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Sierra Club Bulletin 



On the evening of the dedication one hundred and eighty- 

 people met in the lodge, as one happy family, to hear music 

 and speeches. It was a dignified and earnest body of people 

 assembled there, who knew that they were glad to belong to 

 an organization that was really worth while — one that had 

 accomplished much and gave promise of greater things to 

 come. The next morning, a beautiful Sabbath, a veteran 

 Club member acting as chaplain, dedication services were held 

 and two little trees were planted, in the hope that they might 

 ''like their neighbors" — Sequoia gigantea and Sequoia sem- 

 peruirens. 



The lodge is a good starting-point for a trip up Mt. Wilson 

 and over to Mt. Lowe, or farther back into the West Fork of 

 the San Gabriel River. It is hoped that all the members of the 

 Sierra Club and their friends will come to visit and to enjoy 

 this, their new mountain home. The lodge is open the "year 

 round," the key being easily obtainable by members at the 

 foot of the trail. 



