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Show I or water, or other qualifications of the / country·. (Note:--The -Taylor· 8ettleent here referred to has nO con town of that name, located near Snowflake, present was located some four or five miles west of the present the south side of on river---the Colorado ,the Little Joseph City, at was the of the -the writer ruins a of time number last location, old settlement were to be found; and I presume such is the case at tm present date (1934). ) nection with It Arizona. Report of the §t. Josep Report by Joseph H. Richards, first counselor to acting bish The people of this se t t.Leme nt had been so busy op John :Bushman. getting water from the river and planting their crops that they had Had not completed their had but little time for anything else. build.i ng to be u sed for eati ng purposes because of so much w<?rk. r - He had never said that the practice of eating together was wr,ong; but because of hearing so many reports -'relative to it, the people about the matter, and had of St. Joseph had been rather backward not yet done so. 'He had spoken to John W. Young on-the subject; and had been advised to do so--at a meeting called just previous to the conference, only one-third of the brethren had voted in favor of all eating together. Had appointed superintendenta of various departments of labor, but-had been too much hurried with their labors to prpperly complete arrangements. Had allotted a team to each man. eeded more frequent visits from stake presidency, to encour age them. Many of their membe r s had wished to come to the conference at but circumstances were such that they could not doso. Bri6hamCity; ,BishOR GQrge Lake Reports Brigham City. _ A:' good feeling prevailed at City. They were laboring under a beard of directors, whose work had so far bee n su stained at priesthood meetings; and had superintendents for the various .branches of labor. Had some good tradesmen and a very good pottery' maker, but needed some one ,qualified to operate a tannery They had been busy building a miil-, cultivatifl.g their farms, hauling their dam, etc. lumber, Brigham . •. srengthen1ng There \. . "some 250 persons in the ward"; meettngs were well attendd; the sabbath school in good condition; and ward teachers wer.e The making visj.ts as often as circumstances would permit. brethren had voted unanimously in favor of eating "at one table", and the "sisters we re one with"themj but so far t}:ey had not done so. hey expected to complete preparations, and to "join at the one table in a few days". - were Andrew S. Since . '. Gibbons, Presidi_ Elder, Re.ports Moa.r! COPpy. Indian mission, conditions at Moan Coppy were other places in the stake. They were to learn the Indian languages and to work among the Lamanites. 'Relations with the Indians .we re of a Tubi and nature---ItJ3rother very promising wife were of a scare "Indian of an Because It, "which good feeling". had proven to be all at Indians had few had farming bosh", they it was different than an at . their locali ty. Ii |
