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Sierra Club Bulletin 



The stairway up Half Dome, erected in the name of the club through 

 the generosity of Mr. M. H. McAllister, was completed last summer 

 and has proved to be a great attraction. An account of the trail will be 

 found in "Notes and Correspondence," but we wish again to express our 

 appreciation of this public-spirited action. 



One hundred and ninety-eight members participated in the 1919 out- 

 ing to Tuolumne Meadows, which was a success from every standpoint. 

 The many side-trips, especially the one to Thousand Island Lake and 

 Mount Ritter region, were of unusual interest, and, as the main camp 

 was for the first time moved to the Ten Lake Basin, every member of 

 the outing had the opportunity to visit this little-known section of the 

 park. 



Judging by the interest already displayed, the coming outing to the 

 headwaters of the San Joaquin and the Middle Fork of the Kings will 

 be the most popular in the history of the club. Not only are the mem- 

 bers interested in visiting an unfamiliar section of the Sierra, but the 

 renewed interest in mountaineering following upon three summers af- 

 fected by war conditions probably accounts for this unprecedented con- 

 dition. 



Owing doubtless to the war, the club has fallen short of its normal 

 growth during the last two years. The campaign for new members 

 begun at Christmas-time has shown appreciable results, more than two 

 hundred new members having been added within the last two months. 

 The membership is at present 1908; 149 have resigned or been dropped 

 for nonpayment of dues. 



Respectfully submitted, 



William E. Colby, Secretary 



Le Conte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley 

 custodian's report for 1919 



Upon my arrival, May 15th, I found the lodge incomplete and work on 

 it at a standstill. As soon as the necessary materials arrived and 

 weather permitted, the building was again under way. Through the 

 kindness of Superintendent Lewis and his men, I was able to open the 

 lodge June 5th mid the noise of nail-driving and array of carpenter's 

 tools. The season was shorter than that of former years, but more 

 popular. At all times Le Conte Lodge was crowded with visitors, 

 manifesting considerable interest in "the beautiful stone building" and 

 the man to whom it was dedicated. Twenty-eight hundred names 

 appeared on the register at the time of closing, but fully one-third 

 of the visitors failed to register. 



There was constant demand for more books and specimens. The 

 complete works of Joseph Le Conte and John Muir, Indian lore, and 

 studies in flower and bird life, containing colored plates, were the 

 books most frequently called for. A fine innovation was the series 



