Transcription:
J. HORACE MCFARLAND, President, Harrisburg, Pa. CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF. First Vice-President and Secretary, Philadelphia
WILLIAM B. HOWLAND. Treasurer, New York ROBERT C. OGDEN, Chairman Advisory-Committee, New York Vice-Presidents: GEORGE
B. LEIGHTON. Monadnock, N. H. ROBERT WATCHORN, New York L. E. HOLDEN, Cleveland. FIELDING J. STILSON, Los Angeles American
Cibic Association FOR A BETTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL AMERICA Department Vice-Presidents Arts and Crafts MRS. M. F. Johnston.
Richmond, Ind. Children's Gardens. MISS MARY MARSHALL BUTLER, Yonkers N.Y City Making FREDERICK L. FORD. Hartford, Conn.
Factory Betterment GEORGE OTIS DRAPER. Hopedale. Mass Libraries MISS MARY E. AHERN, Chicago Outdoor Art WARREN H. MANNING.
Boston Parks and Reservations HENRY A. BARKER. Providence Press R. B. Watrous. Milwaukee Department Vice-Presidents Public
Nuisances HARLAN F. KELSEY, Salem. Mass Public Recreation Mrs. GEORGE F. FRENCH. Portland, Me. Railroad Improvements MRS.A.
E.MCCREA, Chicago Rural Improvements D.WARD KING, Maltland, Mo School Extension O.J.KERNSocial Settlement GRAHAM ROMEYN
TAYLOR, Chicago Women's League MRS. AGNES MCGIFFERT POUND. Ashtabula, O OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT . HARRISBURG, PA. PERSONAL,
Yosemite May 19, 1908 Dear Mr. Roosevelt; Because of your long personal friendship for him I believe you will want to
see John Muir's last word on the San Francisco water supply problem. Written on rough Manila paper in pencil, this interesting
note came to me in Washington last Thursday evening. I did nothing more with it than to mention its receipt to Mr. Garfield
and Mr. Pinchot, inasmuch as the former gentleman had advised me of I also pass on, as in duty bound, the original copy of
the memorandum adopted by the Sierra Club in reference to the memorable Conference which concluded its sessions last week.
This memorandum bears particularly upon the conservation of scenic resources, as you will note. It ia a matter for very
great gratification, as I look at it, that the dignified Declaration assented to unanimously by the Conference contains a
reference to scenic conservation. I venture to predict that the Splendor of the achievement in successfully