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Sierra Club Bulletin 



camping place from which to take side trips, and where their property 

 can be taken care of in their absence. 



The necessity for making a new arrangement for financing this prop- 

 erty will arise in the near future, as only about one-third of the owner- 

 ship is now vested in the club itself. Many members have donated their 

 shares to the club ; a few shares have been purchased by special arrange- 

 ment, and during the past year two were exchanged for life member- 

 ships. The latter plan appears the most feasible as far as the club itself 

 is concerned, but we would like suggestions from members as to what 

 shall be done in the future in the way of acquiring the remaining inter- 

 ests. Very respectfully, 



Wm. E. Colby, 



President 



The Greater Sequoia 



Recent Facts Point to Middle California as the Future Summer 

 Home of Many Thousands of Campers Out 



Growing public interest in the plan of the Department of the Interior 

 for the enlargement of the Sequoia National Park undoubtedly had 

 much to do with last summer's enormous increase in the patronage of 

 this fascinating reservation on the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains in central California. This increase amounted to more than 

 seventy-two per cent of the attendance the year before; and last year's 

 attendance, be it noted, was an increase of forty per cent over the figures 

 of the exposition year preceding. That these two enormous increases 

 cover the precise period since the plan for "the Greater Sequoia" was 

 made public is at least significant. 



Last summer's increase consisted largely of campers in and near the 

 Giant Forest. Many of them remained for weeks, some all summer, 

 much to the profit of the local business channels through which they 

 purchased their supplies. 



The Sequoia is fast becoming the greatest camping out locality in the 

 country, and if the magnificent groves of the present Sequoia Park are 

 supplemented by the immense scenic valleys it is proposed to add to the 

 park, valleys now unknown to the public, there will be drawn to the 

 park many thousands of campers yearly from far distant States. 



A Sierra Club Fund for the Relief of Starving Children 



A growing feeling among many of our members that we as a club 

 should undertake some form of service induced the San Francisco local 

 walks committee to start a weekly collection on the Sunday walks as a 

 nucleus for a war-relief fund. Contributions to the Holland Seaside 

 Fund, which provides for the health rehabilitation of starving children 



