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President's Office,
G. S. L. City, Feb. 21st /65.
President Erastus Snow,
St. George,
Dear Brother:
I have had a Pile Driver and the irons belonging to it bought at San Francisco and shipped from there to Hardy's Landing. The hammer will weight about 1200 lbs and the irons probably 500 lbs. I want to get it brought there up to St. George as soon after it is landed as possible. Some of the brethren may be able to see to it when it is landed, and it may be that they would be able to send it, or have it sent, up by water to the upper landing where our people are. I wish to get the Bill of Lading that will come with it.
I have 3,000 or 4,000 lbs of Cotton Yarn, which I intend to send down your place as soon as the roads will be in a fit condition for my teams to travel, that I would like to exchange for Cotton. I should be pleased if you will let the brethren through the country know that such is my intention that they may know what they can depend on. The yarn will number from 12 to 16.
Since your departure from the City for the South there has nothing transpired of any particular moment out of the ordinary channel of events. The Weather has been quite cold a portion of the time, and, latterly, we have had considerable falls of snow. The work on the Canal has been very much retarded the cold weather; as soon as the ground will admit of it, the construction of this important work will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. An organization of the Canal Company has been obtained under the Bill which was passed for the organization of Irrigation Districts. An attempt was made last week by some persons from Camp Douglas to survey and obtain possession of the Warm Spring and the adjacent ground. A fence was put up by them enclosing it in, and a shanty was built in which they had some men stopping who were in charge of their improvements (so-called). Upon the facts of the case becoming known, the City Council was convened, and the Council authorized the City Marshal to have everything removed from the Spring that had been placed there by unknown parties, and to stop all the proceedings of such parties at that point. The Marshal went there and notified them that if they did not remove their shanty and fence by a certain hour, he would be under the necessity of doing so for them. They did not remove them by the time appointed, and he with his posse tore down their fence and hut and removed them as a nuisance. The City Council had taken steps to make improvements at the Warm Spring some months <weeks> ago, and they had men at work there when the Surveyor and the men from Camp came down and commenced their operations there. Of course, such proceedings could not be viewed in any other light than as a trespass on the rights of the City Council. Some persons had an idea that trouble with the Camp would grow out of this affair, and that the move had been made by them to bring about a collision and difficulty; but, thus far, they have submitted quietly and have made no outward manifestations.
Bro's. Geo. A. Smith and F. D. Richards and a number of other Elders have been on a three weeks' preaching tour to Sanpete Valley, which has been attended with good effects and from which the most of them have just returned. On Saturday last myself, Bro. Heber and Bro's. W. Woodruff, J. Taylor, Geo. Q. Cannon and my brother Joseph with several other Elders went to Davis Co. and joined Saints at Centreville in a Party, and on Sunday we held meetings at that place and at Farmington and Bountiful. A good spirit prevailed. I am suffering somewhat from cold. Bro. Heber's health is about as usual. With love to yourself and the brethren and praying the Lord to bless and uphold you
I remain, as ever, Your Brother,
Brigham Young
P. S. It might be well to get Bro. Call to see about bringing or having brought up to our Upper Landing the hammer and other irons. There will doubtless be goods brought up to that <with> point as an experiment; when they are brought up, the Hammer, &c., can be brought up with them.