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wonderful experience will long remain in the memory of members of the 

 party. The next day Independence was reached, where the night was 

 spent, and the members of the party returned to their respective destina- 

 tions in Los Angeles and San Francisco by special train. 



The music furnished by Signor and Madame de Grassi, Mr. Louis 

 Newbauer, Miss Anna B. Ludlow, and Miss Mizpah Jackson, as well as 

 that so generously contributed by many others, made the camp-fires of 

 this outing more than ordinarily enjoyable. The club is also greatly in- 

 debted to one of its members, Mr. J. E. Eibeschutz, of Independence, who 

 generously rendered assistance in many ways. 



The outing planned for the summer of July, 1917, is one of the most 

 ambitious that the club has ever contemplated. The plan of the trip, as 

 previously announced in the preliminary circular, will be reversed. The 

 party will start from Huntington Lake and travel by way of Hot Springs, 

 Vermilion Valley, Blaney Meadows, and Evolution Basin on the South 

 Fork of the San Joaquin, will cross Muir Pass over the recently con- 

 structed portion of the John Muir Trail, and will enter the headwaters 

 of the Middle Fork of the Kings River. Camp will be made in this won- 

 derful canon in the vicinity of Grouse Valley, from which the wild and 

 rugged Palisade country can easily be reached, and the party will then 

 travel on down the newly constructed trail, which the club has assisted 

 in building, to Simpson Meadows, then on to Tehipite Valley, and will 

 return to the railroad by way of Shaver Lake. This trip will give an op- 

 portunity for visiting a magnificent region of the Sierra that has here- 

 tofore been known to but a few of the members of the club who have 

 been pioneers. The recent trail-building has made this region sufficiently 

 accessible so that the entire outing party will for the first time have the 

 opportunity to enjoy its wonders this summer. Written application should 

 be made at an early date. ^ ^^^^^^ Chairman, 



J. N. Le Conte, 

 Clair S. Tappaan, 



Outing Committee 



Secretary's Annual Report 

 may i, i915, to may 6, i916 

 To the Members of the Sierra Club : 



The splendid progress made in national park affairs during the past 

 year was continued under the able direction of Mr. Stephen T. Mather 

 and the Superintendent of National Parks, Mr. Robert B. Marshall. 

 Both Mr. Mather and Mr. Marshall have been for many years members 

 of the Sierra Club, so that the club can take just pride in what they have 

 accomplished. Work on the John Muir Trail is progressing, and before 

 long the trail will be open to travel from Yosemite to Mount Whitney. 

 This great work has already attracted nation-wide attention, and will do 

 more to open up the high Sierra region than could be done in any other 



