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S a lt Lake C it y , U tah, December 29, 1902 w Mr. J. Ross Clark, Los Angeles, California. Dear Sir:- I arrived home the 24th and found your letter of the 19th inst awaiting me in which you ask if there are no saw-mills near-by, etc. I will say there are none close enough to compete with lumber at Manvel, which is of course shipped in there, and I am told any lumber that may be required can be bought there. Those things I sent you a list of are very necessary in order to do any work on the ranch. Mr. 'Whittemore and I have talked over the situation and neither of us feel like decid­ing the question of whether the final payment should be made or not. I think there is no question about title, except a good excuse to hold the proposition open until you or the Senator decide on the matter. You have full information, and while there is not the amount of water gen­erally supposed to be, still there is 200 inches - enough to supply a large town and a greater amount may be developed. The apples and sweet potatoes stored away, and owned jointly with the Stewarts, should be sold next month, as I am told they will not keep well after that time. The vines should be pruned. A good deal of the alfalfa land should be ploughed up and new seed put in and all ploughing should commence as soon as possible and to do any ploughing at all, horses or mules will have to be purchased. Mr. "Whittemore left for the east last evening and I will await instructions from you or the Senator. I presume Mr. Cherrington can close the deal on short notice, if desired. I wrote Mr. Mac Donald in New York with reference to the