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approached the Board of Supervisors of Fresno County, the 

 Forest Service, and one of the transportation companies with 

 the proposition that the Sierra Club would appropriate two hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars toward this work provided each of these 

 other interests would appropriate a like amount. All responded 

 cheerfully and the one thousand dollars was raised. The actual 

 construction was begun under the supervision of Mr. Tom 

 Kanawyer, who contributed valuable time, tools, and powder, and 

 the trail was practically completed last fall. A small amount 

 of work remains to be done in the spring before travel com- 

 mences, and there is a sufficient amount of the joint fund left 

 to complete this work. 



This trail will open up and make easily accessible all the 

 wonderful High Sierra region around Woods Creek and Rae 

 Lake and will bring Paradise Valley, with its splendid feed for 

 animals, within two hours' travel of the King's River Cafion, 

 where feed is so scarce. 



We trust that this is only the beginning of important trail 

 construction to follow, and we feel deeply indebted to those who 

 so generously assisted in making the construction of the trail 

 possible. 



Wm. E. Colby, 

 J. N. Le Conte, 

 E. T. Parsons, 

 Special Committee on Trail Construction. 



Report of the Le Conte Memorial Lodge Committee. 



The Lodge enjoyed a greater vogue than ever during the sum- 

 mer of 1909, and is proving of great service and satisfaction to 

 the increasing crowds resorting to the Park as a source of general 

 and rehable information about the outlying parts of the Park. 

 The activities and results of the season are detailed in the fol- 

 lowing report of the Custodian : 



To THE Le Conte Memorial Lodge Committee: 



The Le Conte Memorial Lodge was opened for the season of 

 1909 on May 17th and closed August 19th. At that time nearly 

 three thousand visitors had recorded their names in the Lodge 

 register, and as the daily registration was usually about half 

 the number who came, five thousand visitors for the summer is a 

 conservative estimate. Many returned again and again to make 

 use of the limited library and the maps or to rest and enjoy 

 the Lodge. Genuine interest in the work of the Sierra Club 

 and in the life and work of Prof. Le Conte was continually ex- 



