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2 Valley was so short that he could not see more of me. I hope that you will continue to have a lookout for his report and
have a copy sent to me immediately on its presentation. If it is crooked, I will try to make Mr. Newsham sorry that he saw
so little of the Valley and so much of me. Indeed, my fingers have been aching for a week to write what I think about Mr.
N's indescreetness. They have been restrained only by a doubt whether it would not be more politic to wait a little while,
and get his report to work on. There is a movement over Mariposa way to have the western boundary of the Nat'l reservation
changed - lessening the limits. I expected this, as there are good grounds for objection to the presently assigned 3 boundaries.
However, I think it would be better, as a part of the plan to get the Yosemite Valley embraced in the Nat'l park control,
that the boundaries should for the present remain as they are. I would like to know whether the Times printed my last letter
- on the subjects of a patrol and the purchase of a road. The latter question promises to be useful in reforming the Valley
management. It is too intricate for explanation here, but I have already got hold of some strings that can be pulled effectively
at the right time. Yours Very Truly Geo. G. Mackenzie A Stockton paper announces that Mr. Hutchings is likely to be
appointed Superintendent of the