 A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty hyo silver, the Lone Ranger. Around lonely campfires throughout the western United States, cowboys still tell of the mysterious phantom figure of the plains. He fought crime relentlessly. His blazing guns brought law and order to the frontier in the days when men openly defied the rules of society. And now, adventure is brought to life once more as silver thunders down the trail. The Lone Ranger rides again! Come on, silver old fellow! Town of Cottonwood is in danger! We must hurry! Counting the town of Cottonwood, the old riverbeds were filled to overflowing. By a steady rain which had continued for several days, water roared down countless streams to pour into the artificial lake and overtax the dam. As our story begins, we find the masked man and his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, riding through the downpour. The driving force of the rain blinded them. They had dropped their reins, trusting to the instinct of their horses to find shelter. It's impossible to see while we're going, Tonto. We'll have to let our horses find some shelter. Then, if we're called, maybe, rain that's just a long time. Do you think it'll continue through the night? Isn't that right? If it keeps on much longer, the town will be in danger. Maybe, luck comes. The people dam the river in the form of Cottonwood Lake. That dam breaks, the entire lake will flood the town. What can make lake poor? The stone water for the dry spells. It was a fine idea, Tonto. They never thought the dam would have to stand the strain of a storm like this. It was on many moons. Now, where's those pioneers and Cottonwood have ever seen? Cottonwood, in the high. Not just in Chimozame. The settlers would be trapped in the valley of the dam brooks, and have to race for the hills to save their lives. That's right. What is it, Silver Old Boy? Something ahead. Maybe, it plays a way. Go ahead, Silver. If only we could see through the darkened storm. There, mate. Do you see it, Tonto? Come on, Tonto. One entire side is open. Good for you, Silver. You found something for us. It's plenty good. I'll rush for a little while and get some food from the saddlebags. Build up a small fire, Tonto. We'll try to fix some warm meal for the horses. They need it after this trip. Maybe, we spend the night here. No, just to push on. Folks in town may not realize the dangerous condition of the lake. We've seen how high the water is there. What are you doing, Tonto? We see what's here. It may be a cave or a horse. It isn't likely. Make them sure it'd be safe. Then make them fire. Oh, well. Wait. The city's over. That dangerous sign. Someone's coming here. Oh, the dolphin's been hiding here in this house here. The dolphin's been hiding with us since he busted out in the federal prison. Oh, boy. Over there. Yeah, the dolphin made a first-class hideout in the barn. I tell you, Kilton, don't be a smart man to have for a boss. You don't know him alone. You've been traveling with him for a long time. Yeah, I know. Now I'll pass the gig a blast and potter up to you. All right. Now grab a hold. 50 pound a pot here. There it is. You've got to be wrapped in tarpaulin so as to keep dry on the trip to the dam. Yeah. I wish someone besides me was slated with a job of blowing up a dam. You do the job and you're in the gang for keeps. He'll let go on his own hook or the storm keeps on. The dolphin won't wait for that. He wants a flood when he wants it. That'll give us a chance to get the best of the loot that'll be left by the settlers and get it in our hiding place before we clear off. All right, Sammy. The water's down. We'll sneak back and get it from the hiding place, huh? That's it. I'll get for the barn. Wait. Huh? Hold your horse quiet a minute. What's the matter? Are you alone in the shed? Sure, we're alone. I'll give you any other ID. Thought I heard another horse in here. There you're local. Who'd be in the saddle this sort of weather? Anyone here? Give your horse speaker. That's your horse? Well, it's still. Mine ain't moved neither. I'm going to strike a light to have a look. You keep a hold of that powder. I'll strike a light. Go ahead. Watch now and hold your gun ready. Who is it? Fire! Where'd he go? Right past us. Why is there more? I can't see a thing. You're shooting blindly. They got away. There was two of them. Where did the boss hear of this? Who was them, too? And how much did they hear? So then the two of them lit out and raced right past us, Dalton. Yeah, did you see them? The fine pair of two-cup men you are. Well, I couldn't shoot fast because the horses was between me and them two. And Kelso couldn't shoot fast because he held that keg of powder. I'll tell you, though, Dalton, I must have been hiding from the law. There wouldn't have been there. Hiding from the law or hunting me? One or the other. No one has any idea where to hunt you, boss. I don't know about that. Sharks, who'd worry about hunting you down this sort of storm? Everyone in town's got their hands full of their own trouble. Kelso, you got too blame much to say for a new man. Well, I didn't... Shut up! Yeah, boss, sure thing. You may get that powder wrap so it'll stay dry. We get that wet out of nowhere, we'll get any more. Now, look, if anyone comes here, I'll get out of sight, so heavy. You don't know nothing about me. Meantime, we got to get organized for the cleanup. When do you figure on having the dam blowed up? As soon as it can be arranged. You all set the blast, Kelso. Yeah, so Malone told me. Each of you men will have some place to go to as soon as the folks are panicked by the flood. But law will take the general store. Get cash and ammunition. Put it in the hide-and-place and then hightail. Yeah. Link and Hardy will do the same for the bank. And Hank and Red will take the express office and go to the essay office. Now, get it straight. Listen to what's to be done if someone else comes snooping around. It was morning when the Lone Ranger in Tato reached the threatened town. Their tired horses splashed through the muddy streets, halting before the office of Sheriff Crystal. Inside, they saw a group of men, and they could hear the sheriff giving orders. We gotta do one or two things, boys, and do it quick. We might try and reinforce the dam with rocks and mud, or try and move them boulders from the south outlet of the lake and let the water flow out that way. Them boulders weigh tons, Sheriff. I know that you, Tom. Besides that, the water's rushing out between them already. We'd have to work again the force of the water. Tom, trying to reinforce the dam would be as tough if not tougher. Well, it's a toss-up. Whatever you do, we gotta do it quick. The dam won't stand much more strain. Yeah, well, let's go. The whole lake will be poured onto the town. Boys! I figure there ain't no use trying to save the town. What do you mean, ma'am? I take our families and work we can carry and head to the hill. You doggone quitter, you. Well, some of us got more to leave behind than you got. Yeah, some of us got homes. How about we're trying to save the dam? Well, I don't. I'm for trying to move them rocks on the south side of the lake. If it wasn't for them, the lake wouldn't have filled up in the first place. Well, make your minds up. We might move the rocks if we could only get some blast and powder, but there just ain't any. We wouldn't have no chance of moving them without it. We'll take iron bars or whatever else we can get to use as levers. Maybe we can move enough rocks to let the water out. Is that what you all decided on? No, I want to get out of here. All right, then. All you men get your horses hitched. Load anything you've got and away with spades and picks. Meet here in 15 minutes and we'll head for the south outlet of the lake. All right. Cheryl. Huh? What the? I know where there's some blasting powder. You do? Yes. And also an outlaw that's wanted badly. Have you heard of Slick Dalton? Dalton? Great guns. He's the coyote that busted out of the federal prison. He's in hiding, not far from here. Hold on. Who are you wearing that mask? There's no time to discuss that now. Come with me and bring a couple of men. We may be able to capture Dalton, get a keg of powder he's planning to use to blow up your dam. Blow up the dam? Yes. Do you think it's possible for him and his men to loot the town during the flood? Why, that's on a rate. But hold on, mister. I ain't so sure about being able to trust you. You have no choice. You need that powder. You can't move those rocks without it. You say there's a scheme afoot to loot the town? Yes. How'd you learn about it? Don't waste time with questions. Come with me. Well, maybe I'll profit by wasting time. Maybe you're just doing this to get me where I won't be on hand to help the boys. I have no time to argue the point. Come with me or I'll take you by force. Put up that gun. Come with me. You thought it would stay here and give the men any message you want. Shut up. Tell the men to head for the south outlet. The sheriff will meet them there with blasting powder. Don't tell them. I'll come along, sheriff. And hope we're not too late. If we meet any men on the way, we'll take them with us. All right, all right. I'll go. But put that gun down. If I find you are trying to... Your men will go to the lake. All right. I'll take the chance. We need that blasting powder mighty bad. Lead the way, stranger. Townsmen hurried to the lake, hoping to clear away the rocks that blocked its southern outlet. In the meantime, the sheriff, although still not convinced of the masked man's story, followed the lone ranger to the old barn where the golden gang was stationed. Oh, oh, that's a bit... No more. Whoa. We're in here, eh? Yes. You'd better keep your guns handy. Hope the other boys are heading for the rocks. They'll need all the time they can get. I'll call to those men to surrender. How are they, sheriff? Good work. Looks like they're coming out on their own hook. Didn't think you'd manage them like that, sheriff. Huh? You men are wanted by the law. Come on, sheriff. The leader is somewhere inside here. Look for him in a man named Kelso. Don't fall for his land of plavagence. Sheriff, that there fellow is Dalton. But I reckon you know that. This masked man? You don't believe it. He's been covered. Better take them guns than he is. I guess you had word to turn him over to us, didn't you, sheriff? Now, hold on. Just who is Slick Dalton? That masked comrade, of course. Slick Dalton is the boss of these men. This one is named Malone. He's one of the gang. That's a good line of talk. My name is Malone all right, sheriff. But me and my parts were sent here by the federal government, the Corral Dalton. We chased him here and sent word on to you. I reckon the Reigns must have held up our letters some. How about that Blaston powder you got here? Why, we don't have any Blaston powder, sheriff. You had some here last night? Sheriff, search this barn. Kelso and Dalton are missing. They might be inside here someplace. You're welcome to search all your mind, sheriff. But don't let this hombre get loose. Thought he could hoodwink us, eh? You got in a badge of office. There's my federal badge. Stolen from the man Dalton killed. You're free to have a look inside the barn, sheriff. It's no use. By this time, Kelso and Dalton have gone. They're probably on their way to plant the Blasting Powder at the dam. If you're all gone, I'm going to take you all into custody. And lose priceless time. I take that chance. Well, I won't. Someone has to go to the dam and stop those men. You're covered by that gun. Come on over here. The curtain falls on the first act of our thrilling Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. The Lone Ranger overheard a plot to destroy the dam holding back the floodwaters that threatened the town of Cottonwood. But when the masked man led the sheriff to the hideout of the outlaws, they claimed the Lone Ranger was an escaped prisoner who had killed a federal officer while shooting his way to freedom. Before the sheriff could prevent him, however, the masked man leaped to the saddle and raced toward the Cottonwood dam. Come on, there's children! The town's men were working desperately for a landslide it filled in the Lake Southern Outlet. Kipped deep in the rushing flood, they labored to clear away the rocks and earth which held back the water. Give me a hand with this bar now. Write down on it. Me? Me helping? Can't seem to budge the rocks. Try harder. Come on, grab hold here. We've got to move them all together now. Iron... Take no use trying with this bar. We've got to get some heavier levers under that rock. Try another one. The rest of the rocks are bigger than this one, Tom. Take no use. Where's the sheriff, anyhow? Him. Him maybe come soon. Maybe fetch powder. He better come down soon. The dam over yonder won't hold much longer. Tom, the rain is letting up some. Maybe it's going to stop. What if it does? That won't help us none. Well, if the rain stops, the lake won't be filled no higher than what it is now. Who says it won't? All them streams of water in the hills are filled overflow, ain't they? That's so. And they're all running into Cottonwood Lake. We've got to let the water out. Well, we won't do it this way. Well, try again. We've got to have some blasting powder. There ain't no other way to do it. We can't stay here doing nothing. Keep trying. That was more. Grab a hold and pull down now. The men continued their brave but futile efforts to save the town. While the floodwaters relentlessly poured into the lake, they fought with shovels and crowbars. But unknown to them, the outlaws, Slick Dalton and Kelso, had gone to the dam at the other end of the lake. There, they prepared the charge of blasting powder that would shatter the dam and flood the town. They can that be all right, boys? That's it. We've got to fix a little hole here so as to bring it out. Here, so as to rain won't put the fuse out. All right, Shabby. Here. I'll do that digging. Go ahead. Wonder if that stranger's brought any loam into the hideout. A loam and the rest have their orders of anything like that happens. Yeah. If they know what's good for them, they won't forget them orders. You're in the clear. Five minutes after this blast, let's go. Every man in town will be running for his life. They'll be plenty occupied with their own troubles. Yeah. That'll do, won't it? Sure. Now fix the fuse and make it long enough to give us a chance to get away from here. Right. How'll this be? Good enough. Hey, did you hear that? Yeah. The same man that was in the shed last night. Like that fuse. It's coming up here. The blast will stop him. The fuse is gone. Get for the horses. Hurry up, Kelso. Make it. He's shooting. He's masked, boss. He's not shooting us. He's shooting at the powder. How do you know? No, he's heading this way. We can't make the horses. We better shoot him out with him. Let's get away from here. Put out with a bullet. Right like you were. He'll stay here until the law gets you. I'll rope you. Let me go. My hand's hurt. I'll rope him tight. Don't fight for a gun, Kelso. Keep your hands high. That'll hold you. Get that powder keg. Take it where it's needed. Don't leave me here. Get that powder, Kelso. We ain't no powder, no sign of that. Powder? It's keeping right to work. Drilling into the ground under the rocks for powder, Tom. We may as well help you. It's wasting time. Wasting time to try and move these rocks in the other way. Keep trying. Tackle this rock. Maybe it'll be loose. We can't give up. As long as that damn holds, there's a chance we can save the town. I'll keep it going. You engine, come here. Give me a hand. We can't hold victim pole for powder. Never mind that. We need him. We don't need him. We ain't no powder. Friends say powder come. Well, he ain't brought it. Powder come soon. Come on! You hear? There's a couple men on horses. Who are they? That friend. They're powder. Now we go rock way. Now we can save the town. Boys, drop what you're doing. Give the red skin a hand. Thank goodness he's been working like he has. Saved a heap of time. There's your powder. Thank gosh we got here. Thank you, tunnel. He got him. Keep an eye on Kelso. He's one of Dawkins' gang of outlaws. He'll be glad to save his neck by telling what he knows about Dawkins. Well, watch him. Let that blast. I'll be listening for the blast. Sheriff had thrown the rest of the Dawkins gang in jail, planning to hold them until he had proof of their innocence. They protested angrily, but the sheriff refused to listen. I don't give a hang what you say you are, Malone. I ain't taking no chances. Now look here. You can't jail us. We're federal men. You say the mask man's Dawkins, and he says he ain't. He says you're part of Dawkins' gang, and you say you're government men. We got a badge to prove it. When Dalton escaped, he stole a badge from the man he shot. Maybe that's what you got. You're letting Dalton get away. Well, I ain't letting you get away. What's more, I didn't know Slick Dalton rid a white horse that he called Silver. And I never know the Crook of Dalton's breed, but it had the nerve to ride off like he done. You hear about this, Sheriff. You just wait. Mm-hmm. Now I reckon I'll have to stay here and guard you coyotes, and trust the Tom and the rest to do something about it. Sheriff, you... There he is. That's him. That's Dalton. You believe that, Sheriff? Dog-gun it. I don't know what to believe. Put down them guns, and we'll talk it over. No. I'm not going to take another chance of being put into jail while I'm trying to help you. The real Dalton and the other man I told about blow up that dam. This town will be flooded, and everyone in jail will be trapped with no hope of escape. You can't leave us here. Let us go. Let us out. You told the truth, Malone. You've nothing to fear. You can't leave us here like this. What if that dam let's go? It isn't likely to. The rain has stopped. What if it's blowed up? Unless you're in the Dalton crowd, and unless my story is a true one, there will be no blast. You yourself said there was no blasting powder, Malone. Then you didn't find none? Whose story do you believe, Sheriff? Well, I'm beginning to decide with you, stranger. That white horse seems like I've heard things about it. That sounded like a blast. It was. They blowed the dam. They done it. It was right, stranger. They did have powder. Let me out. Let me out of here. Don't leave us to die. This town will be flooded in no time. Who blew up that dam? I won't drown to save him. It's Slick Dalton. Where was he? Ain't this him? No, no. Slick Dalton's up at the dam. You admit it now? Yeah. And so do I. It was Slick Dalton and Kelso. The two of them went up there. They took the blast and powder. They blowed the dam up. They aimed to flood the town. Save us, Sheriff. Let us out of here. We'll confess. We'll tell everything. They can't leave us drowned like this. Be quiet a minute, spy. Some duration there's a confession for you. You admit you were in Slick Dalton's crowd? Sure, sure. We admit it all. Unless you were in on the plan, you'd have no way of knowing where that blast was or what it meant. We wasn't in on it. I tell you, we was in on it. But it was Dalton's idea. Slick Dalton schemed the whole thing. What else did he plan to do? He aimed to have us loot the town. He's got a hiding place. If you let us go, we'll show you where that hiding place is. We'll have to come back after the floods gone down. Just get us out of here. That's all. So the scheme was just like you said it was, stranger. You're convinced of that, Sheriff? I am convinced. But now we've got to get out. We've got to run for our lives. There's no danger, Sheriff. The town will be flooded. There will be no flood. The dam won't break now or any other time. But that blast... That blast meant that the dam was safe. The blasting powder was moved from the dam where Kelso and Dalton were plotting it to the south end. The blast you heard meant that the rocks are cleared away and the lake has found an outlet to relieve the strain on the dam. And you done that? Kelso carried the powder for me. I'll have Dalton's hide until you can take him into custody. You'll find him near the dam. The honoris snake. He got us into this. Now I'll talk my head off to see Dalton go back to jail. His kind ain't safe for no man to associate with. Stranger, let's get out of here. These crooks are safe. After me not believing anything you told me, there ain't no reason why you should believe me. I believe what you tell me, Sheriff. All right then. Listen here. You know when you escaped from us about the old barn? Yes. I poured lead at you. Remember that? Yes, but you were a pretty poor shot, Sheriff. Maybe so. I heard you call that horse Silver. Savvy? Not exactly. I don't generally miss the mark I shoot at, but my bullet sure went wild when I fired at you. Hey! What you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.