Bro Taylor, there is another subject I wish
to say a few words upon (although it is against the
wish of Bro Lot Smith) it is this. Sunset, Brigham
City, and St Joseph who live in the United Order
have been very zealous to sustain the Z. C. M. I. in
Salt Lake in all their purchases but they have
been the most unfortunate of human beings in all
their deal with that Institution, especially in all
Machinery, Bro Smith sent money to buy the best
threshing machine in market, sent to R Burton &
E. F. Sheets to help pick it out, it was put unto
Hiram Clawsons hands and he sent an old
Whitmans threshing machine that he had had
on hand a long time and could not sell to any
body else, and it was freighted down here to
Sunset 700 miles and as soon as it was opened it
would have been taken back if it had not been
more than 300 miles, it has been a curse to them
ever since it was brought here, in spite of all
they can do it wastes grain and only can thresh
from 200 to 300 Bushels a day with the best of
attention; and all three of these settlements have
to depend on it to thresh their wheat, it is now brok-
en down so that it cannot be be used at all
until a pinion wheel is sent from St. Louis or
Z. C. M. I. Bro Smith has sent to both places for
one. He sent for a bill of goods to the Co-op,
when it came to Sunset it all came in one box
Indigo, Alum, Logwood Madder, slates, pencils,
school books &c. all mixed ^together^ in one compound. There
has been something wrong with almost every piece
of machinery sent for, last spring they sent to Z
C. M. I. for a two horse large sized Molasses cane
mill. It was put into the hands of H Clawson
who sent a small one horse mill with some parts
missing when it arrived. It was entirely too
small for their use and last of all though not
least they wanted to start a tannery had their
vats in place and tanner and materials all
on hand, they wanted a bark mill and sent
money by Bro Flake and when he arrived
at Beaver he not going to Salt Lake requested
the Beaver Co-op, who is dealing with the Z
C. M. I. to send for a bark mill for the Sunset
Tannery. Bro Smith had to send an extra
team to the ferry to bring it but when it arrived
behold! and Lo! it turned out to be a little
giant, a corn-cob mill and not suitable
for grinding bark at all, now all has to wait
until a bal^r^k mill can be bought at St
Louis, brought to the terminns by vail and
then freighted from there by way of Albuquer-
que. Now is not this enough to try the patience
of Saints? to say nothing about sinners, I think
it is. I think that persons living as far from
Salt Lake as these settlements are who wish to
patronize their own Institutions and pay
down should have a little care and pains
taken for them and not make such blunders
as have been made towards them. The people
of this country do not think that Bro Clawson
has done them justice. They did not know
that they were dealing with him when they
sent to Z. C. M. I. Bro Eldredge has said he
knew nothing about the threshing machine, and
perhaps he does not about the corn cracker
but they have no use for it here after being
brought 700 miles. Bro Smith has just
received a letter from Bro Clawsi^o^ng saying
they had no pinion wheels and they need not a^s^end
for one. I would like Bro Eldredge to have
the perusal of this sheet
As ever
W. W.
[upside-down text] W. Woodruff
Arizona
Feb 2, 1880 [end of upside-down text]