Well, Ellie, thanks for joining us for this year's ANU Crawford Leadership Forum, which, as you know, is the fifth one in this series in which we explore the theme of global realities and the implications for Australian domestic choices. This year, I guess, the global realities that are hitting us like a tornado of those associated with the United States' performance on the world stage. I mean, we used to the United States occasionally demonstrating its exceptionalism, but nonetheless being basically committed to the liberal world order that created after the Second World War. Maybe we could get used to the idea of the U.S. as moving back into the kind of isolationist mode that we're so familiar in the first part of the last century. But what we seem to be confronted with under the Trump administration is something brand new. I mean, what Robert Kagan has called the rogue superpower, a state which is simultaneously asserting itself very aggressively on the world stage, but in a way which is contemptuous and multilateral institutions and contemptuous, frankly, of alliance relationships. Is that an accurate characterization of where the United States is at, given your background there for the last 10 years and a member now of the U.S. Study Center? Yeah, I think it is, Gareth. What has struck me is that not only is the Trump administration not prepared to incur the costs necessary to buttress the international rules-based order that America helped to build, but that some of its very animating principles, you know, its transactionalism, its protectionism, its suspicion of multilateralism and of alliances, those principles run counter to the very international order that, as I said, it helped to set up. And I think that is a major departure from previous presidencies, really, in the post-1945 world. So this is a radical shift. This is a radical president. And it's a very uncertain geostrategic environment that we find ourselves in. Is it a permanent shift, or is there a chance that if the Trump administration is as short-lived as most of us hope it will be, that we will revert to some kind of normality, or is this a paradigm shift now, and the United States really has abdicated an awful lot of global authority and credibility? Yeah. I think it's too early to say my sense is, and this could be the triumph of hope over reality, that this is going to be a one-off as opposed to an enduring phenomenon on the American, in terms of the American body politic, that you will see a bit of a correction, certainly at the midterms, and then at the next election. But the problem is what damage will be wrought on the international stage in the meantime? As you say, the erosion of the American credibility, the credibility, structural credibility of its alliances, for example, the erosion of global norms, of international multilateral institutions. That damage is significant. And I suppose the risk, in terms of the American body politic, is while Americans don't normally vote on foreign and defence policy, as Trump continues to comport himself as he is on the international stage, to what extent will his beliefs in terms of foreign policy on trade, what extent will that permeate through the American body politic? That's a risk. Of course, what we have to be focusing on at this conference is the implications of all of this for Australian policy. I've described them for some time now as being less United States, more Asia and more self-reliance. What's your own take on how Australia ought to be conducting itself in response to this new dynamic? Not only America is sort of strange new abdication of authority, but also, obviously, the simultaneous rise of China, the assertion of space for itself strategic and otherwise in our own region. How do you see the implications of that as being for our international relations generally? Well, I think the good news for Australia is there's a lot of room to manoeuvre, a lot of scope here. A lot of states are as discombobulated as Australia is with what's happening in the world stage, the Trump administration's unpredictability, the rise of China, the revisionism of Russia, for example. And there is a lot of scope for Australia to strengthen its regional partnerships with countries such as South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and India, and I think also to strengthen partnerships more farther afield with European states and the United Kingdom. I think it's important for Australia to have an active multilateral agenda, not only in the region, to continue to work in and strengthen the East Asia Summit, APEC, cooperate with ASEAN and its institutions and then globally maintain its membership of the Human Rights Council, maintain its active involvement in the United Nations. It also has to, I think Australia has to continue to encourage America to play as a constructive role and being constructively engaged in the Asia Pacific as possible because there are large swathes of Washington, even this administration, which is trying to flesh out this free and open Indo-Pacific strategy at the moment. And there's scope for Australia to seek to flesh that out, work with them to flesh it out, to cooperate when we can. I think also it's important to acknowledge that the US alliance remains very important to Australia, but I do think also it's time for Australia to sort of step up and have a, start a national conversation about the cost of defence. While the alliance is important, this is a geostrategic environment where there's increased regional military modernisation, as we were talking about before, we have this sort of less certain alliance guarantee on the part of the United States, Australia has to start talking about how much it would cost to increase its defence spend. That's a national conversation we haven't had. It will require economic trade-offs, but I think we need to start having it. Well, that's essentially what I mean when I talk about more self-reliance because I think we do have to come to grips with that reality. Maybe we're simply never going to be able, because of the fact we're defending an entire continent, to deal with a really existential risk without support from our American, hopefully, allies. But there's an awful lot of other contingencies where we can arguably do a lot better than we have in terms of preparedness, and that is going to cost some money. So that's the political task, I think, to sell that, to no doubt still rather sceptical Australian public. One of the issues we're going to deal with, of course, is how to manage our relationship with China as well as the United States. And my perhaps naive instinct is that we've got to get away obviously from just this one-dimensional economic relationship, but my instinct is there's a lot of possibility for working with China on this broader multilateral agenda to which you've referred, the pursuit of global and regional public goods. I mean, China has played itself into that space rather well on climate change. Maybe there was an element of cynical opportunism there in picking up the ball when America dropped it, maybe also on trade policy. But my instinct is that China's not to be regarded wholly cynically at all when it talks about being a responsible stakeholder in the wider international order. It just wants to be a player in that order, a rulemaker, if you like, rather than a rule taker. What's your perception of how we should approach China? Well, I think we have to realise that China is rising economically and it wants to sort of shape the global environment, strategic environment, which it finds itself, and it wants to shape the rules-based order. And what is interesting to me and important, I think, is to acknowledge that the rules-based order isn't static, it can evolve. And where there is scope for accommodation of China within that rules-based order, I think that should occur. And a great place for that to happen is in the multilateral domain in areas such as climate change, disaster relief, for example, disarmament. I think there's great scope to work with China there, because naturally they want to comport themselves as a global power as they are, and there's scope to work with them in that regard. At the same time, I suppose we have to come to grips with the reality of Chinese assertiveness in the region, in particular, we've seen it in the South China Sea, which is a bit troubling because that does involve a degree of distaste on Chinese part for a rules-based order, tearing up of the Law and the Sea Convention adjudication. It also implies a little bit of a Chinese enthusiasm for that hegemonic reach into Southeast Asia, treating the countries of the region as, if not wholly owned subsidiaries, certainly as appropriately tributary states, Kowtowing and so on, as they have done in the times past. How do you think we should react to that in the South China Sea in particular? I've perhaps surprisingly been a little bit of an enthusiast for these freedom and navigation operations, not as a tale in Charlie on the back of a United States convoy, but perhaps in association with Indonesia or Vietnam or other regional players. What are the risks associated in that kind of stance and what are the rewards in being just a little bit more firm in making clear our unhappiness with that push? I think the risks are that China seeks to make their displeasure known in ways which are not palatable to Australia. The rewards are that if we work with other states in the region and we caulk with them and work out what they're prepared to do, that we'll discover that there is a lot of appetite for pushing back on China's encroachment into the South China Sea. And there is a lot of appetite in the region to stand up to it, I think, and to enforce what many have thought are important norms and rules of the road, such as freedom of navigation. So to my mind, the presence operations that we've done for many years and we should continue to do, freedom of navigation operations, it's very interesting to see whether Trump administration is going to take those. I mean, my concern is that there's been such a focus on North Korea and trade and they've really seen the region through that prism, I'm not sure where they're going to take the South China Sea issue. And I think that the Obama administration probably as well as the Trump administration took their eye off the ball a bit and it's something which we are where we are because of that. Well, Ellie, we've got a hell of a lot to talk about on this purely international front over the next couple of days of this Crawford Conference. We've got a hell of a lot to talk about the implications of these new international dynamics for domestic Australian policy. We've barely even scratched the surface of economic policy, but of course the Trump trade war and the other assertiveness is going to have implications for Australian wages, jobs, growth issues as well as a multitude of other domestic policy issues which we'll be talking about. But it's terrific to have you join us at this conference with the best and the brightest of the Australian policy making community from the public sector, from business and from the academics and think tanks. So thanks very much for joining us this year and I think we're going to have a fascinating forum. Thanks, Garret. I'm looking forward to the next few days. Thank you.


demonstration of the surgical aspects of the thyroid gland. We can see the muscles covering the thyroid gland. These are the infrared hyoid strap muscles. The first layer of infrared strap muscles is this one which I am reflecting here. We have cut it at the top. This is the sternohyoid muscle going from the manoeuvrabian sternoid to the hyoid bone and this is the opposite side sternohyoid muscle. Just under that we have this smaller muscle here. This is going from the manoeuvrabian sternoid to the thyroid cartilage and gets attached to the oblique line. This is the sternohyroid on this side and the sternohyroid on this side. If you notice we've cut them on the top because most of the nerve supply comes from below. That's why we always in surgery or so we cut them at the top. The next muscle that we can see here is this one here. This is the thyroid. We have reflected it here and this is the other side. So now we have completely exposed the thyroid gland here. So this is the right lobe, this is the left lobe. The extent of the thyroid gland is from C5 to D1. This is the upper pole, this is the lower pole and this connecting portion is known as the isthmus of the thyroid gland and in this particular cadaver we can see a small projection here from the left side of the isthmus which is called the pyramidal lobe. This is actually a remnant of the thyroglobulosal duct. Sometimes it can be associated with abnormalities of the isthmus itself. We notice these important neurovascular structures and let's take a good look at them. This artery that we can see here, this is a branch from the external carotid artery. This is the superior thyroid artery which enters the superior pole of the gland and ramifies inside the gland from the anterior and lateral aspect. And this superior thyroid artery is accompanied by this nerve here. This is the external laryngeal nerve which supplies the cricothyroid muscle. When we are doing a thyroidectomy one of the essential steps is to clamp and ligate the superior thyroid artery and cut it. So in real life as you can see they're very close to each other and so therefore there is a likelihood of injuring it. So the rule of thumb is to ligate and clamp it as close to the upper pole of the gland as possible. We take a little bit of the upper pole so that we can spare the external laryngeal nerve. If we injure the external laryngeal nerve then we can reduce paralysis of the cricothyroid and the person will get weakness of the voice. So that is one arterial supply. Now let's take a look at the next arterial supply of the gland. We see this artery here. We can see it is coming out from the thyrosurviger trunk. It is going up looping and then coming down again to the lower pole. This is the inferior thyroid artery. This is a very unique course of the artery and this inferior thyroid artery it enters the lower pole and it ramifies inside of the medial and posterior aspect of the gland. And accompanying this artery is this nerve here. This is the recurrent laryngeal nerve which came from the vagus nerve. This is the vagus. It hooked under the subclavian artery and it went up. So again when we are doing a thyrotectomy we have to be very careful about ligating the inferior thyroid artery and I shall demonstrate it to you just now. When we are trying to ligate and cut the inferior thyroid artery we can see how easy it is to inadvertently catch the recurrent laryngeal nerve. That will lead to vocal cord paralysis and horses of voice. In order to safeguard this we ligate the inferior thyroid artery as far from the gland as possible here. That way we can safeguard the recurrent laryngeal nerve. The thyroid gland is highly vascular and it has got three veins which we are not very clearly visible here except one vein. There is a superior thyroid vein which accompanies the superior thyroid artery. There is a middle thyroid vein which accompanies the inferior thyroid artery and there's an inferior thyroid vein and we can see the inferior thyroid vein here. The superior and the middle thyroid veins they drain into the internal jugular vein. But the inferior thyroid vein runs in front of the trachea and it opens into the left brachycephalic vein and this can be injured when we are doing a tracheostomy. When we are ligating the arteries and the veins we should always ligate arteries first and then the veins. Otherwise there'll be too much of venous congestion and when we are removing the thyroid gland there'll be horrendous bleeding. Goiter is very common and it is more common in females because of iodine requirements. That brings me to some of the surgical procedures that we perform on the thyroid gland. The simplest procedure is what we have done in this category. We just split the isthmus and that is known as isthmusctomy. This is specifically done in a condition known as lignus thyroiditis. When the thyroid is hard, stony hard and it compresses the trachea. You know to relieve the compression we do an isthmusctomy. If a patient has got a solitary nodule, a goiter's nodule in one lobe then we can do just a lobectomy. If a person has got multiple nodules then we have to do what is known as a hemithioticomy. If a person has got multiple nodules on both the sides then we have to do what is known as sub-total thyroidectomy. And if a person has got cancer then we have to do what is known as near-total thyroidectomy. Near-total means we just leave a little bit of thyroid tissue in relation to the posterior aspect of the gland where approximately where menstruate is located to safeguard at least one parathyroid gland. There are supposed to be four parathyroid glands. One, two, three and four. So we should save one at least one to prevent hypocalcemic tetany and therefore we do what is known as a near-total thyroidectomy. So these are some of the surgical procedures that we perform on the thyroid gland. Thank you very much for watching. If you have any questions or comments please put them in the comment section below to sign your signing off. Daniel is the camera person. Have a nice day.


So tell me are your products mainly for homeowners or they mainly for professional cleaners or is it a good mix of both? Can anybody use them? What's the breakdown there? Both. It's meant for families and cleaning businesses. I think right now I have about 1,200 cleaning companies that buy my products. It's growing. The movement's working. And I love it because the families are starting to see the difference in their homes from the cleaners using it. And then what they do is they buy it now. So they buy the starter set and they keep one in their kitchen, they keep one in their shower, their bathrooms. So it's perfect for everybody to use. And I love that.


Carlos Alcarez vs. Elegant Zverev is the second quarterfinal for the Indian Wells tournament for the men for 2024. And both of our different roads to get to this stage. Zverev entered the tournament as the number 6 seed when we get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on O'Connell, there's no problem getting through in straights. 6-4-6-4. In the third round he take on Griggsball, the 27 seed. And after a close first set, saving set points, Zverev would come back to win 7-6-6-3. In the fourth round he take on the number 10 seed, Demonor, a man that he'd lost to at the start of the season at the United Cup. And after a drop in the first set, he would fight back to win 5-7-6-2-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Alcarez entered the tournament as the number 2 seed and would get a buy in the first round. In the second round he take on the Italian Alnaldi. And after a drop in the first set, he would fight back to win 6-7-6-7-6-1. In the third round he take on the 31 seed, Ojalius Seam, a man that he'd lost to a few times previously. There's no problem for Alcarez getting through in straights 6-2-6-3. In the fourth round he take on Marijan, the man that upset him in Rome on the clay courts of last year. But there was no repeat with Alcarez getting through in straights 6-3-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played eight times before with Zverev leading the headdead 5-3, including winning their last two matches, one of the AWP finals last year, and also the Australian Open this year in the quarterfinals. So Zverev has really got his lucky chances on the hard courts at Indian Wells. Zverev is going to win this one. He needs to serve big and he needs to figure out that forehand. His forehand was so bad against Demonor, he just kept missing everything on that side. So he needs to figure that out real quick because he's not going to get as many free points as he did against Alcarez as he did against Demonor. If Alcarez is going to win this one, he needs to get that serve working as he's been doing all week. His serve has been really really strong and also bring that variety. He's got to try and figure out as well how to beat Zverev on a hard court because the last time he did beat him on a hard court, Zverev was coming off a five set epic. So he needs to really figure out how to beat Zverev, a fresh Zverev as well, on a hard court if he's going to get through this one. Very fun matchup. Love to see these guys play. It was a great match in Australia. It was a great match at the end of last year. But I'm going to go with Alcarez in three sets. I think that Indian Wells being the defending champion, I reckon he might be able to figure it out. Maybe Zverev's serve is a little bit off and also the game wasn't great against Demonor. So if it's the same Zverev, Alcarez should wrap this one up in three. But let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is making the semis?


With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful mask rider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver. The lone ranger rides again. Come on Silver, let's go big boat. I am Silver! Barnaby Boggs had a brand new wagon and a brand new medicine to sell. It was a big wagon painted red with letters in gold two feet high that spelled out Barnaby Boggs' eradicator. The wagon was parked beneath a shady tree near Waterford. Boggs' red faced and sweating was trying to adjust the rear section of the wagon, which dropped down to make a platform for the show that would begin in a couple of hours. Boggs was too busy to notice a masked man and an Indian whose horses made hardly a sound on the soft grass as they approached and halted. Oh, that should hold it. Probably will. Huh? Who said that? Well, as I live and breathe. Hello Barnaby. My masked friend, Antonto, I do declare I'm glad to see you. Yes indeed, mighty glad. How? Back to your old Skintland game again, huh?  Now, those are harsh words. Skintland game indeed. Let's see. Rainmaker, mind reader, medicine man. I thought you'd reformed. Oh, I have. I'm on the level now. So help me, I am. What's that stuff you're selling? Boggs' eradicator. Take stains off walls and woodwork. It's the housewife's friend. On top of that, it eradicates warts and molds and freckles. It'll beach out tan and tattoo marks. It'll, it's fire. All right, Barnaby. But remember, you gave me your word, you'd sell no more patent medicines that do more harm than good. Oh, I'm, I'm through with that life, my friend. And no more skin games with cards, and no more that rainmaking game. On my solemn oath as I stand here, I wouldn't think of such a thing. No sirree, my friend. I'd give you my word. My sacred pledge. Don't I see a couple of kegs of gunpowder in that wagon? And a cannon? That's what you use for rainmaking. Oh, oh, those, those items. Yes, those items. Oh, I... Don't let me catch you collecting money for rainmaking. I'll try not to let you, but you probably will. I've had bad luck, yes, indeed. Muddy luck has dogged my footsteps all the way. Well, just last night, my platform broke down. Busted the leg of my chief attraction. Deadshot Dudley. Got nothing left but a banjo player. He's no good. Deadshot Dudley? A sharpshooter. Oh? He'd fire from the hip with either hand and hit a thin dime tossed up into the air. But never mind, my woes. Tell me about yourself and Tonto. My, but I'm glad to see you two. What are you doing in these parts? Well, Barnaby, we found a belt buckle. Huh? Yes, a silver one. On the back was a name, uh, Banderman. A killer who's been wanted by the law for five years. But what brought you here? The buckle was in an empty wallet. The wallet had the name of the western outfitting company stamped in the leather. Well, I say that's a firm right here in Waterford. Yes, that's right. How don't I thought Banderman might be living in Waterford using a different name. He kept the valuable buckle, but didn't wear it for fear it would be recognized. Hmm, likely. Likely. What's he look like? Oh, just an ordinary man. Medium size, bald head. You know him if you saw him? Maybe not. He's probably changed a lot in five years. Not much to identify him by. His name is Tattooed on his left forearm. Tattooed, you say? Uh-huh. Dangers for him to carry around. Say, if he's near here, as you think, and wants to get by with a new name, wouldn't he want to get rid of that tattoo? Yes. Boggs Eradicator. Boggs? You have an idea there. He'd surely buy at least one bottle of the Boggs Eradicator in the hope of getting rid of that tattoo. Will your stain remover do this? Uh, well... Boggs, uh, tonight I want to be who I can watch everyone who buys the Eradicator. You might sit inside my wagon. Uh, you said you'd lost your sharpshooter. Good old dead shot, Dudley. Well, you have a new sharpshooter. Huh? Yes, an Indian who fires from either hip and knocks dimes out of the air. What, you mean Tando? I mean myself. With my skin darkened. I'll wear Tando's buckskin. You! Oh, my! Do I get the job? Do you get it? Oh, my friend! Tonight we'll show that townsmen are shooting such as they never saw before. That evening found a crowd of townsmen assembled to watch Boggs show. The rear platform of the wagon was lighted by coal oil flares. There was a short program by a banjo player. Then a demonstration of sharpshooting. Despite the flickering light, a tall man who looked like an Indian fired from the hip and hit coin after coin that was tossed into the air. No one but Boggs and Tando, who sat on the platform, knew that the marksman was the lone ranger in disguise. Now, now that's all for now, my friend. We'll see more of Chief Rainwater's skill in just a moment. Now, first I want to do each and every one of you a favor. I say, my friends, I want to do you a favor. You, Gents, in the last row, just a minute. Don't leave now. Sorry, Boggs, we got important business. Stacey's without his sheep. They're running wild over the range. But come on, boys, we got to teach Stacey a lesson. Gents, Gents, just a minute now. Where? Rat my luck. Look at those mendicamp. They seem to be in a hurry, Boggs. Something about Stacey's sheep. Why should Stacey spoil my show? Oh, Sheriff, I say there, Sheriff. Yeah, you seem to have lost your crowd, Boggs. But, Sheriff, Stacey'll have tougher luck than you got. Who is Stacey? Sheep man. And I might say his sheep would be better off in a wolf pack than Stacey is in the cattle country. He came here to raise sheep. Rancher's Association told him it'd be all right if he kept them fenced off the range. Won't he keep them off the range? This is the third time he's let them out to graze on cattle land. His darn sheep will spoil the range.  I'm sorry for Stacey, but he's had plenty of warnings. Ruin my night's trade. Worst is none too good for him. Say, Tondo, where's our friend? I thought he was sitting there beside you. Well, him going side wagon changed clothes. Put on mask. We go now. Where are you going? Right north. Stacey need help. Lone Ranger come when dressed. You're going to help, Stacey? That's what Lone Ranger said. The Lone Ranger had changed from Indian buckskins to his own familiar clothes. He put on his mask without stopping to wash off the stain that darkened his skin to the complexion of an Indian. Then he rode north. Meanwhile, Tondo had gone to the Stacey ranch and summarized the situation. He backtracked to meet the Lone Ranger. What's the story, Tondo? I hear gunfire. All sheep come this way fast. Ranchers in back of sheep. Chase them with guns. I just scattered them. Not right. You look yonder. Here come sheep. When the mask man saw the running herd in the moonlight a quarter of a mile away, he made a quick decision. Tondo, if we can turn the leading sheep, the rest will follow. Not right. We'll turn them in a wide circle back to the ranch. Come on, Tondo! The Lone Ranger and Tondo raced ahead until they met the oncoming sheep. Then, by expert horsemanship, they turned the leaders to one side. Keep them close back, Tondo! Keep them close! The leader of the ranchers' association was a man named Jackson. He and three of his cowhands rode directly in back of the stampeding sheep, firing guns into the flock. The sheep are going back to Stacey's place. I thought for sure we'd scatter that flock and break, Stacey. Tough luck, boss. Well, I've got another plan worked out. You three listen closely. All right. You start with, Gimp. You go get the sheriff, ask him to meet me at Stacey's house. Then go to our place and wait for me. Right. Wag? Yeah. You sneak into Stacey's tool shed, get a couple of his spades. All right. Squint, you go to that medicine man's wagon. Barnaby Bog? The same. He used to be a rainmaker. He still got some gunpowder in the wagon. I saw it there. Fill a saddlebag with it. Take it to the ranch and wait there for me and Gimp. When I get home, I'll tell you how to use it. After turning back the sheep, the lone ranger and tunnel watched from a distance to be sure Stacey and his men got the flock safely inside the fence. They waited then until they saw that the cut fence was repaired. Leave Carson Silver here at Ground Hitch Tunnel. We'll go to the house and talk to Stacey. Ah. There was a man named Stacey in a town where a banditman committed most of his crimes. I want to see if this is the same fellow. Look, Kimitabi. The man meet near Stacey's house. Hmm. Well, we'll move close and wait until they leave. Ruth Stacey and her husband were seated in the kitchen unaware that Jackson and the sheriff had met outside the house. Well, Ruth, we didn't lose too many sheep. Jim, the fence was cut again. Yeah, just like the other times. I wish I knew who was doing it. You must have some friends, Jim. It wasn't your men who turned back the stampede. Come in. Oh, hello, Sheriff. Jackson, you here. Looks that way, don't it? Evening, Stacey. How do you miss us, Stacey? Good evening, Sheriff. Leave the door open, Sheriff. Jackson here will need fresh air. That's the thanks I get for turning back your sheep. You turning back? Me and my cowhands. We hadn't done it. The ranchers would have driven those woollies so far you'd never see them again. But get this, Stacey. I'm speaking for the ranchers association. I brought the sheriff to witness what I say. Well... The next time you turn your sheep out in the open range it'll be the last time. Now, hold on, Jackson. I didn't turn them out. You said that before. And I say it again. Someone keeps cutting my wire. You accuse me of cutting the fence wire? I didn't say that. All I know is someone is cutting it. Stacey, you just resent the fact that you weren't made welcome in these parts.  You've done it three times. I have not.  Next time your sheep are on the range we'll come here for you. We'll come geared for action. That's official. Come on, Sheriff. Well, good night, folks. Good night, Sheriff. Sheriff, he hates cattlemen. Me in particular. See the way he looked at me? I didn't notice. There was poison in his face. I'm sure gonna be unguarded against some underhanded trick. If he does anything to you, Jackson, just let me know. Sure will. See you again. Get up there.  Get up there. The lone ranger and tato standing in the darkness had heard the conversation through the open door. They watched the sheriff and Jackson right away. Hello. I got back to our horses. You not calling, Stacey? No, I've changed my mind. Did you hear Jackson claim credit for turning back the sheep? Uh, me hear him. Him lie. Yes, Jackson lied. There was a ring of honesty in Stacey's voice. Ah. Well, you're not talk to Stacey. I'd rather talk to Jackson. Me hear horses. We'll go back and see Barnaby Boggs. Then I'll go on to Jackson's ranch. At that time, you'll be home. Easy, sir. Call up. The curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments to continue our story. After leaving Stacey's sheep ranch, the lone ranger and Tonto rode back to the wagon of Barnaby Boggs. Oh, yes. As we dismounted near the big red wagon, they heard a groan. Oh, my. That come from wagons. Boggs, come on, Tonto. We'll see what's the matter with him. Uh-huh. The back of wagon's still open. Yes. He has lamps in here. Strike a match and light one. He do it. Oh, no. Don't hit me again. Don't do it. Boggs, what happened? My head, my pork, beaten head. Here, light. Put it down here, Tonto. Uh-huh. Let me look at your head, Boggs. Oh. Sorry. I'll never be the same again. You'll be all right. Oh, me. Who'd do such a foul deed to a peace-loving man? I've never hurt anyone. Oh, my luck. The skin's not broken. Tell me what happened. I don't know what happened. I was sitting alone in the dark. Yes, I was dozing. Someone crept behind my back. Then there were stars, millions of them. Where'd you come from? Stacey's ranch. I went... Boggs. You've been using gunpowder? Gunpowder? No. Look, one of those cakes has been opened. Ah. Here, powders spilt in slaughter. What? Robbed. I've been robbed.  That cake was full. Now it's half empty. Anything else going? I can't tell. At first glance, I'd say nothing has been disturbed. Just the powder. Oh, who you had that powder? Well, I guess everyone in town could have known it. It's in plain view when the platform of my wagon is lowered. I wonder if the theft of that powder isn't any way connected with the trouble at Stacey's place. Who can tell? Someone might have let out Stacey's sheep just so there'd be no one around this wagon. To clear the way for the assault and robbery, eh? We'll talk about your case later. Right now I'm going to call on Jackson. Why? I want to ask him a few questions about the ranch's association. I also want to find out why he lied and told Stacey that he turned back the sheep. Thought he'd better stay here with Boggs. Ah, me too.   If you had a call on Jackson... It takes quite a while to wash away the stain. I haven't the time. Jackson will have to take me as I am. I'll be back in an hour at the most. And we'll be waiting for you. Jesus, let me follow. One, two, three. The Lone Ranger already knew the location of the Jackson ranch. He approached the buildings from the rear. When he saw two men working with spades in the moonlight near the barn, he stopped his horse some distance away and proceeded on foot. I wish Jackson had a different scheme. We'll be in bad for comes out that we set this blast. Just be half as bad as it be if the truth came out about Jackson. If that happens, we're all gone geese. Why don't you try some of that Boggs Eradicator? Maybe that'll take off the tattoo mark. Don't argue with the boss's plans. It's like they're fuses, we're told. Even if he does get Stacy lynched, how does he know that someone else won't come here like Stacy, who might see the tattoo on his arm and know what it means? I like that fuse, myself.  Hey, what's that? It's Wags. I got you covered, walk straight ahead. Wags, capture someone. Look what I got, boys. The jam that was listening to you two from around the corner of the barn. And he's messed. Well, mister, what have you got to say for yourself? Me? No talk. Take his gun. Sure. Get him. I caught him flat-footed. I suppose you jugheads had plenty to say about the boss's plan. If this gent heard us, he heard plenty. I'll take that mask off and see who he is. Yeah. Well, turn him around so the moon shines on his face. Hey, I know this critter. He's a red-skinned who was shot shooting in the medicine show. Huh? He works for Boggs. So that's it. Squint, you must have left tracks for him to follow when you got that powder. Time up. We'll hold him in the old shed and we'll see what Jackson wants to do with him. A time. Why the blast? Tied hand and foot, the lone ranger lay in an old shed some distance from the Jackson barn. There was just one thing for which he could be grateful. He had been wearing the Indian disguise on his face beneath the mask. The secret of his true identity was still safe. But for how long? He was pondering this when the blast went off. There was a sheet of flame and a shattering force of air that knocked down one corner of the barn. Jackson was in the cafe. Hey, boss! Hey, boss! Mr. Jackson! Jackson, that's one of your men. Yeah, what's the matter, Weg? An explosion. Someone blew up your barn. Yep, Stacey had a hand on that. Come on, boys. Let's go with Jackson and see what happens. Too much damage, Jackson. You can repair the barn. Yeah, I'm lucky you didn't catch fire. Who'd do a trick like this? Hey, Mr. Stacey! I found a couple of spades over there. Spades? Sure. Here they are. They've got a knife. What? They've got a name on them. Who's name? A sheep man, Stacey. He didn't want it. His men set that plan. Well, like, come on, boys. We'll get Stacey down. We take the sheriff to his place and get him for keeps. Let's get to the horse. Come on. Hey, Weg. Did you get a chance to tell Jackson about the mass that he needed to be captured? Yeah, I can't do anything about him now. He's got to ride to Stacey's place with the others. He says for you and Gimp to stay here and guard the prisoner until he comes back. Right. Jackson and the other ranchers quickly found the sheriff who listened to the story of the blast, looked at the spades with Stacey's name on them, then joined the group who rode to the ranch of the sheep man. While the hour was late, there were still lights burning in Jim Stacey's home. We can't all go in there. Me and Jackson will go inside. You two, Weg, bring the spades. All right, Sheriff. You can come along, Finch. Right. The rest of you wait here outside. All right. Hey there. There's Stacey's door. What's going on? What do you all want here? We're coming to speak to you, Stacey. What? Again, Sheriff? You know why we're here, Stacey. I do not. Stacey, take a look at those two spades. He's here. Do you recognize them? But... They're mine. My name's under the handles.  What are you trying to say, Jackson?  I haven't been out the house since the last time you were here. Hey, that proves it. How'd you know the barn was blown up since then? Well, I... Well, if you'd been blown up earlier, you'd have said something when you were here earlier. Stacey, it looks like the evidence is against you. Sheriff, listen to me. Jim hasn't been out of the house. Naturally, you'd alibi her, Mrs. Stacey. Indeed. I'll have to ask you to come along, Stacey. We'll hear what you've got to say in court. You're going to jail me on Jackson's say so? Those spades... You can't do it, Sheriff. Those ranchers will bust me out and lynch me. Jackson will see to that he's hated me from the start. You hear that, Sheriff? He figures I hate him. That's why he blew up the barn. He wanted to hurt me. Come along, Stacey. There's been nothing but trouble ever since you came to these parts. Don't take him, Sheriff. They will lynch you. Sorry, ma'am. Oh, wait, Sheriff. Jackson's lying. Don't make me use force. Hey, something's going on outside. Open the door and see what's here. Hey. He's mad.  Hey, this man. Quiet! You two bogs and close the door. Bogs? You here? What the... You're covered. I'll lower my guns when I've cleared up a couple of points. Sheriff, you needn't bother to arrest Jim Stacey. No. Who are you? What's that mask mean? I'll answer the first question. I'm one of the men who turned back Stacey's sheep. That's not true. The engineer at the door was with me. I'll tell you who I got here. I was captured by two of Jackson's men. They held me in the shed. I'd still be there if Tottenham and Bogs hadn't expected me to join them and came looking for me.  Jackson, you'll find your pals gimp and squint tied in the shed just as I was. Oh, yeah. Hold it. Don't go for a gun. I have more to say. Sheriff, I was captured by that man. I think he's called Wag. Well, I was watching squint and gimp put the blasting powder near the Jackson barn. How did they stole from my wagon? You mean to say my own men? Yes. They were using spades. They had stolen from Stacey's barn. Those spades on the floor. You hear that, Sheriff? That clears me. What's the word of a mask man mean? You'll find out in a minute, Jackson. You wanted to make trouble for Stacey. You wanted to get him away from here. Failing in that, you wanted to get him lynched. It's a lie. I know your knife. You can't like me, Sheriff. No one is going to knife you, Jackson. For a number of years, there have been handbills out for a killer named Banderman. Yeah? The name's familiar. Banderman dropped out of sight. He changed his name, bought a ranch with the money accumulated through his crimes, and settled down. Then a man named Stacey came to the vicinity. I knew Banderman. I knew him. Yes, Stacey. Yes. You knew him as a thin, bald-headed man with a tattoo mark on his forearm. You didn't recognize him after he put on some weight and a wig, but you would have known him if you'd ever seen his tattooed forearm. That's what he was afraid of. That's why he didn't want you around. What? You mean... Oh, no. Quiet. Tell the rest, mess man. That's all there is. Oh, no. Cut away Jackson's sleeves. I won't let you... Why, get him. Right, boss. I'll help you. Borgs, pick up the gunwag drops. I got it. You let go of me. Hold him, Stacey. Hold him. Now, that shirt sleeve, Tutto. Sheriff, there's the tattoo. His own name, Banderman. So that's who you are, Jackson. And for the final proof, Banderman, let's have that wig. Are you...  Baldie Banderman. Well, this sort of changes the name of the man I take prisoner. Banderman's three ranch hands are as guilty as he is. Yep. You come along with me, wag. Well, Stacey, I... I guess we all misjudged you. I can't blame you for that, Finch. Well, from now on, your life around here will be easier. I reckon we all feel we've got to make enough to do for you. We're through here, Tutto. Hey, wait a minute. You'll see what you're wagging, Borgs. Now, it's your move, Banderman. Stacey, you sure are lucky to have that masked Indian on your side. Indian? Yeah, Borgs. I can see his copper-colored chin below that mask. He's an Indian. Same as the one he called Tonto. You're not so smart, Sheriff. He's wearing a stain on his face so as he can sharpshoot in my show. I called him a chief rainwater. I reckon he won't act no more, though. His job in these parts is done. So he's not an Indian, you old skin-plant. India in my eye. He's the lone ranger. Are you still there? This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated, created and produced by George W. Trendle and directed by Charles D. Livingston. Tonight's story was written by Fran Stryker. The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer.