The Snowflake herald., 1914-07-18

strong men able and willing to work
but work was scarce and hard to get.
He provided such as could be obtained.
His family Jared with the rest. He
divided up his house and opened his
stables and every place that people
could live and have protection from the
weather. Thus fourteen families lived
with him the first winter.
Those still living in the Order were
calling him an apostate and saying that
he was going against counsel and lead
ing the people astray. They were do
ing all they could against him many
of them. This made him very sad and
downhearted, until one night he
dreamed that Pres. Young came into
the room where he was and said:
Brother William, you are performing
your mission we'll. This eased his
mind but did not tighten his work.
1t was necessary to get stock to
meet the next payment when it became
due, so he hitched up some teams and
started back to his old home in Utah,
thinking the people who knew him best
would trust him for what he needed.
Three miles out from Brigham City he
met his friend, Apostle Snow, with a
company, coming out to visit the set
Elements. He got up in the carriage
! beside Bro. Snow and told him all that
he had done and how he was being
treated by his brethren and he said:
''Now, Brother Snow, if l have done
wrong, don't spare the lash; tell me
what to do. The apostle smaked his
lips, as was his custom before speak
ing, and said: ''God bless you, Brother
Flake. | wish we had a few more
men in Arizona like you. The country
would be much better off. " Never,
from that day until this, has he re-
gretted the step he took, even though
he went against counsel. Apostle Snow
and party travelled up to the new settle
ment. Flake had asked him to give it
name while there and he named it
Snowflake, organized the town into
ward and set things moving.
When our pioneer reached Beaver
he traded $4,000 worth of sheep to
M. l.. Shepherd for cattle. He told
| Shepherd that he didn't have any sheep
but would take them on shares and
double them in three years. He then
purchased supplies to bring out for the
destitute people, among which was
$500 worth of cloth, for he knew how
they needed it. His wife had already
cut up the seamless sacks to make
pants for the boys and the wagon COW
ers to make dresses for the girls.
In the spring of '79 the Nutrioso was
offered for sale. This was considered
good opening and he bought it, pay
ing 800 head of cattle A place was
offered in Springerville for forty cows.
He bought it for it was bargain. He
had plenty of men to work the places,
but they had nothing with which to buy.
In the summer of '79 he raised 21OO
bushels of wheat and barley. There
was plenty of chance to sell, but would
not-gave it to the people to eat as
long as the wheat lasted. When the
wheat was gone and no more could be
obtained, they ate barley bread. Buy
ing these places made it necessary to
go and get more cattle. So in the fall
of '79 he went again to Utah and made
the same kind of trade as before,
taking the sheep to double in three
years. 1t took him seven years to set
! tie the sheep debt and then lacked $24O
of having enough to pay Brother Shep-
herd, but Brother Shepherd said he
was satisfied. 1t was the best invest
ment he had made, and he was willing
to call the matter square, but added,
| if you ever see one of my boys in need,
! help him. This he did many years
after. When Warren Shepherd came
through here on his way to Mexico he
got horse killed. Flake furnished
him with another good horse and he
went on his way rejoicing.
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Pres. Woodruff came out shortly after
this and told him he had done enough,
that the Lord had accepted his labors.
A few days later he came and asked
| Flake to loan the Church 100 cows to
save ST. Johns. The Church
! bought it and was not in a condition to
meet payment that was over due,
and they were about to lose all they
had paid. Of course they got the cows.
At the organization of the Snowflake
Ward he was first counselor to the
Bishop, serving for thirty years.
During all of this time every disagreea-
ble~job was handed to him, but none
in which there was either honor or re-
muneration, and he boasts of the fact
that in all he had done he has never
received one dollar from the church,
either as pay for services or to help
him in the purchases he made.
The saints were now fairly settled
in the country, but there was still two
men that stood in the way of progress;
that were holding places that prevented
the building up of the country. 1t was
his ambition to get these men out. He
soon got the opportunity to buy one of
them. The price was exorbitant, but
the Snowflake and Taylor Irrigation
Co. wanted Mr.. Bailey out so bad that
they offered him $500 if he would make
the purchase. He made the purchase
but never got dollar of the $500 they
promised.
In '84 the raid came on the polyga-
mists. He was among the first ar
rested in the territory and was taken
to Prescott. When the trial came he
told them to change the Indictment to