Show correspondence I 1 I 1 CITY NOT yot TO BE A BAND U X boxed ose ONE D f BLUFF CITY san Ju juan anco co UT sept ept 1884 editor deseret neus news on account of the tha high gh water doing i us so much damage thia this summer we w e had bad made up our minds winds to abandon this place and seek homes somewhere I 1 else arwe as we had labored for nearly five years and had just made a success in getting out the water vater when the flood swept ivr our oui jUr substance away in a very short time but on second thought we concluded not to leave u until n we had advise adal re from those who called us here president joseph F smith apostle erastus snow and elder john morgan paid us a visit and held a two days meeting and the spirit of the lord was poured out abundantly upon them and although they could deeply sympathize with us for our losses and struggles snuggles to maintain ourselves they did not think it was wisdom to evacuate this place and lose one foothold we had gained it was contrary to the genius of the gospel to go backwards sa they called on all those that could muster mausten faith falth enough to remain and try it a little longer A majority of zhe people responded spon ded and are willing to labor where they chii chiu can car do the most good in build bull buli din ln up the kingdom of gothere Go god here dhere theford the lord has ills his own way of building up his work and he inspires Is his seri ants and they can see through and beyond all the difficulties they could see good comfortable homes hoines and a nd orchards ardathe the hills adorned with C cattle attle and above all the gospel spread among the Lama and t the e lost tribes of israel rede redeemed Amed we held our conference on the and this month and had a good times time considering our circum charles I 1 E ivaldo WALTON clerk |