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Show 497Up early and done the chores, Hitched up and left with my team for StoJohns taking 300 Ibs beef down for 6 Dec Thursday - Drove to Zuni where Wl'lFoJames went with me to St .. Johns drove 5 miles through heavy mud and camped for the night (> Drove on very heavy roads camped for night with 7 Friday in 1 mile of Windmill Ranch 0 AcTo Doxie , - Drove on some 14 miles had very heavy road, several timesc We are tired both of us & team, having to unload Drove on through heavy mud most of way Arrived 9 Sunday at StoJohns at noon and put up at AoTcDoxies Attended Confer ence at 2 pome Pres£) DeKoUdall spoke upon the seating of the High Councf.L, Alternates and Bishops D Honor men for their posit 8 Saturday .... . - e ion and not for the man themselvese Counselor Freeman spoke upon the law of tithing, about quorum of priests and teachers doing their duties among the peopl.e Relief SOCiety relieving the poor and distressed of their wards instead of distressing the poor by exacting means for building &Cl'l At 7 pl'lmO a priest hood neetdng was he ld , a stake academy was decided to be built , Crosby was appointed to look after fare on going to Utah Bishops were instructed to priesthood to labor efficiently!> Brass band played several t:lmes through the at StoJohnso Joseph rialroads for those get the lesser 10 Monday - e day, Attended Conference at 10 a.m, I was called to open the meeting£) Brothers Thompsen,EoApTietjen,BpoGpHeCrosby were the speakers Q Statistical report read II Last evening at the priest hood meeting. the home missionaries were released and a new set were put In, At 2 pomp authorities were sustained, Elder John Brown a returned missionary spoke upon his experience in his miSSion, having fasted and prayed and through it succeeded in overcoming oppositiono Counselor We Gibbons spoke upon the duties of the lesser priesthood, upon the duties of parents teaching their children the gospel and Bp, to see no evil exist s in their wards II Prest DpK"Udall was sorry to learn the saints had fallen away 3/4 in the payment of tithing Spoke upon the amt of means used in the use of tobacco tea and coffee, which the saintso In settling of tithing the ought not to be used 0 I) e by wives should go with their husbands to see how it was done. Cone adjoumed untill Mar 11 & 12 to meet at StJohns" There was a party in the evening where I was a little while then went and had a pleasant talk with MHo Peterson. 11 Tuesday Made some trades. bought some shoes for Emma and chi.Ldren, Left 945 Ibs wheat at Grist mill, received 125 Ibs meal and 62 Ibs bran. Mill is not rurmingo Left in afternoon & as drove Qwn te J and stepped" W"Ft'Tame3 with us going - pWhte |
