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Show PROTECTION MAY KILL GIANT TREE YoHomUe. Cal., Aug. 0 "Whom the Gods love, they also destroy" is proposed pro-posed as an epitaph for "the grizzly giant," the monarch redwood of the Mariposa grove. The seal of the government gov-ernment to protect this famous trees, it Is said, is threatening its destruction destruc-tion for laborers aro now engaged in Greeting a fence around the 8,000 year old veteran, and in sinking post holes are cutting through some of the main roots, This, It is feared, will injure, perhaps ultimately de-trov de-trov the tree. Yosemite valley residents and scores of tourists have united in a protest to Secretary of the Interior Fisher against the mutilation. It is urged that the tree never has boen molestod, and as soldiers guard the grove the need of a fence is not apparent ap-parent The complaint also sets forth that much of the natural beauty of the grove will be imperiled by the erection of such an enclosure. Secretary Secre-tary Fisher is asked to order tho work stopped immediately. .rf |