Show TIME OF GREATEST GnEAL tent TEST SCARCITY harrisburg washington co utah july 1885 editor deseret neus news I 1 in n answer to yours requesting i matlon mation as to the sear year of the greatest scarcity of breadstuffs bread stuffs in utah I 1 give it as my opinion that it was in the year 1848 IM though it was very scarce se arce in 1856 and I 1 think it was more general throughout the country Th flatter Clatter the iatter latter vear year iwas f was called on a mission to los vegas and took a portion of my ray family six persons in all we were te to provide ourselves with one years breadstuff bat I 1 left salt lake city with only wisht eizile pounds of flour all citi I 1 could coald get we tried at every settle ment we passed through aud and and we got none until we reached tillmore where we obtained a small quantity from the miller bartholomew by name dame bv this time the faith of the company began to weaken as there was quite a food tood good sized party of us and the chance for or living was meagre we called a council and I 1 was appointed commissary of the company I 1 said I 1 believed the way would open up for us to get our supplies but on investigation I 1 found we required at cast pounds of flour and there was no prospect of getting even pounds demet a man at red creek who said raid he h e had four or five hundred pounds pound which he had obtained a little in a place throughout out cedar and paro parowan carowan Pa rowan viran and we tried to wat get some from him but failed Ilo iio however wever the lord provided for us providentially ally and our sacks were w ere tilled to the amount of about I 1 ibs lbs bs in parowan Pa Ia rowan by a man named erivin erwin stewart bt ewart I 1 ahe hopa hope those scarce times for bread to are lumm auto I 1 11 UK the n at t JB K fuller yullee |