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moderate outlay will correct these defects, and the building is 

 otherwise unimpaired. 



Upon due authorization the Committee will take necessary 

 action on the foregoing. 



The furniture of the Lodge is inadequate and not of fitting 

 style. One of our esteemed members has subscribed one hun- 

 dred dollars toward a fund for the refurnishing of the Lodge, 

 and further subscriptions to this refurnishing fund are solicited. 

 The Committee believes that two hundred and fifty or three 

 hundred dollars would suitably furnish the Lodge in a substan- 

 tial manner. 



The library is growing, but many books are needed to cover 

 the territory of the High Sierra and give information called for 

 by visitors. From the subjoined list of books now in the library 

 its lacks can be noted, and donations of suitable books are re- 

 quested from members and friends. The growing interest in the 

 Lodge and its increasing significance is shown by the great 

 registration of visitors for the past season. 



The Committee takes pleasure in including in its report the 

 following from the Custodian for the season of 1907: — 



To THE Le Conte Memorial Lodge Committee. 



The Le Conte Memorial Lodge first opened for the season of 

 1907 on May 28th, and almost before the door swung back on 

 its hinges there were people ready to partake of the Sierra Club's 

 friendliness. The building was open daily, except Sunday, from 

 9 A. M. to 9 p. M., and during the entire time of two and one 

 half months it was well patronized by the friends of the Club. 

 In the months of June and July the Camera Club (in two sec- 

 tions), the Sierra Club and its Eastern friends, also excursions 

 of teachers from the N. E. A. Convention in Los Angeles, be- 

 sides the usual amount of traffic and the added amount due to 

 the now easy access to the valley, made this season remarkable 

 for the number of visitors During the latter part of July and 

 the first part of August travel began to fall off and gradually 

 lessen till the daily number of new visitors to the Lodge fell 

 from fifty to ten, the greatest day's registration being ninety 

 and the least five. During the time of the Club's camp in the 

 valley a number of camp-fires and informal Club meetings with 

 their attendant announcements and characteristic programmes 

 were held in front of the Lodge. 



On the afternoon and evening of July i8th, at the suggestion 

 of Mr. Charles Greene, of the Oakland Public Library, a flower 

 exhibit of the wild flowers in the valley and vicinity and the 

 commoner trees and shrubs was conducted in the Lodge. One 

 hundred and eighty varieties, including flowers and ferns, trees 



