A man travels to Hooterville to investigate a line connection.

Homer Bedloe of the CandFW Railroad makes the first of many attempts to shut down the Cannonball. Kate decides he can't close it if he can't find it, so she looks for it first.

The railroad president decides to scrap the Cannonball himself.

No one can attend Kate's Shady Rest Jamboree after Norman Curtis makes the Cannonball inoperative.

Kate tries to restore the self confidence of Floyd Smoot after he is jilted by his mail-order sweetheart, by pretending to be in love with him.