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railway, besides two Swiss guides free from the Canadian 
Pacific railway during camp. This money is expended prin- 
eipally on opening up and exploring new country, Mr. Wheeler 
and the club guide being in the Yellowhead country all sum- 
mer. There is a club house at Banff that is owned by a joint 
stock company of members and leased to the club. Club mem- 
bers receive from the Canadian Pacific railway a single fare 
round trip from anywhere in Canada for the annual outing. 
The meeting took place around the campfire. Vice-president 
Patterson had charge of the camp in the absence of Mr. 
Wheeler, president and director. He proved himself a very 
hard working gentleman, met all new arrivals with a 
handshake, directed them to the annex to the dining 
tent if it was outside the regular meal hours, told them 
where the secretary was to be found, and even ealled 
the early parties at 4 o'clock in the morning for breakfast. 
I do not think that he was out of camp for two hours 
during the nine days. Mr. Forde, chaizman of the elimb- 
ing committee, was a very capable gentleman, who with 
two others on his committee gave all members a chance to 
eraduate. Mr. Forde was out on a roye himself every day on 
the same mountain, and finally as his ewn reward he went over 
with two or three others to climb Popes Peak, but the guides 
would not take them up as the snow was not safe, due to 
much rain. Much rain fell during the camp, but generally at 
night. Tents are more necessary than in our Coast mountains. 
There were 63 members graduated this year. 
The tents furnished by the elub are round ones, similar to 
the army tent, and capable of accommodating about eight per- 
sons per tent. 
Active or associate members paid $2 a day—others, inelud- 
ing any who failed to graduate, paid $3 a day, so that any who 
came in for leisure around camp paid $1 a day more than the 
climbers. One representative from any other mountain club 
is put on the same standing as active members. <A very pleas- 
ant feature was the fact that members and visitors came from 
all over America and Canada. There were about eight Appa- 
lachians, one Mazama, one American Alpine, and one Moun- 
taineer. The Alpine Club members came from all over Canada 
and the eastern states. 
