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Show MORMONS COMINC. Large Numliem i:irrtiil 1 rum I'tah llielr l-riilialilH I.m-nllen. Alamosa. Colo., Sept. 8.-With each moon it is gelling to bo more and more evident that the Mormons are planning to take possession of & large portion of tho San Luis park. At tho present time they number not over live hundred families but other colonics will locate here before next spring. President Hammond of San Juan, I'tah, is hero now. He savs that his people will probably purcha-e the Kx-celsior Kx-celsior farm of nearly l.'i.HOO acres, under the Empire canal, and that it is their intention to have at least half of this area cultivated in lS'.U. One man will not be allowed to crop titer eighty-acres, eighty-acres, so this means a good many families. fam-ilies. Tho Mormons aro among tho most successful farmers in the valley, and they are thrifty and fast becoming prosperous. |