Synopsis

Homer Bedloe had returned to Hooterville, determined once more to derail the Cannonball. Convinced that irregularities must exist within the railway’s finances – given the absence of a report from Charley and Floyd in twelve years – he embarked on an investigation that proved far more perplexing than rewarding. Simultaneously, Uncle Joe was assigned the job of excavating a drainage ditch near the tracks. Seeking a shortcut, he devised a scheme to advertise “silver prospecting” along the railway