Salt Lake City, Utah, St. George, Utah, Presidents John Taylor & George Q Cannon Dear Brotheren, Your letter of July 13 reached me at St George. My position here should have some explanation. I stayed 34 days in Ashley and the surrounding country when duety and safety seemed to require me to leave. Marshal Brooks of Ashley had just returned from S. L. City while there he got his papers renewed and two Marshal had taken him over Jordon to show him how to ra^i^de Houses he assisted in serching Bro. Batemans place after learning how to work he returned to Ashley and brought the two Salt Lake Marshals with him. Brooks sold afll his property in Ashley and sent his wife to Denver so as to have nothing in his way from commenceing work in