1 00:00:11,904 --> 00:00:13,814 Hey, Adam. 2 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,669 Seen Little Joe? 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:17,782 No, no sign of him. 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,808 You don't reckon he went back to the ranch? 5 00:00:19,936 --> 00:00:21,628 No, he's probably found some little girl 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,141 who couldn't resist his boyish charm. 7 00:00:39,936 --> 00:00:41,846 Hey, Joe. 8 00:00:48,192 --> 00:00:50,364 Dave, you all right? 9 00:00:50,496 --> 00:00:53,813 I got a good notion to take your friend on over there for free. 10 00:00:53,952 --> 00:00:55,928 Yeah, don't let me stop you; it's just my brother. 11 00:00:57,888 --> 00:01:01,402 Still say I could have stuck with you for four rounds. 12 00:01:01,536 --> 00:01:03,130 Yeah, well, we'll try it again sometime 13 00:01:03,264 --> 00:01:04,826 when your old maid aunts aren't around. 14 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,736 All right, boys, drinks are on Dave Donovan. 15 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,063 Joe, we didn't know you had a bet with that feller. 16 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,622 You think you could ask me first before you put your nose in 17 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,670 and make a fool out of me in front of everybody? 18 00:01:27,808 --> 00:01:29,183 So we made a mistake. 19 00:01:29,312 --> 00:01:31,465 Don't have to get sore; you've been fighting all over town. 20 00:01:31,488 --> 00:01:32,649 Look, it's my life and I like it. 21 00:01:32,672 --> 00:01:33,833 Now, I don't tell you what to do. 22 00:01:33,856 --> 00:01:35,305 I don't want you to tell me what to do. 23 00:01:35,328 --> 00:01:37,020 Stop drinking my beer. 24 00:01:37,152 --> 00:01:38,615 I want you to quit following me around. 25 00:01:38,752 --> 00:01:40,425 Joe, there ain't nobody following you around. 26 00:01:40,448 --> 00:01:41,944 First of all, we ain't got the strength. 27 00:01:42,016 --> 00:01:43,839 We just came to tell you, Pa wants to see you. 28 00:01:43,968 --> 00:01:45,398 Yeah, what about? 29 00:01:45,536 --> 00:01:47,544 Well, he just wants to see you, that's all. 30 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,591 Yeah, well, you tell Pa... 31 00:01:52,127 --> 00:01:54,038 Tell him what, little brother? 32 00:01:55,263 --> 00:01:56,759 Yeah, what's the message? 33 00:01:59,008 --> 00:02:00,918 Tell Pa, I'll be, I'll be coming along. 34 00:02:02,752 --> 00:02:04,640 Few more drinks. 35 00:02:04,768 --> 00:02:05,848 I'd invite you boys along, 36 00:02:05,984 --> 00:02:08,406 but I know, at your age, you got to have some sleep. 37 00:03:08,352 --> 00:03:11,070 ♪♪ 38 00:03:24,463 --> 00:03:26,374 Just a moment, young man. 39 00:03:27,376 --> 00:03:29,166 Yeah, Pa. 40 00:03:29,296 --> 00:03:30,988 In this family we talk to each other. 41 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,910 We don't mumble under our breath. 42 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,950 Come here. 43 00:03:42,544 --> 00:03:44,967 I'd like to know what happened in town this afternoon. 44 00:03:46,895 --> 00:03:50,988 Nothing happened; I was just having a little fun, that's all. 45 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,542 I don't like the idea of a son of mine brawling around town 46 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,469 like a drunken cowboy. 47 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,326 Now, Pa, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't brawling. 48 00:03:57,392 --> 00:03:59,694 If you two are gonna tell it, why don't you tell it straight? 49 00:04:00,847 --> 00:04:02,113 You know, if you don't start using 50 00:04:02,224 --> 00:04:03,915 a decent tone of voice with me, 51 00:04:04,048 --> 00:04:06,896 I might just have to give you that punch in the jaw I owe you. 52 00:04:07,024 --> 00:04:08,281 Yeah, why don't you start right now? 53 00:04:08,304 --> 00:04:10,393 - That's just enough out of both of you. - Pa, Little Joe 54 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:11,961 has been spoiling for a fight for three weeks. 55 00:04:11,984 --> 00:04:13,135 Why won't you let him have it? 56 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,630 Well, come on, that goes for you, too. 57 00:04:14,768 --> 00:04:16,841 Now, just a minute. 58 00:04:16,976 --> 00:04:18,864 This will go for you three. 59 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:20,761 If you can't talk to each other without fighting, 60 00:04:20,784 --> 00:04:22,443 get on up to bed. 61 00:04:22,575 --> 00:04:24,486 Now, go on. 62 00:04:28,976 --> 00:04:30,887 Not you, Joseph. 63 00:04:31,888 --> 00:04:33,798 I want to talk to you. 64 00:04:48,752 --> 00:04:51,403 Now, what's this all about? 65 00:04:51,536 --> 00:04:52,495 What do you mean? 66 00:04:52,624 --> 00:04:54,535 You know what I mean. 67 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:58,471 You're spending quite a lot of time 68 00:04:58,608 --> 00:04:59,797 away from the Ponderosa lately. 69 00:04:59,888 --> 00:05:02,736 I'd like to know why. 70 00:05:02,864 --> 00:05:03,912 Why can't I have some fun 71 00:05:04,047 --> 00:05:07,147 without the whole family jumping on me? 72 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:08,907 I'm not jumping on you. 73 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,074 Sure, I think everybody should have a little fun, 74 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:15,525 but at the proper times and with the proper companions. 75 00:05:19,984 --> 00:05:22,024 I don't know. 76 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,844 I don't know if it's 'cause I'm the youngest or what. 77 00:05:24,975 --> 00:05:27,431 No matter what I want to do or where I want to go, 78 00:05:27,568 --> 00:05:29,259 there's Hoss and Adam, 79 00:05:29,392 --> 00:05:32,654 ready to tell me what to do and what not to do. 80 00:05:32,784 --> 00:05:35,273 And help, oh, yeah, help, whether I want it or not. 81 00:05:45,327 --> 00:05:47,946 Well, don't you think we ought to help each other? 82 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,415 Not all the time, Pa. 83 00:05:50,543 --> 00:05:52,231 Look, I spent my whole life on the Ponderosa, 84 00:05:52,336 --> 00:05:53,613 seeing the same old faces 85 00:05:53,744 --> 00:05:55,719 and doing the same old things. 86 00:05:58,575 --> 00:06:03,213 I'd always figured that the Ponderosa was your future 87 00:06:03,344 --> 00:06:04,686 as well as that of your brothers. 88 00:06:04,816 --> 00:06:09,072 Pa, how can I prove if I'm good at anything by myself? 89 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,918 Joe, you don't have to prove yourself to us. 90 00:06:12,048 --> 00:06:15,115 I'm not trying to prove myself to you, Pa. 91 00:06:15,247 --> 00:06:17,070 I'm trying to prove myself to me. 92 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,234 And what is it you're trying to prove? 93 00:06:21,936 --> 00:06:24,391 I don't know, whether... whether I'm good enough, 94 00:06:24,528 --> 00:06:26,296 whether I'm old enough, or whether I'm smart enough 95 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:27,881 to do something by myself 96 00:06:28,016 --> 00:06:29,272 without three people waiting there 97 00:06:29,295 --> 00:06:31,750 to help me every time I stub my toe. 98 00:06:37,616 --> 00:06:40,399 Pa, it's not that I don't appreciate what you... 99 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,241 Well, I guess every young man wants to... 100 00:06:51,375 --> 00:06:53,318 strike out on his own. 101 00:06:54,992 --> 00:06:59,368 It's just that... a father doesn't like to face up to it. 102 00:07:04,303 --> 00:07:06,279 Well, I'm sorry. 103 00:07:07,503 --> 00:07:09,293 I don't know what gets into me sometimes. 104 00:07:09,423 --> 00:07:13,352 I... I get restless or something, I don't know. 105 00:07:17,135 --> 00:07:19,340 Hey, what are you doing here? 106 00:07:19,471 --> 00:07:21,098 Huh? 107 00:07:21,231 --> 00:07:23,654 When you were in town, you must have heard about that new mine 108 00:07:23,792 --> 00:07:25,241 they're opening up on the other side of Sun Mountain. 109 00:07:25,264 --> 00:07:26,345 Yeah. 110 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,099 Well, Bert Crawford of the Sun Mountain Company 111 00:07:29,232 --> 00:07:31,599 is asking for bids to supply the timbering. 112 00:07:31,728 --> 00:07:32,744 Bids? 113 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,539 Will Poavey was in town lining the men up. 114 00:07:34,671 --> 00:07:36,244 He said he's got that contract in the bag. 115 00:07:36,368 --> 00:07:39,369 Hmm, I guess he will have as usual. 116 00:07:39,504 --> 00:07:40,650 Yeah. 117 00:07:40,783 --> 00:07:42,783 What's this, this little circle you got here? 118 00:07:42,806 --> 00:07:43,021 Hmm? 119 00:07:43,152 --> 00:07:45,304 Hey, isn't that that stand of fir right above Buckhorn Meadow? 120 00:07:45,327 --> 00:07:47,084 Yeah. 121 00:07:47,215 --> 00:07:49,368 Well, that's... see, now, that's ten miles closer to the mine 122 00:07:49,391 --> 00:07:52,142 than any timber Will Poavey's going to bring in. 123 00:07:52,271 --> 00:07:55,240 You're not thinking of bidding, are you? 124 00:07:55,376 --> 00:07:59,436 Well, I'd sure like to, but as Adam points out, 125 00:07:59,568 --> 00:08:01,903 most of that ten miles is straight up and down, it's... 126 00:08:02,032 --> 00:08:03,626 Eh, it's too tough a job. 127 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,346 Anyway, we've got enough to keep us busy right here at home. 128 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:11,118 Yeah, that's, uh, that's something else I wanted to say. 129 00:08:11,247 --> 00:08:14,314 I... I haven't been pulling my share of the load 130 00:08:14,447 --> 00:08:17,001 here at the ranch and I'm gonna change that starting tomorrow. 131 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,789 Sure. 132 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,993 Well, I'm for bed. 133 00:08:22,127 --> 00:08:23,689 How about you? 134 00:08:23,824 --> 00:08:26,508 No, I think I'll just stay up and read for a while, Pa. 135 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,648 Don't worry, I'll get to bed in time 136 00:08:28,783 --> 00:08:30,889 and get up early and start working. 137 00:08:32,591 --> 00:08:33,672 Night, son. 138 00:08:33,808 --> 00:08:35,696 Good night, Pa. 139 00:09:03,888 --> 00:09:06,223 ♪♪ 140 00:09:07,216 --> 00:09:08,743 What are you doing there? 141 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,407 You been up all night? 142 00:09:10,544 --> 00:09:11,526 Yeah, Pa, I have. 143 00:09:11,664 --> 00:09:13,574 Take a look. I got it all figured out. 144 00:09:13,711 --> 00:09:14,792 You got what figured out? 145 00:09:14,927 --> 00:09:16,968 How to get that buckhorn fir to the Sun Mountain mine 146 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:18,216 and beat Will Poavey's price. 147 00:09:18,255 --> 00:09:19,718 - Oh, now, Joe... - What? I can do it! 148 00:09:19,856 --> 00:09:21,945 - Adam and Hoss... What? - I can do it! I've got it fig... 149 00:09:21,968 --> 00:09:23,195 All the figures right here, look. 150 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,807 What's this? 151 00:09:24,944 --> 00:09:26,505 It's the most papers I've seen you with 152 00:09:26,639 --> 00:09:27,884 since you was in school. 153 00:09:28,015 --> 00:09:29,642 And up early, too. 154 00:09:29,775 --> 00:09:31,980 Joe's decided that he's gonna bid on 155 00:09:32,111 --> 00:09:33,673 that Sun Mountain timber contract for us. 156 00:09:33,807 --> 00:09:34,888 Timber contract? 157 00:09:35,023 --> 00:09:37,163 I thought we'd agreed it was too big a risk. 158 00:09:37,295 --> 00:09:38,254 What about Will Poavey? 159 00:09:38,352 --> 00:09:40,557 Yeah, what about Will Poavey? 160 00:09:40,687 --> 00:09:41,997 I've thought about Poavey. 161 00:09:42,128 --> 00:09:44,649 I'll underbid him by plenty and still make a good profit. 162 00:09:44,783 --> 00:09:46,433 Yeah? You know Poavey can play pretty rough. 163 00:09:46,511 --> 00:09:48,684 That's fine with me, too. If he wants to play rough, 164 00:09:48,815 --> 00:09:50,158 I'll hire a crew that plays rougher. 165 00:09:50,287 --> 00:09:51,466 Who you got in mind? 166 00:09:51,599 --> 00:09:53,062 I figure for a foreman, Dave Donovan. 167 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:54,411 He's young and he's tough. 168 00:09:54,543 --> 00:09:55,821 Donovan? 169 00:09:55,951 --> 00:09:57,032 He's a good man, Pa. 170 00:09:57,167 --> 00:09:59,503 Now that doesn't make sense. 171 00:09:59,631 --> 00:10:02,250 You sure you can do it? 172 00:10:02,383 --> 00:10:04,294 I know I can do it. 173 00:10:04,431 --> 00:10:07,498 Well, I say let Joe do as he wants then. 174 00:10:07,631 --> 00:10:09,901 - Good luck, little brother. - Thanks. 175 00:10:10,032 --> 00:10:12,204 Tell you what. I'll get you Jake Webber. 176 00:10:12,335 --> 00:10:14,508 He'll make you a great foreman. He's a good woodman, too. 177 00:10:14,639 --> 00:10:17,062 Adam, I told you I've already got a foreman, Dave Donovan. 178 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,234 All right, I'll take few days off and help you myself. 179 00:10:20,367 --> 00:10:21,326 Hey, yeah, me, too. 180 00:10:21,423 --> 00:10:22,766 The ranch can wait, can't it, Pa? 181 00:10:22,895 --> 00:10:23,976 I don't need any help. 182 00:10:24,111 --> 00:10:25,771 Now, look, this is my idea, it's my job 183 00:10:25,903 --> 00:10:27,562 and I want to do it by myself. 184 00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:32,357 Is that agreed, Pa? 185 00:10:32,495 --> 00:10:33,641 Yeah. 186 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:36,967 Well, see you around. 187 00:10:37,104 --> 00:10:38,698 Good luck. 188 00:10:45,007 --> 00:10:47,244 Joe, come here. 189 00:10:52,655 --> 00:10:54,479 I want you to do something for me. 190 00:10:54,607 --> 00:10:57,477 What's that? 191 00:10:57,616 --> 00:10:58,696 Break these. 192 00:10:58,832 --> 00:11:01,199 Break these? 193 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:02,604 All right. 194 00:11:06,864 --> 00:11:07,944 Wait a minute. 195 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,252 You wouldn't think they... 196 00:11:10,383 --> 00:11:12,272 I can't do it, Pa. 197 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:14,058 That's right. 198 00:11:14,192 --> 00:11:18,830 If you got it like this, you can't break 'em, 199 00:11:18,959 --> 00:11:20,170 but... 200 00:11:23,311 --> 00:11:25,254 singly, they can be broken. 201 00:11:25,391 --> 00:11:30,701 By himself... each one of us can be broken. 202 00:11:34,447 --> 00:11:37,132 Never let pride stand in your way, son. 203 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:40,712 We're all here if you need us. 204 00:11:43,311 --> 00:11:44,621 I'll remember that, Pa. 205 00:11:44,751 --> 00:11:47,338 I better get started on this idea. 206 00:11:47,471 --> 00:11:49,861 Those trees aren't gonna cut themselves. 207 00:12:16,623 --> 00:12:18,413 Good afternoon, Mr. Poavey. 208 00:12:18,543 --> 00:12:19,525 Bert. 209 00:12:19,663 --> 00:12:21,453 Here's my bid. 210 00:12:21,583 --> 00:12:23,689 Oh. Getting in just under the wire. 211 00:12:23,824 --> 00:12:25,930 Six minutes. 212 00:12:26,063 --> 00:12:28,999 What's old Hawkins doing out here from San Francisco? 213 00:12:30,896 --> 00:12:32,238 He's just looking around. 214 00:12:32,335 --> 00:12:33,962 I'll still make the final decision, Will. 215 00:12:34,095 --> 00:12:35,558 I'm counting on that. 216 00:12:35,696 --> 00:12:37,103 This is an important contract. 217 00:12:37,231 --> 00:12:39,752 You've got the low bid... You're as good as in. 218 00:12:40,848 --> 00:12:43,718 If you want your cut, I'd better be. 219 00:13:11,087 --> 00:13:13,935 I think I'm gonna just check my figures over on this bid 220 00:13:14,063 --> 00:13:16,911 and make sure I got everything correct before I turn it in. 221 00:13:17,039 --> 00:13:19,593 Man, you're as fidgety as a fox in a forest fire. 222 00:13:19,727 --> 00:13:22,248 I know I am. 223 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:27,589 You bidding? 224 00:13:27,727 --> 00:13:28,906 Uh-huh. 225 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:30,829 Cutting it kind of fine, aren't you? 226 00:13:30,959 --> 00:13:32,749 Bids close any minute now. 227 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:34,920 Yeah, well, I'll make it. 228 00:13:35,055 --> 00:13:38,471 Kind of young to be bidding on a big contract like this. 229 00:13:38,607 --> 00:13:42,382 Uh, look, d-do me a favor, don't talk to me right now, 'cause I'm 230 00:13:42,511 --> 00:13:43,854 trying to add these figures up, 231 00:13:43,983 --> 00:13:46,373 and it's kind of hard for me, all right? 232 00:13:48,751 --> 00:13:53,134 17 times seven... A hundred nineteen. 233 00:13:57,007 --> 00:13:58,415 Thanks. 234 00:14:01,615 --> 00:14:03,372 That's your bid? 235 00:14:04,367 --> 00:14:06,157 Uh-huh, yep. 236 00:14:06,287 --> 00:14:08,077 Awful low, isn't it? 237 00:14:08,207 --> 00:14:10,216 No, it's an honest bid. 238 00:14:10,351 --> 00:14:13,101 It's about time Sun Mountain got one. 239 00:14:13,231 --> 00:14:15,021 I don't follow that, son. 240 00:14:15,151 --> 00:14:16,461 It's real simple. 241 00:14:16,591 --> 00:14:18,740 They've been getting bilked out of their timber contracts 242 00:14:18,863 --> 00:14:20,042 for a long time. 243 00:14:20,175 --> 00:14:22,511 Well, now, wouldn't the folks that run the company 244 00:14:22,639 --> 00:14:24,615 put a stop to that sort of thing? 245 00:14:24,751 --> 00:14:26,759 Hm? No. What do you mean, stop it? 246 00:14:26,895 --> 00:14:28,303 What do they know about it? 247 00:14:28,431 --> 00:14:30,766 Company's probably run by some fat old moneybag 248 00:14:30,895 --> 00:14:32,522 sitting behind a desk in San Francisco... 249 00:14:32,655 --> 00:14:35,209 couldn't tell you beans about the mining business. 250 00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:40,613 - Bid's closed. - Uh-oh. 251 00:14:44,751 --> 00:14:46,345 Wait a minute, got one more. 252 00:14:46,479 --> 00:14:48,269 I'm afraid that bid's too late. 253 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:49,709 What do you mean, too late? 254 00:14:49,839 --> 00:14:52,393 I've been here all the time... I was just rechecking my figures. 255 00:14:52,527 --> 00:14:55,015 Bid's acceptable, Mr. Crawford! 256 00:14:55,152 --> 00:14:57,356 Yes. Yes, of course. 257 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,259 Well, Mr. Hawkins, President of Sun Mountain, and I 258 00:15:01,391 --> 00:15:03,247 will now examine the bids, gentlemen. 259 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:06,442 We'll announce our decision in a few minutes. 260 00:15:13,359 --> 00:15:15,182 Your papers, young man. 261 00:15:15,312 --> 00:15:16,536 I don't know what your name is, mister, 262 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:17,710 but I want to thank you a lot. 263 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,247 The name's Hawkins. 264 00:15:39,759 --> 00:15:41,189 You look kind of sick. 265 00:15:41,327 --> 00:15:44,111 Oh, no, I'm fine. I'm in great shape. 266 00:15:44,239 --> 00:15:48,069 Just called the president of the company an old fat moneybags. 267 00:15:54,575 --> 00:15:56,485 Gather around, gentlemen. 268 00:16:02,735 --> 00:16:05,736 Mr. Crawford and I have examined all the bids. 269 00:16:05,871 --> 00:16:08,687 For instance, Mr. Poavey here 270 00:16:08,815 --> 00:16:09,966 has offered a very good price. 271 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:12,430 Well, I've always tried to give Sun Mountain 272 00:16:12,559 --> 00:16:14,383 the best deal I can, Mr. Hawkins. 273 00:16:14,511 --> 00:16:15,886 Crawford here can tell you that. 274 00:16:16,015 --> 00:16:17,510 Yes, indeed. 275 00:16:17,647 --> 00:16:19,623 This time I'm afraid it isn't quite good enough. 276 00:16:19,759 --> 00:16:22,062 We have a few that are somewhat lower. 277 00:16:22,191 --> 00:16:24,581 In fact, Joseph Cartwright here 278 00:16:24,719 --> 00:16:27,502 is considerably below you, Mr. Poavey. 279 00:16:27,631 --> 00:16:29,704 Well, he can deliver Ponderosa pine, Mr. Hawkins, 280 00:16:29,839 --> 00:16:31,150 but the contract calls for fir. 281 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:32,938 And that's what I intend to deliver. 282 00:16:34,287 --> 00:16:35,437 Well, you're not talking about 283 00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:37,957 that stand of fir up above Buckhorn Meadow, are you? 284 00:16:38,095 --> 00:16:39,241 Yeah, I might be. 285 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:40,838 Well, you'd never get it out. 286 00:16:40,975 --> 00:16:42,392 That country goes straight up and down 287 00:16:42,415 --> 00:16:43,451 between the mine and there. 288 00:16:43,535 --> 00:16:45,837 Is that true, Mr. Cartwright? 289 00:16:45,967 --> 00:16:46,982 Yes, sir, that's true, 290 00:16:47,119 --> 00:16:48,824 but I've taken that into consideration in my bid. 291 00:16:48,847 --> 00:16:50,151 Mr. Hawkins, you can't take this... 292 00:16:50,191 --> 00:16:52,134 Quiet, please. 293 00:16:52,271 --> 00:16:53,417 I like your spunk, young man. 294 00:16:53,551 --> 00:16:55,407 And your price. 295 00:16:56,431 --> 00:16:58,853 Joseph Cartwright wins the contract. 296 00:17:01,167 --> 00:17:02,596 Thank you, sir. 297 00:17:02,735 --> 00:17:04,524 See that you deliver that timber, young man. 298 00:17:04,655 --> 00:17:06,695 Don't worry, you can count on me. 299 00:17:06,831 --> 00:17:08,937 And, uh... 300 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:10,872 you're-you're a lot thinner than I pictured you. 301 00:17:10,895 --> 00:17:12,456 Good luck, son. 302 00:17:22,223 --> 00:17:24,013 I'm sorry, Will, I did my best. 303 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:25,257 Yeah, I'll bet you are. 304 00:17:25,391 --> 00:17:27,334 This is liable to cost you quite a bit of money. 305 00:17:27,471 --> 00:17:29,577 Both of us. 306 00:17:29,711 --> 00:17:31,436 Unless we can do something about it. 307 00:17:31,567 --> 00:17:33,161 You son of a gun, you did it! 308 00:17:33,295 --> 00:17:34,703 Well, wait'll Pa hears this. 309 00:17:34,831 --> 00:17:36,741 Like I said, it's a lot of money. 310 00:17:46,991 --> 00:17:49,131 Joe Cartwright! 311 00:17:52,046 --> 00:17:53,291 Say, that bid of yours came as 312 00:17:53,423 --> 00:17:54,765 quite a surprise to me, young fella. 313 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:56,840 Well, you know, Mr. Crawford, I kind of got the idea 314 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:58,328 you didn't want me to get that contract. 315 00:17:58,351 --> 00:17:59,814 Ah, whatever's best for the company. 316 00:17:59,951 --> 00:18:01,784 I'm glad to hear you say that. We'll do a good job for you. 317 00:18:01,807 --> 00:18:03,018 Fine. 318 00:18:03,151 --> 00:18:05,069 Now, just as soon as you post the performance bond, 319 00:18:05,134 --> 00:18:06,215 we'll sign the contract. 320 00:18:06,351 --> 00:18:07,813 Post the what? 321 00:18:07,951 --> 00:18:09,196 Performance bond. 322 00:18:09,326 --> 00:18:10,789 $5,000, cash. 323 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:15,592 Well, wait a minute, that... 324 00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:17,517 there's nothing about that in the contract. 325 00:18:17,647 --> 00:18:18,808 Mr. Hawkins didn't even mention it. 326 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:19,790 He didn't have to. 327 00:18:19,886 --> 00:18:21,196 It's company policy, 328 00:18:21,327 --> 00:18:22,823 standard procedure in all our contracts. 329 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:25,382 Well, you can ask him yourself, if you want to. 330 00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:28,367 You do have the $5,000, don't you? 331 00:18:28,495 --> 00:18:31,278 You wouldn't have time to ride out to the Ponderosa and get it. 332 00:18:31,406 --> 00:18:33,317 I need it by sundown. 333 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:36,008 That's company policy, too. 334 00:18:37,967 --> 00:18:39,724 I think I understand. 335 00:18:39,855 --> 00:18:42,725 Okay, you'll get your money by sundown. 336 00:18:46,447 --> 00:18:48,519 Boy, that looks like I don't have a job after all, huh? 337 00:18:49,967 --> 00:18:52,073 Don't worry, you got a job. Soon as we get to the bank. 338 00:18:52,207 --> 00:18:54,444 You know, I think I'm going to enjoy seeing how a man 339 00:18:54,575 --> 00:18:56,747 gets his hands on 5,000 great big dollars. 340 00:18:56,879 --> 00:18:58,057 Want to know something? 341 00:18:58,190 --> 00:19:00,199 I'm gonna kind of enjoy seeing it myself. 342 00:19:01,199 --> 00:19:03,109 Let's go. 343 00:19:27,387 --> 00:19:29,526 Little Joe, if your father wants to co-sign the loan, 344 00:19:29,659 --> 00:19:30,707 of course you can have it. 345 00:19:30,843 --> 00:19:32,032 You can have twice that amount. 346 00:19:32,122 --> 00:19:33,978 Mr. Simpson, I don't have time for that. 347 00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:37,010 Isn't there some way... couldn't I make it a personal loan? 348 00:19:37,147 --> 00:19:38,467 I'm afraid that's something else again. 349 00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:40,597 What do you want the money for? 350 00:19:40,731 --> 00:19:43,317 For a performance bond on the Sun Mountain timber contract. 351 00:19:43,451 --> 00:19:46,801 How'd you get that contract away from Will Poavey? 352 00:19:46,939 --> 00:19:48,630 By under-bidding him. 353 00:19:48,763 --> 00:19:50,193 More than $10,000. 354 00:19:50,331 --> 00:19:52,633 Whew. 355 00:19:52,763 --> 00:19:54,804 I'd say you made a very foolish bid. 356 00:19:54,939 --> 00:19:56,729 Why, the wagons alone are... 357 00:19:56,859 --> 00:19:58,038 I don't need wagons. 358 00:19:58,171 --> 00:19:59,284 Gonna build a flume. 359 00:19:59,419 --> 00:20:00,696 A flume? 360 00:20:00,826 --> 00:20:02,180 That's right, I'm gonna build a flume 361 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:03,396 right down to the Truckee River. 362 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:04,729 Here. 363 00:20:04,859 --> 00:20:07,195 See, I'm gonna float those logs right down to the mine. 364 00:20:07,323 --> 00:20:09,015 It's gonna work, I figured it all out. 365 00:20:09,147 --> 00:20:11,482 Well, I'll be... 366 00:20:13,435 --> 00:20:14,778 Joe, that might work. 367 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,889 Did your brother Adam figure this out for you? 368 00:20:20,026 --> 00:20:22,580 My brother Adam had nothing to do with it. 369 00:20:22,715 --> 00:20:24,177 I figured this out all by myself. 370 00:20:28,699 --> 00:20:30,587 Well, do I get the loan or not? 371 00:20:46,394 --> 00:20:48,283 I'll grant the loan. 372 00:20:50,299 --> 00:20:52,405 But remember, if you don't deliver, 373 00:20:52,539 --> 00:20:53,784 you're out $5,000. 374 00:20:53,915 --> 00:20:55,160 Plus the interest. 375 00:20:55,290 --> 00:20:57,844 I'll deliver. 376 00:20:57,979 --> 00:20:59,867 Don't you worry about it. I'll deliver. 377 00:21:16,219 --> 00:21:18,227 You, uh... 378 00:21:18,363 --> 00:21:20,273 have your receipt book with you, Crawford? 379 00:21:23,899 --> 00:21:25,361 Come on, I got a lot of things to do. 380 00:21:25,499 --> 00:21:26,580 Let me have the receipt. 381 00:21:28,091 --> 00:21:30,066 Yeah, well, you heard the man, Crawford. 382 00:21:30,202 --> 00:21:31,796 Count the money and give him a receipt. 383 00:21:33,755 --> 00:21:35,130 Yes. 384 00:21:35,258 --> 00:21:37,169 Yes, of course. 385 00:21:42,907 --> 00:21:43,955 Hey, you know... 386 00:21:44,091 --> 00:21:45,347 I don't think I'm ever gonna get over 387 00:21:45,370 --> 00:21:46,564 the look on that Crawford's face 388 00:21:46,587 --> 00:21:48,246 when I handed him that $5,000 in cash. 389 00:21:48,379 --> 00:21:50,105 He never thought I was gonna raise that money. 390 00:21:50,235 --> 00:21:52,243 - Why do you figure that? - What you do mean, why? 391 00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:53,475 It's a lot of money, that's why. 392 00:21:53,498 --> 00:21:55,321 Your name's Cartwright, ain't it? 393 00:21:56,347 --> 00:21:57,728 Well, that had nothing to do with it. 394 00:21:57,850 --> 00:21:58,948 It was my idea about the flume 395 00:21:58,971 --> 00:22:00,195 that sold him on giving me that loan. 396 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:02,423 Ah, come on, Joe. 397 00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:04,214 You know you had your family behind you. 398 00:22:04,347 --> 00:22:06,453 What kind of chance would I have of raising $5,000? 399 00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:07,814 Ah, what difference does it make? 400 00:22:07,898 --> 00:22:08,964 We got the money, didn't we? 401 00:22:08,987 --> 00:22:10,436 I want you to go out and get me some men. 402 00:22:10,459 --> 00:22:11,540 Sure. 403 00:22:11,675 --> 00:22:12,920 First thing in the morning. 404 00:22:13,050 --> 00:22:14,212 First thing in the morning, nothing. 405 00:22:14,235 --> 00:22:15,413 You're gonna do it tonight. 406 00:22:15,547 --> 00:22:16,771 First thing in the morning, we're going to work. 407 00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:17,753 All right, all right. 408 00:22:17,883 --> 00:22:19,444 - I'll need some money. - What for? 409 00:22:19,578 --> 00:22:21,335 You know, spread around, pass some drinks... 410 00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:23,377 - Yeah. You're right. - Get the men. 411 00:22:25,115 --> 00:22:26,074 It's getting thinner. 412 00:22:26,171 --> 00:22:29,554 Say, uh... while you're in there, 413 00:22:29,691 --> 00:22:31,863 do you think maybe I could get about a $50 advance? 414 00:22:31,994 --> 00:22:33,337 I'm a little short myself. 415 00:22:33,466 --> 00:22:34,744 I don't see why not. 416 00:22:34,874 --> 00:22:35,971 You're my foreman, aren't you? 417 00:22:35,994 --> 00:22:37,173 See you later, Joe. 418 00:22:37,306 --> 00:22:39,217 Right. 419 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:46,069 Uh, evenin'. I'm, uh, I'm Jake Weber. 420 00:22:46,202 --> 00:22:47,032 - Jake, yeah. - Hi. 421 00:22:47,162 --> 00:22:48,505 Joe Cartwright. Nice to see you, hi. 422 00:22:48,539 --> 00:22:50,148 I heard tell you got that Sun Mountain contract. 423 00:22:50,171 --> 00:22:51,382 I'm open to work right now. 424 00:22:51,515 --> 00:22:53,621 Well, I've already got a foreman, Dave Donovan here. 425 00:22:53,755 --> 00:22:55,349 Hi. 426 00:22:55,483 --> 00:22:57,077 Excuse me, I got some work to do. 427 00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:59,121 Right, good luck. 428 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:01,072 He's a pretty good man. 429 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:02,673 Well, that's as may be. 430 00:23:02,811 --> 00:23:04,503 You're gonna need a couple of straw bosses, 431 00:23:04,634 --> 00:23:06,806 and, uh... I need the work. 432 00:23:06,939 --> 00:23:09,394 Jake, tell me something. 433 00:23:09,531 --> 00:23:10,841 My brother Adam send you? 434 00:23:10,971 --> 00:23:11,953 Nope. 435 00:23:12,091 --> 00:23:13,553 My Pa? 436 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:15,863 If you don't want me, just say so. 437 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:17,316 I'm sorry, Jake, it's got nothing to do with it. 438 00:23:17,339 --> 00:23:18,583 I can use you. 439 00:23:18,715 --> 00:23:21,017 Say the word, and I can fetch along a lot of my old crew. 440 00:23:21,147 --> 00:23:22,915 Good, that's great, I can use every man I can get. 441 00:23:22,938 --> 00:23:25,048 We're gonna camp tomorrow morning up in Buckhorn Meadow. 442 00:23:25,114 --> 00:23:26,457 I'll see you on the job, boss. 443 00:23:26,587 --> 00:23:27,891 I'll have the men start setting up. 444 00:23:27,963 --> 00:23:29,425 Fine. It's good to have you with us. 445 00:23:29,563 --> 00:23:31,319 Thanks. 446 00:23:35,195 --> 00:23:36,657 Thank you, boys, one and all. 447 00:23:36,795 --> 00:23:39,414 Now you're what I call a pretty fair 448 00:23:39,546 --> 00:23:40,791 country poker player. 449 00:23:40,922 --> 00:23:42,330 Yep. 450 00:23:42,459 --> 00:23:45,143 Cards are like the old reliable meat in a pot to me. 451 00:23:45,274 --> 00:23:46,585 Yeah, well, it cleans me. 452 00:23:46,715 --> 00:23:48,723 Barkeep, more whiskey over here. 453 00:23:50,939 --> 00:23:52,511 Hey, you're not leaving so early, are you? 454 00:23:52,634 --> 00:23:55,450 Well, it stopped being early two hours ago. 455 00:23:55,578 --> 00:23:58,067 Holy smoke, I clean forgot. 456 00:23:58,202 --> 00:24:01,237 I was supposed to be getting men to fill the payroll here. 457 00:24:02,906 --> 00:24:05,690 Say, you fellas wouldn't want to come to work for me, would ya? 458 00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:07,478 You better watch your language. 459 00:24:07,611 --> 00:24:09,138 No, I'm serious. 460 00:24:09,274 --> 00:24:12,123 The work's not hard. Top dollar. 461 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:13,396 Hey, wait, wait, wait. 462 00:24:13,531 --> 00:24:14,841 I'll tell you what I'll do. 463 00:24:14,970 --> 00:24:16,149 I'll tell you what I'll do. 464 00:24:16,282 --> 00:24:17,461 I'll give a bottle of whiskey 465 00:24:17,594 --> 00:24:19,384 to every man who signs on with me. 466 00:24:19,514 --> 00:24:21,817 Well, why didn't you say that in the first place. 467 00:24:23,099 --> 00:24:24,726 Bring 'em on. 468 00:24:33,914 --> 00:24:36,697 I wondered when you'd be along. 469 00:24:36,827 --> 00:24:39,282 All right, what's the barrier for, Poavey? 470 00:24:39,419 --> 00:24:40,931 Well, you see, I bought myself a piece of timber 471 00:24:40,954 --> 00:24:42,035 that goes through here. 472 00:24:42,170 --> 00:24:44,408 Now, I wouldn't want to close off a road, 473 00:24:44,538 --> 00:24:46,132 but seeing's how I own it, 474 00:24:46,267 --> 00:24:48,228 you wouldn't blame me for charging a toll, would you? 475 00:24:48,251 --> 00:24:50,935 You name your price, I'll pay it. 476 00:24:51,067 --> 00:24:54,613 I figure $25 a wagon ought to do it. 477 00:24:54,746 --> 00:24:56,471 I figure a poke in the nose would... 478 00:24:56,602 --> 00:24:58,130 Take it easy, Dan. 479 00:24:58,266 --> 00:25:01,562 $25? That's just fine and dandy, Poavey. 480 00:25:01,691 --> 00:25:03,699 Git. 481 00:25:11,483 --> 00:25:12,531 Okay, open it up. 482 00:25:12,666 --> 00:25:14,074 It's gonna cost you $25 483 00:25:14,202 --> 00:25:15,747 every time one of your wagons comes through here. 484 00:25:15,770 --> 00:25:17,397 And you're gonna need a lot of wagons. 485 00:25:17,530 --> 00:25:19,441 I hope you figured that in your bid. 486 00:25:19,579 --> 00:25:21,009 Okay, open it up. 487 00:25:21,147 --> 00:25:23,482 Open it up. 488 00:25:30,331 --> 00:25:32,698 Careful that log doesn't hit you in the face 489 00:25:32,826 --> 00:25:34,387 when it swings back now. 490 00:25:36,826 --> 00:25:38,932 He's bluffing. 491 00:25:39,066 --> 00:25:40,409 What makes you think so? 492 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:45,144 At $25 a wagonload, that would break him. 493 00:25:45,274 --> 00:25:47,380 I saw that bid. He hasn't got enough margin. 494 00:26:06,459 --> 00:26:09,012 This is the crew you hired? 495 00:26:13,978 --> 00:26:15,124 They don't look like much. 496 00:26:15,259 --> 00:26:17,845 Looks ain't everything in a working man, Joe. 497 00:26:17,979 --> 00:26:19,256 They're spry and full of spirit. 498 00:26:19,386 --> 00:26:21,559 I can smell that. 499 00:26:21,690 --> 00:26:23,895 I'll whip 'em into shape, you'll see. 500 00:26:24,026 --> 00:26:26,002 There's no working 'em. I know their kind. 501 00:26:26,138 --> 00:26:28,822 You let me worry about that, mister. 502 00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:31,410 Neither you or me's got this deadline, Donovan. 503 00:26:31,546 --> 00:26:35,344 I'm the foreman. I can handle it. 504 00:26:35,482 --> 00:26:37,654 Your brother Adam'd send them packing in five minutes. 505 00:26:37,787 --> 00:26:40,373 My brother Adam's not boss on this job, Jake, I am. 506 00:26:42,714 --> 00:26:45,082 All right, call the men together. I want to talk to 'em. 507 00:26:45,211 --> 00:26:47,000 All right, you men, gather round. 508 00:26:47,131 --> 00:26:49,139 All right, let's get on your feet. Let's go. 509 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:52,024 Boss wants to talk to you. Come on. 510 00:26:57,626 --> 00:26:59,569 We got a pretty tough job ahead of us. 511 00:26:59,706 --> 00:27:03,286 We're gonna build a flume from here to the Truckee River. 512 00:27:03,419 --> 00:27:05,908 I'm a fair man. I'm not gonna ask any of you to do anything 513 00:27:06,043 --> 00:27:07,288 I wouldn't do myself. 514 00:27:07,418 --> 00:27:10,834 But I do want a dollar's work for a dollar's pay. 515 00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:13,076 We got a deadline on this job. 516 00:27:13,211 --> 00:27:15,415 We can meet it if we all pitch in together. 517 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:17,041 We can meet it with time to spare. 518 00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:18,968 We're gonna work in two crews. 519 00:27:19,098 --> 00:27:20,692 Loggers will work under Jake Webber. 520 00:27:20,826 --> 00:27:22,420 The rest of you men under Dave Donovan. 521 00:27:22,555 --> 00:27:26,647 And there'll be no drinking on the job. 522 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:28,689 Any questions? 523 00:27:31,803 --> 00:27:33,233 All right, let's get to work. 524 00:27:33,371 --> 00:27:34,997 All right, come on. Let's go. 525 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:37,881 All right, men, let's go. Back to work. 526 00:27:38,010 --> 00:27:40,378 On the double. 527 00:27:47,323 --> 00:27:49,560 Dave, let me see the bottle. 528 00:27:49,691 --> 00:27:52,474 Sure. You must be dry after a big speech like that. 529 00:27:54,778 --> 00:27:56,121 Hey, what's the big idea? 530 00:27:56,250 --> 00:27:57,844 You heard what I just said. No drinking. 531 00:27:57,979 --> 00:27:59,125 It goes for everybody. 532 00:27:59,258 --> 00:28:01,845 You getting kind of hard-nosed, aren't ya, boy? 533 00:28:01,979 --> 00:28:03,474 Expecting you to get the same way. 534 00:28:03,610 --> 00:28:04,658 Come on, foreman. 535 00:28:04,795 --> 00:28:06,803 I thought you were gonna whip these men into shape. 536 00:28:06,938 --> 00:28:10,965 Sure. 537 00:28:11,098 --> 00:28:13,009 Timber...! 538 00:28:28,603 --> 00:28:30,611 Timber...! 539 00:28:35,419 --> 00:28:37,427 Timber...! 540 00:29:05,946 --> 00:29:07,802 ♪♪ 541 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:11,639 Okay, bring that one down there. 542 00:29:21,434 --> 00:29:23,410 What's going on here? Why aren't your men working? 543 00:29:23,546 --> 00:29:25,272 Maybe it's just because we don't feel so good. 544 00:29:25,339 --> 00:29:27,609 Well, if you don't feel good, go pick up your time. 545 00:29:27,738 --> 00:29:29,594 Now come on. Get moving! 546 00:29:29,722 --> 00:29:32,090 Dave! Dave Donovan! 547 00:29:32,219 --> 00:29:33,529 - Come on, move! - Yeah, Joe? 548 00:29:33,658 --> 00:29:35,547 Look, Dave, I want a hundred yards of this flume 549 00:29:35,674 --> 00:29:36,633 finished by tonight. 550 00:29:36,698 --> 00:29:37,923 A hundred yards? That's impossible. 551 00:29:37,946 --> 00:29:39,856 It's not impossible if you keep these men working. 552 00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:41,043 Now let's get going. 553 00:29:41,178 --> 00:29:43,448 All right. Okay, you men, get your backs into it! 554 00:29:43,579 --> 00:29:44,538 Let's go! 555 00:29:44,634 --> 00:29:45,632 Because he's a Cartwright, 556 00:29:45,722 --> 00:29:47,217 he thinks he can push everybody around. 557 00:29:47,354 --> 00:29:49,046 How much longer you gonna put up with him? 558 00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:50,772 Till payday. 559 00:29:50,907 --> 00:29:52,795 That's tomorrow. 560 00:29:54,106 --> 00:29:56,311 Timber...! 561 00:29:59,642 --> 00:30:01,683 Moving this big stuff is mighty slow work, Joe. 562 00:30:01,819 --> 00:30:02,932 We're falling behind. 563 00:30:03,066 --> 00:30:05,107 Yeah, I know, Jake. We could use some more horses. 564 00:30:05,242 --> 00:30:06,291 That sure would help. 565 00:30:06,426 --> 00:30:07,653 All right, I'll leave right away. 566 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:08,951 If I don't get back by tomorrow, 567 00:30:09,082 --> 00:30:10,741 I want you to pay the men anyway. 568 00:30:10,874 --> 00:30:12,249 All right, but I don't think 569 00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:13,940 them Donovan men are earning their pay. 570 00:30:14,074 --> 00:30:15,378 Jake, don't worry about Dave's men. 571 00:30:15,419 --> 00:30:17,143 They're gonna do their share of the work. 572 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:18,617 If you say so. 573 00:30:18,747 --> 00:30:21,879 Hey, Webber, we're short on timber down at our end. 574 00:30:22,010 --> 00:30:23,637 Keep those logs moving. 575 00:30:26,202 --> 00:30:27,926 - How's it going, foreman? - Pretty good. 576 00:30:28,058 --> 00:30:30,776 Timber...! 577 00:30:30,906 --> 00:30:32,085 I'm gonna leave for a day 578 00:30:32,218 --> 00:30:33,910 to get a couple more teams of horses. 579 00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:35,537 I want you to keep the men working 580 00:30:35,675 --> 00:30:36,690 just the way they are. 581 00:30:36,826 --> 00:30:38,453 Right. You can count on me. 582 00:30:59,675 --> 00:31:01,892 Smitty! Come on. Be my guest. 583 00:31:02,540 --> 00:31:05,094 Whoa! Don't waste it. 584 00:31:35,276 --> 00:31:38,244 Four lovely ladies. I tell you, boys, 585 00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:39,942 if you associate with the right people, 586 00:31:40,076 --> 00:31:42,892 then lady luck begins to shine. 587 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:45,803 Sit down, boss. We're celebrating payday. 588 00:31:47,468 --> 00:31:49,706 All right, suppose you all get back to work. 589 00:31:51,789 --> 00:31:54,156 That goes for you, too, Dave. 590 00:31:54,284 --> 00:31:58,060 Hey, wait a minute. This is old Donovan, remember? 591 00:31:58,188 --> 00:32:00,044 Dave, you're drunk. 592 00:32:00,172 --> 00:32:01,417 Now don't give me any trouble. 593 00:32:01,548 --> 00:32:03,075 Don't give you any trouble? 594 00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:06,344 How does it feel to be a big man; 595 00:32:06,476 --> 00:32:09,444 money, giving orders, snapping your fingers, 596 00:32:09,580 --> 00:32:10,539 and everybody jumping? 597 00:32:10,668 --> 00:32:11,896 I don't know what's got into you, 598 00:32:11,980 --> 00:32:13,476 but I'm gonna say it just one more time. 599 00:32:13,548 --> 00:32:14,694 All of you, get back to work. 600 00:32:17,004 --> 00:32:20,004 We ain't through celebrating yet, are we, boys? 601 00:32:20,140 --> 00:32:22,028 It looks like I just lost a foreman. 602 00:32:22,156 --> 00:32:24,523 Pack up your things and get out. 603 00:32:26,092 --> 00:32:29,541 All right, if I leave, my boys go with me. 604 00:32:32,396 --> 00:32:35,147 All right, if any of you want to stay and work, that's fine. 605 00:32:35,276 --> 00:32:37,699 If not, you better follow him. 606 00:32:42,892 --> 00:32:45,708 Well, I'm staying. Come on. Let's get back to work. 607 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:54,086 Cartwright... 608 00:32:55,468 --> 00:32:58,403 lots of luck. You're gonna need it. 609 00:33:04,908 --> 00:33:06,731 All right, men, let's get to it. 610 00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:07,842 Jerry, you take your men 611 00:33:07,980 --> 00:33:09,705 and finish up down at the south fork. 612 00:33:09,836 --> 00:33:12,106 Smitty, you and your men get your tools and follow me. 613 00:33:12,236 --> 00:33:13,830 Come on now. Let's go. 614 00:33:13,964 --> 00:33:15,394 Let's go. 615 00:33:30,124 --> 00:33:31,873 There he is, Pa, just like I told ya. 616 00:33:31,930 --> 00:33:34,135 I been keeping an eye on him up here. 617 00:33:38,490 --> 00:33:40,400 What do you think? 618 00:33:40,538 --> 00:33:43,409 Still has a long way to go. 619 00:33:43,546 --> 00:33:45,619 Think we ought to help him? 620 00:33:47,994 --> 00:33:50,678 No, that's for him to decide. 621 00:33:59,098 --> 00:34:03,409 You let that little great big Joe Cartwright fire you, huh? 622 00:34:03,546 --> 00:34:06,329 Can't cut with him, can you, huh? 623 00:34:06,458 --> 00:34:08,215 Cartwright's got all the money, 624 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:10,135 run you right out of town, huh, Dave? 625 00:34:10,266 --> 00:34:11,511 Cartwright's are gonna come in 626 00:34:11,642 --> 00:34:13,912 town with a gun and go... to you. 627 00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:15,897 You ain't nothing. 628 00:34:19,066 --> 00:34:21,271 I heard Cartwright fired you. 629 00:34:22,810 --> 00:34:24,567 Yeah. 630 00:34:24,698 --> 00:34:28,016 Yeah, he tossed me a crumb and he took it away. 631 00:34:28,154 --> 00:34:31,897 I thought he was one of us, but I made a mistake. 632 00:34:32,025 --> 00:34:34,132 He belongs up there in that big house. 633 00:34:34,266 --> 00:34:36,656 Well, I thought you two were good friends. 634 00:34:36,794 --> 00:34:41,072 Me? I ain't got a big house 635 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:43,284 and a stand of timber and a magic name. 636 00:34:43,418 --> 00:34:46,452 I'm just riffraff to the Cartwrights. 637 00:34:46,586 --> 00:34:49,936 You know, I learned a long time ago 638 00:34:50,074 --> 00:34:54,068 that this is the only true friend a man's got. 639 00:34:56,730 --> 00:34:59,633 How would you like a lot of these true friends? 640 00:34:59,770 --> 00:35:01,876 What's your proposition? 641 00:35:02,010 --> 00:35:04,760 $500 now... 642 00:35:04,890 --> 00:35:07,542 and $500 when Joe Cartwright forfeits his bond. 643 00:35:09,498 --> 00:35:10,743 Think you can do it? 644 00:35:10,874 --> 00:35:14,999 Mr. Poavey, you just bet on a sure thing. 645 00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:23,220 You with me? 646 00:35:23,350 --> 00:35:25,107 All the way. 647 00:35:26,902 --> 00:35:29,652 Make sure you got them all secured, good, Bobby. 648 00:35:29,782 --> 00:35:31,277 Right, Joe. 649 00:35:33,238 --> 00:35:34,319 Look at that, Jake. 650 00:35:34,454 --> 00:35:36,626 Another half mile and we can start the logs rolling. 651 00:35:36,758 --> 00:35:39,180 I can tell you now, Joe, I never thought you'd do it. 652 00:35:39,318 --> 00:35:41,686 I want to thank you and the men for sticking by me. 653 00:35:41,814 --> 00:35:42,960 Right. 654 00:35:43,094 --> 00:35:45,845 Hey, Brennan, what's the matter, you getting tired? 655 00:35:45,974 --> 00:35:47,862 I'm saving my strength to beat your head in 656 00:35:47,990 --> 00:35:49,038 when this job's finished. 657 00:35:49,173 --> 00:35:50,451 Yeah, me, too! 658 00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:52,351 All right, you both get a chance, when the job's finished. 659 00:35:52,374 --> 00:35:54,829 And we can all sleep for about three months. 660 00:35:58,102 --> 00:35:59,958 Everybody down! 661 00:36:00,085 --> 00:36:01,395 Come on, clear off the flume! 662 00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:02,934 We're sitting ducks up here! 663 00:36:07,254 --> 00:36:09,230 Come on, Jake! Let's get cover! 664 00:36:15,766 --> 00:36:17,905 Cover me; I'm gonna go take care of that flume. 665 00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:41,966 Get the rifles! 666 00:36:45,782 --> 00:36:47,487 Well, come on! You gonna let somebody shoot at you 667 00:36:47,510 --> 00:36:48,622 and not do anything about it? 668 00:36:48,726 --> 00:36:49,954 You men stay right where you are. 669 00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:51,500 I hired you as loggers, not gunmen. 670 00:36:51,638 --> 00:36:53,118 There's only another half-mile of flume to build. 671 00:36:53,141 --> 00:36:54,484 We can make it if we fight 'em off. 672 00:36:54,614 --> 00:36:56,127 Jake, I'm not gonna risk the lives of these men 673 00:36:56,150 --> 00:36:57,558 just to fill a lumber contract. 674 00:37:35,862 --> 00:37:38,732 ♪♪ 675 00:38:08,150 --> 00:38:11,020 ♪♪ 676 00:38:35,734 --> 00:38:37,393 Hah! I thought it was you. 677 00:38:37,525 --> 00:38:38,900 How's it going, son? 678 00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:00,716 What's the matter, boy? 679 00:39:08,309 --> 00:39:09,717 Trouble? 680 00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:15,503 I got more trouble than I know what to do with. 681 00:39:19,573 --> 00:39:21,101 Tell me about it. 682 00:39:23,350 --> 00:39:25,871 I don't know what good it'll do to talk about it now. 683 00:39:26,838 --> 00:39:29,686 Well... might do some good. 684 00:39:29,814 --> 00:39:33,131 I've told you my troubles a time or two. 685 00:39:33,269 --> 00:39:35,278 Yeah. 686 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:37,389 Well, I... 687 00:39:37,526 --> 00:39:40,145 I made every mistake in the book. 688 00:39:40,278 --> 00:39:41,905 Trusted Donovan. 689 00:39:42,038 --> 00:39:44,406 I thought I could handle Poavey. 690 00:39:46,582 --> 00:39:48,438 Well, I handled 'em, all right. 691 00:39:49,845 --> 00:39:52,268 They hired some gunmen and they blew up a section of the flume. 692 00:39:55,510 --> 00:39:56,469 Anyone hurt? 693 00:39:56,598 --> 00:39:58,454 I had one man winged. 694 00:40:00,182 --> 00:40:01,333 Told Jake and the men to quit. 695 00:40:01,365 --> 00:40:03,755 I couldn't ask them to risk their lives. 696 00:40:03,893 --> 00:40:05,618 Hey, Joe, I saw your horse out there 697 00:40:05,749 --> 00:40:07,092 when I come out of the barn. 698 00:40:08,629 --> 00:40:11,472 We've, uh, run into a little trouble. 699 00:40:13,462 --> 00:40:14,924 What are you gonna do, give up? 700 00:40:17,110 --> 00:40:19,664 It's not what I want to do, I just don't have any choice. 701 00:40:21,173 --> 00:40:22,320 I can't do it alone. 702 00:40:28,245 --> 00:40:29,588 Well, Joe, uh... 703 00:40:31,125 --> 00:40:34,640 we're still here... if you need us. 704 00:40:34,774 --> 00:40:37,044 Yeah, I ain't, I ain't got nothin' to do 705 00:40:37,173 --> 00:40:38,254 for three of four days. 706 00:40:38,389 --> 00:40:39,983 Yeah, free as a bird. 707 00:40:41,142 --> 00:40:43,412 Yeah, I got about a dozen men sitting around 708 00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:45,876 doing nothing but collecting wages. 709 00:40:48,534 --> 00:40:49,877 Well... 710 00:40:54,101 --> 00:40:55,346 Okay, well, let's go, then. 711 00:40:58,901 --> 00:41:00,396 - What a blow, huh? - Yeah. 712 00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:01,811 - There he is! - Who is? 713 00:41:01,941 --> 00:41:03,186 Poavey! Crawford! 714 00:41:03,318 --> 00:41:04,431 Buy dinner! 715 00:41:06,229 --> 00:41:07,533 I'd have been here a little sooner, 716 00:41:07,605 --> 00:41:09,362 but I been out doing a little celebrating. 717 00:41:09,494 --> 00:41:11,088 I'm here for the other 500. 718 00:41:11,222 --> 00:41:12,597 Well, you almost made it, Donovan. 719 00:41:12,726 --> 00:41:14,865 Well, what do you mean by that? 720 00:41:14,998 --> 00:41:16,318 That whole Cartwright crew moved out 721 00:41:16,341 --> 00:41:17,586 when I blasted that flume. 722 00:41:17,718 --> 00:41:20,107 The trouble is, you're only half right. 723 00:41:20,246 --> 00:41:23,094 Crawford here went up to check on Cartwright's progress. 724 00:41:23,221 --> 00:41:24,270 His crew left, all right, 725 00:41:24,406 --> 00:41:25,787 but while you were out celebrating... 726 00:41:25,910 --> 00:41:27,121 they've come back. 727 00:41:27,253 --> 00:41:30,156 Not only Weber and his crew but the whole Cartwright family 728 00:41:30,293 --> 00:41:31,505 and all their ranch hands. 729 00:41:31,638 --> 00:41:33,199 His family?! 730 00:41:33,334 --> 00:41:34,446 But Joe would never ask them. 731 00:41:34,518 --> 00:41:36,341 You just made another mistake. 732 00:41:36,470 --> 00:41:38,096 He asked them, all right. 733 00:41:40,278 --> 00:41:41,653 Just hold that second 500. 734 00:41:41,782 --> 00:41:42,993 I'll get 'em. 735 00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:45,231 You figuring on taking that whole crowd on by yourself? 736 00:41:45,366 --> 00:41:47,254 One at a time. 737 00:41:49,654 --> 00:41:52,240 You must want that extra 500 awful bad. 738 00:41:52,373 --> 00:41:54,349 No... no, it's not the 500. 739 00:41:54,485 --> 00:41:56,112 It's a personal thing now. 740 00:42:02,644 --> 00:42:04,652 Pa, you know, I think Adam's idea'll work. 741 00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:06,382 Yeah. 742 00:42:06,515 --> 00:42:07,804 Hoss, Adam, how about getting started 743 00:42:07,827 --> 00:42:08,591 on that A-frame right way? 744 00:42:08,724 --> 00:42:09,805 - Right. - Right. 745 00:42:09,940 --> 00:42:12,275 Jake... why don't you take this group of men 746 00:42:12,404 --> 00:42:13,597 down to the unfinished lower section 747 00:42:13,620 --> 00:42:14,653 and get it finished right away. 748 00:42:14,676 --> 00:42:17,230 All right, boys! Let's get going! 749 00:42:17,364 --> 00:42:18,990 I better get our block and falls from camp. 750 00:42:19,124 --> 00:42:20,172 I'll get 'em. 751 00:42:20,307 --> 00:42:21,725 You get down there and make sure they get started. 752 00:42:21,748 --> 00:42:22,707 Hey, Jake... 753 00:42:24,628 --> 00:42:26,077 tell the men thanks for coming back. 754 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:27,694 We're glad to be back, Joe. 755 00:42:31,443 --> 00:42:34,194 Hey, uh... how about being foreman for me while I'm gone? 756 00:42:34,323 --> 00:42:36,594 Well, sure, I'd be glad to... boss. 757 00:42:41,939 --> 00:42:44,242 All right, you heard what the boss said... let's get to work! 758 00:43:12,948 --> 00:43:14,858 ♪♪ 759 00:43:17,875 --> 00:43:19,567 Hi, family man. 760 00:43:23,379 --> 00:43:25,071 What do you want, Dave? 761 00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:26,797 Well, now, I thought I wanted some money, 762 00:43:26,932 --> 00:43:28,493 but now I want more than that. 763 00:43:28,627 --> 00:43:30,635 All right, exactly what is it that you want? 764 00:43:31,892 --> 00:43:34,260 I wonder what that fine family of yours is gonna think 765 00:43:34,387 --> 00:43:36,363 when they come up here and find you? 766 00:43:37,779 --> 00:43:39,160 Course, your pa's got two other sons. 767 00:43:39,187 --> 00:43:41,490 He won't miss you much. 768 00:43:45,780 --> 00:43:46,762 All right, Dave, come on! 769 00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:48,078 Come on! 770 00:44:14,484 --> 00:44:16,492 What's keeping Joe? 771 00:44:19,699 --> 00:44:21,129 Don't know, Pa. 772 00:44:49,652 --> 00:44:51,562 ♪♪ 773 00:45:21,011 --> 00:45:22,354 Good fight. 774 00:45:22,483 --> 00:45:23,761 Thanks, Pa. 775 00:45:25,620 --> 00:45:27,147 What brought this on? 776 00:45:38,067 --> 00:45:41,745 I figured I could take you. 777 00:45:43,379 --> 00:45:45,649 Finally had to bring your family in, didn't you? 778 00:45:47,827 --> 00:45:49,072 That's right; I called them. 779 00:45:49,203 --> 00:45:52,816 I guess that's where I made my mistake. 780 00:45:52,947 --> 00:45:54,475 I figured they'd let you down... 781 00:45:55,923 --> 00:45:58,826 the way my family let me down. 782 00:45:58,963 --> 00:46:00,852 Will you knock it off? 783 00:46:00,979 --> 00:46:02,257 I'm sick and tired of hearing 784 00:46:02,387 --> 00:46:03,795 the way your family let you down! 785 00:46:03,924 --> 00:46:05,747 Did you ever stop to think, for one minute, 786 00:46:05,875 --> 00:46:07,218 maybe you let them down? 787 00:46:08,563 --> 00:46:11,150 You might have let a lot of people down. 788 00:46:15,348 --> 00:46:16,942 The only help you're gonna understand 789 00:46:17,075 --> 00:46:18,767 you're gonna get from Sheriff Coffee. 790 00:46:49,619 --> 00:46:51,343 Well, looks like you did it, boy. 791 00:46:51,475 --> 00:46:52,720 No, we did it, Pa. 792 00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:55,088 Whee, look at that. 793 00:47:02,899 --> 00:47:06,031 Well, I guess you won't be needing us anymore. 794 00:47:06,753 --> 00:47:09,242 What do you mean, I won't be needing you anymore? 795 00:47:09,377 --> 00:47:11,114 You're not the three greatest workers in the world, 796 00:47:11,137 --> 00:47:12,251 but I can't beat the price.