Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 30 May 1887
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Prest John Taylor & G. Q. Cannon
Dear Brethren
I write to
say that Brother John M. Bowen has written
to me concerning our sheep heard. They have
met with great Losses and want to dis-
organize the company and close up the sheep
heard organization, and as far as I
am concerned I want to do it. They met
with a Loss of 850 sheep at one time last
w[page torn] I am satisfied that it would be
Wisdom for us to close up that company
I think it is badly managed, as far as
I am concerned if I have any thing Left
after the Debts are paid I wish to sell
out my sheep I think we ought to disor-
ganize the company as the Men who have charge
with it. They say they get No pay for ther
Labor as their Losses are so great sheep
are good stock if well taken care of, but poor if neg-
lected and that seems to be the case with our
herd. If I have any left after the Debts
are paid I am Willing to sell mine
at $2 a head They have now divided
the heard into two flocks which takes
