15th we rode to some springs & nooned we then drove to & spent the night. It was a vary disagreeable day to Journey a high
wind which drove a cloud of dust most of the day in our faces we held
a meeting with the people of Filmore at 5 oclok President
& Preached W. Woodruff reported. Brothers McCintosh &
took some not[e]s as they have at all the meetings on the Journey
we had a good meeting & the spirit of God was with us see report
we have found nearly all the wheat eat up by the Grass hoppers all
the way from to this place the president has refered to
this in most of the meetings. at the close of the meeting In company
with J. M. Grant I visited the wing of the State House which contains
a roof & it is a noble Edifice indeed I spent the night with Brother
distance of the day 35 miles
Filmore City contains 100 families numbering 500 souls. the
present encloser is 1/4 mile square 10 feet high 20 inches thick one
half Adobies & the other half pickets all built the intended city is
to include 200 lots, 1 1/4 acre per lot making 24 Blocks. they have quite
a commodious meeting house finished.
they have two schools & 75 schollars. The wing of the state House
in Filmore has the roof on & is a stately Edifice it is 61 feet 8 inches
long and 40 feet 4 inches wide on the ground. The basement story is 10-
feet high & the 2nd story 12 the 3rd or upper story 19 feet making the
side walls including width of Joist 43 feet 6 inch the battlement
end is about 10 feet higher than the sides. the Basement has an Alley
running length ways through the building 7 feet wide each side is divided
into 4 rooms each. the second story has the same width Alley
