A fiery horse with the speed of light A cloud of dust And a hearty hi-yo silver The Lone Ranger The passing of the open range Led to many bitter fights Between cattlemen and homesteaders And even between the ranchers themselves Over boundaries and water rights Range wars might have followed If it had not been for the masked rider of the plains It was he who blazed the trail for progress And put an end to violence on the frontier Return with us now to those thrilling days When the west was young From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats Of the great horse Silver The Lone Ranger rides again Come on Silver We're heading for the circle bar There's going to be trouble Oh Silver The stage for Buffalo Pass Jolted along the rocky trail Get up Come on get up there Inside the coach were two men and a girl Tex Hardy His sister Anne And young Ray Gordon The new manager of the great circle bar ranch Come on you lazy goons Get up We've been expecting you for most a month Mr. Gordon Everybody in the county's been looking forward to meeting you Would you mind calling me Ray, Miss Hardy? Not if you call me Anne And me Tex That suits me fine I'm glad you didn't turn out the way we were afraid you would How's that? Well nobody'd ever heard of you We were afraid you'd be an Easterner A tenderfoot I was born in Wyoming Anne You don't have to tell us now I'll say you don't There's a heap of folks gonna breathe a sigh of relief You think so? I'm sure of it Circle bar is the biggest outfit around Buffalo Pass And the manager always takes the lead in everything While when Joe Murphy was alive There wasn't one of us ranchers at Roper Dogey Without asking his advice And you expect me to step into Joe's shoes? Well, sort of I might not have the same ideas, Tex Well, that's reasonable You're a lot younger But you're one of us That's all that matters For a while we thought our sheriff, Bill Kendall Was gonna get the job And that would've suited us fine Especially Bill He's a smart hombre, sis You wouldn't get any argument from him about that All right Maybe he does talk about himself a little too much But I was trying to tell Ray something Even if folks were rooting for Bill They're gonna forget all about it when they meet you, Ray We'll wait and see, Tex Oh, you can take our word for it We think you're regular Of course you'll be mighty busy for the next day or two But I'm gonna have a party Saturday night And you're gonna be the guest of honor Will you come? I'd like to I won't take any excuses It's settled You're gonna shake hands with a whole car Get up there, you're coming Hey, what the... It's a masked man and an engine Now, hold up We haven't been in trouble with road agents for a year Keep your gun on him, Tuttle Ah, Gordon, are you there? I'm right here, masked man Do you know him? We brought a horse for you You can ride with us to the ranch I've been wanting to have a talk with you Goodbye, Tex It's a nice meeting you, Ann Ray Come on, Silver Get up there Come on Since Wayne of Outlaw's been working on the Circle Bar crew, Tex I don't like it They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps So you're going through with your plan? You say the word, I won't No, I believe it's wise But you're going to have trouble This country isn't right for farming And most of the people around here think they'll never be bothered by homesteaders The country wasn't right for farming in Spring Valley You know what happened there They couldn't stop the homesteaders from moving in They plowed up the land, worked it for a couple of years, and then they moved out Now the valley's all grown up with weeds There's no good for range, either I know The days of the open range are over I can see that as well as you do But it's going to be hard to make these ranchers face the future It's my job Out on there, you're going to stay near Buffalo Pass You may need us I guess so You think you ought to start wearing a gun? You've got along without one Yeah, but... Wearing a gun forced you to kill a man once It was in self-defense, I know And when the jury acquitted you, you told me you'd never wear a gun again Well, Buffalo Pass isn't much different from Spring Valley You might run into the same situation You're right The six-shooter stays on the wall We're stopping here, Ray There's the ranch down below Uh-huh Nice spread Good luck Yeah, I'll need it Get up there, boy The boss has something to say Boys, I've only been here a week But I want to tell you right now You're the finest crew I ever worked with No, I mean it So far, we've got along fine But I'm going to start giving some orders that you won't like Well, we figured we'd have to go to work sooner or later You mean round up the strays in the canyon? Well, there's none of you can guess So just sit tight and listen I, uh... I want you to file homestead claims On every inch of ground in this valley Just hear me out, boys I know you're not farmers And you don't have to be The law says if you file a claim to a section of land And build on it That land is yours You've explained it to me, boss But I still haven't got it straight We're not going to live in the bunkhouse anymore? Well, you'll have to live in your cabins You'll still eat up here, that's all It's going to be mighty inconvenient The ranch will pay you grazing rights on your land Well, that ain't bad And in time, we'll buy it Uh-huh Only, uh... Only what, Sunshine? Gosh, blink it, Ray We don't want to even look like homesteaders Oh, this is the only way We can keep them out of the valley Now, listen I got a name for bar in trouble That's why they call me Sunshine But not even me Has figured out homesteaders bothering us here They will By spring at the latest Well, you come from farther east You know what the ranchers have been up against there I guess you know what you're doing Now, that isn't all, though That's all you told me Wait From Rock Point north to the Sycamores And then from the Sycamores east to the ranch And from the ranch south to the pass And from the pass west to Rock Point We're... We're going to build a fence Fence? A fence? You can't mean it, boss We'll start just as soon as you boys have filed your claims A fence at Buffalo Pass A fence all around the Circle Bar Range Miles of it Ninety, to be exact But you can't There's other cattle besides ours running the range Yeah As many had It's sticking a knife in the back of our friends No It's showing them what they'll all have to do Sooner or later Then let it be later After I'm dead and gone Cattlemen like me have fought barbed wire All across the state of Wyoming If you think I'm going to start stringing it now You're a local, Ray The fence is going to be built If you want to be counted out, sunshine That's up to you Then draw your time with a two-month bonus I've been here five years And I'd hate to lose you But that goes for everybody This job has got to be done If you don't want any part of it Just draw your time and clear out I guess the boys would like a little time to think about it, Ray Oh, sure And any questions you have I'll be glad to answer them Did old man Richardson give you the go-ahead on this? He certainly did Well, I can't understand it Most likely mean the boys will be sticking by you, son We'll file the claims And we'll build the cabins And we'll build the fence Then do you know what's going to happen? The circle bar range will be safe Yeah, but we won't Our rancher friends are going to have something to say about that We won't be living all together here We'll be scattered all over the valley They'll get us one by one while we're sleeping Mark my words, Ray At the end of the year There won't be a mother-son of us alive Good night, sunshine Steady there, boy Sure is, Ann It's been a long time having this party And a long time getting here, Ray It's been a lot of work at the ranch Yeah, but now that you've come I don't think you'd better stay Why not? We've just found out that your crew has filed homestead claims And that you're building a fence Wow, that's not true Made you mighty unpopular with the men inside I don't want any gun playing around here So you'd better go home I don't carry a gun All the more reason for you to vamp I'd like a chance to talk with the men They've heard your arguments They got them from sunshine I might be able to argue a little better This won't do you any good I like you, Ray I don't want to see you getting into any trouble And you're asking for it That fence will never be built If you keep trying Well, I can't answer for what... Gordon, get out of here There we are There's only one way to deal with a fence building Homestead and Coyote Go for you again You're Bill Kendall, aren't you? Yeah Sheriff Kendall I left my badge inside This is man to man Sorry I can't oblige you I don't carry a gun We'll fix that up Give him one, boys No, thanks Yellow, huh? Take you off your gun belt And I'll answer that with my fist That suits me Hold this, Tex No, you can't Now, wait a minute Inside the house, Ann There's no place for you Tex, stop them Come on, you pull, Cat Come and get it I'm ready Someone's riding this way, Tonto Ray Gordon's the only one Who knows where we are We'll see who it is plenty soon You better step back out of the light of the fire Hi there Anybody around? It is, Ray Oh, there you are I thought I saw Silverback in the trees What brings you here at this time of night? Well, uh, can you see my face good? Well, you've been in a fight Yep If I've been carrying a gun, I've been done for What happened? Well, I rode over to Hardy Ranch for a party And the sheriff and I put on the entertainment They're all against me, masked man I thought they would be I know I'm right, only Well, I don't want to take any chance of my boys getting hurt They're all living on their claims now And what shall I do? Go ahead, Ray You mean that? We'll keep a close watch on Kendall and Hardy And all the other ranchers We'll answer for the safety of your men That's the promise I've been looking for Thanks, mister Adios, Ray Adios Get up, boy We're down now I had a talk with Sunshine today He's sticking with Gordon At least he thinks he is But tonight we're going to give him a last choice Hot lead or couldn't his job Some of the boys would rather go after Gordon himself So would I He's got ten men up at the ranch house, though We wouldn't be able to smoke him out Sunshine will quit, don't worry about that And when he does The whole crew will follow suit Are you ready? Let's pull your bandanas over your face And let's get going How far back are they? Maybe half mile It's going to be close Come on, Silver Get him up, scout There's the cabin And no light Let's hope the sun shines up at the ranch He isn't, though There's his horse at the side Get his saddle Not how to do it Sunshine Pull on your boots Kendall and the ranches are on their way here Kendall Hurry up I am Your horse will be saddled We'll head to the ranch house I knew something like this would happen I don't You're a mess Never mind, that's Force already They're coming Climb aboard Right Come on, Silver Come on, scout Hey, a mess man An engine with him Open fire The curtain falls on the first act Of our Lone Ranger story Before the next exciting scenes Please permit us to pause For just a few moments Now to continue our story As the Lone Ranger Tonto and Sunshine Raced across the level range Toward the ranch house A bright glare leaped to the sky behind them Sunshine's cabin had been fired And by the time they reached the main corral of the ranch They found Ray and several men already in the saddle The masked man got me out in time If I'd have known you was friends with the Lone Ranger And he was around here I'd have felt a heap better about this But all the same Who was it? Kendall and the ranchers I told you about Kendall laying down the lawn to me today They didn't follow you? They saw they couldn't catch us But your other men out there are not safe It's time they moved back to the ranch house Better sacrifice them than sacrifice their lives You bet We'll round them up tonight Fine sheriff Leading a bunch of night riders That's what I've been wondering about If it weren't for Kendall Hardy and the rest of them wouldn't try violence There's something personal in this Ray The sheriff doesn't forget the duties of his office Without a good reason He only took the job of sheriff Because he couldn't get Ray's job Is that true? So they tell me That's it then Fence or no fence He wants to drive you out of here He sure been trying to make the boys quit How about it boys? You still with me? You got them sold Ray They'll stick by it to the end They'll be living back here at the ranch The work on the fence will go on Kendall will see that he doesn't have a chance Of making trouble with your crew Will he give up? That wouldn't be my guess We'll have to wait and see what he tries next Round up the boys out on the range Right away And one thing more Ray Carry a rifle in the boot of your saddle from now on But you told me not That isn't the same as carrying a six gun If your crew is attacked during the day You'll want to fight with them I see what you mean And stay with your men Don't ride alone day or night Well I made you a promise I want one in return It makes sense kid All right I promise And I'll see that he keeps it Masked man Good Come on Silver Get him up Long time since you paid the canyon to visit Bill Yeah but They thought you was playing a long game with the ranchers Too long to suit me They're letting that Gordon hombre go ahead with his plans And they won't do a thing to stop him Seems to me I heard about a little raiding party a couple of weeks back Yeah Nothing came of it You still want to be the manager of the circle bar don't you With Gordon out of the way I would be So you come to see me Well old friends are best bad Mm-hmm I never done business with the sheriff before Oh this badge don't mean a thing to me you know that Well if I can depend on it What's on your mind Well you always like to make your own plans Take him prisoner Is that it Get him out of the way For good Old man Richardson Pay a nice ransom None of that No And what would you pay me Well I couldn't pay anything until I got the job Afterwards Well there's ten thousand head of cattle on the circle bar range That ain't exactly news I'll promise you a thousand head a year If you get the job I will Well we'll see You mean it How you gonna work it Just tell me everything you know about the ranch and Gordon Like you say I always make my own plans It's getting dark boss Gotta figure out where to run the fence tomorrow Maybe we should have brought a few more of the boys with us Why take them away from the work Remember your promise to the masked man I'm not alone You're practically alone I wouldn't say that Just the same Nothing's gonna happen sunshine Nothing has for the past two weeks Nothing will The ranchers have pulled in their horns And I wonder why the old ranger's still around here I haven't seen him I did Last night Oh look We don't want to fence off this water hole There's a draw from the hardy place runs down here And we'll leave the hole for their cattle Now Get him Shut him down Don't feel right for boss It's an ambush Sunshine Ray what He's conscious What happened sunshine Oh it's you best man It was an ambush Where's Ray I don't know Take a look at the tracks Tonto See if you can find out how long ago it happened Racks look fresh Where did they lead I don't know how to find out It was a little after sunset Not more than half an hour Well I guess I was hit Your temple was grazed that's all You'll be all right as soon as I get it bandaged Do you have any idea who it was Nope They come riding out of that draw The light wasn't good How many Well I saw five or six There might have been more How does that feel Fine mass man Racks go that way Toward Canyon Maybe ten horse Your horse is still here sunshine We're riding for the sheriff Kendall It's his job to find the man who did it I figure he did it himself We may be able to find out about that When we talk to him Here I'll help you under your saddle No I can manage Here's a little bit Yes count We aren't far from the ranch I could get the boys We'll talk to the sheriff first Come on boy Get him out there count He's home There's a light Who is A mass man Don't get any ideas about that mass Kendall This here's the lone ranger We have some work for you Cheryl Yeah Ray Gordon and sunshine Were drag goats At the foot of Hardy's draw Sunshine looks all right What about Gordon We don't know He's disappeared But Tonto can show you the trail He's disappeared You're here and gone back on you I'll follow that trail by myself We're ready to help you You'll need a posse to round up the gang I don't need anybody I'll follow the trail by myself You three want about your business You get me We get you Sheriff Come on sunshine What's the idea He's up to something Of course he is Tonto You'll ride away with us But you'll come back here Follow him Mark the trail for us But don't let yourself be seen Where are we going Our first stop is Hardy's Ranch Come on silver Get him out That's Tex and Ann on the porch Sunshine That mass zombie We saw on the stage Don't you go for your gun Tex Come here and meet the lone ranger The lone ranger We thought he was an outlaw Tex Ray Gordon has been dry ghost Did you ranchers have anything to do with it Oh no Oh mass man I swear it There's one way you can prove it How Whoever did the job Took Ray with him Is he dead We don't know But if he were They wouldn't have bothered He's a prisoner then What do you want me to do Get your men together And go after the gang You can lead us He leads you all right Get your boys together And make it pronto There's another tunnel sign It's a good thing he went ahead We'd never been able To follow this trail at night I knew that But he'd only lead us To the sheriff The sheriff You mean Bill Kendall The same How about it mass man Bill Kendall knows Who the crooks are I'm sure of it Come on silver Get up Come on Well Tonto You leave horse here Crook may camp in wood Over next rise How close can we get Without being seen Plenty close Maybe you hear him talk That's what I'm hoping Is Ray there Ah Him prisoner He's alive Maybe hurt some Not bad And the sheriff Him fight with leader Bill Kendall and an outlaw Well he must be a prisoner too No Him not prisoner You wait You see What about it Throw me get it over with Oh shut up If you don't I will Go for your gun And you'll be one sorry gent I can outdraw you Any day in the week Now listen You listen to me I got your promise Of a thousand hit a year But how can I be sure You'll get that job I can't Gordon's my prisoner I can get ten thousand Out of old man Richardson Without half trying Maybe he'll make it fifty I tell you it isn't safe To keep him here Put a bullet through him Take him back to the range Where he can be found Why isn't it safe They can follow your trail Wait Anybody follow you No You sure Absolutely Well that's the only way A trail could be followed You don't leave marks In the bed of a stream Pat you gotta do what I say If I wanted to I could give you An awful good reason Out with it Can't you just take my word What's the reason Well The lone ranger's after you Huh He's the one who come and told me About the ambush You talked to the lone ranger Then you came here But he didn't follow me Now I gotta finish Gordon off That's what I say And I ought to give you a dose Of the same medicine How do you know How do you know You weren't followed That hombre smart Boys get your horses What's the idea We're breaking camp We're getting out of here As fast as we can Let me take care of Gordon There he is on the ground Go ahead Yeah you better shoot me Kendall If I live you're gonna hang I won't hang You're all through mister And your job goes to me My head Knock the gun clean out of it The nurse man You're covered back And your camp is surrounded Close in boys Get the coyote's guns You're nothing good Hand over your gun Yeah you got me I had a hunch Just as soon as he Mentioned your name I'll get your ropes Ray Good Shut up you You're loco Can only send me to jail But they'll hang you And I'll be looking forward to it He'll hang all right I've had my ears open For the last hour And it came out That this hombre Is wanted back east For murder We'll use your own handcuffs On you Kendall Oh it's a lie I never did You always did talk too much Now what do you think Of your sheriff Tex He's an ornery No good polecat I suggest that you Take his place Well if the folks Will have me You can count on my vote And mine too After the way I've treated you Ray You just thought You were in the right That's all Well about the fence I still think I am Masked man There's nobody Got the interest Of the west More at heart Than you have And that goes For us ranches too Doesn't it It certainly does Then how about it Doesn't the end Of the open range Mean the end of ranching Not if you meet the problem The way Gordon's meeting it What You're on his side Let him talk to you Give him a chance To tell you the story Of Spring Valley After that You'll be on his side too It's hard to believe Will you listen to me The masked man Wants me to What else can I do Good Time to bring Silver Scout You won't be sorry Tex It never hurt anyone To face the future There's only one way To get ahead And that's to go forward Adios Come on Silver Come on Silver Come on Go away You have just heard It is a copyrighted feature Of the Lone Ranger Incorporated That What else can I do You win
