Victor Lanning is employed by eastern capitalist Richard Stanton to buy the Shasta Lumber Co. He conspires with Pete Carson to set forest fires so that he can purchase the company at a lower price and keep the remaining cash for himself. While investigating the fires that killed his cattle, Billy Fargo rescues Richard and his daughter, Mildred, from a train wreck. Victor becomes jealous of Mildred's attention to Billy, and hires a gang to kidnap her. Following Mildred's disappearance, Billy is informed of the plot by Victor's lover, a Native American girl named Red Feather. Billy rushes to Mildred's defense during a raging storm and defeats the kidnappers.