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[[project?]], using his usual colloquial language interspersed [[red underline]] with slang. [[/red underline]] He showed his roll of blue prints - a large number- about designs of different buildings. On account of his deafness it was quite difficult to get along orderly. [[red underline]] Whenever a question was asked he started to answer before [[strikethrough]] qu [[/strikethrough]] entire question was formulated [[/red underline]] and then did not stop. [[red underline]] Coffin [[/red underline]] made excellent address telling about the work of his committee. The we all went together for a simple lunch. After this [[red underline]] Saunders [[/red underline]] spoke, then [[red underline]] Hunt [[/red underline]] then finally [[red underline]] myself. [[red underline]] My predecessors had [[practically ?]] said all there was to say so I dwelt more on the element side of the
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subject. [[?Gueny]] invited [[? Oncehesteen?]] for supper at Shoreham. - Quite cold weather.
March 16. Cold and windy. At lunch at Cosmos Club. Oscar [[?I.]] [[red underline]] Crosby defended argument for [[red underline]] compulsory enforcement of Peace. [[/red underline]] [[Gueney?]] took supper with [[red underline]] Stephen Mather [[/red underline]] whom I had met at his local mine in California in 1910 (July). He is now interested in developing our [[red underline]] National Park System [[/red underline]] with him several men employed in our Park System, one DeWitt Raeburn, who is Park master of Yellowstone a civil engineer, tall and strong like an indian. Afterwards had a rather active discussion with a certain [[red underline]] Millar [[/red underline]] or Millard? who is just back from [[red underline]] China [[/red underline]]