Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
sponiible for the wonderful formation OF

sponiibae for the wonderful formation OF
You are biased in favor Of the glacier,
aren't your the President asked with q
WELL" said Mr.. Muir. stopping again,
when a believer of ice has been set to dc
Gods work and has spent ten years OF
your life studying the work. you have a
right to your own opinion"
The President agreed with him, and
added that 1t would be a great loss to the
world unless the naturalist put in writing
all that he knew Of the valley.
II don't want to write any books" said
Muir. "as long as there are mountains to
climb"
Cheered From Valley Below.
At Union Point the President stepped
out on q shelf rock to look down on the
valley, 1900 feet below. He was scarcely
there when cheers fioated up family from
the depth. Tourists with field glasses had
been watching for his appearance from
the veranda Of the Sentinel Hotel. more
than mile away. and had sent up a
greeting as soon as they had caught a
glimpse Of him.
They look like ants down there" said
the President. and when he waved his
handkerchief the tourists caught his ac-
acknowledgement and again sent up a cheer
with Taft, Taft. Taft" tackled on the
end of 1t.
1t was 3 o'clock when the President left
the Sentinel Hotel for this place. He had
dinner here and retired on his train. The
train will leave here at 7:3O o'clock in the
morning.
While the President was in the park he
was notified that a point on the south
wall Of the valley about two miles west OF
Glacier Point and opposite FL Captain had
been named in honor Of him. The point
10 not accessible to the ordinary tourist
now, but government surveyors are max
to-
which the park superintendent hope the
government will build from Fort Monroe
10 Glacier Point, a distance of ten miles.
This road would run along the rim of the
valley past Taft Point. The view from
Taft Point is said to equal the famous
one from Glacier Point. Mr.. Taft ex-
pressed no opinion in regard to the new
road. but he did say that he believed the
Yosemite ought to be developed on a
general plan just as the Yellowstone Park
has been.
Impressed With Muir.
President Taft said tonight that he
had been so impressed with John Muir's
knowledge OF the Yosemite that he had
asked Secretary of the Interior Ballin-
ger to take him with him on his trip
into the Hetch-Hetchy valley. Secretary
Ballinger is to arrive here tomorrow.
The purpose Of his visit is to investi-
gate the valley, with view to San
Francisco's agitation to have the valley
converted into q reservoir for the city's
water supply. Mr.. Muir was not selected
by the President because he is opposed
to the plan, but because he felt that
the naturalist could give Secretary Bal
finger more competent Information than
any other man.
The Prestdent learned after his arrival
at FL Portal that forty-ton boulder had
fallen across the stage road leading out
Of the park last night, and that there
had been doubt for several hours as to
whether the stage company would be
able to get the President and his party
out of the valley. The company put a
big force of men at work blasting the
boulder. and had a roadway driven
through 1t in time.