22 I visited Brother MCDonalds House & saw the destruction
caused By the raid made By the soldiers in Mashing in all the windows
& doors. The conference commenced at 10 oclok W Woodruff Prayed
G. A. Smith spoke 25 Minutes, G Q Cannon 30 & W Woodruff 30 M[inutes]
Afternoon Prayer By G. Q. Cannon Joseph Young spoke 56 M[inutes],
& John Taylor 32 Minutes. In the Evening we visited the provo
cooperative woollen Factory built this season which was composed
of 3 Buildings one 165 feet long By 65 wide & 86 feet high built
of Rock laid in cement walls 2 1/2 feet thick will take 100000 shingle
to put the roof on. 2nd Building 134 feet long By 34 wide Adobie
walls 2 stories. 3rd Building 74 By 34 Adobies 2 stories it will
take some 500000 feet of Lumber to build the buildings.
I had an Interview with Brother Burton. He, D. Kimball, pace
& Thurber, spent the night at Brother Smoot
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