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To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast: to publish authentic information concerning
them: to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features
of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Board of Directors-1908-1909Honorary Vice-Presidents Mr. John Muir. President . Prof. A.
O. McAdle, Vice-President Prof. J. N.Le Conte. Treasurer . Mr. William E. Colby. Secretary . Prof. Wm. F. Bade . . Prof. George
Davidson . . . Prof. W. R. Dudley Mr. Warren Olney . Mr. B. T. Parsons. Martinez . San Francisco Berkeley San Francisco .
. . Berkeley San Francisco Stanford University . San Francisco San Francisco Prof. George Davidson Mr. R. U. Johnson . Pres.
David Starr Jordan Mr. Gifford Pinchot. San Francisco The Century, New York Stanford University Washington, D. C.Outing Committee
Mr. Wm. B. Colby, Chairman Prof. J. N. Le Conte Mr. B. T. Parsons Committee on PublicationsMr. Elliott McAllister, Editor
San FranciscoProf. Wm. P. Bade. Book Reviews BerkeleyProf. Wm. R. Dudley, Forestry Notes . Stanford Univ. Mr. Alex. O. Bells
Prof. H. W. RolfeMr. B. T. Parsons Mr. Wllloughby RodmanBan Francisco, Dec. 1st, 1908. Mr.R.U.Johnson, , 'Associate Editor
Century Magazine ,Union Square, New York. Dear Sir:-Again I want to intrude on your attention regarding the Hetch-Hetchy
proposition. I do so because I do not know how closely other Interested people nay be keeping you posted, and lest the particular
points I send herewith nay be overlooked, I take the liberty of writing you again personally myself. You doubtless are advised
of the results of the City election on this matter. While the large proposition in favor of Hetch-Hetchy and Bond proposition
may surprise you, yet had you been on the ground and seen the persistent campaign made by all of the papers of this city who
many of them unscrupulously used the most virulent abuse and misrepresentation of opponents of the scheme, you would wonder
that as many as did had the nerve to openly oppose the proposition, and to vote against it. The entire unthinking public and
the rabble of the city all favored the proposition of course, through a factitious hatred of the Spring Valley corporation,
fostered for many years by the systematic and continuous abuse by the newspapers. -But I will cut it short. I enclose you
herewith two full page ads. over the names of a number of unquestionably the very best and soundest citizens of this city.
To no name attached to those ads. can a single criticism be made. They are honest, Just-minded citizens who sincerely wish
the best for our city. I also enclose you a clipping from the morning paper showing what the city officials are now proposing
to do. One of the aldermen will accompany the City Engineer to Washington to promote their bill in Congress, confirming the
concession and agreement made with Garfield. It seems to me that to the best of my study of the question, the different things
that can be done to oppose this confirmation in Congress are- FIRST: That you have a reprint made from the CENTURY of John
Muir's article, together with your editorial, and the four pictures of the Valley, and that enough of these be prepared at
once so that you may be able to place one in the hands of each member of Congress together with a personal letter from yourself
on this topic. SECOND: If you think best, you may state in this personal letter, or some other form of communication, to
Congress, the opposition made by the best citizens of California, giving the names of the ninety-six who openly opposed it
in the newspapers. THIRD: That Mr. Mofarland and Mr. Chamberlain, either or both of them, also write personal letters representative
of their organic