The Brigham Young Center

Brother Lorenzo D. Young

Dr. Sir:-

The Conversation that passed between Bro. Thos Moss of E. T. City and myself respecting the sale of certain Estrays, I cannot give you in full or succintly, but will refer to items talked about & the feeling his Conversation seemed to express to me.

That you had sold some Half dozen head of horned stock as strays for something near 30$ per head, that you bid them off yourself -- that your charges were high for keeping them & that there were but few bidders present that you said that you had advertised them at Tooele, Grantsville & Richville but that your advertisement did not describe a cow sold belonging to Bro. Meecham & who did not pay you the charge you made for keeping her as you said some 3 months, but allowed you only the debt you owed him which was some few dollars I think some 3$. that the Meecham Cow was not at your place, save but about 3 weeks & that all the stock you sold and claimed to have fed were fed outside your corral where they got but little -- That you took up 2 poor horses one of which soon died & the other he understood has since been taken away from the range-- That Bro. G. W. Bryan did the selling of them for you. His statement seemed to express a feeling of disatisfaction amongst the people respecting, as it seemed to them the loose & unauthorized way the whole thing was done. Bro Moss said that there had been so much stock stolen & taken from the Tooele Co. range that many had contemplated moving away & he for one felt so, too, at times. He did not accuse you of stealing, Bro Lorenzo, nor anything of the kind, but thought that if you had taken a little different course in the management of this affair, greater satisfaction would have been given & felt by the people The above is not the conversation in full but substantially what passed --Sister Moss, the while-- adding words of explanation

Respectfully &c.

A. Milton Musser
Hurredly

G S L City
May 8/66