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Show . ... . .;- l.IJ'X STORY•WEST• SQRiff lly' tatber, aa Mormon Bishop ot Spring City, organized a ••lt help group to reol.aim brush grown land and plant orops; tb!t entire membership .a1ould work on ona t arm unit, cutting brush, plowing, eaoh . . 4o1ng the work t o whiob h• was beat adapted, and thoae owning ~oola, us1ng them tor the common. goo4. A4 each allotte4 plot was finished. which would consist ot flve to ten acres, the membership would then moYe to the next t a rm,. By this methOd all members were able to haneat a crop tor the use. ot their tam1liea. This plaJl was ln operation tor t wo 7ears. All road b\11ld1ng at thts period waa a community project, ae no <taxea were available ancl eaoh man accepted hie ab.ant ot all oomaunity l abor. Another oc:mnunity obligation was the t_?wn m11U1a o:rgantze4 .to protect the town agawt Indians. I was appointed a holltt guert, S.. this organte.t i on and serT'ed under Captain Martin Bu.hunan.. My main contact wi~h the Indians was art~r the lndian ware. ,Indiana would es t ablish a camp about a m11• from Sprlng City • . X woul4 otten play games W1 h. them. I ramember a wreatl1ng ~t~h 1 had wl th one 7oung buok; who ,i nsisted on ·a wrestling match with IDII; at this time I waa alone an.d be had quUe a numbe.r ot youn. g Indiana w1 ,h him• . IU.• 10~- . t inu.d 1ns1stance :t'oroed me to take h1m on; by using a hip look · on hill. 1 was able to throw him oTer my bead and agatu, a atooW• teaoe wllioh tore pa,ohes ot skia trem hb taoe. I expect-4 to be jllllpe4 on bf the na, ot the bo,s in the &an& but to my- delight, his 4efea, 1'11• l'NtllT-4 w1t, loud ·wlloop•s aDd la-ugh\•~• |
