A Borderline Story

Uncle Joe sees some surveyors down by the railroad tracks next to the hotel. He mistakenly believes that a new road is going to be built there. Joe thinks the hotel will get a lot more customers. Kate learns from surveyor Ralph Craig that the last survey done twenty-five years ago was incorrect. The new survey shows that the border between Hooterville County and Pixley County runs right through the Shady Rest. Now Joe thinks there's money to be made from curiosity seekers. Kate and the girls are shocked when they see that Joe has painted a line through the hotel. He makes a sign calling the place Twin County Hotel. The hotel does do a lot more business. Mr. Travis, from the Pixley License Division, tells Kate there's a lot of red tape in operating a business in two counties. Licenses and fees required could cost her in the thousands. Mr. Lindley, from the Pixley Health Dept., also finds costly problems. Mr. Dixon from the Pixley Building Dept., finds more issues. Having half the hotel in Pixley also causes problems for the girls. Kate comes up with a permanent solution with the help of the Cannonball moving the hotel.