| OCR Text |
Show .7Z .. $;vi _J-!n 1884 was t· . lJip;h when. that and d ry'' Dam was washed out, it is probable too Li, t 7_,le t i.me to rebuild for that cropping year·' and , too , " er 1· k e 1 y th·" seemed rather such an exmay t.her e hve meas meagerfoTt pensa ve venture. They ",ould bui.Ld less expensive st ruct.ur-e s for a number years more, whch may have expected to lose occasionally; but whch they could more and Then, with more of. ey rebld. would . money thy thl.s tme experience perhaps dry" construction, which was the only method of datuilding which that 'moody' and very changeable River. attempt agan they felt sure could be made perma.nent in (See Dam of 1891). by There at concern some was of the before IIhigh the St. Joseph they and in 1884, lest because of late crops might be an entire in the mountains. (I plant planting may have been dne remember a few trips to the mountains in later years w potatoes in Black Canyon some 14-16 miles above Hehe. ness season failure; and some shortage, "spuds", especially number of years.). not because of water a could but because natural ha bitat for the "been mudded" for a our len we This planted planting river soil did not was seem after the land had been 1885-1887 pile dam built in 1884 was rr4intained only with much labor Most of the piles remained in place perhaps until expense. but such was not the case with the brush damwhd ch the piles 1887; supported---heavy floods would often push this material between or The and way that there was much repairing and heavy flood took out a part of t fis darn replacement labor was raised 25¢ for a day of per for 1886. Wages August 3, Was this for the the Summer of that year. a time in for hours 10 around the piles in such haps purpose of floods? encouraging In the United Order were passed:--- a A to be done. to work men the dam between storms and on meeting of January 7, 1886 a motions number of she had perMrs.- Emma S. Hansen was to be paid $15.00 for work formed cooking for men working on the dam. .themselves 2nd. That those interested in Dam and ditch organize that year---(the (This was carried out into an L'rigating Company. " system of labor, that the "United Order 1st. implication perhaps ooing they had followed for which Each individual 3rd. was more a decade was being discontinued}.* $7.00 per "acre" for water-rights, than to pay ditch, and 5.00 on th then The Company would keep the $446.00 they 4th. ditch and Dam for future disposal. would The water-tax for 1885 (the past year) 5th. $2.00 on the Dam. owned be the . n 2.00 per _ acre. United Order Meeting held at St. Jos the latest Quarterly Conference of eph are dated January 29, 1887; the Historical the Little Colorado Stake, as given in Stake was o rgarn.aed Snowflake Te is February 26-27, 1887. would be in this new Of course, St. Joseph Dec. 18, 1887. in the st. Johns take Before this last date, st. Josph had beem * Note:-- The last minutes of a Reco:d- Sake-- ad beloged the Eastern o since July 23, 1887; and earlier still, to the ntervenng of Dortion a Arizona Stake at lest take Coloradb , of the Little last recorded Quarterly Cnference Feb. 26-27, 1887, and July 23, 1887---an ,,v+ A_" __ the 'ld __ orgar.ization membership of the. St. tl.mbeween Johns record bea ra.ng the __.wMI'_ Sake, capt.Lon II St. Joseph Ward IIII II lIiI |
