gene convinces the ranchers to move their cattle out of mccoy's holding pens and back to grazing land until they can find a fair price. the conniving mccoy arranges to have a pilot fly over the herd and stampede the cattle. just arriving in whippasaw, johnson attempts to help round up the herds, but falls from his horse and is saved by gene from being trampled. believing that mccoy is taking direct orders from johnson, gene blames g.b. johnson for the stampede, not realizing that the stranger he just saved is in fact johnson. calling himself grantley, johnson persuades the ranchers to fight mccoy. when kit arrives to bring johnson back to the ranch, she agrees to pretend he's a radio promoter named "grantley" while he gets to the bottom of the pricing scheme. later, after hearing gene and his friends singing, johnson offers them a spot on his radio show, thinking they are part of kit's troupe.