by Pres Taylor, in regard to recommends, and members being
received into the branches or wards,
will not be omitted, in the midst
of your many cares.
I intended to mention that Smithville
on the Gila River, being in what is now GrahamCountyArizonia, and our
people having secured many good claims
there, with the Judicious application
of a little capital, would place us in
possession of the principal water
interests, and give the Saints financial
and political control in that new
county, with its excellant resources.
by Pres Taylor, in regard to
recommends, and members being
recieved into the branches or wards,
will not be omitted, in the midst
of your many cares.
I intended to mention that Smithville
on the Gila River, being in what is now
GrahamCountyArizonia, and our
people having secured many good claims
there, with the Judicious application
of a little capital, would place us in
possession of the principal water
interests, and give the Saints financial
and political control in that new
county, with its excellant resources.
A. F. M.
"Letter from Alexander Findlay Macdonald, 24 April 1882," p. 8, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qYBk