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Identifier: pacificgaselectr61915paci (find matches)
Title: Pacific Gas and Electric magazine
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Public utilities
Publisher: (San Francisco, Calif.) : Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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then synchronizingthrough the alternat-ing current generat-ors the control of thesecond water-wheelcan be secured. Itis, however, a bit ofoperation that is outof the ordinary. Having investigat-ed the power-house,the trip through the Le Conte MemorialLodge, Yosemite cemetery and the In-dian Vilhige supplies sufficient interest looccupy the afternoon. The Lodge w;isdedicated by tlie Sierra Club to allthings Yosemite. Hoolvs, i)ublications ofall kinds, photographs, pressed flowers,seeds or curios are gladly given a per-petual home in this interesting memorialli> the famous educator who died in the\alley he so dearly loved. The cemetery is uni<iue in llial it oc-cupies a secluded spot lying hctween theYosemite falls and the Hoyal .\rches, asil<ies, also, the Indian Village. The giavesnf the late Galen Clark and that goodold pioneer, Lamon, are marked by highl)locks of granite, with only their namesand with no dates of (he beginning orthe close (,r Ihcir hcMcvoleiil careers, flie
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Three lirothi- Indian Village is notover modernized andwas well worth avisit, which includedthe witnessing of anancient gamblinggame that was ac-companied by aquasi-musical, mo-notonous chanting.With the weird sing-ing and waving ofthe hands it certainlypresented a pictureto our eyes, especi-ally as the Indians allwore their serapes.Presently a youngIndian mother ofseventeen summerscame forth with hereight-nionths-old pa-poose to greet us,and we praised thecliild and gave themother a little moneyin her palm, whichmade her face beamwith pleasure. The prospect of areally long trip thene.xt day induced us to make an earlystart. This was to cover the trail to thetop of Union and Glacier Point and Sen-tinel Dome, including a short stop-overat the Glacier Point hotel. The trail com-mences from a point near Camp .\hwah-nee, and soon we reached the invitingheights above and accepted the invita-tion to view the Yosemite falls from dif-ferent angles. Several hours later wereached the overhangin

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