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of camps throughout the park, will have a camp nearby which will be 

 available. 



The regular Club Outing in July, 1916, will be as previously an- 

 nounced a trip into the famous Kern River Cafion, affording an easy 

 chance to climb Mt. Whitney and other peaks over 14,000 feet in eleva- 

 tion, and the party will then enter the upper basin of the South Fork of 

 the Kings River, which is another region of wonderful surprises, with 

 its splendid peaks, beautiful lakes, waterfalls, and some of the very best 

 of "pure Sierra wildness." More can be seen on this trip, with greater 

 comfort and less expense, than would be possible under any other cir- 

 cumstances. Those planning to take this trip should enroll now as the 

 list is rapidly filling and the number will be strictly limited. Members 

 of any mountain club and their relatives are welcome. An announce- 

 ment giving complete details will be issued during the spring. 



Wm. E. Colby, Chairman, 

 J. N. Le Conte, 

 Clair S. Tappaan, 



Outing Committee 



REPORT ON LE CONTE MEMORIAL LODGE 



The Le Conte Memorial Lodge, in Yosemite, was officially open this 

 year from May 18th to August 26th. On account of the Panama-Pacific 

 Exposition at San Francisco the majority of visitors were from the 

 Eastern States. The number registering was 1800, and, although there 

 must have been at least twice that number of visitors, there were fewer 

 this year than usual. This, I think, was due partly to the fact that the 

 majority did not know of the Lodge. It seems, therefore, that something 

 should be done to inform the public of its existence. Several times peo- 

 ple did not come in until their last day in the Valley, and expressed 

 their regret at not knowing of the Lodge earlier. 



A number of improvements were made early in the season under the 

 direction of Professor Le Conte. The roof was repaired and the old and 

 warped floor in front of the fireplace was replaced. The work of piping 

 water to the Lodge was finished. 



Perhaps the greatest addition this year was a set of the birds of the 

 Yosemite lent by the "Museum of Vertebrate Zoology" of the University 

 of California. Many visitors expressed their appreciation of this. Mr. 

 Romeyn B. Hough donated a transparency of "Specimen Pages from 

 American Woods." Two or three books were donated to the library. 



The Lodge is in need of two or three small tables on which to place 

 the photograph albums, etc., as those in use at present are old and dilap- 

 idated. The end walls of the wing storerooms have spread from the 

 roof and need repairing. 



Besides serving as a reading room and place of information for the 



