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richer by the memory of a week where all went right and nothing went 
wrong. East knows West and West knows East a little better than 
before and we trust that the friendship begun among the mountains 
may be a link in the chain that binds together one great Empire.” 
Our neighboring mountain climbers, The Ma- 
a erraees zamas, made The Three Sisters the objective of 
: their yearly Outing of 1910. The Three Sisters. 
are located in the Cascade Divide in the middle of Oregon. 
NOTES. 
In July the Duke of Abruzzi reached an altitude of 24,500 in the 
Himalya Mountains. This is believed to be the highest point yet 
gained above sea level. 
The Sierras are planning to plant Golden Trout in the South Fork 
Basin of the King’s River. Over 40,000 trout were received and 
planted in various parts of the Yosemite Park in 1909 by the Park 
Superintendent. 
The following on the “Neglect of Beauty” is quoted from an 
editorial in the Century, February, 1910: “Although the declaration 
of the first White House Conference of Governors included a record 
of their agreement ‘that the beauty, healthfulness, and habitability 
of our country should be preserved and increased,’ it is much to be 
regretted that the official leaders of the conservation movement—than 
which nothing is more important to the country—have never shown 
a cordial, much less an aggressive, interest in safeguarding our great 
scenery, or in promoting, in general, this part of their admirable 
program. . . . The first thing that a man does after he obtains a 
competence is to invest his money in some form of beauty, and it is 
in the interest of good citizenship that he should have a plot of ground 
to be proud of. He settles in some town, suburb, or other region 
mainly because it is beautiful, and he is all the happier if his home 
can command an attractive natural view. As he grows richer, this 
desire for beautiful things, and particularly for a beautiful country 
place, becomes more dominant, and it is to such a feeling that we owe 
the development of our sea coast and hilltops into regions of resort 
for health and recreation. The American still apostrophizes his. 
country with the lines: 
“TIT love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills.” 
