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in the spring on a short portion leading from Junction Pass 

 to Center Basin, about 50 yards in distance .... An excel- 

 ent grade was obtained on the trail throughout, and the 

 scenery is beyond comprehension ; . . . . 



"Work on this trail was discontinued on September 27 

 on account of weather conditions, and of the fact that the 

 workmen had to walk three and one-half miles to work. 



"In the spring two men will be placed in Center Basin to 

 complete the portion to Bullfrog, two at East Fork, and five 

 at Crabtree Meadows." 

 With the remainder of the appropriation a passable trail for saddle 

 and pack animals will be completed from Yosemite to Mount Whitney 

 during the field season of 1916. Further appropriations must be secured 

 to construct that part of the official John Muir Trail from Grouse 

 Meadow easterly up Palisade Creek, over the pass from Palisade Creek 

 to the South Fork of Kings River, down the latter and thence via Rae 

 Lake and Glenn Pass to Bubbs Creek. Additional expenditures for the 

 improvement of many places in the trail are also desirable. It is hoped 

 that, after the splendid work accomplished, and with increasing favorable 

 public sentiment, additional appropriations will be secured. 



Lassen's Second Year of Rejuvenation 

 By Ruliff S. Holway 

 In the Sierra Club Bulletin of January, 1915, Mr. William C. 

 Hodge gave a brief account of the eruptions of Lassen Peak during its 

 first two or three weeks of activity, with especial reference to the injury 

 to the forest-fire lookout house which had been placed on the highest 

 point of the mountain. The eruptions during the remainder of the year 

 1914 were on the average about as frequent as those during the first 

 month of activity, but the maximum intensity as measured by the height 

 of the column of steam and ash became approximately twice as great. 

 From July to October, inclusive, in one or more eruptions of each 

 month, the ejected ash column rose to estimated heights of 10,000 to 

 12,000 feet above the crater. By October, 1914, the new crater was re- 

 ported as being 900 feet in length and much more rounded in outline, 

 the area of the opening being some five times as great as at the end of 

 June. 



Some further idea of the magnitude of the eruptions may be gained 

 from the record of distant observers. A letter from Professor Charles 

 F. Shaw, who was at Amadee, about sixty-five miles eastward from Las- 

 sen Peak on October 23, 1914, contains particularly interesting observa- 

 tions. The eruptions began at 5 140 p. m. The crest of the mountain 

 showed plainly over the tops of the nearer hills, and the smoke of the 

 eruption was clearly silhouetted against the western sky, extending di- 

 rectly upward from the peak. 



