What's the nature of the titles in that town, anyhow ?" "As near as I can tell," replied Dan Anderson, "since you retain me and ask my legal opinion, the fundamental title to the valley of Heart's Desire lies in the ability of every fellow there to hit a tin can at forty yards with a six-shooter.

There's hardly a tin can in the street that you could cook a meal in," he added plaintively.
"I see," said Barkley, his laughter a little forced.

"But now, I heard there never was a town site filed on." "There was a story," replied Dan Anderson, ruminatingly, "that Jack Wilson laid out a town there soon after he made the Homestake strike.
He had McDonald, the deputy surveyor, plat it out on a piece of brown paper,--which was the only sort they had,--and Jack started over with the plat to file at the county seat.

He got caught in a rain and used the paper to start a fire with.

After that he forgot about it, and after that again, he died; so there never was any town site.