Super important for us to continue to roll out the updates to highly on holdings core For the good of the order. I'd do this to satisfy My palette because I I'm not really that satisfied. There's a few folks out there on YouTube that cover highly on with Some level of consistency and I think it's super important I think it makes for an absolutely compelling story I think the disconnect between the company and the stock price has never been so great I think with the improvements on multiple fronts here Especially in the month of August now on filming this we haven't had any news I look all the way across to the internet and I cannot find one single article on highly on I do not know what's going on. I don't know if it's good. I don't know if it's bad. I don't know But to satisfy and to keep the topic fresh I do really want to point out Coming into the week of September 12th. We do have the next expo And there was one element as unfinished business within the most recent highly on investor presentation Talking about their nationwide marketing road tour that they were going to embark on and don't know what that's going to be I don't know what that's going to entail But I absolutely wanted to keep you guys abreast of everything that I'm finding Offer some of my commentary on highly on holdings and the progress that's being made there in I typically don't offer these to focus too much on the stock price So don't expect me to beat that drum for you. Do not expect that I think at this point the stock price could be at 850. It could be at 1750. I think in the long term It doesn't matter. It's irrelevant right now. I think we can all agree that it's it's uh Extremely oversold at these levels. You can do whatever levels of technical Analysis that you want Fundamentally the company is just fine Company is on the precipice of stepping into potential New hybrid ex sales coming into the back half of 2021 This is the pressure that I speak about Building behind the dam. So guys stick around We're going to do this deep dive on highly on progress What I've been able to find in my historical review What I think the market is missing what I think Some of the competition out there brings to bear if anything and what type of first mover advantage I think is going on here with highly on so stay tuned guys are going to jump into this and roll out a nice long highly on video for you Followed this company long enough. You'll know that the original idea was to put this system on the trailer itself They've since moved that idea Absolutely a prudent move to move it to the tractor itself Um So many updates that have happened here recently since going public And I really don't want to focus too much on what the developments entailed When the company was um a SPAC company and we were preppy to the first investor presentation I go back and I review that document With uh some frequency I have I am an active investor in highly on for full disclosure And I just want to make sure that each and every one of you guys are doing your own due diligence when you're looking to take Uh an interest in a company Do not misconstrue my information as a call to go out there and just jump head first into the stock This is a pre-revenue company And the pressure that I feel like is building behind the dam at this point Really right comes down to will they be able to sell their product or not? That's what it comes down to And the product the uh ex version of the hybrid which I was super excited about I I think this is a extremely interesting product To where they can not only go after um new fleets, uh as well as existing fleets out there There's some statistics to show that the chip shortage should actually give Some level of tailwind for the hybrid system in that there's going to be a lot of fleets that are going to be looking to get A lot more life out of their existing fleets that they have Um and look to maybe get a couple more years of life expectancy out of that Might as well take a little bit of savings whether it be on the cng or the diesel hybrid side of the house, right?  I am I am I I've never seen such a severe disconnect be between the market. I cover a lot of stocks Absolutely, and I think there's a lot of stocks right now. Just within the last year I think the stock market has been a complete circus I think you know when you throw the bitcoin and the cryptocurrency craze on there And I know there's going to be some people that come back and they say ryan, you're completely off base It's it's absolutely worth 50 000 a coin or whatever it is Um, you may be right. You might be right. It's just I'm entitled to my opinion Okay, as warren buffett and charlie munger are entitled to theirs as well in their assessment that Cryptocurrency has in fact no value none zero. It's only valued Um in the eye of the beholder the person who's going to take on your investment Hopefully in a capacity that's more than what you bought it for You couple the amcs of the world out there and you couple the spack wave of 2020 that came to the market Very very difficult to sift through the ashes And really find out what companies out there Have a credible idea Not just a lot of hype to bring to bear And then you've got your traditional means of investing whether it be passive investing or you've got your dividend growth strategy Having been a value investor my whole life. I hold true on those programs All the way, but am I excited about jumping into a passive program right now? in other words jumping into the smp 500 When right now these tech valuations have basically pushed up the top 10 uh holdings in the smp 500 They've just run away from everything else And everything else in the smp 500 is really underperforming and it's being carried by the top few companies within the smp My point of mentioning this is where does the value lie? Okay And get back to my point about being frustrated I think there's an element of manipulation to this and I've seen the stock market for going on 30 years I've been an investor for about 27 28 years Of my life. I've went through this many many times. This is not my first rodeo I think it's really one of the most Unfortunate things about the stock market, but where there will be money There will be manipulation Where there is big industry with lobbying power and all of the things out there that Seemingly have good ideas Or they really just don't have good ideas, but the stock performance in the company always seem to get a pass All right, nicola really fits that bill for me. It really does. I don't quite understand how The company can undergo that many negative elements in just such a short time And still be given a valuation where it sits right now at about four and a half billion Just it blows my mind. It just absolutely boggles my senses as a value investor I I just can't bring myself to even buy 50 shares of nicola Let alone put a sizable investment that could materialize over time But the price action of the two companies couldn't be couldn't be different any more different It's amazing to me and about two-thirds of the time nicola will go up or is about one-third of the time Highly on goes up and it seems like those two stocks are very much correlated Highly on always gets the double dagger. It seems like nicola will always be going up pre-market It will always be going up post market It will always be going up incrementally more during the market than highly on And it seems like the one thing that highly on beats nicola on all the time Is the percentage of downturn that it takes on its down days Highly on will be down three and a half percent nicola will come off A half a percent to one and a half percent And and that's just me monitoring the stock close to every day. I monitor both stocks very very closely Along with many others. I do follow the the active markets. What am I doing about that? Not a whole lot right now There's just not a lot of places that I see value. I am dollar cost averaging the broader markets From a value investing perspective I'm not really that excited about it to be honest with you But the bulk of my investment dollars have flown into highly on it is the Number one place where I actually see value here I think we are in a phase that we are in a calm before the storm I think the vast improvements and if you read through the investor presentation the very last one that was released I just think that anytime a piece of good news comes out with highly on Nothing happens with the stock. I thought the ac t expo was an absolute slam dunk for the company And the stock went down the stocks come off 10 12 percent since the ac t expo And for no good reason I will chalk it up as manipulation. So good job to the big dollars For doing whatever it is that you can do and also thank you to the scc as well Who seemingly just wants to put their head up their backside and not pay attention to anything That's going on in the market. They're probably going after things that really don't matter They really don't But it's really unfortunate that we can't invest in a market That actually gives good companies a fair shake And I I think it really does call for retail investors and hedge funds and Owners and stakeholders within the company alike to band together. I really do I don't know if I sense the proper sense of urgency from highly on at this particular point They need to be driving the nail in this Nicola opportunity all day They really need to be taking the lead as the performing company out there Does it piss me off when I watch hyzon ring the the opening bell? And it goes up 25 percent. What what is that about? And and that that's the type of stuff that I will never understand about the market. I do acknowledge that it's there I I can only Only hope That over time good companies will indeed Find their way to the top and that's usually what ends up happening And that's where a lot of the times I say that those things typically happen when you least expect it But man alive anybody who invested in the company above ten dollars a share has lost money 100 percent of investors not one one person who is invested in the company above ten dollars has made any money So a hundred percent dismal performance 100 percent of people who have gotten involved in this phenomenal opportunity are down. What do we do about it? I think it helps to go back and take a reflection Of the time frame and the improvements that have gone on with highly on Since becoming a publicly traded company The first thing I want to mention that's happened just here recently Is that the hybrid ex product is available for sale? It is on highly on dot com If you're interested in taking a look at what that new product offering Has new rugged design incorporation of some of the feedback they got from the multiple fleets that have Been deployed the product over the previous years It is available and it is on the website Now let me give you my twist on this I'm very interested to understand these process improvement initiatives with the hybrid product I think if we had just an overwhelming Rush on the product that we would have heard something by now I'm a little interested as to why we have not if you have some level of speculation or you have some insight to Explain why that is I would invite you to leave your comments in the comment section Because again when people come to me and they say Ryan you seem to be a little bit pissed off about You know highly on holdings at this point when you're talking about it These are some of the reasons that really do kind of get to me a little bit I can understand the above board all the time But I have to question and balance has a retail investor one that is actively invested in highly on Which means I'm not passively invested in it guys. I'm scouring for information Okay, I just did a complete review of the cr england website To see if there's any mention at all of highly on Corporation on their website, you know how many times they mentioned it? Zero okay now cr england was one of the original hybrid installs back in 2017 that was supposed to enjoy this product and I'm sure that they did And I'm sure they did that on highly on's dime at the time But I'm not sure where companies like this are There were actually 30 companies that were involved with highly on some many years ago When the product was actually placed on the trailer itself Where are these companies with the feedback? Is it too much to presume? Perhaps maybe that we can look at these companies and say that they wanted to go somewhere else Those are some interesting elements to me that I don't have answers for And if you guys actually have comments on this Please leave them because as the bullish thesis, I always have to say look Perhaps maybe it's the prudent move to continue to be patient on this allow the pressure Behind the dam to build where is Wegmans in this like are you telling me that Wegmans can't just put a hundred Order out there just just for the just for the good of the order to say look man We've used this product. We've backed it up. I mean I stood next to thomas haley when he when he was When he came public at the new york stock exchange the very least I can do is throw a bone Now I hope that those discussions are happening behind the scenes This is a lot of the reason why I come out with my videos Because you think investor place is going to provide you this level of Of neutral commentary on the stock just to drive a discussion about what's going on Hell no It's a beautiful thing. The bottom line is the ex is out right now. It's available for sell The question to me is does anybody want to buy the product? That's a rhetorical question out there that I put toward haley on that was so convicted on this Product that's been put in the fleet owners hands. It's been tested Tried true and validated and the proof of concept phase is done This is the final version that's going to be rolled out in mass scale to fleets Where is the interest haley on? Where is it? Please respond Jen up whatever Information you need to do if you need to send an email over to investor relation with the Ryan and and louis do it Those guys are in charge of this stuff So start barking up their tree and start understanding where the hell this information is Because with the stock price as dismal as it is and with 100 percent of retail investors and Investors alike that have bought the stock above $10 They're all taken a bath on the stock right now And I don't think it's too much to ask if the information is there and available To give some level of progress report. I will offer this. This is the quote Nationwide marketing road tour. I have no idea what that means Here's what I'd like it to mean what I'd like it to mean Is that you can take your hyper truck erx council? And or any of the participants that have put the hybrid uh product in place ideal ease Okay ngl Some of these companies that have been noted in the evolution of haley on where are these companies to stand up and say Man, we use the product We have x number of savings on our fuel side of the house or it's emboldened our c and g fleet by adding 100 horsepower per truck per install I I just haven't seen any of that product validation and I demand it And I don't know if I'm premature on my demand. I acknowledge that perhaps maybe I am and if I am impatient on my demands So be it but here's the thing Haley on holdings is a publicly traded company. Okay, it's different in a SPAC and it's definitely different Then a private uh company you owe it to the stakeholders to keep them abreast of everything now Do I think the board members are operating with a sense of angst Probably not. I don't sense it at all I don't sense in thomas haley's delivery at all that there's any type of panic that there's any time any type of room for alarm at this point But here's the thing we need to see product integration into the fleets And in certain cases we've already had that integration Where is the statistics that came out of that? Product validation if your product is so good Where are the fleets? And I took a chance and I would charge each and every one of you guys that do this Go into each of the websites of every single person that is um, um has pledged their involvement with the innovation council Go on their specific websites And see how many times haley on is mentioned I found it very very ironic that haley on has done a very very beautiful job on their website showcasing Those members of the of the erx council with the the drape over of the hyper truck erx to be revealed at some point in the future The irony in it is that you go to each of those websites like schoen neider, uh, like, uh, cr england Like some of these others. I know cr england's not on the innovation council, but go over to Wegmans Go over to agility Agility is probably the most uh forward leaning with haley on so it's probably a bad example But look at penske look at schneider wegmans look at warner and look at their individual websites If they were that interested in showcasing haley on's product then where are they In in standing by haley on it seems like haley on is kind of reaching out And i'm not really sure if the innovation council members are are actually really receiving Um that that level of involvement in other words. I think they're probably putting their hand out Like yeah, we'll take our free demo unit. We'll demo it to hell Hell will even give you some positive feedback on it But as far as a hard and fast commitment, let's be real We have not seen that outside of three companies three Debt mar logistics agility and uh a and g those are the three Okay, so the these are the elements of of of understanding the the haley on opportunity and understanding the lack of perceived involvement from the innovation council thus far and Again, people hit me up and they're like ryan. You just got to be patient. You're you're you it seems like you're frustrated I am I am frustrated because where is anhyzer bush Look, I I think on the onset as a bullish investor in this company that yeah Anhyzer bush could just as easily put in an order for a thousand hyper truck erx and and and establish their name In line in the queue for the hyper truck erx Is that premature because they haven't done the proof of concept? Okay, you got me there, but where are the order books stacking up for the uh ex product Where is that the product validation is complete the time to be selling those units is now an outside of a few hundred bulk orders that have come through for us a few strategic customers Where are the thousand orders that are supposed to be queued up for 2022? If you notice the order book in 2024 is supposed to sell About 15,000 of these hybrid ex units Unless highly on has a rabbit up their sleeve I'd really like to know that we're marching toward that end And is that too much to ask? It is is the hope on just a hope that those orders are just going to fill themselves Okay Are are is the pressure behind the dam? Building in so far as companies really do have an inherent Interest in this company. I don't know the verdict is still out because we go through stretches like this Of 10 days where we don't hear a word on the company Very very frustrating at this point where I think that the opportunity is right there And I don't think we're sees in the moment. I don't and that's the perception that I get I could be totally wrong Leave your comments at the bottom of you think I'm completely wrong But it's the perception that's being given off. I hope I'm wrong and I actually think that I am But but but but has there really been? um So much interest going on behind the scenes that none of it can be shared with the public I don't I don't understand that at all We need to sell the ex unit and we need to do it yesterday. Okay I do charge highly on with putting out some information. I'm quite frankly tired with the power of social media and internet if the investor relations personnel or the Vice president of human relations or whoever the hell it is with highly on Can't at least do what it is that I do for free. I mean, they're probably making 60 80 thousand dollars a year Do your job do your job. I'm doing this for free Nobody pays me to do this. I electively do this Okay for free because I'm genuinely interested interested in I don't know saving the planet maybe which is what this entire initiative is for the tco over the hyper truck erx for Fleet owners the numbers make sense So my my impasse is you've got a bunch of fleet owners that are just sitting back on their haunches We have a government that talked about the world coming to an end in 10 years because We're ruining it But it doesn't seem that there's a sense of urgency to really encourage any type of incentive for fleets to move And it's it's as if people are just sitting back and they're looking at who's going to blink first Is it going to be industry? Is it going to be the government? Is it going to be these companies that are going through initial stage proof of concept? And so they're not going to put big orders on the books before You know those kinks are worked out right on some of this new technology that's being rolled out Are these trucks going to be able to to to last seven years? Are the battery packs going to perform at that thousand mile clip? Throughout the life of the program. I don't know right see there These are questions that we don't know are we going to realize a thousand miles on i10 the same as we do Up north on i80 on i80 So these are some of the things that we need to kind of Understand a little bit and I think we could probably use a little bit of help from this industry if they cared that much That there's an interesting membership to the epa program and I think it's green path I believe I looked on there highly on is not a member and I don't know I don't know what that what that entails There was only one schneider was a member of the I think I think it was green path. It's an epa program. I could be misstating the program I do apologize But I went over and I I linked into that website to look and see if highly on was a member of it and it's not Um, you know c r england is so you know what what gives and and I I read through it And I was like well, they're interested in in reducing the knock submissions Um and reducing the carbon footprint You know if if these companies are part of that so they can fly the flag Um that they're taking ample steps toward a greener future Then then what is it? What is their incentive to change? What's under the hood at this point? right highly on's got a pretty interesting cell if they're on an island and they're they're only Cell is tco because companies are not going to bet on new technology If it's standalone tco On its own they're just not because the initial cost on the onset is going to be greater for the new technology If the new technology is is not proven Then they're not going to take that that chance Unless the incentive is provided to take that chance And again, this is a big reason why I turned off my tv and I don't know for all I know The green new deal could be passed through congress, but I haven't heard anything I've heard that it's dead on arrival and that they're trying to get some element through In the infrastructure bill Don't hold your breath. It's just the same old bureaucracy like anything. We have a good idea That's kind of ready to go But I I think there's going to need to be some dominoes that fall and this is the pressure in the dam I think there's been no other time during the evolution of highly on that's more critical than right now I think there is a first mover advantage by a long shot For highly on they are going through right now What nicola is going to be forced to go through in a couple years right so if nicola can roll a truck down the hill uh and And and just sound really really fancy with their non existent infrastructure And not be forthcoming with industry or with their delivery On how much it's actually going to take to take a truck from ground from from scratch from cradle to grave Or from inception to to production and sell products on Um, then that's that's really the fallacy in the stock market that I see when comparing these two companies, which It's like night and day when I look at them. I just I just can't even understand How with as much Contributory has surrounded nicola All the way from the beginning all the way from the beginning all the Deceit and all the misrepresentation of what they do All of the misrepresentation of what they actually had For a demo and a promo right? They said they did basically and just lied about it and they didn't Okay, and it's it really gets me interested when you go into the highly uh the um, nicola thread and and and Read about all the people who really just don't understand what they're investing in they really don't They're investing in this in this hype But I come back to highly on a little bit and I have to press and say look if my thesis and interest is only in the highly on story We need to stay in front of the game here And as much as an ask is I think that this is Um, I think highly on needs to keep that First mover position and I think they need to keep their dominant position In really striving toward that end of getting these products Out there into the marketplace and right now. I just have the perception that there is no demand on the product I hope i'm wrong. You can tell me i'm wrong in the comment section. That would be absolutely great I hope that I am don't misconstrue what i'm saying I'm still bullish on the company because my thesis and where my money is Is that there is a need for this product? How we get to that end how we get those dominos to start to fall How we get that product in the hands of industry with or without Those government incentives that I talk about I don't care how we get there It just needs to be that product needs to be put Into good use in the fleet so we can start to get that validation back From the very companies that we're trying to help In that these innovation council, man They play a critical role in this in that it's only going to take one showcasing of the hyper truck erx Alongside side schneider and they can actually show What the product does What it actually saves? What is the bottom line thomas? What is the bottom line for the product? You you say you you started with 30 fuel savings and it's trimmed down a lot since then the bezinga report that came out The the the benita report that came out Basically saying that there's not that much fuel savings at all The northwest companies that took this with telomate creamery and others Said that there was fuel savings. Well, how much we don't know because that information has really never been disclosed Through the public forum. Are they doing repeat orders up in those oregon companies? I haven't heard anything from them So so the real interest to me is understanding that You know, we've gone through the first second third phase of a rollout of the hybrid product We've incorporated the new improvements as they've been provided to highly on But what what has come of it? Where is the interest that's been garnered in these in these in these companies? And I would venture to guess that they just don't feel enough pressure from the government like they do in california Which if highly unsmart, they'll just sell to california If they're the ones that want to take the initiative and save the money and put products in place that they know that the tco is going to be there For the good of the environment good on california and the few others that are doing that for all the other companies out there That are going to try to run through states that that don't want to take this initiative Then just don't run through the state. Okay And and and that'll hurt those local states economies And it'll embolden the californias. Okay, and the others that look to deploy This initiative my point is get on board or get the hell out of the way right And I think the first mover advantage is there to be taken advantage of Highly on is the only solution that I actually see right now That is viable to put into action as of yesterday And I just I don't understand I look every single day for articles online and I just don't find it Okay, so that's how I I think it's super important with the integration of the innovation council how they're going to Realize this nationwide marketing road tour. We'll see My patience is gone. My patience is gone with this company. It's been gone for a long long long time So if you want to come to me and you say ryan, you need to have more patience I'm I disagree my patience is over Does that mean that it affects my conviction the company or it affects my position in the stock? Hell, no I'm a three decade investor. I know how to handle situations like this But my patience is gone and it's absolutely gone for all the right reasons I I think that there could be absolutely more That there has been more in the last couple months of outreach and there needs to be more it need there needs to be more No matter what the stock price does they just need to do it because it's the right thing to do and it's in line With their integrity Pillar within the program on to always operate with truth and integrity in everything that they do Okay, they need to start being more forthcoming about the bottom dollar results And what that proof of concept means talk more about the oem hubs They were asked about it on the last earnings call and thomas healy did not do a very good job of explaining That those costs will come down the line on what that's actually going to be What the breakdown is going to be all we have at this point is the hybrid unit is going to cost about 25 to 30 000 bucks And that's it What goes into those components? What are the critical components on the supply line? Are there critical components on that supply line that are not currently available right now with the current chip shortage? Is the chip shortage the reason why the stock's in the shitter all the time? We don't know Just be a little bit more forthcoming with what you got going on because It seems to me that they they they they work in somewhat of this vacuum In in a little bit of capacity a lot like nicola and hyzon and the other companies at the tco expo In that most everything that they said was all fluff and garbage and all just hey We can just finance our way to the moon and hey Yeah, we just need to build these infrastructures from thin air and then everything will be okay We just need to drive down the price of hydrogen to four dollars and that will be the optimal price thomas We've got this under control There's no acknowledgement to that actually not happening in real life because the cost to produce the hydrogen and especially the cost to Transport the highly hydrogen currently does not exist But when it does exist that infrastructure will need to be paid for right So I don't want highly on to get caught up in this whole like we have the greatest solution ever We can rely on our morals and when it happens it happens.  I've never earned over a hundred thousand dollars And there's a lot of retail investors that are very very savvy on this company And they're savvy about the opportunity that will come to fruition It will this company will be fine It will sell product both of them and it will be a household name 10 years from now Okay, but you're gonna have to earn it and I think a big key Component of that Is their board of governance their board of directors that they have Ed Olcola Thomas Healy is part of the board Andrew card, right? Who is part of the old department of transportation? under George W. Bush and George Bush senior Rob Knight very interesting character who's also on the board with schneider ironically You mean to tell me that these guys can't pick up the freaking phone. I do this at work all the time All right. It's amazing to me. It's like well send 12 emails No, it's f the email just pick up the freaking phone and call these people and tell them to put out a news release And say here's what's freaking going on And I I question whether or not these things are going on because we don't hear about these things going on Okay, let's go Bobby. Let's take care of business and get going stefan peng. Okay He's got a degree in a certified financial accounting. Okay Get going. I don't know what your problem is Elaine chow one of the most recent and and interesting figures to add to the board We we hired you on to the board for your connections. Make it happen Okay So my entire entire charge to the board venture cubbage has been there since the beginning One of the one of the biggest shareholders actually since the SPAC and the frustrating part about this whole process Is the longer things go on? and the reason why I have no frustrated no Patience for the stock and it's been gone for a long long time These initial warrant holders the the warrants went to the company And these initial shareholders got a ton of shares in highly on for free And the only ones that are really holding the bag are public investors Retail hedge funds and large institutions right now are holding the bag You're part of the board of directors for your connections. Make it happen Make it happen. I don't care if you got to pick up the phone I don't care if you need to send morris code I don't need I don't care if you need to start sending smoke signals across the brow All right start making some stuff happen If you need to quit your board of directors with the six other board of directors that you sit Then quit those other ones if you can't put proper acknowledgement into the time necessary To to make stuff happen. I don't know maybe they need to put me on the board of directors All right, I how about that put me on the board of directors. I'll make stuff happen I'll show you guys how to actually work a 24 hour day. It's amazing Okay, you don't need to sleep 12 hours a night and and go to work and work for five hours Okay, I would expect that you guys are cranking and you're and you're working at least 20 hours a day That's my expectation if that's going on Fantastic if it's not you need to get there Mary Gostansky I'd go to war with this lady this this lady's resume is phenomenal Phenomenal and then finally the addition to Dennis Gallagher is the coo position That's really going to help push this commercialization aspect of both of their products All the positions are are in place valuing a pre-revenue company at this point With this board right here at least At least gets gets a million dollar Bump in their valuation at least I think the board alone is is worth A million on just valuation. It's incredible. They're bored solid as a rock But they need to start realizing what it is the board of directors is therefore start realizing some of these connections I'll sum up by saying this the improvements to the battery system down to an industry unmatched standard of eight minutes Is unprecedented and the opportunity to improve and make different versions the hyper truck erx To respond to the fuel credits and the requirements of trucks to operate And be eligible for those fuel credits if it can go all-electric for 75 miles And a thousand on the extended range for the hyper truck erx is incredible It's incredible when I look at the product in its purest form I've never ever seen a company that in 2021 I've been so excited about the value is there When the value is realized into the future. I have no idea that it's it's not for me to say It's not for me to speculate It's not for me to say one way or the other that the stock is going to five or it's going to 20 I have no idea. I don't really care at this point. What I care about is this company Finding its potential, okay The one product is there the second product their flagship product, which I think both of them They're calling for in 2024 a nice healthy mix of about 15,000 Give or take of each unit that we are a long way away from that and again back to my point About the perception that there's lack of interest in the industry Again, if somebody wants wants in the comments to tell me I'm completely off base and I'm an asshole for making that assessment I really try to drive toward the truth And I don't think my perception is as far off and I think I speak for a lot of investors out there Not the majority but a hundred percent of investors out there that are indeed bag holders right now We are owed more we are owed more than what is being provided And if that hard work is going on behind the scenes one of two things are happening One the company is killing it and they're making deals hand over fist the way that I think that they are Or two They really just haven't garnered the interest because they're taking a blasé laxadaisical approach to this And I think that's the wrong approach. 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Why is rocket fire being exchanged between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip? Here's the latest breakdown. At this point, over a hundred rockets have been fired into Israeli territory from militants in the Gaza Strip, and that number may have gone up by the time that you see this. So far, rocket sirens have been mainly going off in central and in southern Israel, including right here in Tel Aviv, in Israel, and in Ashkelon. The Israeli army is warning that more rockets are likely to be fired at Israel in the coming hours. Now, multiple Israelis have been injured running to bomb shelters, and a house has reportedly been hit in Starrot, but most of these rockets have not actually landed because of Israel's Iron Dome Defense System, which has successfully shot the majority of those rockets down mid-air. In past conflicts, the Iron Dome has had about an 85 to 97 percent success rate at intercepting specifically short-range rockets. Now over the past couple of hours, the Israeli army has identified the movement of Palestinian Islamic Jihad members who are preparing rockets to be launched into Israel, and as a result the Israeli Air Force has carried out another round of airsprakes against these launch sites and is continuing to do so as we speak. As of this point, Israelis across the country are being advised to stay close to bomb shelters, if not inside of them. Why is this happening now? Well, this comes after the IDF assassinated three senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in surprise targeted air strikes on the Gaza Strip yesterday morning. That's Tuesday morning. Twelve civilians, including the children and wives of those members, were also killed in that very same attack. Now, the Israeli strike was carried out as a response to over a hundred and four rockets being fired into Israel by Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants based in the Gaza Strip, just days beforehand, and those rockets ended up injuring three civilians and damaging homes and vehicles here in Israel. Now, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired those rockets after a senior leader of the group died from a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. So who is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad? Well, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is otherwise known as the PIJ, is a terrorist organization that operates in Gaza and the West Bank. It is the second largest organization in the Gaza Strip after Hamas, which rules the enclave. And in the name of Palestinian resistance, this group openly calls to annihilate the state of Israel and establish a religious Islamic state within the 1948 borders. The PIJ is considered one of the closest Palestinian terrorist organizations to the Iranian regime since Iran provides the group with massive financial and logistical support as well. Now, over the years, the Islamic Jihad has been involved in almost every wave of violence and terrorism aimed at Israeli civilians, including the first Intifada. And in recent years, the groups fired over a thousand rockets and waters towards Israeli territory and as a long record of placing weapon launchplads and terrorist facilities into civilian infrastructure and neighborhoods, which ends up putting the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip in danger. So what can we expect now? What can we expect at this point? Well, the Hamas leaders of the Gaza Strip say that this latest round of rocket fire into Israel is not a response to the IDF's air strikes on Tuesday morning that killed 13. They say that this round of fire is a response to the IDF's latest strikes on Palestinian Islamic Jihad weapon launchpads in the Gaza Strip today on Wednesday. And they are warning that there's going to be a much bigger attack on Israel in the coming days. At this point, Israel is readying for the next reprisal.


Good afternoon. I'm Tim Appichella. I'm the host for a new show called Hawaii Moving Forward, a show dedicated to transportation issues here in the state of Hawaii. But more importantly, I think a show that's dedicated to finding some potential solutions to our traffic problems. And with me today, I have Daniel Alexander, who's the director for advocacy, planning, and communication. Daniel, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. We appreciate it very much. Tim, great to be here. Yeah. Daniel, you've got a lot of titles and therefore you have a lot of work. And it sounds like a great organization you're with. You're with Hawaii Bicycling League. Is that correct? Yeah, exactly. So Hawaii Bicycling League, we're a 42-year-old non-profit organization member base. We represent about 2,000 members. And our mission is to get more people riding bikes, whether it's for health, recreation, or for transportation. And we do that through advocacy, so pushing for safer streets for biking and education, educating both bicyclists and drivers, and then events, trying to get people out, get them excited about riding. Things like bike month, where if you don't already have biking as a part of your life, sometimes you need something to push you out to try it out and see if it fits. Whether it's for just getting a little more exercise or getting to the beach or getting to work. Okay. There was a part of your title that really attracted me the most, and that was advocacy. So tell me a little bit about how you're advocating for bikes, be with the local communities, or with the legislature, whatever that entails. Yeah. So a big part of our organization is trying to get a network of bikeways and safe streets for people to be able to get from point A to point B safely on a bike. And for most people that means having a dedicated bicycle facility. So obviously when you look at our transportation environment, our roads, quite a bit needs to change before that's going to work for the majority of people. Just throw out a figure. It's something like around two-thirds of people that we consider this interested but concerned category. They would like to bike but they need a separate environment for them to bike in for them to feel comfortable. So we're trying to bring it to the masses. Right now we have about 2% of our transportation trips are occurring by bike and there's obviously tremendous more potential and so we need a bikeway network that's going to allow for that. So basically that means working with both our county level elected officials, our state level elected officials to budget, to set clear policies that the way we should be shaping our transportation infrastructure. And of course that means working with a lot of communities too. So that's really where we try to, we hit the ground, we work with communities to find advocates within communities that can speak to their neighbors and make the self for why this is a good thing for the community as a whole. Okay. Do you have an estimation of approximately how many bicyclists we have out there in the communities? So it's a difficult thing to say. So we have island-wide, I think it's 1.3% of commute trips so those to work are by bike. And if you zoom down into the Honolulu area, it jumps up to about 2.5%. So you just think about, you know, we have an island of about a million people so it equates to a fair amount of people that are biking. And then of course a lot of people bike just for recreation and health purposes or they might bike to go to the beach or go to the store. Those things we don't necessarily think about as transportation but are contributing to the whole. Well, I saw some statistics here and I thought was really interesting. Particularly one was about 240,000 people live within one mile of a rail station or a proposed rail station and about 520,000 live within a biking distance of approximately 3 miles. So was that off of census data or how did those numbers come up? So yeah, we have detailed census data on where people live. They actually are Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization. They have smaller subdivisions they use for traffic analysis zones and so they're actually much smaller units. And so we looked at that and we said, okay, well here are the rail stations which we know where they're going to be. How many people are within a walkable distance? Which is a mile, you know, for our transit and development, it's largely been a half mile which is an extremely short walk. I think in reality a lot of people are willing to walk three quarters to a mile. You know, that's a 20 minute walk say, 25 minutes. But if you take a bike which you can move, I don't know, three, four times as fast on a bike with the same amount of energy as you're walking, you get a much greater distance. And so obviously with those numbers show is it's more than double the amount of population that are going to be within that reachable zone to go and access the rail and to use it for their transportation need, whether they're going to work or some other transportation need. So yeah, I think us trying to make the most of rail working with bikes and that means both accommodating people on the rail, people walking their bikes at the rail, but also safely getting to the rail, I think is going to give us a much bigger bang for our buck. And you know, obviously we're talking about transportation, but there are all sorts of public health benefits around it. We can get people integrating more exercise into their daily lives, all the cardiovascular, diabetes benefits, all those things which we don't often think about when we think about the cost of transportation, but as a societal cost and the individual cost, those are really gigantic. And if we can get people basically having an active part to their transportation habits, we can make big headways in those areas. I would think that these are pretty large numbers and it would be great. I'm a bike enthusiast. That doesn't mean I'm bicycling here in the state because I have some concerns about safety, which we'll talk about in a little bit. But these are fairly significant numbers that were within a proposed rail station. On a best guess or most hopeful scenario, what percent do you think you can get people onto a bike? Right now you said about 1.3%. I don't know why it's 1.3%. So you know, there's a different solution for every area of the community. I'll give you an odd example. So actually at a census tract level, the highest bike mode share of any census tract, which just to give everyone an idea, Waikiki is six census tracts. So census tracts represents a couple thousand people, something like that, like 4,000 people. Laie in the North Shore actually has the highest bike mode share. It has like a 15% bike mode share. Wow, that's amazing. The university there, because of the Polynesian culture, the job centers there are nearby, and it's relatively bikeable with the Laie. So we wouldn't think necessarily about Laie as being a great biking spot, but Mililani, Kailua, there's all these communities, if we start thinking about them on a small scale, it actually is attainable for kids to bike to school, but for people to bike to work, people to bike to the transit, and the bus for most of the island. I think we could definitely achieve somewhere 10% plus. Wow. And so the 1.3% is just primary commute mode. So someone that, for example, my boss lives in Kailua, and he bikes from his house to his bus stop, hops on the bus, goes across the poly to downtown, and then bikes into our office. And he would be counted as a bus commuter actually. Because the dominant mode is transit. He's traveling most of his time on the bus. And so I think when you actually get in where we're talking about multimodalism, which I think that's the whole conversation with the rail, I mean every rail trip is going to be multimodal.  I think the opportunity for bike to work of rail is just tremendous. It's not that everyone's going to be biking three miles to the rail station, but it's that we can get a greater chunk. Basically that increases the pie. So I think the opportunity there is just tremendous in leading to more transit use as their primary, the majority of their trip is on the rail system or on the bus. But that bike is what makes it a viable route because the timing and the amount of energy it takes for them to get there just makes sense. Okay. Well that leads me to the question that I had down the list here, but I'm bringing it to the top. And that is describe your interaction with the heart folks and the bus folks, the transit folks. And are you getting some progress? Where are some of the roadblocks you perceive, not just with the agencies, but within the whole state itself?  So, you know, the rail endeavors we all know is a very big and complex one. So I can't blame the parties for focusing kind of on the core, build the rail system, but I'll say over the years from beginning I think we first, maybe my organization first met with heart, maybe 2008 or so, and they weren't very tuned in to the bike issues at that point. But over the recent years, I think as it's started to become a reality, they've sort of said, oh, okay, we should really be looking at these. You know, when you show them a number like, hey, look at all these potential customers, really, that's what they are, all these folks that can find utility in your system and use it. I think they've been receptive to that. And so right now I'd say we actually have some pretty progressive policies that the heart has taken on. So one, for example, is bikes are going to be allowed in railcars at all times. Yeah, so there'll be a specific bike car in which there are hangers that basically they allow for kind of a space-efficient way, which initially they weren't actually going to include those. So very good they're included because it's a lot tidier and more efficient. And how many potential bikes would a railcar hold? So I think there are four. There's hooks for four bikes in a car. But my understanding is that if those aren't available, you can still bring a bike in. Obviously space permitting, if the thing's packed, you're going to have to wait your turn, that sort of thing. Interesting. Yeah, so you look around and not all rail systems allow that. That's progress. Yeah, but I think we're looking, I think, more to the model, maybe Vancouver and Portland, where in those places, bikes do play an integral role with their transit systems. And so I think it's a good thing that we're looking to those models. And now that we're early in the process, I think there's just the opportunity to do that. Another really small, it's a menini little thing, but we only have one elevator per rail station. And that's going to be a hot commodity. So one thing we asked was, on the stairs, have a little channel. Basically it's just a flat little, just a little like three inches of flatness.  So instead of having to shoulder it, it's a little more bearable physically to roll it up. So it's still not going to work for everyone. Some people might still need to go on the elevator because of the weight of their bike and just their own physical abilities. But it's going to help. And that's a really minor thing that I'm happy to say, a heart is as integrated. And of course, the other thing is realistic, if we do see a lot of people biking to the rail station, it's not going to be best practice for us to have everyone taking their bike in the rail station. So one thing that's really happening is bike parking at the stations. Not just Hart, but the city, Department of Transportation Services, working with Hart, has been pursuing getting secured bike parking. Because if you're leaving a bike in the same place, every day, that's the no-no of securing your bike. I'm glad you're bringing it up because a lot of bicycles are very protective. They spend a lot of money on their bicycles, a lot of money. So that question of security and kind of not a guarantee of security, but the illusion or the hope that if I do leave my bike there, it's not going to be vandalized and it's not going to be stolen. So I'm curious on how you guys are how hard is addressing that. So what's going to be done is that most stations, space permitting, there'll be a sort of cage, a locker, where it'll have capacity for anywhere between 20 and maybe 80 bikes, something like that. And a limited number of people have the key to that. And they'll also lock their bike within there. So you'll have a normal bike rack, you'll lock your bike, but the fact that only a limited number of people can get in there is really going to limit the opportunity for theft. So yeah, these proven to be effective in other big cities where bike theft is a problem. You limit that number of people and then of course, if a bike gets stolen and only 20 people have the key, you can go and ask them, hey, what's the story here? Well, I think you're addressing a real concern and I think addressing that up front with the biking community will lend a lot of success when the rail lines first start to open up. So if anyone wants to check it out. So as a pilot, the city has installed one at the Middle Street Transit Center. So it's currently only for bus. It'll eventually be both a rail and they've installed a bike locker there. It hasn't went into full operation yet. It's basically meant as a pilot just to see how it works, to see if bike theft is an issue, to see if it's basically work out all the kinks. So if anyone wants to check it out, you can go there and at least have a look from the exterior and see what we're thinking. Well, great. And with that, we're going to take a break. This is Hawaii Moving Forward. We'll be right back.  Noon. ThinkTekHawaii.com. Watch the show. Be there. I pity the fool who ain't. Aloha. My name is Reg Baker and I'm the host of Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We're a show that broadcasts live every Thursday from 2 to 2.30. We highlight success stories in Hawaii of both businesses and individuals. We learn their secrets to success which is always valuable. I hope to see you on our next show. Aloha. Aloha. How you doing? Welcome to Ibaachi Talk. I'm here at Gordo the Tech Star on ThinkTekHawaii. I'm here with my good old buddy, Andrew, the security guy. Hey everybody, how you doing? Aloha. Good to have Andrew here in the house. Please join us every Friday from 1 to 1.30 and follow us up on YouTube. And remember as we say at the end of every show, how you doing? How you doing? Welcome back. I'm Tim Apachello. This is Hawaii Moving Forward. I'm here with Daniel Alexander. He's the director for Hawaii Bicycling League. Welcome back. Thank you. I had a question about what policies and practices do you think are necessary to put in place to further the advocacy of bicycling in Hawaii? So I think we already have one really big policy in place, our complete streets policy. And basically that says that we should be building our roads, maintaining our roads, designing new roads in a way that accommodates all users. Not just cars, but also people walking, people biking, transit, those are disabilities. And so that really has been instrumental in changing a lot of projects and a lot of the way we're doing things over recent years. So it was passed to the city level in 2012. Some of the other things I think we need, obviously stuff costs money. And you go through our budgeting process and it's always a challenge trying to get budgeting to, say, build a new bikeway. And if you look to our plans, our Hawaii Bike Plan, we're not near meeting the objectives. Nowhere, nowhere near for what it lays out where we're supposed to accomplish in five and 10 years. To what degree are we not hitting those marks? I'll say by a significant amount. To find significant. So I give you an idea. There are three priority levels within our Bike Plan and the first one was supposed to be done within 10 years. Okay. And so it was 2012 and it was passed. So we're four years into phase one. Okay. So what we should be accomplishing all of it in six years. Small steps, right? Yeah. So we've accomplished a relatively small amount. But we are making big. I don't want to do as a disservice. Right. There's a lot of action underway. And one really great thing that we're doing now is repaving. When we go and repave a road, there's the option to put down the stripes where you want basically. And it's not going to cost any differently.  But if you pave the road and you want to change the configuration a little bit, it doesn't cost you anything. So what we're doing now and we're doing it pretty well is seeking those opportunities for, hey, we can narrow those lanes a little bit and we can get in a bike lane. Or maybe we need to reconfigure this road. It's not servicing the area well. We can make it safe for people walking and we can make it safer for people biking. So yeah, I think that's one big thing. Can you differentiate the difference between safe streets and minimum grid? Or is there a difference? Okay. So minimum grid is a Hawaii Biscuit and League campaign to get a network of protected bike ways around the island. So when you talk to what we call the potential cyclists, a lot of them what they need for them to be able to bicycle is either a protected bike lane like we have on King Street or it's a multi-use path. It's a separate bike path. And so what we've been pushing for is more than bike lanes that we want a network of these protected bike ways and that that's really what's going to make it possible for us to realize having a lot of people feeling comfortable and using their bikes a lot for not just recreation but also to get places for kids to be able to get to school. I mean, most parents don't feel comfortable with their kids riding on the road even with a bike lane. They want that separate environment. So what we're really trying to do is embed that idea and raise awareness of how important it is that we seek this network of protected bike ways. And just on the broader note of safe streets, protected bike lanes, while they're primarily an intervention for bicyclists, they have a lot of benefits for pedestrians too. When you put these things in you realize suddenly the sidewalk gets a lot safer because drivers are a lot more responsive in looking for these active users, these vulnerable users, people walking and people biking. So when we talk about the King Street bike lane, that's not a bike lane. Is that a safe lane? And I want to talk about some of the things that have been written up in the editorials and some a lot of controversy came about when it first opened.  It is a billion times safer than what was there before. Right. And feeling of safety has just increased so much. It's not perfect. The reality is that street has a lot of driveways. And each of those is an interaction point and it requires an attentiveness on the part of the drivers and on a part of the bicyclists to, at those interaction points, sort through that interaction in a safe way. So it's inherently imperfect. Right. But I think given the conditions we're working with, it is a very positive thing. Would you prefer that the bike traffic would go in one direction and then maybe Mauritania have another direction? Would that be preferable or do you support the bi-directional pathways for bicyclists? So I think, you know, it's all context. But I think in the case of King Street, the two-way makes sense. And partly that's just on a one-way street. So the types of interactions are different. So there's only, you know, when you're, say, making a left off of King Street, you're not crossing any vehicular conflicting traffic. So there's a lot less for you to think about. So you can think a little bit more about those bicyclists crossing going two directions. And then, of course, pedestrian's going two directions. I think that's what I've heard from motorists that they don't realize that it is bi-directional. They're looking to the right as they're making that left turn and they're not thinking that, oh, they're coming in both directions. So that's kind of my attention. I don't know if that's been addressed with a city or not. So it opened us one way. And that was partly to sort of get people used to it. It was already a change. Right. Give them a chance to get used to it. And then it was converted into two-way. And I think driver attentiveness has went way up. And I think a lot of that occurred when it was just one way because people were like, oh, OK, there's bicyclists on the other side of these parked cars. I really need to think about that. You know, there were some safety measures that were taken. So a few parking spots were removed that were limited line of sight for people making lefts. OK. And so it just allows people to more clearly see. Yeah. So we haven't seen any major safety issues. Not that it's been without anything. Right. But it's, when you think, we've more than doubled the amount of people biking in there. That's great. That's good. There's nowhere near double the amount of accidents occurring. Yeah. So it is safer, I think, the numbers will pan out. Let's talk about some political realities. And that is, for every bike lane, it's certainly the significance of King Street. What's the political reality or the pushback if you're trying to sacrifice some general purpose lane? How did that happen? How did people to say, OK, we're going to give up general purpose traffic lane for this bike lane? Walk me through that because that sounds like a monumental task. So just to get to the bottom of one thing. Yeah. So perceptions are one thing, but data is another thing. OK. So in rush hour, in afternoon rush hour, four, four to five, what's been observed is a 30 to 45 second additional delay over the two miles of King Street. If you drove all the way from Olapai Street, all the way to Eisenberg, almost to the UH, you're going to, during that rush hour time experience, it's going to take you 30 to 45 seconds longer. Across that entire, it's a very small delay that has occurred. But it is perception. I think some people have perceived this much more. But the data is the data. Yeah. So I think we just need to put it in that context. Yeah, a lane was repurposed. There was a general purpose lane. Right. Into a bike-only lane. But the traffic impact, I think, has been relatively minor. And I think when it comes down to, we're trying to build a world in which people have transportation options. And that means there's going to be some trade-offs in that process. I think part of the reason we did it on King and say, not on Baratania, was our Department of Transportation looked at it and said, where can we achieve this and not have much traffic impact? So maybe people aren't giving our Transportation Department credit because we could have sought this on Baratania. And it might have, I don't know exactly, but I'm just saying. So how do your conversations go when you talk to the transit folks and they're going, oh, we sure could use a transit-only bus lane. And we only have so many general purpose lanes that we can little back on. So how do those conversations go, or do they go? So I think transit and bikes, as we were talking earlier, they're kind of a match made in heaven. But certainly when you look at very specific examples, there might be conflicts. So my understanding from the bus books is they haven't actually experienced any delay associated with King. So we do, I think, need to think about where we have transit priority ways. You know, as we move forward with rail and we start thinking about how that is going to integrate within the full system, I think bus rapid transit is going to make a lot of sense. And that means reserving lanes for bus. So we need to start thinking about our network and where it makes sense to do that. On what corridors? On what corridors, yeah. I'm going to agree. So I think ultimately if we think about it from a multimodal perspective, and I was trying to move to giving people more transportation options, ultimately if we benefit bikes and we're benefiting transit, we're going to end up with a better functioning system on the whole. If we can get people out of their cars and where they're using these other modes.  I know it's in Canada, with intention what they've done over time is they've made it where 50% of their trips are by walk, bike, transit. Yeah? Into the central business district? In the city of Vancouver. In the city of Vancouver, they've made it where 50% of their trips. Where do they start out? Do you know? I'm not sure what their starting point was, but it's been through intention over the years.  So there are some things I think that we're going to look into in other cases. And I think we have to see these multimodal options as integrated. Yeah? And that's where we're going to see the big wins. So, you know, like for example, the whole rail conversation we have, when we start to make those connections, that's where we're going to see the greatest utility, both in the transit, in the bikeway and everything. We're going to get the biggest bang for our buck and the most transportation options for our residents. Okay, great. Well, I hate to say this, but we're starting to wind down in our time here today. And I've got a whole page of questions I haven't asked you. So I'm hoping that you will come back again and help us out, understand what you're doing and how you're doing it and give us an update on progress. So thank you very much for coming. Yeah, nice conversation, I really. And thank you for joining us. Important stuff here. I'm Tim Apachella. This is Hawaii Moving Forward. And we'll see you next week. Thank you.


The challenge of the Yukon! Un-King! Un-New-History! The Wonder Dog King, swiftest and 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 Monod Police who preserved long order in the new Northwest country where the greed for wealth and power led to frequent violence and bloodshed. But in spite of the odds against them, Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog King met that challenge and justice ruled triumphant! Bane Stillwell stood on the deck of the Lula Bell as it steamed up the Lewis River towards Selkirk. In spite of the beauty of the scenery before her, her face looked troubled as she talked to her younger brother, Jim. I wish you'd let me keep the math, Jim. It's so important to let anybody know about it. Stealing gold claims is one of the commonest crimes up here, they say. What do you think, I'm a baby? The math's safe with me. I don't like the company you've been keeping on this boat. Oh, must we go into that again? You were drinking last night, Jim. Well, what if I was? I'm nineteen. A man should know how to... Don't quote Dirk Rothers to me. He knows his way around. He's been in this territory ten years.  Before we reach Selkirk, you'll have most of your money. Huh, that's where you're wrong, sis. So far, I'm way ahead. So you have been gambling. Oh, please, Jim. Let me keep the math until we reach Selkirk. Oh, all right. It's half yours anyway. Here. You haven't mentioned this to anybody, have you? Oh, Jane, stop nagging me. I'm going inside for a while. I have to meet somebody. Be careful, Jane. Hello, Dirk. Hi, Sam. How are you? Is it on me or your hand? One drink first. No, thanks. I think I had too much last night. You sure had a good time talking. I guess I said a lot that didn't make sense. You sure had big plans about what you were going to do when you found that claim on your grandfather's map. Map? You mean I said something about a map? He doesn't even remember. Why, even off to help you find the claim. How many chips you want, son? Or, say, I left my wallet and my other trousers. Excuse me a minute. I'll get it. You think we scared him away? No, I don't think so. We had to find out. Do you think there is a map? Sure there is. Didn't you see how he acted? But if it hadn't been for that sister of his, he'd have brought it back last night. He hasn't only given him a couple of knockout drops. No, nothing like that. His sister's too smart. Let's let him win some more money tonight. That'll give him confidence in us. And we can keep friendly after we land in Selkirk. Two days later, in the town of Selkirk, the captain of the Northwest Monod Police answered a timid knock on his door. Well, King, down boy. Well, how do you do? Are you Sergeant Preston Northwest Monod Police? Yes, I am. Won't you come in? Thank you. I'm Jane Stillwell. I came to your help. What, sit down? Well, don't worry, King won't hurt you. He's a beautiful dog. Hello, boy. Sergeant Preston. My brother and I came from the States two days ago. We don't know anything about the country and have no friends. Well, now it looks as though we might be in trouble. Well, I'll be glad to help you. There's nobody I can trust. I had no idea how rough it was up here. It's not a very pleasant place for a woman. It frightens me. We came up here to look for a mine that my grandfather discovered. Recently? No. Many years ago, long before the gold rush started, he came back to Ohio and gemmed up a little. Our parents were killed suddenly, and he came back to take care of us. He had plenty of money, but planned to come back here when we were old enough, and then he got ill and we couldn't do it. That happened to many old prospectors. He died, most of his money was gone, but he left us this map showing where his gold claim was. You're the only one I dare tell about it. And now you say you're in trouble. My brother missing them on the boat. Well, they aren't very good influence on him. They keep trying to gain his confidence, and I'm afraid of them. I'd like to get Jane away from here as soon as possible. Any idea where this claim of your grandfather's is? Here's the map. I guess I'm safe showing it to you. He had a partner called Moussir Jake. Such an odd name, I thought maybe... Moussir Jake? Well, yes, I've heard of him. He lives somewhere up in the wilderness east of Dawson. He's rather an odd old fellow. It's like a hermit. Would his place be near that cross on the map? Yes, it would, but I hate to disappoint you. I doubt you'll find any gold there. Why do you say that? Well, old Moussir is rather crazy. He dresses in rags, they say, and won't have anything to do with anybody. Doesn't like people. He comes in for supplies once in a while, but he hasn't any money. But surely grandfather must have told the truth. We must see Moussir after coming this far, if he's still alive. Nobody ever suspected. Tell you what I'll do. I have to make a patrol to Dawson. Moussir's place is east of there, but I could take you. It wouldn't be too much out of the way. Oh, that would be wonderful. I could hardly let you two go into that wilderness alone, especially to see anyone like Moussir. I'd be very grateful to you. You could see him, and if he isn't cordial, which I'm sure he won't be, you and your brother can go on to Dawson with me. Here's your map. Thank you. That's so nice of you. When could we start? I was planning to leave tomorrow. Well, the sooner the better. I'll go right back and tell Jim. Oh, and incidentally, it might be a good idea to leave quietly without telling anyone you're going. The following afternoon, Sam Hawkins burst into Dirk Carruthers' room breathless with excitement. Dirk, they've gone. What? Who? The kid, Jim and his sister. That's not possible. I didn't have any dogs. Check out early. Went with a Mountie. With a Mountie? It's that sister of his. She did this. I just about had Jim talked into letting us in on it. Oh, and me. Deliberately losing 10 bucks to him again last night, so he'd trust us. Well, there's nothing we can do now. I guess there is. We can follow them. Yes, follow them. Andy, go out and find which direction they took. I'll get a dog team. As Preston, Jim, and Jane approached the small cabin of Moosey or Jake far back in the wilderness, a strange little old man appeared at the door. A scraggly gray beard matched the wild gray hair that fell almost to the shoulders. He was thin and stooped, but peered at them belligerently, a gun ready in his hand. Suddenly, he let out a shrill who dropped his gun and rushed toward young Jim. You come back to me. What? You know what you would. I've been waiting for you. And, Jonathan, I... Oh, these people. Well, this is my sister, Jane. And this is Sergeant Preston. Well, tell him to go along. We don't want those things. Jonathan, you ain't changed your mind. You look younger than ever. Well, I'm afraid you think I'm my grandfather. Come, Jonathan. I've got to show you something. Oh, Moosey. These people are the grandchildren of Jonathan. They've come to see you about time. Well, who is he, Jonathan, and their girl? Tell him to go along. Oh, but this is my sister. Well, you shouldn't have brought her. Come along, Jonathan. Yes, you can't convince him, Jim. Maybe you'd better go with him. I won't talk to Jane. Come along, Jonathan. I saved it all for you. I want to show you. All right, Moosey. I'm coming. He... He's sort of crazy, isn't he? He's so old, he's childish. I don't know whether it's safe to leave you here. He doesn't seem dangerous. Jonathan was my grandfather's name. Thanks, grandfather's come back. You see, Jim looks like him. Jim probably looks just the way your grandfather did when Moosey met. Well, as long as he thinks the head, I'm sure we'll be safe with him. He's lived alone so long, he's unpredictable. I know what I'll do. I have to go to Dawson, but I'll be back in a couple of days. I think I'll leave King with you until then. He'll protect you until Moosey gets used to having you around. Are you sure you can spare him? Oh, yes. Come here, King. How about it, fella? Will you take care of Jane? Of course you will. Thank you, Sergeant. I'll feel perfectly safe now. I wish I were doing Dawson's alone and stay around myself for a while. Well, don't worry a bit. Jim and King will take care of me and, as you say, in two days we'll know all about Moosey. Moosey here, chuckling happily, led Jim to the hill not far from the cabin. You remember, Jonathan? Remember this, please? Ain't nobody coming, is he? No, Moosey, nobody's around. Come on, Jonathan. Behind these bushes. Glad you ain't grown fat. You wouldn't get through this opening. I can just about squeeze through. Oh, it's a cave.  I'll just light this candle. I'm going to show you the storeroom. Hey, see what I saved? Look here. This is mine on this side and here's yours. You didn't take all of it when you left me and I'd been working and working and dividing half and half like we said we would. You remember?  Yeah, sure they are. Look. Ain't it pretty, Jonathan? They're my nuggets from my brook hidden back here. Every day I come in and count them and hold them. Gold. Gold, Jonathan. So pretty and so shiny. But Moussir, why do you live in that little shack? Why don't you spend some of this? Sir, I don't want nothing more. Now that you've come back just you working with me and looking at my gold taken out of the earth and the water. It was two days later Jim and Moussir had left for the mine and Jane was busily sweeping the cabin and she talked to King who lay on a corner watching her. King, old fella. Yes, Dijon Preston could have taken you with him after all. Moussir actually said good morning to me. Aw, you're lonesome for your master, aren't you, boy? Right. Why, you're... you're Dirk Carruthers. Yeah, just paying a little call. Sam and Andy are bringing your brother and Moussir back from the mine. Why, you? Hang on to that dog. I don't like the looks of him. I'll do nothing of the sort. Never mind. I know a better way to keep him quiet. Don't shoot. Get him, King! Watch him, boy. Now you move and I'll shoot.  Tell them not to harm my brother or I'll tell King to finish what he started.  Back, King. But watch him, boy. Play off for a while, Sam.  This is a situation. Looks like we're all stymied for a while. As Sergeant Preston neared Moussir's cabin he wondered why King didn't come to meet him. Then he heard angry voices shouting. He stopped his team and crept toward them silently.  Moussir, be quiet. This man means what he said. Nobody ain't telling me now. Drop that gun. You're covered. I'm out of here. Pull up your hands. Both of you. Sergeant Preston. Get his gun, Jim. Here it is. Where's Jane? She's in the cabin. Dork's in there. Your dog's got him caught.  Jane! Jane! Sergeant Preston's here. Now you two stand together. I'm handcuffing you. Waiting for Jonathan to come back. Keep watching him, boy. I'll line up with those two, Dork. I'm taking you to town. Sergeant, I'm so glad to see you. I guess you'll be safe now, Jane. You won't leave me, will you, Jonathan? No, Moussir. Jim, or Jonathan, as you call him, will stay with you for a while. King and I will take care of these three. That cur... Watch it, Dork. King's going to be your shadow all the way to Dawson. Perhaps you'd better be nice to him. Yes, fella. You did a fine job. These copyrighted dramas originate in the studios of WXYZ Detroit, and all characters, names, places, and incidents used are fictitious. They are sent to you each week at the same time and reach you from our transcription studios. Hal Neill speaking. 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