The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)

Bud Noble a handsome specimen of manhood is foreman on the Circle D ranch outside of Circle City Idaho and our opening scene pictures Bud as the cowboy roping and tying a steer With its bucking bronchos pitching mustangs bucking steers and the biggest novelty ever the acme of all thrillers see Bud bulldog a steer Only three men have successfully accomplished this feat and lived to tell about it Then Bud receives a shock The local operator appears with a telegram Your Uncle John dead You are sole heir to his estate valued at several millions Come to Chicago at once The astounded cowboys tumble over with sheer amazement Bud buys and the scene closes with a characteristic rush for the bar