Marilyn Mewton
FILE - In this Aug. 27, 1998 file photo, shoes hang from the landmark "shoe tree," located on U.S. 50 in Nevada, about 125 miles east of Reno. Authorities say vandals have cut down the 70-foot cottonwood near Middlegate late Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 or early Friday. Fresh sawdust was found on the snow. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NEVADA APPEAL OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES.
