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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



REPORTS 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 May 7, 1910, to May 6, 191 1. 



The Club's growth during the past year gives strongest evi- 

 dence of healthy vitality. There was a net increase of 144 mem- 

 bers during the year, the total membership now being 1,400. A 

 total of 229 new members joined the Club and 85 were dropped 

 from the list by reason of death, resignation, and non-payment 

 of dues. 



The Club purchased an addressograph since the membership 

 list had become quite unwieldy, and this investment has proven 

 a very considerable help to the Assistant Secretary. A small 

 amount was spent on trail work and planting of golden trout. 

 The cost of publishing the Bulletin has increased so materially 

 that the Directors are taking steps to keep this expense within 

 bounds. In view of all this, the financial balance shown by the 

 Treasurer's report is very satisfactory, since it indicates a slight 

 gain over last year's balance. 



The Club has been working actively on many matters of 

 public interest. Among other things, it has urged the establish- 

 ment of a National Monument to include the Devil's Post Pile 

 and Rainbow Falls on the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin, the 

 enlargement of the Sequoia National Park to include the wonder- 

 ful region embraced by the headwaters of the Kings and Kern 

 rivers, the creation of a Bureau of National Parks, and the pre- 

 servation of Niagara Falls, etc. The National Monument will 

 undoubtedly be established in the near future, the Sequoia Park 

 project and the proposed Bureau of National Parks may take some 

 time to attain, but are bound to prevail in the end, and while the 

 legislation preserving the Niagara will not be all that was sought 

 to be accomplished, its integrity seems assured for the next two 

 years, and the Burton Bill will be extended for that length of time. 



The Club was presented with several albums of very interesting 

 photographs taken on the 1910 Outing, and Mr. M. H. McAllister 

 donated a striking framed enlargement of a Mt. McKinley photo- 

 graph, which now hangs in the Club Room. The thanks of the 

 Club are extended to these generous donors. 



The extensive and successful fish planting done last year in 

 the High Sierra under the supervision of the Club in co-operation 

 with the California Fish and Game Commission, is work that will 



