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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



In addition to longer articles suitable for the body of the magazine, the 

 editor would be glad to receive brief memoranda of all noteworthy trips or 

 explorations, together with brief comment and suggestion on any topics of 

 general interest to the Club. Descriptive or narrative articles, or notes 

 concerning the animals, birds, forests, trails, geology, botany, etc., of the 

 mountains, will be acceptable. 



The office of the Sierra Club is Room 302 Mills Building, San Francisco, 

 where all Club members are welcome, and where all the maps, photographs, 

 and other records of the Club are kept. 



The Club would like to secure additional copies of those numbers of 

 the Sierra Club Bulletin which are noted on the back of the cover of this 

 number as being out of print, and we hope any member having extra 

 copies will send them to the Secretary. 



The year that has just passed leaves several empty places in 

 our camp-fire circle. No loss is more deeply and sincerely regret- 

 ted than that of Mrs. William Frederic Bade, whose sad death, 

 on September 17th, deprived the Club of one of its most talented 

 and charming young women. Those of us who remember her as 

 Miss Mary Ratcliff, on the Outings of 1904 and 1905, grieve not 

 only for the beautiful girl whose brightness, untiring energy, and 

 splendid voice won admiration from the most casual acquaint- 

 ance ; but for the warm-hearted companion, the good comrade, 

 who made many a fair day the fairer by her presence. The sum- 

 mer of 1905 she was one of the few who made the three ascents 

 of the Outing — Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Shasta. 



The death of Mr. P. A. Kanawyer will be sad news for his 

 many friends in the Club. For many years past he has had 

 charge of the travel between Millwood and the King's River 

 Canon. His widow, assisted by members of his family, will 

 continue the packtrain and camp-hotel business. 



U. S. Geological Survey: On January 18, 1908, the Director 

 recommended and the Secretary of the Interior approved the 

 following changes in the personnel of the Topographic Branch : 



Robert B. Marshall, Geographer, formerly in charge of the 

 Pacific Division, to be Chief Geographer. 



Thomas G. Gerdine to be Geographer in charge of the Pacific 

 Division. 



Newly Discovered Cave in King's River Canon: — This lime- 

 stone cave seems to be a discovery of magnitude. A recent 

 exploration by parties from Fresno shows that the cave ex- 

 tends in something over 1,500 feet, and contains some of the 

 most beautiful chambers of stalactites and stalagmites that can 

 be imagined. It is within three hundred feet of the survey of the 

 State road to the canon. 



