Letter from Joseph Thayne, 30 March 1890
in Afton
President W. Woodruff
Dear brother as i have bin plased
to prosid hear over a small Ward
a: branch
and - know how they are fixed at
present by hearing their fehdings for
me to write to you i do so hoping
i am not dowing any wrong i wish
to give you the tru condison of
this branch of the Afton Ward
we are located 15 to 20 miles
north of that place we have not
had a vised from our Bishop this
long hard winter the snow has
bin from 2 to 4 feet deep it is now
2 feet we have bin snow bound
so we cant git out with wagons
to get suplies for our famleys we
have not flour to do us one month
more and the brethern has no seed
grain to put in this spring unless
