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Sierra Club Bulletin 



An outdoor log auditorium about four hundred feet east of the Le Conte 

 Lodge was constructed jointly by the Sierra Club and the National Park 

 Service. It is equipped with water hydrant, electric light, and canvas seat- 

 backs, which may be stored during the winter. 



A series of six lectures was held in Yosemite this year. Those requiring lan- 

 tern-slides were held in the Government pavilion at the Yosemite Village ; the 

 others in the new Le Conte Lodge auditorium. They were very satisfactory 

 and well attended. 



PARSONS MEMORIAL LODGE 



This year there was no custodian at Parsons Memorial Lodge in Tuolumne 

 Meadows, and accordingly the building and log cabin adjacent were broken 

 into and many articles belonging to the club were stolen. Both buildings were 

 misused by travelers through the Meadows and left by them in a very disor- 

 derly condition. Upon several visits to the Meadows I closed the lodge as 

 securely as possible, but on following trips I found the door and windows had 

 been forced open and the interior in general confusion. The poles intended to 

 support the roof against winter snows had been removed and cut up. It was 

 necessary therefore to set up new supports as protection during the coming 

 winter, and Mr. F. C. Holman (who has done much for the Sierra Club this 

 season, as in the past) and I cut poles of the proper size from large logs lying 

 in the lodge and set them up, securely wedging them. A custodian for Parsons 

 Lodge is a necessity, and if the club does not install one in future seasons, 

 the same conditions will prevail, as the traveling public apparently have no 

 regard for public property. 



The Soda Springs at Tuolumne Meadows were frequented by great numbers 

 of tourists during the season. I would suggest that some improvements be 

 made at the springs, as the present method of baling the water out from the 

 springs is very unsanitary. Respectfully submitted, 



Ansell E. Adams, 

 Custodian Le Conte Lodge 



