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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



The Road to King's River Canon: — The State Engineer writes 

 concerning the progress of this road as follows : — 



"We now have the survey built about half a mile beyond the 

 Cedar Grove Hotel, and from the General Grant National Park 

 we have completed the construction work for two miles. Beyond 

 this completed road, we have grubbed out, or brushed, the road- 

 way for three miles, so that early next spring we may continue 

 the work and rush it as far as we can before the snow flies." 



Muir Woods: — The above is the official name given to the 

 tract of redwood groves donated by Mr. William Kent for a 

 public park. The tract includes an area of 295 acres, lying on the 

 slope of Mt. Tamalpais. It was deeded to the government with 

 the approval of Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, and will be 

 cared for by the government as a public park. The trees in 

 these groves consist principally of original growth of Sequoia 

 sempervirens and some Douglas spruce. They are the most 

 accessible of any redwood groves, and are easily reached from 

 San Francisco. In recognition of Mr. Kent's generosity the 

 Board of Directors of the Sierra Club has adopted the following 

 resolution : — 



"Resolved, That the Sierra Club extend a hearty vote of thanks 

 to Mr. William Kent in testimony of its appreciation of his noble 

 gift to the Federal Government, of the Redwood Canon on Mt. 

 Tamalpais, with its magnificent primeval groves of Sequoia sem- 

 pervirens, to be devoted as a public park and pleasure ground to 

 the people forever. 



"By order of the Board of Directors." 



Mr. Herbert IV. Gleason, the noted mountaineer, mountain 

 photographer and lecturer, of Boston, favored the Club with 

 two of his finest lectures on October 4 and 5, 1907. They were 

 delivered at the Masonic Temple in Berkeley, One was entitled, 

 "Alpine Scenery and Wild Flowers of the Cascades and Cana- 

 dian Rockies"; the other, "In Thoreau's Country." 



Probably there is no man who knows the Canadian Alps more 

 thoroughly than Mr. Gleason, and certainly it would be hard 

 to find a more magnificent collection of photographs than he has 

 obtained. The views selected for this series of lectures were 

 the choicest in Mr. Gleason's collection. 



In 1905 and in 1906 Mr. Gleason was a member of the famous 

 mountain-cHmbing excursions of the Sierra Club and the Ma- 

 zama Club of Oregon, in the former year to Mts. Hood, Rainier, 

 and Shasta, and in the latter year to the unexplored region 

 around Mt. Baker. A large amount of exceedingly interesting 

 material was secured on these trips, the best portion of which 

 was presented in the lecture. 



