The Valley Feud (1915)

Rogers' sheep encroach on the range where Boling's cattle have been feeding, and Boling orders them off. Rogers refuses to move the sheep, and Boling fences the range. In the midst of this interchange of hostilities, Joe Boling has fallen in love with Glory Rogers, and she is restrained from responding only because of the bad feeling between the families. The sheepmen cut the fences and are discovered by the cattlemen and ordered off. In the skirmish which follows, Cal Roger's, Glory's father, is seriously injured. The Boling men scatter the sheep and ride to Rogers' cabin which they prepare to fire. Glory slips out and succeeds in getting to Joe with word of what the men are doing; he returns with her and puts a stop to it. Glory tells the sheepmen of the attempt to burn the cabin. They find Cal; he urges them to take revenge and they ride off after the Boling men. Rogers' men find the Boling crowd at the Cactus Bar, but Joe Boling sees them first in a mirror, and his men cover them before they can get into action. Joe proposes that Bill, Rogers' foreman, settle the feud with him, man to man. They fight. Joe wins, but Bill attempts to shoot Joe, and a well-timed shot from one of the Boling boys puts the sneaking foreman out of business. This starts a fight, which Joe stops by shooting out the lights. The Rogers retaliate by damming the creek and cutting off Boling's water supply. They fortify the dam and prepare to defend their position. When the Boiling men discover the dry creek bed, there is a fight at the dam. The cattlemen are routed and Joe's father is fatally injured. Joe appeals to Glory to let his father rest at the cabin until a wagon arrives, and she is sweetly' sympathetic. The elder Boling fears the growing intimacy, and makes Joe promise not to marry "Old Rogers' daughter." Joe takes desperate means to save the cattle. He rides over alone and dynamites the dam, where Rogers' men are drunkenly celebrating their victory. They ride after him, and he takes refuge in Rogers' cabin, where he holds off the attacking party until Glory brings help. Joe is wounded and Glory cannot hide her love, but his promise to his dead father keeps him from speaking his heart. Then comes a revelation. Glory is "Old Man" Rogers' niece, and not his daughter. No feud any longer exists between the representatives of the Rogers and Boling places, for the cattle and sheep interests are united by marriage.

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GenresShort Western