| Show MEXICO chances for making good homes HEALTH OF OUR PEOPLE it is generally G and prosperity betens improvements prove ments made correspondence COLONIA DUBLAN april the baring has been backward cold and waidy and rather worse than winter usually is in these parts of late floats have injured the fruit crop but in return for bad weather we have had considerable rain making the streams and springs high and insuring good crops generally colonists sill come not only from utah but from arizona idaho and wyoming nearly all this seasons emigration has settled at this colony and it is now quite a place many good farms are under cultivation and crops look well the railroad from doming southward is in the process of construction and it is asserted by the promoters that it will reach within tw enty miles of us the beason the grading is all being done by our people and it makes money more easy among us than it otherwise would be A now catholic church is in process of construction at casas grandes about five gilbs from tho ame which is rather a new thing under the sun in these parts since the mother church has been shorn of its temporal power usually the churches seem in a neglected and rather dilapidated condition the badri padri or priest in charge of this district is a tenor a young man of great energy and ability and withal a rather pleasant fellow president moses thatcher has lately purchased a nice tract of timber land miles from here and will boon move his saw mill sli ingle mill and blainer there and the prospect is that it will greatly cheapen the cost of building material a thing much leedel at present as many people are now here ready to build as ast as material can bs procured in all the settlements good schools are running the entire school year with a large attendance and regular graduates from the B Y academy are the teachers so people do not need to be afraid that by settling here they will be beyond the bounds of civilization and without facilities for their children our sunday schools are also filled to overflowing with as fine looking and intelligent children as can be found anywhere we lovo the country and people here and in turn are loved and ell treated by them laws and institutions of tho country are good and aro truly honored aud observed by both rulers and people with very little that flavors of oppressing one class of the community in order to confer favors upon another beef battlo are in good demand the market being at the city of mexico and other large cities in the south the Cora litos company whose ranch joins us on the north is shipping large numbers there was an attempt by some of our people to ship some from the large herds about the colony of diaz but tho quality of the ranga in that vicinity is 0 o inferior that the project had to bo abandoned in consequence of the poor condition of tha cattle A small woolen factory will be put up aliis season at the colony of jarez to work up as far as possible tho wool crop of alie vicinity which is very good the sheep industry indu etry is beginning to create considerable attention prices are good and ich good le turns are certain along the eastern slope of the seirra madre range for hundreds of miles southward are many fine locations for settlements the country is dut sparely settled nd land is cheap and the peo ale are law abiding and kind the country is fairly well watered and timber in the mountains to the westward is abundant this is a fine opportunity for the young and hardy of people to make good homes and arow up with the country to that weal h independence and comfort may crown declining years elder A F mcdonald the duly authorized agent for the settlement of the people in this republic has recently entered into a contract with the mexican government for tha establishment of some settlements in alie cx trema southwestern corner of this state bordering on the state of i maloa it is a fine district of country rich in natural resources and capable ot sustaining a large agricultural aud manufacturing community the general health of alie people is giorl la gappe has not made its appearance pe arance hers this season and no as far as known A few cases of membrane croup carried off acme of the children a few weeks ago and colds and lung fevers etc caused some draths the small pox that was preva lent in the towns a few week i has diss appeared some of cur fell victims to it yet with reasonable cars the populations as a rule enjoy immunity from this disi aae the probabilities are that ere long the c iscom house will be moved from la Ascensi onto las and the travel will then go that way W have a new administrator of customs a general old gentleman by name of diaza I 1 am informed that he is a relation of our illustrious president Jc is generally believed bera that ha will be an honest and impartial official there is at present a vacancy in the office of government colonization agent hence goods cannot be brought in duty free by thy colonists until the vacancy is filled I 1 am informed that the mexican at doming is to bo appointed appoint pd and should that prove to be the case be will soon be in a condition to act he is a kindhearted kind hearted intelligent gentleman speaks english well and is much devoted to the building up and advancement of his native country colonists on arriving at demina should inquire lor the mexican canul and be will take pleasure in giving them proper directions in answer to many letters from i arious sources in regard to the chances for making a living here etc I 1 will sav that labor ia usually in fair demand and no industrious man need starve the prospect is that good wages will be made on the railroad thi fealon fe aon will no doubt absorb all the surplus labor I 1 am preparing a list tf particulars in regard to outwitting outfitting out fitting ol 01 colonists and railroad rates and other soon be published for the benefit of those coming in this colony with kind regards lo 10 old friend GEOM BROWN |
