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Martinez, Mar. 24, 1900. in margin: Gen 3174 My dear Lummis, Many thanks for you editorial in last Sunshine. The two
Calaveras groves seem safe at last. Now we must fight for a decent administration of parks reservations in general on a permanent
basis. Only the merest beginning has been made. In particular the appropriations for forest guards rangers are ridiculously
inadequate. I should like very much to see you but the way seems blocked just now, with work that should have been off my
hands