Pres. W. Woodruff Dear Brother: I have thought for quite a little while time I would ask you what to do with the papers of the transfer of Lees Ferry. I have them left with me by Bro. Snow I think and I have met another matter I thought I must mention to you as I am getting old, or my health is not good. Bro. B. Young sent me word to meet him at Snowflake as there were some unsettled Sunset Matters. Now what on earth I have to do with them if there things unsettled connected with that company I could not tell for the life of me, as years since I, as perhaps you will recollect, I turned over to receivers every dollar I had belonging to that Co. and positively declaired having anything to do in the settlement of the business of the Company. But Bro. Snow instisted that I shold meet with the committee. I did so and they almost entirely ignored me in the business which was more pleasant to me than to have been a connected with it. I did know more about the business of the company than any person living but NOW I positively know nothing and what I am trying to get at I want you to protect me so that I am moyed & perplexed tith that disagreeable matter, disagreeable to me because I am sure I was most shamfully cheated in connection with it. Is this asking something something unjust or unfair? If so never take any notice of tithis letter. I have had so much to annoy & Know no more than I do. I am tired. There is another matter I want to speak to you about but will not now. O how keea ^Queer^ I have felt about the situation you folks are in up there now. dGod help you is the only thing I can think of. All are pretty well. The Lord bless you for ever. Lot Smith

Letter undated President Woodruff, I closed my letter las night & thought I would stop but all I have slept makes me want to say more & I have feared to mention this disagreeable matter to you before for fear of annoying you but as I have started I will have to take the Chances on that. William C. McClellen & others wrote to President Taylor saying I had Swindled them out of about one third of their property. Bro. Snow showed me the letter, I told him it was a Damed lie, he believed them instead of me and abused me I say in a most unjust manner, among other things that he said which he said which perhaps was true he said President Taylor nor either of the Apostles would Sustain me as President of the Little Colorado Stake. I wanted to resine he Said he would advise me not to try that with President Taylor. I felt in a fix, (I) was not wanted & could not get out. I thought it might go by default. I never othered? with it any more. Well there was a committee apointed and they reported to me if the did to no one else that they could not find one dollar misappropriated. Several little mistakes but all but one little one in favor of those that had been settled with. I told Bro. Snow I would pay 100 dollars for every dollar anyone had been wronged out of. That did not keep off the Lash, then he tried to put on a large doce of Soft Soape that I would not take & threatened to leave the room if he insisted on applying it. I have always wondered that I did not do that before, leave I mean. He said I was not on trial. It was a hell of a trial to me anyway for quite a time. I have often laughed to myself since I did not Laugh then & wondered what they would have done if I had have walked away. I cant nor run either nor leave. Would there not have been a noise if the Charge had been proven true. Then McClellen raved & said I had swindled the Committee our of all the property. I sent you this letter when I would not say one word while they were settling with me & took the [blank] that I would not have one dollar & that there was not a person on earth that did own one dollar of it. It should have been turned into or to help build the Temple. I saw in Brother Brigham's letter that my son Jed was cited to appeare to answer to something I could not find out by the Bishop what it was but that there was some rumors about him & he Jed had came & wanted to be Baptised & he had written to President J.N.Smith to know if he should receive him into the ward. I said My God is the door to the Kingdom of God by Baptism Closed. I will tell you President Woodruff how it is. Jed had been connected with the Sunset Ward, the ward died & the Bishop through a dislike he had taken to me would not give any of My Family Recomends. He refused to give My Daughter Nonnie? one & Said he had never seen a better behaved person but said she did not bring a recomend when she came to the ward. I told him I was the president of the Stake when I moved here & had the ward & stake records & I was sure he would be justified in giving it. He still hesitated & I told him if he would rather I would give her one & I trusted it would answer her purpose.

Smithfield March 11, 1890. Prest. W. Woodruff, Dear Brother: I received a not[e] from Bro George Reynolds this mail enclosing one from Bro John McCarthy of this place, Bro Manchy came to me on the morning of the 4th "the day he wrote to you." and told me his circu- mstances, and his wishes, said he did not want something for nothing, but was suffering for Bread, and wished to get 2 or 300 lbs of Flour & would pay for it in fruit trees soon as he could dig them, I furnished him between 300 and 400 lbs of flour, on that Day & will take trees in the spring, as per his wish, he seemed satisfied with this, but there is something

President W Woodruff Dear Sir I feel Extreamly Sorry to be thus compeled to truble you so much. I also felt sorry and do get to be so forced to so truble Brother G. Q. Cannon dated 1st march. But we do not be able to get the real wants we most need without in any way I have ^been^ able to see I have not been able to earn a cent this wenter, and when the releif came upon the 8th of Jan[uar]y it was in deed a real Blessing but being so very destitute we ware unable to make about a dollar per day for the work days. (Exclusive of Soundays) Streach out any further including the wenter which require so much fuel. Also some sickness ^4 of^ the boys had Each their spell of feaver

in behalf of said Church. Wilford Woodruff Geo. Q. Cannon Jos. F. Smith First Presidency.