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the public would thus suffer ANNOYANCE.


the public would thus suffer ANNOYANCE.
extortion and imposition
3. The prime object is to make the valley
an attraction for all people. To do this
there must be control exercised over the
valley. and no one else than the owner
the State-should exercise such control.
a. The State has deep interest, there
fore, in making the valley easily accessible
and in securing for tourists the best oppor-
tunities TO inspect the great natural Won
der. 1t follows that she must protect them
against imposition and wrong, and must
see that they are provided with such en-
tertainment as will induce much travel to
the valley. The three hotels now in the
valley are inadequate and unsuited-of this
there can be no denial. They served well
enough in the early history of the States
control, and will do for time yet, but the
demand is increasing beyond their capac-
ity, and they no longer answer to the tastes
OF the people. If the tourist current to the
valley is to be maintained and its aug
mentation encouraged, there must be in .
viting and fairly
COMFORTABLE HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT.
1t will not do to permit private capital 10
erect the needed hotel upon State property.
for that will bind the State to given land
lordship for long term that may prove
very damaging. The State has, therefore,
wisely determined to erect suitable hotel
building, which it will let to competent
persons, who will be under the control OF
its Commission and subject to removal. 1t
will be seen that this is wise decision. be-
cause the valley, as an attraction, is the
means now OF bringing thousands of peo-
pie to the State, who expend with our peo-
pie large sums of money But, beyond
and above this M aI-cpnaryr ;o
the lofty and pure one of preserving to the
generations the nOblest work of the mar
velous hand Of nature. and thus enabling
men and women, at home and from abroad,
to enter into temple of God, where the
very majesty of the King of Kings is typi-
fed, and we are brought almost face to
face with the eternal throne of the AL
mighty and All-wise Maker of the suns,
and world, and spheres The State of Cal
ifornia holds in trust for the peoples of
earth the most eloquent and soUl-Search-
ing sermon ever preached by rocks and
mountains, by foaming cataracts and awe
inspiring waterfalls, by majestic walls of
eternal granite and the crowned glories of
the fairest, the most solemn and inspiring
landscape that ever delighted the eve of
man and stilled his heart by the immensity
of its grandeur and the awfulness of its
unutterable glories
THE NEW HOTEL.
The last Legislature appropriated the
sum of $40 600 for the erection of a proper
hotel building in the valley. But it must
be kept in mind that no exclusive privilege
can be granted for bookkeeping in the
valley. The Commission may grant others
the privilege of entertaining and by re-
quiring the lessee of the new hotel to
properly entertain, it will insure like cater
ing by all other hotels that it may permit
to be established. The hotel is to be leased,
so as to annually produce not less than
three per cent. upon the cost thereof.