take up claims, so as to secure the
before the inhabitants of know any
thing about it. Our missionaries are now on
the way with my letter to Bro. .
Now, Brother , what I wish to re-
quest concerning this matter is this;
That the companies who are being organized
to come to take possession of St. John and to
locate the will not delay, but come
this fall. And, again, you will see from
Bro. Tenney's letter, that according to the
contract he is to pay 750 head of cows
from 2 to 6 years old. Now, we have got to
depend a good deal upon the Brethren
who come from , to bring this kind
of stock with them. So I wish you would
instruct Bros Rockwood and Vancott to see
that these companies are well supplied with
surplus cows—enough to pay for the purchase
of St. John. And, again, stock is the best
property for our emigration to bring to this
country, as stock, I think is higher here
than in Utah. At the present time, of course,
our emigration should bring what farming
tools and provisions they need, until they
W Woodruff
Purchase of St Johns
Dec 1879
take up claims, so as to secure the
before the inhabitants of know any
thing about it. Our missionaries are now on
the way with my letter to Bro. .
Now, Brother , what I wish to request concerning this matter is this;
That the companies who are being organized
to come to take possession of St. John and to
locate the will not delay, but come
this fall. And, again, you will see from
Bro. Tenney's letter, that according to the
contract he is to pay 750 head of cows
from 2 to 6 years old. Now, we have got to
depend a good deal upon the Brethren
who come from , to bring this kind
of stock with them. So I wish you would
instruct Bros Rockwood and Vancott to see
that these companies are well supplied with
surplus cows—enough to pay for the purchase
of St. John. And, again, stock is the best
property for our emigration to bring to this
country, as stock, I think is higher here
than in Utah. At the present time, of course,
our emigration should bring what farming
tools and provisions they need, until they
W Woodruff
Purchase of St Johns
Dec 1879