Letter to Brigham Young Jr. from Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, 10 December 1889
Salt Lake City, U. T. .
Elder Brigham Young,
Dear Brother:
There is some business in Arizona that we would like you
to attend to while you are down there. Inclosed you will find correspondence from
Bp. Brinkerhoof, in which there are charges made against a son of Brother Lot Smith.
It will be well to have those charges carefully investigated and not be decided upon
mere rumor. Whatever is proper under the circumstances should be done by the
authorities there, under your counsel.
There may be other things there which may require your
attention. If so, we hope you will find it convenient to have them cleared up.
We have received a letter from Bp. McNeil, of Ramah—a let-
ter which you read. It contained a statement of the condition of their land and
the offer that had been made to them for its sale to them. We understand that you
wrote an answer, suggesting to them that they organize themselves into a company
and endeavor to buy the land on the terms that were offered, and to give the land
itself as security. This would be a very good plan, especially if they can get it
at a moderate interest. Something should be done to secure this land to the saints,
as Bp. McNeil represents it as a desirable place and one that others covet and would
doubtless gladly purchase; but if it passes out of the hands of the people it will
compel them to break up their homes and be a serious loss to them, which should be
avoided if it possibly can be.
