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Sierra Club Bulletin 



Report on Le Conte Memorial Lodge 



The lodge was opened to the public on May 23rd. During the first 

 part of the season the cold and damp weather necessitated a large fire 

 being kept constantly burning for the comfort of the guests. For this 

 purpose a quantity of wood was donated to the lodge by the Govern- 

 ment officials. During the early part of the season we had an average 

 of fifteen visitors a day, but as the summer advanced the number in- 

 creased until, during the latter part of June, we often had several hun- 

 dred. In July the number decreased again quite materially. 



The guests seemed to enjoy the books on the valley, including those 

 on the birds and flowers, and the daily papers, more than any of the 

 other attractions. They were also much interested in the maps and 

 studied them diligently. On the hot days of July, they discovered that 

 a cool, comfortable spot could always be found in the lodge, and soon 

 took advantage of this, spending the whole afternoon within it, which 

 made the one comfortable rocking chair constantly in demand. 



We renewed many of the older specimens of the herbarium, brighten- 

 ing up the collection. There are many more specimens which we col- 

 lected for this purpose but left unmounted on account of lack of room. 

 A catalogue of the books was made this summer for the library, there 

 being about 350. Two cards were made for each, so that any book may 

 easily be found by knowing either the author or title. 



We desire to express our sincere appreciation to the Sierra Club for 

 the privilege of spending a summer in the valley as custodians of the 



DociA I. Patchett, 

 Rose B. Wright, 



Custodians 

 J. N. Le Conte, Chairman, 

 R. M. Price, 



Marion Randall Parsons, 



Committee 



Report of 191 7 Outing 



Owing to conditions brought about by the war, the ambitious plans of 

 the Outing Committee to take the club into the San Joaquin and Middle 

 Fork of the Kings regions had to be abandoned until after the war. A 

 substitute outing was taken into the Tuolumne Meadows, where a main 

 camp was established on the Soda Springs property which is under the 

 control of the club, and from this central camp trips were taken to the 

 many surrounding points of interest. About 150 members participated 

 and the outing proved thoroughly enjoyable from every standpoint. This 

 was the first opportunity that members of the club have had generally 

 to enjoy the Parsons Memorial Lodge. Every one had great praise for 



