White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
COVERED WAGON ACTOR
AND BULLWHACKER HERE
By Charies Suehroe
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After having done his part in the
completion of the Garrison-dlmed
moving picture, THE Covered Wag-
Hollywood to Ely, spending several
days here, and will leave again for
the southern California movie me
tropolis, where he will resume his
employment with the Universal Film
Corporation, with which he has been
Laskey concern.
Mr.. Clark Is a professional bron-
cho buster and roper, having been
in the show business as such for
years. When the big picture outfit
came TO Garrison he entered its I'M
ploy as an OK driver and broke most
of the eighteen head of oxen TO the
yoke. He also drove horses and
mules and did stunts as a broncho
buster and with the RATA.
Several head of oxen were
drowned in the lake" he says. end
a few horses and mules.
The water above the Garrison
dam. where the teams swan across
hitched to their wagons. as they
are supposed TO have been forced to
do with the pioneers crossing the
plains. mountains and rivers in the
days of 40. is thirty-fye feet deep.
The women performers were dress
ed as in the old days with hcopskirts
and sunbonnets and Mr.. Clark says
If a mar met his own wife among
them in that regalia he would lot
have recognized her. He had n of
his feminine pals with two or three
others come by and tap him on the
shoulder, asking him where his bull
team was. When he went up there
the women had their s~unbonnets
thrown back and he then recognized
them for the first time.
There were $50 covered wagons
and teams in the outf, and more of
them would have been oxen had 1t
been possible to have broken them
and had them working in the time
required in getting up the picture.
1t furnished employment for many
bull drivers and other teamsters and
the going wage for such skilled work
was $3.50 a day. Owners of two
horse teams got IS a day and found
and those with four-herse teams got
s13. Common laborers received a
In California no outdoor scenes
were filmed. according to Mr.. Clark.
The work there was putting together
the great picture and taking a nj m
Der of indoor scene and working in
a large number OF paintings that had
been made especially fer The pnr
pose. The snow scenes in the big
pine forests were taken in Oregon
Other snow scenes were taken Al
Garrison. ii having showed heavily
there in October and \ souple of
times on November.
The work started at Garrison
October 3 and was in progress there
until a few days before Thanksgiv-
ing. when all hands left for Califcr-
MIA by way of Milford. In the bunch
OF desert employees who went along
were Jim Hanson OF Baker. a bron.
cho buster who is known as Yakima
Yak.
Going with Clark this time to en-
ter the Universal employ is Lee Will
liams. another broncho tanner OF the
first water. Clark and a Utah part
ner pulled off the Baker rodeo last
Fourth of July.
Clark says a big picture is being
filmed al Zion canyon and several Of
the Garrison performers are starring
in IL. ]. Y. kerrigan has Jack Pad
gen doubling for him: another Is
Lois Wilson, with William Brown
doubling for her. These four and
several others are remembered az
Garrison rs taking prominent parts.
FOR SHE Sudebaker Super