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.

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

284

Original Date

1-1-1909

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

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."

Publication

Pasadena Star

Page/Column

Clipping

Excerpt/Portion of

Portions of this article are taken from no. 262.

Location

CStoC

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "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." (1909). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 320.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/320