Jan 10-1924.. Mr. Arthur H. Clark The Arthur H. Clark Company 4027-4037 Prospect Ave Cleveland, Ohio. My dear Mr. Clark; Mrs. Russell has been critically ill since the better part of Nov. and unable to attend to any correspondence – at her direction I have ^sent you^ gotten off three of the book size cuts for “Back Trailing on the Old Frontier”, and one copy of a newspaper showing method of handling the articled etc. These drawings were reproduced in two sizes :- one in the book size for smaller Montana weeklie[sic] and the layer – such as I sent you a copy of - appeared in ^Sunday Edition^ Magazine Section of a number of National daileys[sic]. In answer to your questions is numbered:- 1 – There will be 51 drawings 2 – There is text for each of the drawings. 3 – We have the original plates for these drawings but cannot judge their condition – Or few may have to be retouched – The greater number are in the ^same^ condition as the three sent you- namely namely #7[?] Texas Trail Herd; Old Time Freighters – using “String-Team” or jerk line outfit; w “Wild Bill” Hikok’s [sic] fight with McCandles gang in which he won his nam the ^nick^ nich name x wild Bill. 4. Material ^published^ syndicated by Cheely-Raban Syndicate, Ford Bldg – Great Falls, Montana. who can furnish you list of subscribers x 5. All syndicate rights transfered [sic] to us and fully protected by copyright Royalties due us only- 6. I’m glad to hear you have taken an interest in the book and hope [illegible] We will be glad to hear from ya [sic] further in regard to this Sincerely yours. [Transcript by Lauren B. Gerfen, 2012-08-24]