Authors

John Muir

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Kimes Entry Number

284

Original Date

1-1-1909

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Muir urges ''friends of our national park system" to protest. He writes: "Timber and water are universal wants .... But however abundantly supplied from legitimate sources, every national park is besieged by thieves and robbers and beggars with all sorts of plans and pleas for possession of some coveted treasure of water, timber, pasture, rights of way, etc. Nothing dollarable is safe, however guarded. Thus the Yosemite park ... Nature's own mountain wonderland, has been attacked by the spoilers ever since it was established, and this strife, I suppose, must go on as part of the eternal battle between right and wrong."

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Pasadena Star

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Portions of this article are taken from no. 262.

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John Muir Tells Of Hetch-Hetchy. Nature Lover Protests that Park Must Be   Saved. Says Proposition to Take It for San Francisco Is Scheme of A Few Sly Dollarish   Schemers There.

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