The Enterprise Canal Co principally the gentile
element have endeavored for some time years to
construct a large canal which would cover all the
now unoccupied in the valley on this side of the
river about 50000 acres, failed in a sense, at any rate
they could not agree exeppt except on one proposition,
that is they agreed to disagree; they finally said if we cant
do this we believe the mormons can; they awaited my
return from Utah, when at their meeting four members
including the President of the board resigned; they then
elected me President of the Company with full power
to select three members of the board; this proposition
was accepted by the High Council and priesthood of
the stake. I selected three of our bishops giving us
controll, a majority of the board; we have now made
every preparation to accompany the surveyor on the 15^th
in a preliminary survey, after which several of my
brethren and myself will follow up this survey and
after the rush of harvest is over will proceed with
the construction of the canal. It seems that the
gentile element have a great amount of confidence