Creator
[Theodore P. Lukens]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
As soon as it gets cooler, I do so want to take you by easy stages over my tree planting. I am sure when you see the wonderful demonstration, the proof that our mountains can be reforested and protected from fire, that you will write one of your articles for the magazines and help to hasten the time when the government will push the work along the practical lines as worked out. You will do it won't you?I hope we are to save the Hetch Hetchy. Your efforts will be mainly responsible if we do. I am wondering if you have known of the effort that Geo H. Maxwell is making to equalize the distribution of the water of the San Joaquin and Sacramento valley to take enough of the surplus water from the flooding districts of the Sacramento to redeem all that valley, and put such surplus on the unwatered lands of the San Joaquin. The cost would be $200,000.000s and would be $2,000,000.000= value to the state. We all know the great shortage of water in the San Joaquin for irrigation. what on earth will they who depend on
Location
Pasadena, Calif.
Date Original
1913 Sep 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0794-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0794
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
