 Despite past friendliness, cattle ranchers Tom (Lafe McKee) and Jim Bledsoe (Bob Steele), father and son, fence off their range to prevent its use by neighboring sheep ranchers Tug Wilson (Al Hewston) and Buck Rankin (Al Ferguson), suggesting that they hope to end their recent loss of cattle. Rankin (not Rankins) shoots Tug, who is unaware of Rankin s (possessive S only and still not Rankins) lawless activities,in an argument and Jim is accused of murder and also stampeding the sheep. Believing Jim is guilty, Tug s daughter, Ruth (Louise Lorraine), aids Buck in capturing Jim, but he escapes. Ruth gets help from Sheriff Hank Baxley (Hank Bell), and a sheepherder, Sanchez (Merrill McCormick), reveals Rankin s responsibility for both the rustling of Bledsoe s catte and the killing of Wilson.