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To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning
them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural
features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. SIERRA CLUB 316 MILLS BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BOARD OF DIRECTORS-1905-1906
Mr. JOHN MUIR, President Martinez Prof. A. G. MCADIE, Vice-President . Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. J. N. LE CONTE, Treasurer
. Berkeley Mr. WILLIAM E. COLBY, Secretary . Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. GEORGE DAVIDSON . 2221 Washington St., S. F. Prof.
W. R. DUDLEY . . . Stanford University Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Spreckels Bldg., S. F. Mr. WARREN OLNEY . . 101 Sansome
St., S. F. Mr. E. T. PARSONS . . University Club, S. F. OUTING COMMITTEE MR. WM. E. COLBY Chairman PROF. J. N. LE CONTE
MR. E. T. PARSONS HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS PROF. GEORGE DAVIDSON . .. . San Francisco Mr. R. U. JOHNSON . . The Century,
New York Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN . Stanford University Mr. GIFFORD PINCHOT . . . Washington, D. C. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER, Editor Crocker Bldg., S. F. Prof. WM. F. BAD , Book Reviews . . . Berkeley Prof. WM. R. DUDLEY,
Forestry Notes . Stanford Univ. Mr. ALEX. G. EELLS . . . Crocker Bldg., S. F. Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Spreckels
Bldg., S. F. Mr. E. T. PARSONS . . . University Club, S. F. Prof. H. W. ROLFE . . Stanford University Mr. WILLOUGHBY RODMAN
Bryson Block, Los Angeles Miss F. B. WHITTIER . Mechanics' Library, S. F. -2- thousand dollars required annually for
its care will largely be met by rental of privileges (hotel, etc.) within the Valley itself. I am informed that if Cannon
will consider the Bill, that it can be passed in the House, and then the House bill might be substituted for the Senate Bill,
and Kittredge's opposition overcome. It would be a great pity to see all our good work come to naught, especially after we
have labored so hard to carry the bill through our State legislature. I very much fear that if the bill does not pass this
session of Congress, the next State legislature will repeal the act of recession, and undo the entire matter, and destroy,
for many years, at least, the possibility of bringing the whole Park under one jurisdiction. Very truly yours, illegible
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