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2 sooner or later they are sure to be attacked destroyed unless watchfully defended. The very first forest reserve that
I ever heard of, the most moderate in extent was located in the garden of Eden included only one tree. The Lord himself laid
out the boundaries of it, but even that reserve was attacked broken in upon. The attacks then of sheepmen lumberman, unregenerate
sons of Adam on the Yosemite National Park are in the natural course of things. The Camminetti park-destroying bill seems
to me one of the most authentic productions of the sheepmen lumbermen long accusomed to take everything within reach regardless
of the rights of others however farreaching