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Show "regions of chihuahua. - FrospectJ ot the Latter-day Saints to Heilco. uox. J. w. tounii's mtniT rxicit. wise. in Multifont. liiil In a Und SmIN dc ou Etrrj Hand MTllli lU Aunodsnce of alural Itrtourtn. lUw Ikttrtt Xtwts From Hie eollcltudoMtljjr tlio tat. tcr-dajr Halnts, of Mexico, In whatever eonctrnttlielrco.laliort'ri tn Utabtono nay la'cr ""' brief 'Vetch o(tli surrounding and irospecle of tbe lopla hero will not Ik without Interest la many of your mien. Though wcttlnff, hero as there, for tlio nn eud,tliey ore mrroundfl by clrrum. Itarjtt a dlrierent almost M night from day. Hardly thing here re-ralndt re-ralndt olio cf hit UUb home excet the. facet of tlio frlendi of former ilaj t. Ilitiad of the prevailing Mountain-Mil Mountain-Mil legion Indented Willi valleys, wo lure hen long ttrntchet of lovtl Brassy )lalu over which one sera scat, tired hue anil there, iitlnn of a mountain chain, or a trln of etrag-Kllug etrag-Kllug hill. The toll launutually dtrji aud rich with occasionally elrttchr ofsaud; the hill are mostly lava rvck and Ilniostouo formation, very arv-pt arv-pt lately named by the Msilcana, nialU," (lad country), Waring little vegetation zreit where Indented valea uncovered Willi gran. Though water la much needed at jrwnt, thn Casot Ulaudca liter, on whore Inula tbo Latter-day Halnta hare, Inlha main, itarted their utile-wants, utile-wants, will, In a few yean, ! aire trolled o ai to furnbh water for the Irrigation of ft vat are of ruuntry. Yet, there are now at Caset llraudr and Mitt never-falling tprlnga In which the Io plo are alrialy obtaining share vuough for a moderate water supidy during the dry teawn. The Ktllsmrulaor Jusrtl, at l'aloinai and on Hi" Hoc Clraude, may be well sup-ljlulwlth sup-ljlulwlth water the ear round. Hut one of the mint mailed lolnla of dlllrfeuco between Utah and Meilro It lu ollmale. I nitoad of the regulation four eeaaons, we havo only two, wulili may t appropriately called "wet" anil "dry." Wlivu, however, we tit In the ronifurtablo evening ahadr, with Ibe tltar blue above, without a fleck of now In tight, and road of the UUurdi and driving mow with which cur friend In the uortli are persecuted, we ate measurably mlgued tn the lot er the poetic-! kuoih. The wet weather commence aUut tlio middle of July and lasle till tlio middle of October. During tlila time each morning morn-ing li iitnally clear, while the after-uivu after-uivu Initial on drenching rainstorm. Occasionally, however, the aky l overcast for ilaya at a time and the rain tuuiadowu Intorreut. In Iheraluy Ktnn Ibe gran nil tho plaint an I wherever It can get a tland on the hllN, spring up lu all Itt glory, spread. Ing a inautlo of verdure the whole country over. Oneorolherof the five hlnda of grata Indlgrucut here It green the year through, to that one doe not need to keen cattle up at any time ol tho year, from tho middle of IKUibtr llitrn ro lufriueut ralmtormt till January, when, Iftnrrol. any mow at all, a slight fall relieve the monotony of Warm weather and remind, the Ulon Ian of a March blunter. It lull ci. rentlonal teiwon that auy anew falls, but wuhadfttlireo dayt1 winter lait January. From February till thn middle mid-dle ol July tho old resident eaptitt very Utile ralu.and the hottett weather of the year. One would think (hat with M lltllecold weutber them mutt fellow luluiiso summer heat, lluttuch la not tlio rate, for when the tun pourt down III seven si rays, die atmoiphrra Uyitcool; and thn ntglrta following urn an much to aa to require warm, tlili k clothing for coinfoiu The taller-day Halutt have a con. tlderabln foothold I thn northern part of tho Htato ot tJhlhualiut, ro-nounwl ro-nounwl iheowahwah) and thrlr xl-lion xl-lion It becoming tlronger every day. I unload of planting In tho regular linn north at at llrtt, they havo now taken to putting In their AM crop In thn early winter when the Steiluiut allow the water logo towoitej thou by thn lit of June, barveit It on, and the roll It proiwred for another crop, intncliigwlth theraluy aeiuoii which It hardly over before the teoond crop tantw harvealeU. Hut the gnat C1 ( I""!'"!' '? the lAtler-day HalnU, In Mexico, at iireteut. It Ihn fact that Hon. John Y. Young hat In haul tho bull Hug of a railroad through tho heart of their country, coiinecllng them with the va roal llelda and thn 7lu,iaai-oaat,oii thn wrat, and with the Mealraa Central Jtallwnyajiteniouthoeait. It mny lm w ell to give Jutt horn aorao lienor thn relative poltlout of the liltleiuenuof the "Mormont" III thla rouutry, aud to tketth the roulo of Mr. Yoniur'a pnjei-tod railway, From Demlug. New Metloo, the Inlllal point of Mitiroail, to the llimlietwieu Hie United Hlatit and Mexico, It lUlrty.nvnmll, and four and ahalf nllmtjulhof tho linn la hat 1'i.loiilt", Itiel.iatttatlon In Mexico. Thlt t-llemoi.t t-llemoi.t It In the Mexican "freo lone tud hat Iho location and fadllllta for in Important roninierclal and inanu. aolut'ng town, the cuitoni homo hav. lug In iuurdirlt.) thl! point from I.a Aicentlou, oon at tho railroad com. Menem. It It twilvu mllu directly imthof r.lomaa to the (.'atatdranJi liver, where thotraek lakia UiWi blowing up that ttrenni through ho HocatlnnJotiactof laud, forty mljea n length, U longing to llou. John W. Young, to illax, the motl mjttant aettleraeut of thn Ijat-letilay Ijat-letilay Halula In Mexlc On the locaflrandotracl, Mr. You. it Intenlt loutalilhh three or four atltlemenU. I'roni t'ulomta to Illax It dittanr of llxly.flve mllet, almont directly aiuth. UavlirDltx. thn railroad will con-Uuue con-Uuue aoulli I alt l.a Aquation, live mllet dhlant, to Janot, twtnty mllet lurllieron, and tliencn through Cor. ralltoa to Catat Oran le. Oorralltoa la the centre of a mineral region of auch exlont ami rlchneet aa almoit to Hag. get liellti; but owing la the Itck of raclliilea tor traniportvlon, a greater fortof the new mining rmiertlee, at well at Ihn old Mtilcnn mliiet hero-alujut, hero-alujut, ttm hold their r.ulit of low grtdo orea on thn dump. And here, ecattered over tho free of the country lor mllot, my lw found inlllloua of lout In place, tllver ore running from IS lost and nil nunntper tou. Thlt one valley In the trinnimrtallon It will furnlih tho roal lulowgrale y ore alone, to ny n. thing of the or to l Uken fmm the inlnei at 8allutl, Cur-r.liu, Cur-r.liu, Htvlf and 'u.at Uraudut, would pay for Ita conilrucll m. Krimi Dlaa to Colonla Dublan, mar I avutlrnnde, where theia It another prutiarouseelthimnt of Halnli, It til-ty til-ty mllra. inatcad of -i-tlug the ''.Moniiin" ectltement of Jutret-ahoul twelve mllet amthwett of Catu Uran-die, Uran-die, mil 1'achccn, Iblrty'llv mllet fuitherlnti the rilerra Madre mouu-taint, mouu-taint, the railroad continue on, almott directly loulh. From Dublan Ilia rot.l leave tho valley of the 1,'atea Uraudet, climbing atllghtawellto the et-t. and onliri that of the ItloiloHanU Maria. Tho entlro way from hero to (!narrtrro IC'oncelou),a dlitance of US mllet, lilhml with fonrtt of plnn,oak, eyca-more, eyca-more, ah and walnut, ilaleaua It the lint telllrment arter Caat llratilea. Twenty mllet nnlher up the Hani Maria It tho next tUtloti at l.l Valln. Here, too, n at Corntlllot. the rot J will lap InexhauiUble mlntral re-eourco. re-eourco. At hlYallethe open valley ceatei and the way proceedt uti tho rlvir through a narrow ravine along which the river pourt, through heavy foiotlt nf Umber, pott lt Cruet , Nanikiula to rlanAntonlo,whtra tho valley widiut again and the vatt otlbll!lli4 for walcr-jiower In cloto proximity to tho timber, mcaaurably cAtee. From Man Antonio Iho road take to thoopvn valley on tho wit, attlug Hanu Ana and Haut Tomat on Ihn way tj Uuerrrrro, a dlitance of 80J mllitfromUemlng, where a tptir of the road, ono bundled and fifty uillet lu length, will connect that point with the Mexican Central Hallway at Chihuahua, the capital ot tho Itotc. The main line, however, will continue con-tinue oil eoutti to a ut through the Hlerr Madre mountalnt at Haciyna. tin tho wcttrru tlopu of the Hierra Madret , Ihn roal enter n large onlhra cllo conl field, equal lu extent and In iUillty of Ita iroduit to anything known. From Ilacoyui Iho courto taken It aiuthwett, ulng Areiuntchl, La Junta, AguaCalleutn, 1.1 Fueite, mid tbence, continuing down tlio liver of that name to the large Kanaaa colony at Tonolobanio on the Faclflo cootl, travertlng. from the Initial lntat Demlng, ICMiullraof atilchagilcuN Ural aud mineral country aa the earth atrbrda. The road will lli-u parallel tho Faclflo coatt fromTololtimKto (lutjrmn, In the Hlat of riouora, ruak. lug .Mo mllet niorn. or I JO) mllet In all. Hliicellin year 18)3, a contract with the fexlcii government to build Ihlt railway, ht been In thn hauda of a number of capltallita here, but the work hot been attended with Indlfter. enl nicceta. Ono of the voiupaulee built aomt two yean tlnce flfty-twn mlltaof grate, bought tie enough to cover about that dlilauco and an em glnc'.audlhereUie work Hood when Mr. Young male a proportion lait fai to buy tho contract, lilt oiler wot accepted aud the trantfer made In February laat, but owing to tho varl-out varl-out complication! In which the matter had beviiluvolvcd, work hai been considerably con-siderably htnired. Now, however, rarnett progrvat It llng made, aud the cniilrtct It let for IS3 mllet of grade, to bn ivmplrUxl by Heplembcr IS, U'l. About aeventy mllet of grade It now itady for the Ilea, while a hundred hun-dred men and teams, buldet a large force of Mexlcana with theahovel, are milling the woik with vigor. At a promoter of the enterprise, HI'hop Win. Derby Johuioii, Jr.. of Dlat, standi next to Hon. John V. Young, and hit oljeit from the tint hat been to give emplxvment and bring prosperity generally t the latter-day rJalnU lu Mexico. Tho track It lube of standard guage, alxly Iioiiud sleid ralli, and track-laying will commence at Doming not laterthauJuly I, Ir.nl. Asa voucher that everything aliout the road will U ttilctly Ant class, It It only neceeury to state that your fellow Inwiiimau. J. Fewtonrlinlth It tho chief eoglnoorol ronntrucllon. Through hit agent, lllilinii William Derby Johnson, Jr., Mr. louug will have full control of thlt linn of rtll way: ami besldet Ihlt. ha hit an option from thn sain parllna on S,&oxlui acrra of Ian I, mending from the boundary Hue Iwtwreii the Unllui HtatMainlMeilci,to south nf Ca. tlnudea, n illtlaiice of about ISO mllet. Along with till tract ofland, Mr. Young will obtain a colinliitlon con-niaton con-niaton under which seltlert on the landa mentlonnl will recehe from the govirnment prlvllegia ol onilderable rmi'ortnnt.t-. Thenesalia to and oun-tract oun-tract with Mr. Young have received the sanction act! opomvtl ol Hie .Mexican .Mexi-can government olllcers, who have pledged thellitolte to collllrm theilltn iilni.orloratlfyeuy trantfer he may niakoofthem. Taken all In all, therefore, the roni'l-tlonofttolitlo-diyrialnu In Stexl. co it ono of lacc, contentment and wIsrOTlty. '' A. WllJM.1, I, AH IUUiiiai. Mex , via. Dulling, N. M , My W. I-"' |
