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Sierra Club Bulletin 



Received: memorial lodge current fund 



Interest on Robert S. Gillette Fund $ 47.50 



Interest on Special Memorial Lodge Fund 93-75 



Total received $ 141.25 



Balance on hand, January i, 192 1 108.75 



$ 250.00 



Expended: 



Repairs to Le Conte Lodge 97-58 



Balance on hand, December 31, 192 1 $ 152.42 



On hand: 



Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank, cash $ 152.42 



Secretary's Report 



To the Members of the Sierra Club: 



The club can indeed be gratified at the progress made in park matters during 

 the past year. The assaults upon the integrity of the Yellowstone National 

 Park were successfully resisted and Congress refused to sanction the proposed 

 invasions. Governor Stephens signed the bill passed by the state legislature 

 early in 192 1, appropriating three hundred thousand dollars for the purchase 

 of redwoods along the State Highway and in the Eel River region in Hum- 

 boldt County. These purchases are being consummated, and in combination 

 with private gifts of lands and purchases through private donation, will result 

 in the preservation of a strip some twelve miles in length along the highway 

 mentioned of these magnificent redwoods. This is a splendid step forward, but 

 should be followed up by the acquisition and preservation of a large grove of 

 the finest stand of redwoods obtainable. Whether national interest can be suf- 

 ficiently aroused to bring about congressional action is a problem for the fu- 

 ture. The Save-the-Redwoods League is to be congratulated upon its effective 

 work along these lines. The differences between the Forest Service and the Na- 

 tional Park Service with reference to the boundaries of the proposed Roosevelt- 

 Sequoia National Park have been adjusted, and the Forest Service is now en- 

 thusiastically back of the plan to create this addition to the existing Sequoia 

 Park. The bill has been favorably reported from the Public Lands Committee of 

 the House of Representatives, and is therefore in a favorable position for pas- 

 sage by the House. It will then have to be passed by the Senate. The chances 

 for creating this enlarged park are better than ever before, but we will require 

 the enthusiastic and earnest support of all our members when called upon to 

 aid at critical junctures. 



Mr. Francis P. Farquhar represented the Sierra Club at the hearings in 

 Washington and did most effective work in spreading information and co- 

 ordinating the assistance rendered by many of the leading clubs of the East. 

 His trip in the behalf of the club was well worth while, the club paying a por- 

 tion of his expenses. 



A gift of three hundred dollars has been made to the club in the name of 



