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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Alexander G. Eells. 



Those who were present at the dedication of the Le Conte 

 Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley, July 3, 1904, will recall 

 the address, published in Vol. V, Sierra Club Bulletin, page 176, 

 delivered by our fellow member, Alexander G. Eells. In that 

 address he preached "righteousness by living it forth in its 

 native simplicity, stoutly and sturdily," and no man could have 

 so spoken unless it were a standard of his own life. 



His death came, totally unexpected by his friends, on October 

 12, 191 1, in his forty-ninth year. Mr. Eells was a native of Ohio 

 and a graduate of the University of California in the class of 

 1886. During his college life and in his professional and social 

 activities he made a definite and lasting impression for good. 

 The testimony of his friends bears witness to this. Almost his 

 last professional activity of a public nature in behalf of a revised 

 mechanic's lien law was a successful endeavor to establish that 

 law upon a level of greater justice to all aflfected by its provisions. 



Notwithstanding the personal loss that every friend feels, each 

 remembers that Alexander G. Eells lived up to the high standard 

 that he set for himself and for all of us. 



Letter from Mr. Muir. 



Para, Brazil, Sept. 19, 1911. 



Dear Mr. Colby : I hope you all had a good time this summer, 

 the usual Sierra Club luck. 



I've had a glorious time up the Amazon. In about a week from 

 above date 1 hope to be on my way to Rio de Janeiro. Thence 

 I intend going to Buenos Ayres, sail up the Uruguay and La 

 Plata, cross the Andes to Valparaiso and southwest along the 

 Araucarean forests, etc. Then, perhaps, to South Africa to see 

 its wonderful flora, etc. May be home in the spring. 



My kindest regards to all the Club you see. » 



Faithfully yours, 



John Muir. 



[Since writing the foregoing letter Mr. Muir has sailed from 

 South America for Cape Town, South Africa, and probably will 

 not return to California for some months yet. — The Editors.] 



