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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



REPORTS. 



Report of the Secretary. 



May 2, 1908, to May i, 1909. 



Great vitality is a marked feature of the Sierra Club's present 

 existence. There has been a net increase of loi new members 

 during the past year, the total membership now numbering 1103. 

 A total of 205 new members joined the Club and 104 were 

 dropped from the list by reason of death, resignations, and non- 

 payment of dues. 



The Club was never stronger financially. Though this past 

 year has been one of unusually heavy expense, being the first 

 year since the fire during the whole of which we have been pay- 

 ing rental for a Club room and the salary of an assistant who 

 has charge of the room, the balance in the Club Treasury is 

 greater than it was last year. 



Now that our finances are once more firmly established, we 

 propose spending a small amount of our funds each year in the 

 construction of necessary trails in the Sierra. By means of co- 

 operation with the Forest Service and county officials, etc., we 

 expect to increase several fold the amount to be expended on 

 such work. For example, we plan to spend $250.00 this Fall to 

 aid in the construction of a much-needed trail from the King's 

 River Cafion past Mist Falls up to Paradise Valley. We hope 

 to secure a total of $1,000.00 for this work through co-operative 

 contribution. This will build a first-class trail and open up by 

 making easy of access a splendid territory tributary to the main 

 King's River Canon. 



Miss Lydia Atterbury, a member of the Club, who is very 

 familiar with the Yosemite region, has been secured as custodian 

 of the Lodge for the summer. The eighteen splendid oak chairs, 

 which were the gift of Mr. Jas. Mills, of Riverside, have been 

 installed in the Lodge and are a most desirable addition to its 

 furniture. 



The Outing this year to the Yosemite National Park has 

 awakened greater interest than any previous trip. The list of 

 applicants is long since complete, and it is greatly to be regretted 

 that our inability to handle comfortably a larger party will neces- 

 sitate refusing a great many who will desire to go with us. 



The interest in the local walks is also unprecedented. There 

 have been thirty or forty on most of the walks, and once, when 

 we enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. Wm. Kent and rode to West 



