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tain relief of the Legislature; In favor of extending State quarantine; 

 which resolutions were all duly adopted. 



The Secretary read the following resolution : 



Resolution Opposing the Conversion of Hetch Hetchy Valley into a Reservoir. 



Whereas, The citizens of San Francisco are appealing to the Federal Government to 

 allow them to use the beautiful Hetch Hetchy Valley, in the Yosemite National Park, 

 as a reservoir for the waters of the Tuolumne river, to be used by them as an addition 

 to their domestic water system ; and 



Whereas, There are all too few of these gloriously beautiful mountain valleys acces- 

 sible to the people ; and 



Whereas, These beautiful National Parks have enriched the lives of past genera- 

 tions, are enriching the lives of the present generation, and will enrich the lives of 

 future generations; and 



Whereas, There are many other sources of water supply that can be secured by the 

 citizens of San Francisco without robbing the children of men of the profit and pleasure 

 of these wonderfully and gloriously natural temples for worship by the sons of men, 

 of Nature, and Nature's God to their everlasting good and welfare; now therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the Fruit-growers in Convention assembled, do most sincerely 

 deplore the selfishness of our fellow citizens in San Francisco in thus attempting to 

 destroy for commercial purposes this beauty spot of earth; and be it further 



Resolved, That we most earnestly protest against this commercialization of this our 

 heritage and the heritage of our children ; and be it further 



Resolved, That we demand that the Federal authorities shall forbid the use of Hetch 

 Hetchy Valley by San Francisco for a domestic water system ; and be it further 



Resolved, That these resolutions be forwarded by the Secretary of this Convention to 

 the President of the United States and to Secretary of the Interior Garfield. 



After a spirited discussion, the above resolution was adopted by a 

 vote of 24 in favor to 11 against. 



MR. JUDD. Mr. Chairman, I have a resolution here that I wish to 

 present at this time. 



Resolution Indorsing the Officers of the Convention. 



Whereas, The first convention under the new administration is about to close ; and 

 Whereas, We fully appreciate the worthy and able efforts of President J. W. Jeffrey 



and Secretary John Isaac ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the Fruit-growers in Convention assembled, express our hearty 



appreciation of their fair and able and impartial execution of our complex business; 



and be it further 



Resolved, That we express our sympathy for our President in his family sickness that 

 deprives us of his further attendance, and express a hope that an early recovery will 

 gladden his fond heart. 



On motion, duly seconded, the foregoing resolution was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Mr. A. R. Sprague then read the report of the Committee on Roads, 

 as follows: 



