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TO ALASKATEXAS MAN PASSES THROUGH MISSOULA ON HIS WAY TO FAR-OFF NOME.Limping into Missoula witli an unhealed broken ankle, VV. It. j'ones yesterday finished tin* first 'i.SO'j ml leu lt;f his lO.OflO-tnilo walk irom Dallas, Tex., to Nome, Alaska. On April l, last, Jones started from the Majestic theater In Dallas, without a cent in his pocket or n hit of clothing other than a suit of crepe paper. I-le Is forced by agreement tlt;« earn hi;: way nlx-oinl»ly, and so fur two and u half days lie sold postcards about the streets of Dallas before he was able lo buy a suit of clotlJeK. In this way hr has traveled from Texas to Montana, talking on the streets and selling postcards. All went well until he reached Bismarck. He was five days ahead of Ids schedule when he got there, hut through an un lortur.atc uroidoiil ho broke his ankle.He iv us ii Ho wed, however, in view •d his accident, to- travel by rail from Bismarck to Sandpoint. Idaho, and from that point ho will take up his Journey un foot. Tilt, walker now has some ti.faio miles ahead of him. ,i great part of which ho will travel by boat, lie will, however, have to work his passage from Seattle to Nome and a difficulty greater than walking will probably be experienced there.Jones curries with him autographs of some of the fatuous men in the country through which he has passed, among them bring the signatures f W. J Brvan and four state governors.His average walk Is HI 1-2 miles a day and at one time ho wont 72 miles
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Missoula Daily Missoulian
Missoula, Montana, US
Sat, Jul 31, 1909
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