| Show ST joun JOHN apache co arizona I 1 was called by president taylor about a year ago with my family to move to and settle in this place I 1 left lichfield lUch inch nield field on of september iso 1880 ani aul and air arrived rived here on the of f october c tobe with everything in goodan good condition tio n I 1 found the road and grass much better than expected heard a great many bad rumors about st 8 john on the road and found on arriving here quite an anxiety among adew a few of the settlers on account of the security of the place but since then Br otherA ar tenney i has come in and has together with got everything every thing satisfactorily settled in regard to the bath brothers purchase and I 1 consider that were there only settlers enough there is every facility here for ing this place a very desirable e one here is good land plenty of fine timber timbers and above all from all that I 1 can leam learn a most exbell excellent ent and healthy climate there are labout about 40 camall families eg here now who are expected to stay there are a few more but they have been called to other places here hare is room for many more and abid from a very close inquiry I 1 doubt if 1 f a much better place can be found in arizona it is likely however that so desirable a spot will not he be won without some difficulty it seems as if a small party of hungry huner y office seekers here are studying very hard to deprive the saints of every foot of land they can and if they could they woul deven deprive us of the air air we breathe but they will have their day dak iii in whitin writing these few lines iines I cannot help but once more express my thanks to the saints of mich rich richfield field and among them especially the we tea teachers chiah ebins of the sunday school for their ki kind hid fid tokens of memory I 1 received from them their agreeable surprise toge together with the many pleasant hours we have spent together and hud I 1 hope and pray that though I 1 lam iam am now far off on the frontier that we may all bo be one in the up building of the kingdom of god I 1 remain respectfully your brother in the gospel CHR I 1 KEMPE |
