At the urging of Mary Wilson, his schoolteacher sweetheart, Buck Hayden becomes a reporter for the local newspaper. In his quest for news, Bob goes after some bandits, gets caught in the crossfire of a feud, and recovers the loot from a Wells Fargo stagecoach robbery. Bob is so successful writing up his adventures that he becomes a syndicated columnist for an eastern newspaper, getting hitched to Mary to celebrate his new job.
—AFI