Letter from George Teasdale, 6 May 1891 [LE-37396]

621 Coloma Diaz, Mexico May 7 -1891 Pres W. Woodruff and Council, Salt Lake city, Dear Brethren:

Your much esteemed favor of April 14 came to hand on my return from a visit to the other settlements of this Mission. I left Coloma Diaz on Friday, March 27^th and on Saturday evening reached Coloma Juarez, ^60 miles^ and the next day met with the Juarez Sunday School (1) and the afternoon and evening meeting of the Saints. (2) On Monday evening met with the Y.M. Mutual I. Association (3) On Tuesday visited the flouring mill of Bro W. R. R. Stowell ^which is a credit to Juarez.^ His miller Jus W. Memmott crossed the sea with me in the sailing ship "Underwater" in the spring of 1861. We drove over our old camping ground of 1885 and the banks of the Piedras Verdie and on the evening attended a Priesthood meeting ^[illegible] Thursday^ at the Meeting house[ illegible](4) ^ & had an excellent P. meeting & adjourned^ On Wednesday with Bp ^Geo W, Lency, Henry Eyring ^w R R Stowell^ and Jules P. Romney we drove to the Lenaeja wash to make an inspection and learned the advisability of taking out the water from a stream that runs part of the year in that wash, or of making a resevoir so as to put some three or four acres of land under cultivation. We counselled together and concluded it could be done. On Tursday April 2^nd it being Fast Day I attended the Fast meeting in the morning and in the afternoon met with the Juarez Relief Society (5) and ^ 66 [illegible] officers & members^ in the evening met with the Priesthood of Juarez according to adjournment on Tuesday evening. There were present 1 Apostle 8 Seventies 12 High Priests 10 Elders 1 Teacher and 8 Deacons. We had a very intersting meeting. The meetings were well attended all day. On Friday attended a meeting of the Y.M. M. I Ass. 48 enrolled officers & members

(5) Phoebe Fife Pres Evette Mary B. Eyring 1^st and Susan Martinau 2^nd Counsellors Pres J Eyring Sec. Elizth Coon Ass Sec Keturab Baker Treasurer & 12 Teachers 48 members Total officers & members enrolled 66

622 and in the evening attended a conjoint meeting of the Young Mens & Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations and listened to a most excellent program. On Saturday April 4 attended a meeting of the children in their Primary Association Pres Keturah Baker, Rhoda Stowell 1^st and Wealthy Shafer 2^nd Counsellors Louie [illegible] Sec. 104 officers & members. On Sunday April 5 I spent in Juarez. Attended Sabbath School afternoon and evening meetings. Meetings well attended and an excellent spirit prevailed. Monday Apr 6. attended a meeting of the Town Council, or committee and heard the proceedings. The subject of the reservoir and endeavoring to get the water upon the land where we had investigated in the Lesaja Wash was discussed which resulted in the appointment of Bp Geo W. Lencey Henry Eyring and Isaac Turley as a committee with instructions to secure the services of Bro Jno M [illegible] to survey the land and calculate the amount of water that can be reserved in the reservoir and the amount of land that can be put under water and when all calculations were carefully made to report to the next Priesthod meeting. On Tuesday Apl 7^thattended a funeral of a six year old son of Bro Sextus E. Johnson named Layne Johnson who had died at Juarez. On Wednesday 8th left Juarez for Pachieco. We drove to the mouth of the Kunyon and stayed over night with Bro Heleman Pratt who [illegible] here. Thursday 9^th Bro. W.R.R. Howell who had driven us from Juarez was taken very sick and had to return. His son drove team for us, and Bro & Sis. Pratt accompanied us to our[ illegible] to Pachieco, (Thursday April 9) calling upon Bro [illegible] M. Allen on the way. The road up the kanyon is exceedingly rough, there is a great deal of traffic, hauling lumber & wood, and the [illegible] are very much cut up and rockey. We arrived

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