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GRANT-HOLMES HOTEL OPERATING CO.
U.S. GRANT, JR., PRESIDENT
JAMES H. HOLMES, GENERAL MANAGER

U.S. GRANT HOTEL
EUROPEAN PLAN
SAN DIEGO, CAL.

[[image - drawing of U. S. Grant hotel]]
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF
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obey [[strikethrough]] obedience [[/strikethrough]] all the same!  To begin, telling of California-especially this southern end of it-where shall I begin?  Perhaps with its nymphs.  No!  impossible-thirty two years ago when previously here yes!- lo, now, a parched observer [[strikethrough]] parched [[/strikethrough]] thirsting? midst bubbling wells which flow from old-time desert sands.

Literally true - thirty two years ago, where now virgins wade through flowers, I chased the jack-rabbit and coyote - but the virgins don't chase me!!

However, to turn reluctantly from matters of sentiment to those of progress, I must lift my cap to the men of this camp who have planted within the last three years [[underlined]] over a quarter of a million [[/underlined]] of trees and shrubs to say nothing of acres - hundred of acres of flowers in its chief park [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]].  I call this not only progress - but [[underlined]] real [[/underlined]] progress - planting for the future as well as for today - actually doing - not talking - for the unborn - such acts mean civilization - joy - art -!!  And all of these without the "honk" or rubber tires on a fist full of acres!!!  Can Detroit with all its noise and gold paint an equal?  No - it has taken 25 or 30 years 

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this is the third page of the letter to Cam