEHIND US B/ NOW.' THEDEVICE HELP ) HELIOGRAPH'S FLASHES CAN BE

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LOST TREASURES OF THE WEST

OERONIMO'S LOST MINE

THI IOST COWBOY MINE

After a disastrous fight wftTi trie TJ.S. Army, Geronhno, Urn

groat Apache warrior chief, found himself imprisoned in

the stockade at Fort Sill. He told one of his guards of afabulous mine where the Apaches mined the "green beads"that they used for ornaments and where they mined their

gold. The guard promised to help the. Chief escape if, the

Indian would guide him to the mines. But the plot wasdiscovered and the guard was sent to prison. Later,

Ceronirno himself was exiled to a reservation in Florida,

far from his secret mine. Even today, prospectors search

for the mines of the Apaches. The gold mine is said to bolocated in the bottom of a deep box canyon near an oldadobe house. The Apaches regularly traded gold for gunsand ammunition, food, and clothing, The mine must havebeen very rich, but to this date remains undiscovered.

About sixty years ago, an old corral stood on the banlcj

of the Colorado Hiver north of Yuma, Arizona. It was built

of adobe blocks, Cowboys used it to gather wanderingsteers until they could muster enough cowpunchers to drive

a herd back to their home ranches. Near the corral was alow round hill, covered with black, rounded pieces of heavystone or metal. The cowboys often threw the stones at the

half-wild steers to frighten them through the corral gate.

Cradually, as permanent settlers came into the territory,

the corral was abandoned. One of the cowboys went backEast to his childhood home, and took a few of the strange,

heavy stones with him. Years later, a friend of his whowas a mining expert examined them and discovered that

they were almost pure lumps of solid gold, although tar-

nished black due to long exposure to the weather. Since

then, hundreds of men have tried to find the Lost CowboyMine and its acres of gold nuggets. None have succeeded.

Either the old corral was gradually washed away by stones,

or someone secretly destroyed it to conceal the mine's

location.

Many years ago a man named Adams and six others

discovered a rich mine near the headwaters of the Gila

Hiver in Arizona. They built a small cabin and worked themine hard. Their greatest danger lay in bring discovered

by the raiding Apaches. One day, Adams and one of his

partners left the camp for town. The first night they campedon a high hill and looked back toward the mine. The cabinwas in (lames and the blaze of gunfire lit the surrounding

sky. The Apaches had killed all their friends. After strug-

gling on for many miles across the desert, the two men werediscovered, half starved and in a delirious state. Adams'partner was killed a short time later. For years, Adamscould not re-enter the territory which was infested withhostile Indians. When he finally went back, after manyyears, he was unable to locate the mine. His landmark, thecabin, had been completely destroyed. There must be at

least' $60,000 worth of gold buried under the site of thecabin.

YOU TOOK THE ARROWOUT CLEAWLY THUNDERCLOUD! CAN YOUTREAT HIS WOUND

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THESE WASTELANDSIF IT WEREN'T FORTHE KNOWLEDGEOF A MASKED MAN,WHOSE NAME WEDON'T EVEN KNOW

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ways of the

WILDHORSE

One of the most amazing things about the wild horse

was his ability to live on wild grass alone, without tJie

need of oats, wheat, rorn and other cultivated foods

to survive The .Spanish Explorers who first brought

the mestann or "mustang" to our Southwest territory

never would have believed their stray horses would one

day develop into a sturdy wild breed.

JHMUW The horse could find food even in

winter. Burning, late-summer, sun-

dried grasses of the plains provided

good hay, and the wild hand of horses

had only to paw away the snow to

reach it. Gradually, the few horses the

.Spaniards lost multiplied until there

were large hertls ranging the Great

Plains.

A great stallion became the leader ofeach band of mustangs. He watchedover the mares and colts that made uphis family, and guided tlieiu to goodgrass and shelter. But sometimes astrange stallion met the band and chal-

lenged the old leader. At such times abattle took place with all the bandwatching to see who would he victor-

ious. Then, the losing stallion wouldrun away, leaving the other the undis-

puted master of the herd.

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The wild ones had many enemies.Sometimes, the enormous buffaloherds thundered down onto a wildhorse band and engulfed them in astampede. The mountain lion camesometimes'to steal a colt, and the wolfwas always ready to attack. When a

pack of wolves caught ;i group of

horses where they could not run away,

a great battle took place. Many adangerous wolf was kicked into obliv-

ion by the well-used heels of a mustangmother protecting her colt.

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Intent upon the tiring mare, the fhcklooks only forward, as suddenly the great

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LONE RANGER—

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FORWARD 70 THE FAM/L/AR RYNGVNG CRY OFTHE LONE RANGER - -

THELONE RANKER

HIS BULLETS

When The Lone Ranger first donned his mask and rode off from

his mine with Tonto, on the trail of the Cavendish gang, in his gimbelt

there gleamed a row of silver bullets.

No other rider in the west loads his guns with bullets of silver

and The Lone Ranger deliberately ehose those unique bullets for his

own, He wanted them to represent a shining symbol of justice by law.

He knew that, in time, word would spread of the masked rider's

unusual bullets. Then the sight of a silver bullet would tell a lawman

that help was nearby and warn an outlaw that his defeat was inevitable.

Each of his .45 bullets is individually molded. And each of his

solid silver bullets contains enough of the bright metal to make two

silver dollars.