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FOUNDED 1889. INCORPORATED 1894. GLOBE OPTICAL COMPANY MANUFACTURERS IMPORTERS EXPORTERS OPTICAL GOODS. BR MARLBORO
BUILDING.403 WASHINGTON ST. A.G. BARBER, PRES. TREAS. F. A.BARBER,VICE PRES. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, EYE, EAR, NOSE THROAT.
NEW ENGLAND AGENTS HARDY'S OPHTHALMOMETERS. DE-ZENGS LUMINOUS INSTRUMENTS. SHUR-ON SO-EASY MOUNTINGS. R.C.THOMPSON,
ASST. TREAS. MANAGER. W.W.SLAD,SECRETARY, SUPERINTENDENT. MAKERS OF TORIC AND SPECIAL LENSES. INVISIBLE BIFOCALS.
OPTICAL MACHINERY AND WORK BENCHES. GLOBE TABLES AND CABINETS. GLOBE EAR-PHONES. BOSTON. May 1, 1908. Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal, Dear Mr, Muir:- illegible Your letter of Jan. 9th has laid on my desk a long time unanswered. I hope
you have had time since then to try your microscope, and that you find it works all right. If it does not, I suggest that
you call at the San Francisco office of the Bausch Lomb Optical Co. and get their advice. Our bookkeeper says that we have
received a credit from San Francisco which she cannot exactly understand. Did you return anything more than the one illimunator
which was sent you by mistake, and, if so, did they refund the price to you? If you did return more than the one illuminator
and did not get the money for it, why you see we owe you some money from here. You wrote that you had just got your daughter
comfortably settled in the Mahave Desert. I hope she is getting along finely. My friends tell me that if I do not let up in
my strenuous life, I shall have to do the same thing before long. I was in Washington, a few weeks ago, and called at Secretary
Garfield's office, in regard to the Hetch Hetchy matter. I suppose you noticed a little editorial in Collier's Weekly,of last
week. You know they promised me, several months ago, to mention it, but they had been so long in getting around to it, that
I feared that they had let it slip their attention. I am going to write them to see if they will not mention it again, and
am going to send them a copy of the Sierra Bulletin , as your article and Mr. Crosby's letter put the subject so strongly
and so clearly. I believe the best way to handle a thing of this sort is through the magazines, as they can reach and stir
up a great many people at once,- many more than we could reach by personal talks and letters. I have read, with interest,
the accounts of the gift of Muir woods to the government for a reservation. I believe this generous (continued) 03907