Brother Charles C. Rich
Dear Friend
I write to
say that My Son Wilford Jr. has been honorably
discharged from his Southern Mission by president
Young & has returned home & is now with me
and taking every thing into consideration I do
not think he can do any better than to take
up his abode at Randolph under your
jurisdiction. he can obtain a home there for him-
self & look after my interest a little also. I would
like him to enter a quarter section of Land there
& take a chance with the rest of the setters, do you
recommend the Brethren there to preempt or Homestead
I would like him to do as you think best in this
Matter, I want him to go out early so he can make
a Begining this spring, I wish you would do me
the favor to write to Bishop Stewart & ask him to
look out a place for my son or to assist him to
get a location with the rest there. He has had a hard
time in the Muddy that Mission has cost me $1500
& then had to come away & leave home, crops & all & glad to
get off so. He is a good, faithful, temperate, honest, hard
working man & will do as he is told let it cost him
what it may. John Evans of Centerville informed
me that He would enter the 20 acres that was set off for my
farming land at Randolph, which I suppose is all
right. I wish you would write to me when you get
this & inform me of the route from this city to Randolph
how far is it from this city? is the route through Woodruff
& how far from Woodruff? How far from paris?
how large is the stream they water from? what is the wood
& poles, & timber how far to it? how is the winter there
do you raise any corn there or anywhere in bear Lake
Valley? any information you have to give will be thankfully
received. I have been vary long of Late in our stock
cooperation or company. Brother Rydalch brought in
some $5000 dollars worth of Full Blooded Durham cows
& Bulls, And expects to start again in few days for
another Drove. Brother David Kimball wrote to him
that He wanted him to bring some stock for him whi[ch]
he expects to do. Brother Roberts arrived with 240
stands of Italian Bees, in good order, & we have
been Distributing them to the owners. We are also [alone]
making fish ponds near this city to increas our
trout, & other valuable kinds that we can have more
fish. We are entering into A Cooperative County Stock
Herd, & we are trying to look out a herd ground for
them. I spent seven days in visiting Rush & Skull
Vallies for this purpose, but their is now some prosp
ect of our taking them in the region of the promontory
President Young is again with us, is well & feels well
except a little Rheumatisim. We still have good peace
Notwithstanding the great exertion of our Enemies to take
it from us. G A. Smith has been laid up with
a cold since He came home. Our new Governor staid
with us one Day & was back after his family. I see
some of the papers give him a vary bad name I do not
expect much good from him, many think he is bent on
Mischief, but the Lord can Manage him as well
as others, time will determin all these things.
please remember me kindly to your family Brother
David, Kimball, Joseph, & all enquring friends
We are having a great visitation of capitalist
Miners & strangers in Generel. Neerly one third of
our congregation on last Sunday all Gentiles
I expect we shall have many when spring fairly
opens. We are now having more snow storms &
cold weather than we are having had during winter
except a short time in December write when you can
Yours in the Gospel of Christ
W. Woodruff