The Lone Ranger and Tonto knew that powerful interests in California, were on the back of an extensive effort to get a monopoly of the Redwood forests. Many small owners had already been defrauded of their holdings, and more were destined to be. The masked man and Tonto went to one of the biggest forests in the Redwood district - the syndicate camp at Cinnamon river. Bill Barton was the superintendent there, who was grateful to the Lone Ranger for his recent help with a fire in the area...