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IN BRIEF: In the alkali country near Rio Encendo -- the disappearing river -- Hopalong and California are scouting a cattle trail. They come upon a dead man who's been shot and is entirely red. One hundred and twenty miles away, rancher Kit Kavanaugh, meanwhile, is planning to drive 500 head north. He refuses to sell out to Steve Cantrell, who wants to put his cattle on the land. Martha tells kit the cattle are sick. Doc Galaway calls it the "red death." Kit's spring is running red. Hoppy, though, believes it is something else. Hoppy meets up with Eustace Culpepper, an old friend who calls Hoppy "Bill." Culpepper is a former druggist and Hoppy has him analyze the water. It contains arsenic. What's the connection between the dead "red" man and poisoned cattle? Hoppy learns there are plans for a railroad line and Cantrell wants Kavanaugh's ranch for its water. He hired an engineer to put red dye in the disappearing river; it came through at a spring on Kavanaugh's. Who's behind it? Doc. (Swanton)
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