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Show SAMS IN MEXICO. I H Conditions and Prospects Among the H Peopla la Chlhnihua. H good ounouk ioit 1111 luruitr. HI Tlio Ilrontli Orer I xccll'nt Cropi. Hi Iccloriri nnl Mills. Situation H of tho bctttciucnli. H Wt 1 Jonnion Jr, who presides H oTcrUotonla Diss wardnClilhiiitiua, H Mtxtco, In tho cat nelly ot lllibup, nnil H who lias litun In tills city nUeutlliiK H tlio auDUil oonforoncs, Htatta (or Ills H homo tomorruw. la conversation to H day bo gave ttiu following Itemt r- H gardl tiff the sotllcmenti of tlio Latter- day rjaltitsln Chihuahua Durlnir 1501 mil 1692 tho droutli In H that Jiart of the couutty wm terrltlu ionJ almost dried tbo fioilo out Xliouiaudaof caltlo died from lac of B) waturauJ scarcity of food caused Ly Hr tho fslluru cf tho grist Hucli a Hj urouttt baa nTor bean kuoiru beforo Hu lu Mexico Its oierullori", associated HJ with lh failure or Inability of J, W. jj Youug (o ny fjr work Jono on II e Hi railway, uuwl considerable hardship, Hi nnd almott flnanc ally ruluel tome cf 1." tbo jiiople J ait wlutur, however, Hft tho lalm again began, nil J a uisrkul Hm ibange bis tome over the whole tceuu. B Tau grain and grata nro growluit I I losly, tho first if op of lucorn la now ;,; tisdy lo cut, otii tbu fruit crop Is In j splendid condition from coalitions 1 which caused feelings of serloui Uls . louragenieut thure has boin n Iran slllon to brighter rospects tbau were ! eyir known before 3 l'hiroaro flteMormou settlements In 1 Chihuahua IJlaznnd Juuuz, wllli a m 0ulallunof ovtr 7UU tacit, Italian, f wltu .5J to SOU Inliat Hants, and IV ft diccoaud Cavo Valley, Willi an af I greKateoulatiouof about MO A DUrauit Uublau uru locate 1 in the B Dint Valley, whlcli Is about GO inlka J ling by W to a mllta wide, and L lliruugb which runs the Lasas Urandes f river Though so muih farther south j than Ureal Halt 1 alio valley, 1 the climate of I) ai valley Is V uu warmer In the summer time fills I It owing to tho fact that Us altitude la f 4iW feel abovo that of Halt J alie III the winter, however, tthe weather la not Learly to isld Jut winter tho heaviest storm deposited about four Indus of snow, which lay on tbo ground n wbolo day Usually snow mills as quickly as It rallr All kluda of teiui eralo fruits ezcopt . H plea do woll In the Ulai vallu). ;, Apples are klowil, but they uro not up to tbo etandard of first class Utah fruit . Hut grapes, caches, nt rlcott and other small an I stone fruits do t splendidly. The valley Is not warm , euough for oranges, thongh theso do well on the wrsl slofe of Ibutilcrra i Madre, about 123 miles west of Dial, In I Sooora, whore tbo altitude of thuial. leys Is much lies. A As at Doming, ISaw Mexico, a ' noticeable feature on entering the Dlai valley Is tbo number of windmills to be seen ou I every hand These arouied to obtain 1 water for yirdens and orchards There It an abundance of water within four toalxteenfeet of the surface, and It Is brought up from wells by being lumped by tbe windmills Hut for corn, bums and other tlel I crojs tho ralua have been largely relied ou and the failure of these caused the drouth to ' be felt so severely A lair sutily of water is now obtainable from a canal twenty flvo mllea long, which comet out from the Casaa Urandes river, and In which tbe Mormons have urobaie t from tbe Mexicans a tiue-ltilrd Interest Tbey are also working on u reservoir system, by tbe com) tetlon of wblcj they anticipate averting all further 1 danger from drouth Tbuwatirsoftho rlverr.ru to be atored ill wluier In u vast ritorvolr already partly irejuired ' lor this urpoae by nature ! Two cropa are raltel annually, In fact this Is a oeiesslty In thu case of potatoisif llaulnl mily, na the first irop would not keep over fjraied, so a ' doublo crop la raised In the caao of i corn, leans eto,tliey are raised us a second crop alti r wheat At llrtt tbo 1 pearl thought they could no' ratio f wheat, as the teasona were so ninth a ohanged In some resicts,rrom Utah, f and they depended entirely on the f Mexicans for tliclr auiily. lint tlio $ pressure of hard times causttl by tho 1, drouth compelled tu engage In wheat I cultivation and the result It that this ' yiar Hiiro wIIIIhi a ninL,nllIconl liar t vest In tbo latter part of Miu and llrtt fi of Juno. The crop will bo all In before r tlm eumrmr rains, which bigln in k July and continue till the tarly i art of M l)eUmler Mr. Johnson Is taking lu J n uireihornnd liendor which will bo J lutluoieratlonrext month H Juarez Is locatid In aian) on through n wt tell tlown a I ranch ot the Uasns 3 (linudta river, whloh does not full as R tlm main streum did lower down It In it kplendldi luce fir fruits canning X I4i lory there did n ell list year, and It S in nntlclpated will dn still bitter this 1 t.-aon There Is n goo I market among I tlieMixIcanaatChlhualiuu and oilier ,1 1 luces 1 A woolm mill Is shortly tolwuilnb Hilled at Juanz, as thele Is nmnlu I watirpower there In fait Ilia the B jurponu to make It n nianuf itu lig I leuur for the nurroun ling o.uutry, for I Tvliloli It postobtea all lliu ueiecsao I udvautages I here is tow sun- liln there a loojiratlve store, u shoe factory. an I a S tannery. In tie luuu agtlt, ortour inui, wliluli iiintaiiH ti or cmt Uu n In, and trows wild In utmost luex haiisllblo quantities they lin e an rtl do for toimlni! liiitlur which cannot bnexcellud 1 urnw UlUIUv of It nte ihlwid tol unjefir lauuorUs thoru, as well aa to dlttereiit uitls (f Hits United Btatra nml Mexlo . A Uu n W. Ingiimpiny has nowioiniiHiiuJ tie " manulsilureof a cina arlo ixtnot, I and txports It In that lor u At this lolabllilimeiit J.U I er lou Is aid for llioroor, whlili iliepiojle art now l klnnlng tu culllvuta becauio ol 1 s uiaikelablovalui Tho Juarez ocadtmy li under tho i dlreotlonof UounlsJ Harris as prlu- ; clpal, mid 1 no n la'b" attenilauii. Slliorearea liunilcrof Mexican mem I era ol tho Church, and sorvlcie are I lid weekly In Hiiulslii "nder the i titldenoy of 1 Ider llenrj 1 yrlng t l'AOheco aud l-ave li) ore locate 1 II lu tho Hlcrra Madre rauj ut mouii. W tulns, and arvcouvenlsntly located for fi salslog fruit and vuetablti, for tho rare of stool:, aad for access to ex temlve tlml or tracts for lunbcr They now havo two tawmll an J n ( lauliii mill Diaz and Dublan are In the valley, In a good looallly for grain and f ults At Dubl in tbore It an orchar I, owned bj one irson, that contains 70 J I ptuoli trees The Dins academy lias an attendance of over 10 1 cull Ircn, some of Ihciii Mexicans John M Mllli Is I rlnclj al The academy la In excellent condition I.vorj other WoliisJay tbo theologlonl exercltes aroconduolod lu tlieHianlihlauguigo Tho list of feelings cxlit bstweon thorJalrilt nml tho Mexican! The latter welcome the formsr to the louitr). I lht years nio, whon tlio M-iriiuiia lint wont there, there was not In tbo town of I,a Alccuclon a wooden door or a (,ltt wludow Hut In thit period there tin been a groat cbsmroajl woiden Ibors, an I doors and ihs windows aro vory common Ths Mexicans have copied alter their more ad van Co i neighbors, to wh m tin j will now giant any reasonable jrlvlligi. As j el thcro la uo nearer rait way oonntctlonstolliu Mormon sittl meats lu Clilhuihua than Dtmlug, Now Mexico, SI) miles from Dublan, thoilL,li the railway Is gradrd for 73 miles, and tracking will pobably li gin noil month There muit bo Is nilk"! laid In Mexican territory before June 1 Jlh, to hold tho graut, and as tbo l.isll.b syndlcatu old $ll),OJ0 two months ui.o for it they will not be likely to I eruilt It to bs forfeited through urthir delay, Mr, Johuion lint he pod to mike tbrtonew aettlemcnts, at Johnson und Kuuab, lu ICiiih count), Uiali, and this latest onu in Mexico Hassjs tncra buvobeen nogrcster hardtbltln formlliff the Altx.lpiin MDlllsmnnta lhati thiro were lu starting Ihoao In Utah Home of the Mexican roloulsts came from the northern vail ys, and had lint been lite 1 10 tho frontier hardships of soiitbirn Utih the work of a new teltlometit tlureforo tiemed to bo a Utile moro sevo a outturn thnu ou the others The Mormon settlement! In Mexlcn are nicely IilJ out after the rcncral deilgn of thole lu Utah, tile streets meeting tl e pjintt of thu comiass The width uf the streets Is six rods, while tie blocks nru fourtien roll i qua re, aud each containing four city lou, all ou lorners. Tncro Is an abundance of ahade trees In the atreits The eople get along will In their relations with each other and tlulr Mexican uolghbore, and uif iter the direction cf i.lder Ucorgo Ttcsdale, lliu rogrets and condition of tue Hunts It very satisfactory. Mr Jobmou Invites Utah r loplo to pay tho Chihuahua ioIoi tits a villi, and romlics that tbey will be met hi Doming if desired, and be made wel comi. He advisei, however, Hint visits lu Hint section be avoided during tborsluy sostouof July and Auutr, aud the early (art of beplcmber, nt Iheheavy duwnpour makes tbe roads heavy for traveling |
