October 29, 1883 ~ Monday

Oct 29^th 1883
I went over Jordon and found some one had Burned down
several rods of my 12 acre lot that I had sowed to Lucern 12 Mils

October 30, 1883 ~ Tuesday

30 I took two teams went over Jordon reset 7 post & put
up the wire I sowed 50 lbs of Lucern seed & 1 Bushel of orchard
grass on 2 1/2 acres of land draged it & rolled it I went to the field 15 miles

October 31, 1883 ~ Wednesday

31. I received 3 letters from Thompson Farnsworth & Hinkley

November 1, 1883 ~ Thursday

Nov 1. I spent most of the day in the office

November 2, 1883 ~ Friday

2 I took cars with the Presidency & Twelve & rode to Logan & on
to Smithfield and spent the night distance from S L C 108 M[iles]

November 3, 1883 ~ Saturday

3 I rode to Logan attended a Meeting of at the Temple
went through the temple I Attended the conference in the
Afternoon. The Bishops Made their verbal Report
statisticls of the stake was then read as follows 1 Apostle
7 Patriarchs, 360 seventies, 473 High Priests, 1794 Elders
451 Priests, 382 Teachers, 597 Deacons 8282 Members
12347 officers & Members, 5582 children under 8 years
Total Souls 17927. The Temple Report was Read there
had Been Expended $520,000. Trustee in Trust had
had appropriated about $200,000 of it. President Taylor
spoke about 5 M[inutes], A O Smoot spoke 15 M[inutes], L Snow 30 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting I rode to Smithfield in the mud & rain 16 M[iles]

November 4, 1883 ~ Sunday

4 Sunday I rode to Logan through the mud attended Meeting
G Teasdale was speaking He spoke 25 M[inutes], F D Richards 20 m[inutes]
W Woodruff spoke 30, L Farr 16 M[inutes]. Afternoon Br Ricks
Prayed. Authorities of the Church were Presented J F Smith
spoke 38 M[inutes], & President Taylor spoke 48 Minuts
at the close of the Meeting I rode with Bishop Farrell to
Smithfild was chilled through But held a Meeting & spok 16 m[inutes]

October 29, 1883 ~ Monday

Oct 29th 1883 I went over Jordon and found some one had Burned down several rods of my 12 acre lot that I had sowed to Lucern 12 Mils

October 30, 1883 ~ Tuesday

30 I took two teams went over Jordon reset 7 post & put up the wire I sowed 50 lbs of Lucern seed & 1 Bushel of orchard grass on 2 1/2 acres of land draged it & rolled it I went to the field 15 miles

October 31, 1883 ~ Wednesday

31. [FIGURE] I received 3 letters from Thompson Farnsworth & Hinkley

November 1, 1883 ~ Thursday

Nov 1. I spent most of the day in the office

November 2, 1883 ~ Friday

2 I took cars with the Presidency & Twelve & rode to Logan & on to Smithfield and spent the night distance from S L C 108 Miles

November 3, 1883 ~ Saturday

3 I rode to Logan attended a Meeting of at the Temple went through the temple I Attended the conference in the Afternoon. The Bishops Made their verbal Report statistics of the stake was then read as follows 1 Apostle 7 Patriarchs, 360 seventies, 473 High Priests, 1794 Elders 451 Priests, 382 Teachers, 597 Deacons 8282 Members 12347 officers & Members, 5582 children under 8 years Total Souls 17927. The Temple Report was Read there had Been Expended $520,000. Trustee in Trust had had appropriated about $200,000 of it. President Taylor spoke about 5 Minutes, A O Smoot spoke 15 Minutes, L Snow 30 Minutes At the close of the Meeting I rode to Smithfield in the mud & rain 16 Miles

November 4, 1883 ~ Sunday

4 Sunday I rode to Logan through the mud attended Meeting G Teasdale was speaking He spoke 25 Minutes, F D Richards 20 minutes W Woodruff spoke 30, L Farr 16 Minutes. Afternoon Br Ricks Prayed. Authorities of the Church were Presented J F Smith spoke 38 Minutes, & President Taylor spoke 48 Minuts at the close of the Meeting I rode with Bishop Farrell to Smithfild was chilled through But held a Meeting & spok 16 minutes