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Show -103- 10/0 ranch was jumped by a wicked man by the name of Vinal. families Iiv ediat one table most of this summer. Some eight . . Elder C.P. Liston r etu r n e d to St. George, Utah, before the dam went out, We, as a company. bought one hundred head of Spanish Mareno sheep 'and took on shares of 40,0 more. Also got a load of freight to Elsinore Colorado Territory. Joseph Cardon and Cl aw s on went with two trail wa gons taking 12, 000 pounds of freight., Vias Bone thirteen months. Did well on this trip and .b r oug ht back a mowing machine and a hay rake with wh ich we earned some $200. 00 ' Thomas Hatch /son7 took a load of govern ment freight and w e nt to Call! s Landing, distance of 600 miles., Was gone five weeks. He made $180.00 During this time I labored on a mill at Moses Cluffts, fifty miles above here. We had been visited by President Erastus Snow during the fall and he set in order several of the places and gave much instruction on the United Order. A portion of our company wished to settle up and remove above this place to Vfalter1s Valley or Bagley. We were reduced to three families who still work in the Order up to this date, "I'hi s is December 29, 187'8. short sketch of my arduous l abo r s in Vloodruff of eleven months which I have attended three conferences, one with Presiclent Snow and -h e l d many meetings in many places of this Stake of Zion, several a time, during . times at Forest Dale and also at Snowflak e I was Council and was defeated becaus e I am a Mo r rnon Bles sings. , , run for the Legislative Gave many Patriarchal I met Willard and Hyrum, December 7, at Gt Joseph {They had just a r r i v ed from Cache Valley enroute to Woodruff? This makes the number of my family eighteen in this land including mys elf. , On the , - t'\ morning of the 31 December, 1878 at twelve minutes before 1: 00 Catherine A Me, (Named gave birth to a fine boy,. weight, ten po und s Lorenzo Wilford, or ly child born in Arizona.7 This day finished up the old Year. Burt commenced taking the herd two weeks before Christmas -. , .. 'on Friday. January I, 1879 Came in On Vlednesday. I worked getting out timber for furniture as we ',have started ou r new lathe which WOJ7ks well. Thu r s day the 2nd, was fast day and we had our meeting. Fi-iday, Vlillard, Jeremiah and Brother Deans went to Ba r ba do e s for cottonwood to make into furniture. They returned on Saturday and this was my fifty third .bi r thd a y, Sunday, we were addres sed by Jaco b Harnl in and Br o the r Skinner, the latter is from , , , Brigham City . January 6 I and prepared Johns to look for property that I Arrived at St. Johns and visited our Mexican brethren who were much pleased to see Looked at Philip O. Barnes place and on Thursday looked at more arose .wa • to go to St. sid e sd rou s to purchase for the coming Wed'u'esday :""me. property. and I some emigration. Brother Hamlin, Brother As ey and John Eagar 'started home with Moses Bath and had further talk about purchasing Martin $1751) 00 for wheat and started on,my way home stayed all night Iandvr I paid to Mr , "_: .. :.._ "_ ... .. :.1 |
