By DENNIS WYATT 209 Living Samuel Clemens — aka Mark Twain — would have loved the irony. The popular and controversial 19th century author — who many credit with penning the words “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over” — has been memorialized through the restoration of the cabin he stayed in from Dec. 4, 1864 to Feb. 25, 1865 just a short distance from where today’s New Melones Reservoir sits. The reservoir is a key player in California’s ongoing water wars that broke out months after the first gold nugget was discovered at Sutter’s Mill on the American River.