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meeting last Saturday, for the Half Dome trail and stairway which you 

 generously caused to be built under the auspices of the club. It is, in 

 the opinion of all, a superb addition to the attractions of the valley for 

 visitors. Personally I hope we may soon have in the Bulletin a series 

 of views taken from Tissiack at different times of the day, season, and 

 atmospheric conditions by first-rate camera artists. I anticipate, too, 

 that soon the ease of access now afforded to that superb outlook will 

 invite meteorological observations in air-currents and electrical phe- 

 nomena. 



Again assuring you of the deep gratitude of the directors of the 

 Sierra Club for your generous gift, I am, 



Cordially yours, 



Mr. M. Hall McAllister, William Frederic Bade 



485 California Street, 



San Francisco, California. 



Prof. William F. Bade, Francisco, 23 October, 1919 



President Sierra Club. 



Dear Professor: Your letter of the 18 October has my attention, and 

 I beg to thank you and the directors of the Sierra Club for your cordial 

 vote of appreciation of the above work. 



I can assure you it was a great pleasure to plan and carry out this 

 scheme, of which I had thought for some years, but naturally felt tim- 

 idity in attempting to undertake a task which might result in failure 

 from financial or physical reasons. 



The trail and stairway are, I understand, considered a success by the 

 valley people and have already been enjoyed by a large number of 

 mountain-lovers. 



A complete album of photographs is now under way, and as soon as 

 it is finished I hope to send the club several copies for their clubrooms 

 and lodges. 



Wishing long life and prosperity to the Sierra Club, and congratulat- 

 ing them on their new president, I remain 



Yours very truly, 



M. Hall McAllister, 



485 California Street 



THE national PARKS ASSOCIATION, I512 H STREET NORTHWEST 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Dear Mr. Bade: December i8, 1919 



I accept with pleasure your invitation to tell the members of the Si- 

 erra Club what the National Parks Association is, and why it should be 

 supported by the membership of Californians who love the parks and 

 the mountains. 



It was organized on May 29, 1919, by a committee of which Dr. 



