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A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
50 min | Drama

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A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)

50 min | Drama

Jess Vance and her father are homesteaders in the Northwest. For some time land-frauds "engineered" by a "ring" controlled by Senator Hoyle have been going on. Francis Ames, a lawyer, is sent by the government to investigate. The ...See moreJess Vance and her father are homesteaders in the Northwest. For some time land-frauds "engineered" by a "ring" controlled by Senator Hoyle have been going on. Francis Ames, a lawyer, is sent by the government to investigate. The homesteaders endeavor to see Ames, but by the manipulation of Senator Hoyle are prevented from doing so, and they feel that Ames has double-crossed them. Jess boasts bravely of what she would do if she found one of the "dummies" on her claim. Ames learns that one of Hoyle's henchmen has arranged to send dummies to the timberland to "establish a residence" and cinch the ring's claim to the township where Jess lives. Ames stating that he is going east, follows the dummies. Jess meets Ames on her claim and orders him off. He refuses to leave and at the expiration of three days Jess again orders him off, and when he still refuses she shoots him, inflicting only a slight wound. Meantime his secretary, Stanley, meets Cora Abbott, a former friend of Ames. She obtains information that Ames is laid up in his cabin and reports to Hoyle. He tells her to "get something" on Ames. She goes to the woods, and to Ames' dismay insists that she has come to nurse him back to health. In the meantime Jess, feeling sorry for him, has bandaged his wound. He learns of the contempt in which he is held by the settlers. Cora, to get rid of Jess, tells her that she and Ames are engaged. Ames asks Cora to leave, which she does, after a stormy scene, but she bribes two forest scouts to burn Ames' cabin on the night the settlers have decided to burn the cabin of the jumpers. Ames, hearing of the proposed attempt to drive out the jumpers, leaves his cabin in charge of a half-breed. When Jess is told of the burning of Ames' cabin, and the finding of a charred body, she is broken-hearted, and to forget her own heartache offers to go to Portland to see if anything can be done toward the settlement of the homesteaders' wrongs. She is granted an interview with Ames, and there are two very surprised people when Ames sees his forest girl and Jess discovers that her jumper and the despised Ames are one and the same. Later she gladly gives up her homestead rights to become Ames' bride. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Constance Talmadge Jessie West Jessie West See fewer	Intolerance (1916)
Allan Sears Francis Ames (as A.D. Sears) Francis Ames (as A.D. Sears) See fewer	Heart o' the Hills (1919)
Clyde E. Hopkins Bob Mullen (as Clyde Hopkins) Bob Mullen (as Clyde Hopkins) See fewer	The Matrimaniac (1916)
Beau Byrd Cora Abbott Cora Abbott See fewer	A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
Wilbur Higby Senator Hoyle Senator Hoyle See fewer	Hoodoo Ann (1916)
Bennie Schumann Eddie Stanley (as Bennie Schuman) Eddie Stanley (as Bennie Schuman) See fewer	A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
Joseph Singleton Leather Hermit Leather Hermit See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)
F.A. Turner Jess's Father Jess's Father See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Margaret Talmadge Mrs. Kiesey (as Mrs. Talmadge) Mrs. Kiesey (as Mrs. Talmadge) See fewer	A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
Charles Lee A Homesteader A Homesteader See fewer	The Absentee (1915)