53 THE MOUNTAINEER 



Editorial Comment 



THE proposed ascent of Mount Olympus by The Mountaineers is attracting con- 

 siderable attention, as being the first attempt of ary mountain-climbing club 

 to scale this peak. Several well-known scientists hive already asked to join 

 the party, in order to take advantaj,e of the opportunity which the trip offers for ex- 

 ploration and research in a practically untouched field. 



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By some inexplicable oversight the "Contents" page and illustrations of the March 

 number of The Mountaineer were not sent to the proof-reader, with the result that 

 several serious errors crept in without detection, much to the mortification of the 



Publishing Committee. 



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The associate editor wishes to absolve the editor of The Mountaineer of any 

 responsibility for this number, including the editorials, as it was agreed that if the 

 editor would secure the advertisements necessary to finance the undertaking, the 

 associate editor would do the rest. 



The Washington branch of the Audubon Society, the first steps toward the 

 organization of which were taken at a " Mountaineers' " meeting, is now well 

 started, with the following officers: 



Officers. 



W. Leon Dawson, President. 



Mrs. Stephen E. Thayer, First Vice-President. 



J. F. Illingworth, Second Vice President. 



Clinton T. Cook, Treasurer. 



H. Rief, Secretary. 



Mr. L. T. Zanks. 



As an appendix to the article by Miss Ina M. Hanna in this number, it might be 

 of interest to give a brief description of the personnel of the Press Party. Of the 

 seven men in the original party, James Hellbal Christie, the leader, was a Scotchman, 

 born in Murrayville, Scotland, in 1854, and had spent many years prospecting and 

 hunting in the mountains. Captain Charles Adams Barnes, the historian and topog- 

 rapher of the party, was born in Illinois in 1859. He was appointed cadet in the U. S. 

 revenue marine in 1879, was commissioned a lieutenant in 1883. In 1887 he resigned 

 to enter business, going first to California and later moving to Seattle. Harry Boyle 

 Runnals, M. D., was to have been the photographer and collector of the fauna of the 

 region, but failed to accompany the party. John Henry Crumback was born in Ontario, 

 Canada, in 185G, came West and was in the Rich rebellion under Gen. T. B. Strange. 

 John Williams Simms was born in Essex, England, in 1851. In 1870 joined 

 the British army, in which he served six years. In 1881 went to the Boer war in 

 South Africa, serving under Sir Garnet Wolsey: came to America in 188G. Christopher 

 O'Connell Hayes, great-grandson of the famous Irish patriot, Daniel O'Connell, was 

 the youngest member of the party, being twenty-two years of age at that time. 



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The Club continues to grow at an unexpected rate. Its membership list now in- 

 cludes residents of Banff, Alberta, Canada; Los Angeles, Pasadena and Berkeley, Cal- 

 ifornia; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; North Yakima, Aberdeen, Castle 

 Rock. Davenport, Port Angeles, Tacoma, Walla Walla and Seattle in Washington, its 

 members representing almost every trade and profession, that of teaching being in 

 the lead at present, including eleven members of the faculty of the University of 

 Washington. It now looks as if the second party to start on the annual outing will be 

 made up almost entirely of professors of this and other universities. 



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If all authors and editors who are members of The Mountaineers would follow 

 the example of Mr. Sholes and present first editions of their books to the club's library, 

 it would be able to boast books on history, geography, geology, ornithology, botany, 

 entomology, poetry, travel and description, and possibly other subjects. 



