Dust storms and drought make herding horses a tough job for the boys. When the new owner of the ranch, Lydia Phelps, shows up, the ranch is in dire financial straits. The Martin Ranch has the contract to sell horses to the army. Some of the men are working for Martin to make sure that the Circle H will not have enough horses to even submit a bid to the army.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Poor old Granny Phelps inherits the Circle H Ranch where the Three Mesquiteers work. The boys are rounding up horses to bid on the upcoming Army contract. Martin, trying to assure himself of the contract, has two of his men working on the Circle H. When they kill a man the boys find themselves in jail. The race for the contract is about to start and Stony is needed. So old Granny heads to the jail to break them out.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>