Show a NO Irence progress rny rey v w f thie IsIc Uness etc SANTAQUIN july 3rd ard 1877 editor deseret Desere news at af 4 amass mass meeting called for the purpose on june by due public notice it was agreed almost unanimously only two dissenting votes that the precinct of santa quin should be governed in farming operations by the no fence pence law and in the event of opening new farms to do eo fco as compactly as po bible cibe also at a public meeting immediately following the above and called by due public notice thomas B heelis huells peter N anderson and lars liars A johnson were unanimously elected three trustees to take charge of the church property be belonging longin ta this ward the lesser priesthood of this ward has completed its le organiZAtion reorganization and all bet in working order santaquin San is m making aking increased efforts to move ID in the right direction our facilities for temporal and und spiritual prosperity are co continually utin being developed and utilized our beloved bishop and workers coworkers co are by their untiring labors drawing the people eople to a oneness and tire are wite with greab great deflect teaching them the necessity necess sity of living thel the religion of jesus christ that they may be eligible to the blessings accruing we have had much sickness among our children but through the administration of the ordin ances veryll ew deaths have aavo occurred our Y TU BL M 1 I A is steadily progressing its moralizing moral izing and general re reformatory for matory effects are very perceptible peace reace 2 good will and mind your own busi busl business are the leading characteristics of our town W C gooth barlous crops SAN BAN LORENZO valencia co boj new mex mexico co J une 3rd ard 1877 0 editor 1 t dear bear brother on the thie we were bert bereaved aved b by the loss of sister bister mary maughan Maug han hau wife of elder john Maug maughan hau slie she was sick only nine hours she bho was wag not conscious of pain falu but for a short time 3 and fell asleep peacefully she leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss one in utah and one daughter here of twelve years whilst all of our company feel that we have met with a great I 1 loss osgy as in au our r journey we were cammi caffi called cl to pass through important trials and privations privat lows and through till ull ble never found fault nor complained she and Sister Hatch were the only white while wol woi women nen in our company till the arrival of my nieces and bister we were here six bix months and only two families of us sister maughan utis the sister of elder charies charles nibley who id is on a mission to t europe drope on the ath of may we baptized eight Nava joes tB at and ad ed to two of thiem them who had bad been suffering for bears s ears from the effects of wounds received in battle and they were healed and made sound as before one of them was the chief of a small band of Nav Nava aloes loe joe and he told me on the of may that he could ride without paju pain last winter when he came carne to visit me he would id lie and moan all night with wilh pain 7 on the we baptized three more and a woman 0 about 40 years the first of the female race of the Nava joes she was carried to the water in a blanket by b her gon on and three others and we 70 administered to her and she walked to her horse and ro roae aa eight miles she had been hel hei helpless ples pies lor th three ree months previous to this I 1 called her name namu ruth and all of baptized baliti zed have requested a name which I 1 have kien gien them theirl and placed it in their recommend which they prize very highly ona ono of the young men can cau talk a little engalan Eng ilan llan and hai been baptized and through him we have been able to explain the book of dior mormon and some of our faith and arid doctrines we have about unity nive five neres seres of corn and wheat at this place mostly corn we shall put in a few acres more and then go to fencing and building we bumber number five meri meu and three boys at this place brother westover and family having arrived three weeks ago from st gorge george he lie came in company with brother john hunt alid arid family from beaver I 1 and brother bianas blanas manassah ah blackburn a ongle single man the two latter brethren have gone to savoy also brother powell from josephj joseph sevier co he la is at savoy and will soon return for his hia family who are at dauab I 1 received a letter from elder J morgan who is laboring in georgia in which he states that some Saint saints swIll will emigrate this fall to this part of new mexico or vicinity the weather has been cold and wet and there is a fair prospect of or good crops of grain grala and vegetables ou on the 3rd ard I 1 baptized ed another nv nav aboe and I 1 learn that the first baptized has been preaching in favor of the truth and has been been threatened with being p put i pt in chains by white men med who wish to suppress the testimony of this worthy man wan lest his people should receive and abd obey the glad news we are struggling in poverty but not in despair as we hope to raise bread for fur our sustenance tb taday day ia it our fast last day and wo we were made glad by the arrival of 1000 pounds of corn brought to us by ly some zu nies dies in pay for lor wagon repairs and this was timely I 1 as we were living on borrowed flour we are laboring hard early and 1 late alej and enjoy our food jt though scant as much as us the wealthy enjoy the rich ilen abundance that their storehouses store houses we are the summit odthe of the highest portion of new mexico it id is now the jtb of june and we have had about nive five hours of rain and aud now BOW it ia is snowing very fast this Thi cheers us as we need water for our crops we wel shall saon soon boon ha have v e all our corn and beans beads planted T the he crop of wheat at savoy looks very very fine the soil is a black sandy kandy loam and will raise early corn without irrigation your brother in the L if HATCH |