Letter from John Lyman Smith Jr. and Horton David Haight, 29 March 1896
President Wilford Woodruff
and Council
Dear Brethren
we are now contemplating
the building of a [Ta]bernacle
in fact have a large amount
of material on the ground.
And owing to our financial
condition as we have had
many very Severe trials to
meet to maintain ourselves
in the Valley in the
purchase of water & heavy
Law Suits to meet and
it has greatly retarded
