We copy the two following affidavits as specimens of many others that were forwarded to Washington:
Territory of Utah,
Box Elder County,
ss.
January 28th, 1879.
Robert L. Fishburn, of Brigham City, in said county and Territory, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he has occupied the position of chief clerk in the mercantile department of Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association, during several years last past, and that he has never received, nor known any other clerk, secretary, superintendent, officer or agent of said Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association to have received, by way of exchange, or by way of payment for cash, or any legal tender, the scrip used by said association.
Robert L. Fishburn.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 28th day of January, 1879.
John D. Burt,
Probate Judge, Box Elder County.