Randolph Rich Co Utah W. Woodruff president G. A. Smith Dear Brother I am here in this cold bear River County on a furlough of two or three weeks to visit my family & this Stake of Zion. Our labor in the Endowment Home has rather increased since Conference esspecially on Monday so we have frequently to divide our company & give Endowments 2 days instead of one. Brother Wells though He could spare me two or three weeks I took cars on the 6 & and here on the 7. their was a conference at paris on the 9 & 10 which I had made arangements in company with Bishop Lee & Stewart to attend, but a severe storm of wind, & snow set in which lasted several Days, it was so severe that no persons life or health was safe to cross the mountains so we did not attend & have not heard from them since I attended Meeting here last Sabbath & expect to go to