Written by RIC HARDMAN Directed by  R.G. SPRINGSTEEN Guest Cast FRED CLARK as Commissioner Smoot AUDREY DALTON as Alice Coverly ALAN NAPIER as Major Donaldson BART BURNS as Burt Sparr RIC. R. ROMAN as Yakima KEITH JONES as Robert Coverly DENNIS McCARTHY as Clanton NORMAN LEAVITT as Oakes HAROLD AYER as 2nd Sooner SHUG FISHER as 1st Sooner HARVEY PARRY as 2nd Fighter

The Rangers are sent to a land rush to keep things legal.  The Captain assures Commissioner Smoot that any Rangers taking bribes, filing claims or in any way showing favoritism would face prison. While patrolling the registration area, Chad escorts the beautiful widow Coverly to her wagon.  Reese meets young Robert Coverly who interrupts Reese’s bragging about Indian fighting to brag about his grandfather, Major Donaldson of the Kyber, who has fought real India Indians.  They are both invited to tea which is interrupted when Joe rats them out to the Captain.  The Rangers have their hands full rounding up sooners, stopping fights, preventing thugs from muscling legitimate homesteaders off their claims.  But when Major Donaldson collapses after staking out river land, Chad puts on his uniform & rides back to register the claim.  Reese has broken Smoot’s glasses so he doesn’t recognize Chad.  Joe diverts the Captain with a phony fire alarm.  They think they’ve fooled the Captain but after they leave the fort behind them, he lets them know he wasn’t fooled by fires without smoke or Lancers riding western saddles.

Chad charming Widow Coverly

Reese & Chad at tea

Reese & Robert Coverly

Commissioner Smoot

Chad in disguise

Schemes Uncovered