Letter to David John, 23 December 1880
David John,
Dear Brother—
I write to say that Bishop Udell,
of St. John, Arrizona has been with us, and
something has got to be done to secure that place,
or we shall loose it. The Trustee in Trust has
loaned Brother Udell 270 cows to meet the next pay-
ment in May. But we must have men to go there
as early as possible, to take possession of the land
and water, in the Spring, in order to controll it.
President Taylor has laid it upon me to call for
the men in the various Stakes and have them pre-
pare themselves to go this winter or early in the
spring. Some ought to go this winter. Bro. Smoot
was appointed last year to gather up a company
from Utah Stake to go there, but there was nothing
done about it. We called for 30 families at Ogden
conference, last Sunday, and we want 30 families
from Utah Stake. We must have some 200 fam-
ilies to go there to take possession of that place.
Many were called last year but few went. And those
