Death Valley Days (TV Series)

By the Book (1968)

Linda Meiklejohn: Fran Baldwin

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• [examining the Baldwins' rundown inheritance] 

  Fran Baldwin : It isn't quite what we expected.

  Hugo Stillwell : I thought not. The only improvement is this shack your father built - if you can call it "an improvement'.

  Fran Baldwin : Improvement?

  Hugo Stillwell : Yes, the Homestead Law says improvements have to made if a claim is to be kept - and they must be made within a time period.

  Fran Baldwin : I see.

  Hugo Stillwell : Well, as you can observe, none have been made here. This place doesn't even have any water.

  Fran Baldwin : Is a well an improvement?