September 7, 1872 ~ Saturday Sept 7, 1872 I spent the day in Preparing to take a Journey to Calafornia to Attend the State Fair with G A Smith & G Q Cannon I took up a collection for G. A. Smith to Bear his Expenses I collected $1658 which I paid over to him September 8, 1872 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting in the Tabernacle all day

Sept 12 1872 to visit the City. We visited the Merchants Library contained 33000 volums we visited the Williamette Woollen Manufact- uring Co goods, & the Merchants Exchange, Chamber of Commersce. San Francisco is a vary fine place the City looks as though it was 100 years old instead of 20. It contains 175000 Inhabitants & a vast amount of wealth Expended in building it up. We visited the Chineese part of the City Their God Josh, with their Eternal fires burning, we saw them ingaged in ...

September 18, 1872 ~ Wednesday Sept 18, 18372 18. We visited Howards Garden & D. O. Mills Dayiry whare he kept 275 cows every thing in prime order we then took cars & went back to San Francisco & visited the Central pacific Depo & Machine shop. We then visited the steemer great republic we visited Mr Heywoods Grounds, the greatest variety of the most varrigated flowers mingled with the Tropical shrubery and the Patriarchal live oak trees of a centauries growth from 1 to 5 feet in diameter made the scenery look ...