- Ed Newton gets into trouble with the ranch men as soon as he starts surveying for a big dam. Tom Daniels rides up and informs him that Bill Dolan, one of the wealthiest ranch men, wishes to see him. He goes and is told by Dolan that the work must be stopped at once. Dolan tries to impress upon Newton, but without effect, the fact that his reservoir meets all the requirements. Here, Newton meets Margaret, the ranch man's daughter. After the surveying has been completed and the work begun, the arrogant ranch men attack the workers of the dam, in which battle Ed Newton and Bill Dolan are seriously injured. Hostilities having ended, the injured engineer is cared for at the Dolan home. During his stay there, he and Margaret have fallen in love, much to the disgust of Tom Daniels, who thought that he would be the one to win her hand. So Daniels swears revenge. When the big dam is finished Ed shows Margaret over the place. In the tower they discover a bomb which had been placed there by Daniels. Margaret throws it into the river. A fierce struggle ensues between Daniels and Newton, in which Daniels is finally bested and thrown into the river below.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Ed Newton, a young engineer, encounters many difficulties in the construction of the new dam. Bill Dolan, one of the wealthiest cattle men in the district. is especially against the building of the dam and does all in his power to prevent the engineer from completing it. Dolan's daughter meets Newton and they fall in love with each other. Later the surveying is completed and the dam is built. The cattlemen attack the engineer and his party but find that violence is to no avail. Ed and his sweetheart go over the dam and one of the cattlemen, who is in love with the girl, attacks the engineer in the tower. There a struggle ensues and Newton finally grasps his assailant around the waist and hurls him over the railing. Turning to the girl he clasps her in his arms.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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