-Lopes- Office of the peoples Store, Dealers in General Merchandise Logan, Utah, Oct 5, 1889. President Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Brother L.E. Thorstensen handed me a letter from Elder Geo. Reynolds; stating his departure on his mission could be postponed till after the season business of the U.O.M. and B. Co. I will try to state a few facts in reference to this matter. Bro L.E. Throstensen is elec. Treas. For said company and has general oversight of the business. Last-spring when the company rehired him it was with the understanding that he might be needed at any time to go on a mission as he had been notified that he would be needed soon. When your letter came or the last letter giving the date of his departure, he notified the board of directors giving them the necessary 30 days notice; He also made all necessary arrangements to leave at the time specified; now as to the representation of Bro s Nibley and Eccles I know nothing, but I do not think the business justified an interference his representative here on earth. Bro. Throstensen does not keep the accounts, he has a book keeper who does that; the mills are rented and they (U.O.M. and B Co.) pay so much feet of lumber delivered on their yard, so that is not hard to handle; they have a foreman to the building department, to whom Bro Thorstensen looks for information on building contracts; and he does not sell many goods over the counter, so he must depend on his clerk for the selections and needs of the store to a great extent; so he is the head, directing the labor, having skilled workmen in each department; now I claim that the U.O. Co. can get a man to be at the head of their concerns without much trouble, and that there are not sufficient grounds to justify Bros. Nibley and Eccles in interfering with the work of the Lord for the U.O. M. and Co’s., Business. From what Bro Throstensen told me he prefers to go on his mission at the time specified in your letter to him (Nov. 5th I think) and does not feal kindly in reference made by the Brother mentioned in Bro Geo. Reynolds letter. Your Brother, Isaac Smith Bp.