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Raymond, Fresno Co., Cal. Sept. 27th, 91 Dear Mr. Johnson: Yours of the 17th rec d yesterday. Thank you for the proof
of that article, which appears to be about the right thing for the occasion. It ought to suggest to Californians a good deal
more than is expressly set down. I hear that a force of wood-choppers are slashing right and left in the neighborhood of The
farm in Yosemite. Undoubtedly some little thinning of young trees might not be amiss there, but I shudder to think what the
result of the present work will be. When I first knew the Valley that part was very attractive. The improvements made there
during the last three years are a dreadful indication of what the present assault is likely to produce. I also hear that a
force is at work in the Big Tree Grove, but I would not venture an opinion on the outcome of their labors without more information
than I have at present. I learn 06369