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Montana Bill gets a job at a ranch where he falls foul of the ranch foreman who resents the interest which Bill arouses in Ruth, the ranch-owner's daughter. The foreman plots to have Bill suspected of his own cattle thefts, and later, of the murder of one of his accomplices. After several incidents Bill's enemies are defeated and his integrity is established.

Bill Warren goes West to claim his inheritance, the Bar-L Ranch, situated over a large petroleum deposit. While traveling to the ranch, Bill meets Natalie, a young woman who is planning to meet her brother. Unknown to Natalie, her brother is head of a gang that will stop at nothing to gain access to the Bill's oil. The gang deceives Bill into selling stock in the ranch, then cheats him and the local townsfolk of their money. Bill is blamed for the subterfuge but is eventually able to prove his innocence. While pursuing the gang, Bill and his horse ride fall from a high cliff to the rocks below. He soon brings the gang to justice, saves the ranch, and wins Natalie's love.

The hero has inherited the Bar-U ranch near the town of Ord. On the way to Ord he meets a charming girl who invites him to ride in her automobile. He accepts the invitation, telling his horse to follow, which the intelligent animal does, arriving the next day. In Ord, Bill meets the half brother of his traveling companion and a parson. They announce that they are oil promoters and have discovered that his ranch is the center of the oil region. Bill has his suspicions, but tells them to go ahead. They sell stock to the town folks. When the two crooks are about to make their getaway, Bill steps in. With the help of the girl the money is saved. Getting back to town, Bill tells the stockholders that the well is a gusher which the promoters have capped, thus hoping to buy back the stock and make the entire fortune. The indignant citizens chase the promoters out of town. Bill and the girl have a private meeting at the church, where the knot is tied.

Impressed by cowboy Ned Underwood's rescue of a drowning child, Rose Dale is pleased to find herself on the same westward-bound train with Ned. She relates her purpose of investigating reports of rustling at her ranch, and he offers to take a dishwashing job on her ranch and find out who is responsible. Rose's foreman, who wants her ranch for himself, tries to scare her away, then takes more drastic measures. To rescue Rose, who has been locked in a cabin with a bear, Ned wrestles with the animal, lassoes an airplane, climbs up the rope, and tosses the villain out of the airplane.