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things and changed the opposition quite a little; some of them came
and made acknowledgements. I trust a change will now be brought
about, although the people at large were left in uncertainty and
perplexity, as nothing was said openly.
When the letters sent were read to Elder Reaser and myself
alone, it came as a shock to him. He evidently had not seen hime
self in that light before. He simply daid: "Well, I will resign
from all these boards and attend to my legitimate businessy 1 sup-
posed the people elected me to carry out the financial policy
for these institutions; but if I am relieved from it, I am happy,
and I shall be glad to let others wrestle with the problems.”
Ve had a long council over the Paradise Valley instituticn.
The Conference f£inally appointed a cormittee to take the institu-
tion, if satisfactory terms could be arranged fore. Some of the
committee were anxious that matters should be settled very reason=
ably with the stockholders; others were in for cutting down the
price of the institution. Nothing definite was done except to make
propdsitions, first, from the stockholders to the Conference Com=
mittee, and then from the Conference Committee back to the stocke
holders. I think that the propositions in their final summing
up differed only a few hundred dollars, but so far these were only
proposals, and nothing final was arrived at. I hope that plans
may be consummated sufféciently to arrange for the Pamadise Valley
Sanitarium to come into the same relation to the Conference that the
other institutions now hold. I feel sure that it would bring
greater harmony to the work throughout. The opposition to this mmm
came maindy from those who advocated a cash policy for all our
institutions, quoting the text, "Owe no man anything." I simply