They obey him just by the way he pulls on the reins. O ne such apprentice, James Birch, ends up owning his own stage company, the California Stage Company, which carries mail and passengers from San Francisco over the Sierra. The blacksmith and repair shops are at division points, which also are replacement centers for men and animals. A t the home stage stations meals can be purchased. Although passengers carry their own food and water to partake of in the coaches, the home stations provide decent meals.
Staples are bacon, eggs, hot biscuits, green tea and coffee, dried peaches and apples, and pies.
They all lead back into the mountains and we may therefore expect a season of fine weather. Mr. King, on the Bodie and Mammoth Road has completed a fine barn so is now able to house a larger number of horses in winter. Void if altered, Void 30 days after date. This ticket must be presented with any claim, within 48 hours of occurrence.