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Report of Le Conte Memorial Lodge Committee. 



During the summer of 1910 the Le Conte Memorial Lodge was 

 open to the pubHc from the middle of May until the first of 

 August, and although the season was short, several hundred more 

 visitors registered than in any previous year. 



The books formerly belonging to Galen Clark's Hbrary and pre- 

 sented to the Sierra Club by Mr, George Fiske were installed at 

 the Lodge. 



The herbarium holder, subscription for which was started by 

 Mr. Alden Sampson in 1909, was set up. Prof. C. B. Bradley 

 kindly undertook to plan and oversee its construction, and a hun- 

 dred specimens of the collection begun the previous summer were 

 mounted and enclosed in envelopes with celluloid face, ready for 

 exhibition. This exhibition of plants was extremely interesting 

 to the visitors, but as one hundred plants, the capacity of the 

 present holder, must fall short of even the popular plants of the 

 Park, another holder is urgently needed. 



The Club is greatly indebted to Mr. Charles D. Kellogg, the 

 noted lecturer on birds, who during a visit to the valley most 

 generously gave a lecture for the benefit of the lodge. The sum 

 of eighty-six dollars was realized. This money will be spent for 

 much needed furniture, to be known as the gift of Mr. Kellogg. 



As the picking of flowers in the valley is rightly discouraged 

 by the superintendent, Major Forsyth, a substitute for the flower 

 exhibition formerly held was found in the beautiful collection 

 of water-color studies of the flora of the park made by Miss 

 Hutchinson, of Los Angeles. Through the kindness of Miss 

 Hutchinson an exhibition of these studies was held and greatly 

 enjoyed by all fortunate enough to come to the lodge during 

 those days. 



Persons taking trips to the outl3ang portions of the park often 

 find it a hardship to return to the valley for suppHes. Stations 

 in Tuolumne Meadows and one or two other places in the north- 

 ern portion of the park, where campers' suppHes could be ob- 

 tained would be of great service and also encourage the explora- 

 tion of the higher altitudes. It is suggested to the Directors that 

 the Sierra Club use its good offices in furthering the establish- 

 ment of such supply stations, and also in the matter of marking 

 trails and giving distances authoritatively. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. T. Parsons, 

 J. N. Le Conte, 

 Lydia Atterbury, 

 Le Conte Memorial Lodge Committee. 



