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order to keep track of the species, a single species to each 

 stream is necessary; we could then keep track of their adapta- 

 bility, changes in color, growth, etc., due to their new environ- 

 ment. 



I congratulate you most heartily on the excellent work which 

 you are doing, and I hope that the State and Federal Govern- 

 ments may continue to enforce regulations which will afford 

 adequate protection to the interesting fishes in all these streams. 

 Respectfully, (Signed) Barton W. Everman. 



Report of the LeConte Memorial Lodge 

 Committee. 



During the summer of 1908 several of the needed repairs noted 

 in our last report were made. The entrance porch floor was 

 cemented, and a smooth pavment now replaces the loose gravel 

 that formerly filled the porch and made the steps unsafe at times. 

 The steps themselves have been put in perfect repair and some 

 of the cracks in the building filled up. There is still a con- 

 siderable amount of repairing to be done to the building to 

 insure against future damage. Steps will be taken by the Com- 

 mittee to complete these needed repairs as they may be author- 

 ized and as funds warrant. 



The hundred dollars donated by our member, Mr. James Mills 

 of Riverside, is now being expended as he suggests for the 

 making of eighteen fine substantial oak chairs. We are expecting 

 a donation to buy a large oak top for the lodge table to match 

 these chairs. An oak desk to match these chairs and the table 

 is needed. This should not be more than thirty-four inches 

 long. Other needs are: two curtains for store-room doors, 

 8 feet long, finished, and 3 feet wide; three rugs 10 feet long 

 and 4 feet wide ; a door rug 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Framed 

 pictures should not be over 18 inches wide. The Committee 

 believes that $150 or $200 would complete the furnishing of the 

 lodge in a substantial and suitable manner. Donors to this fund 

 may specify to which of above needs they prefer their donation 

 applied. 



The complete set of Appalachia, donated by the Appalachian 

 Mountain Club, has been bound and will go in with the custo- 

 dian for the opening of the Lodge for the season of 1909, as also 

 a full set of the Sierra Club Bulletin. The complete list of 

 additions to the library are given in the custodian's report. 



The growing importance of the Lodge as a source of informa- 

 tion on the Park, for the increasing number of visitors each year 

 is graphically shown by the report of the custodian for the season 



