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Show numbdrs and distance away from it, and the ease with which they oould get the water from the Brigham.City'dam; and thus lessening the ex But prior to this date, no understand pense for both settlements. at but now i t 'l.'as understood and arrived been j had ag re ed to thct ing each of these two settlements should own equal shares in -the dam, and bear all expenses 3 §80. Mar. on it equally. Woodruff leaves) (Crops, APostleWoodruff inustrits) left for Salt Lake to attend Apostre-W11ford April conferenoe, being taken as fr C1ty Saint George as Smith. the by Prest. Lot This season's crops we re veFY light for all the settlements, Jal and that of Brigham City almost an entire failure. Sunset, Brigham City 'and Saint Joseph have been interested together in herding and Br caring ro r dry stock, manufacturi ng of chee se ani but ter at Pleasa.nt Valley, and, some light in conducti tannery at the saw mill, leather during the latter,part of the yI s year? (Fifth visit by church officials) Snow and B. Young wi th p r e's Lde nt a of stakes ]'. M. Lyman and W. D. Dame and others paid a visit to the stake, holding two meetings 'at Sunset Sept. 29th and one in the evening at Brigham They having travelled around by the San Juan and Eastern City .L'izona stakes. Sept. 28, 880. , ApostlesE. , which turned out '" _(Discouragement--:-George Lake and othErs leav_)_ During the fall, the brethren of Brigham City became discouraged their ill ;success in raising crops and. having to by most of tl; J thelr bread nearly every year. George Lake with a p o r t Lo n or the y snts from that settlement removed to the upper Gila river in Pima settlements in the Eastern Arizona county, while others removed to ,stake, leaving bt few families at Brigham City wi /' • . -, ' (Unfair politics) In the counting of the returns of the election held Nov. 2nd in Apache county for territoriah and county offiCers, much fraud and ±xE illegality was Pfrmitted by a majority of the board counting the vote (said boa£d being composed of gentiles with one exception), whereby the aints wer6 £obbed of their rights to their choice for officers to which they would have been entitled if a fair and just count of the votes polled had been made. .' ·1881. (righam Oi ty ' further' abandoned) (Railroad) Brigham City was nearly aban DUring the year the settlement of doned by the early settlers who moved into the Eastern stake; and the place was turned over to the churCh. John W. Young made this & Pacific rail place his headquarters us contractor on the Atlantic road passing through here. Apostles E. Snow and B. Young residing there a portion of the year, 'looking after the interests of the brethren engaged upon the grading, etc. of tht railroad. lCrop--FIOO..!!.) In 'Elle " , . , . ' settlements of Sunset and Saint Joseph poor crops were ra:is ed Not suffioient for a year's bread for the inhabitants. the and rains the excessive freshets, During summer, through dams of SUnset and Saint Joseph, constructed in the Little Colorado river, gave way and washed out; and the bridge over said river near Sunset was swept away. In the latter part of the year, the saints , |
