All the ranches within a radius of a hundred miles received letters and blanks and one week later the Pecos Valley Cattle-Thief Elimination Association was organized and working, with Buck as Chief Ranger.
One of the outcomes of Buck's appointment was a sudden and marked immigration into the affected territory.

Mr.Connors returned from Montana with Mr.Frenchy McAllister, the foreman of the Tin-Cup, who was accompanied by six of his best and most trusted men.

Mr.McAllister and party were followed by Mr.You-bet Somes, foreman of the Two-X-Two of Arizona, and five of his punchers, and later on the same day Mr.Pie Willis, accompanied by Mr.Billy Jordan and his two brothers, arrived from the Panhandle.

The O-Bar-O, situated close to the town of Muddy Wells, increased its payroll by the addition of nine men, each of whom bore the written recommendation of the foreman of the Bar-20.

The C-80, Double Arrow and the Three Triangle also received heavy reinforcements, and even Carter, owner of the Barred Horseshoe, far removed from the zone of the depredations, increased his outfits by half their regular strength.
Buck believed that if a thing was worth doing at all that it was worth doing very well, and his acquaintances were numerous and loyal.