The Mountaineer 85 
THE MOUNTAINEER LODGE 
During the summer outing in the Olympics the idea of a lodge was sug- 
gested and was so well received that at a camp-fire in the Elwha Basin it was 
“decided by unanimous vote that a lodge should be built in some location in the 
mountains which would be of the greatest benefit to the greatest number 
throughout the year. Mr. Edward Allen, one of the originators of the present 
plan, started a subscription list with the result that over $300 was subscribed 
by the party.” After the outing Mr. Allen was called away from the city and 
the work was continued by Mr. S. V. Bryant. He has increased the subscrip- 
tion nearly to $600 with amounts ranging from $1 up. The lodge idea has 
grown, and in September it reached the stage where the Directors gave it their 
full and hearty approval and appointed a Lodge Committee with Mr. Bryant as 
chairman and with Mr. Charles Hazlehurst, Mr. Irving M. Clark, Mr. J. Harry 
Weer, and Mr. Charles Albertson as members. The Committee was organized 
with Mr. Clark as secretary, and the work of gathering data, increasing the sub- 
scription list, and scouting for a location was undertaken. 
Information has been gathered from the mountain clubs in this country and 
in Europe. It is found, however, that nct a great deal of the data bears on the 
Mountaineer lodge problem, and that we will, therefore, have to solve it alone. 
The Southern Section of the Sierra Club gave the most valuable experience for 
the lodge purpose. Their “Muir Lodge,’ opened October 4, 1913, in the Big 
Santa Anita Canyon, twenty-seven miles from Los Angeles, has many of the 
points that it is hoped the Mountaineer lodge will have. 
The subscription list is growing, and not all of the members have as yet 
been approached on the question. The lodge, it is estimated, will cost about 
$1000; yet it is earnestly hoped that a larger sum than that can be secured 
so that the lodge can be put in the best possible shape. 
The site will no doubt be in the Cascades some three or four hours’ ride 
from the city with a fare of about three dollars or less for the round trip. The 
Committee is scouting all possible places in order to secure the greatest 
possible number of advantages. 
The lodge should have, among others, the following points: accessibility 
to the bulk of the membership; accessibility all the year; a pleasing, simple, 
and home-like building with a large veranda, a large assembly room with a 
massive fire-place, a kitchen, women’s and men’s rooms, and sleeping arrange- 
ments; there should be a beautiful mountain view; it must be located so as to 
provide a day’s or several days’ tramp to peaks, lakes, ete., and to make possible 
the enjoyment of the winter sports. 
The lodge should serve for week-end trips, summer and winter, and should 
also provide an outing place for those who do not go on the Mountaineer Outing. 
It is hoped that every member will subscribe, so that each one will feel 
part possessor of and have a personal interest in the lodge. 
As soon as the money is raised, the plans arranged, and the site definitely 
selected, the Committee is authorized to begin the building. The present indi- 
cations are that the lodge will be open for use within less than a year of its 
inception. 
IRVING CLARK, 
Secretary of Lodge Committee. 
