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Show surrounding county . · he town was under guard and passers have to have permits • .F ebruary 5 Drove to the meadow with the horses and to look after cattle . ~ ll of them looked well . Butch ered a steer of my own r a i s ing . Had a pen built for the hogs vv e are fat t ening , and put them up . Fe brua.:rJ.· 6 Calle " on several of the f olks temporarily s toppipg here . In t he evening a nwnber or· f riends and neighbors calle d. in and spent t he even i ng . E'ebruary 7 Ea r l y this a .m. received word that t h e of f i cers 'ere here with a writ i'or t he arrest of sister .Allen . She was away and though dili gent inquiry was made t hey .f ailed to _f ind her . Snowed heavil;t- durin g most 0 r, the day . February 8 No Sunda.Y School or ga t h erings of any Kind owing to the smallpox . A company of friends spent the evening with us . Cne of the coldest ni ghts of t he winter . Drove to the meadow and to a number of other places about town attending to business . Found a t errible feelin g exi s ting among t he people almost amounting to re bellion a gains t exi s ting Authority . All the business a f fairs in which President Smith has had an ~- management ar e badly demorali zed and injured and t he people restive under the control of a man in whom t hey have no conf ide nc e . Spent the ev ening vith others at brother K. Chris t ensen , v ery pleasantly . r erribl - cold . J no . H. and 1eber Wells arri ved thi s a .m. February 10 Sent team to mill wi t h a load of wheat . Jas . Thomas called and had a talk about local aff airs . At 4 p .m. drove to the cr ossing and took cars for Ut ah . Arrived at Salida at 10 :20 p .m. Changed cars • .B'e brua ry 11 At D: 25 a .m. eft for Salt ~ake via ~eadville , passing New Cas t le and Grand Junction . Lad supper at Green R iver ~ February 12 Arrived at Salt Lake City at l : pO a .m. and found the f olks all vell . Busy during t he day in looki ng a f ter my a ff airs . vJork:::- .: on the building i s going slowly . ·n·eather m il d ~ Attended Counci l Meeting at ll a .m. Present were Jacob Gates , s . B. roung , c. D. Felsted,, Jno . Morgan , B . H. Roberts , and Geor&e Reyno l ds . A number |
