| Show ZION BUILDING IN MEX1No I Cololsts Creating a Civilization trial Is Porrnanont k Monno and Erdurlr3 In Its Character f tolonln I 1 Junrcl Clilliuliu lli Active IndnilrUI I Ilive1oi > icut And 1 > llticirs rl end SPIlloi I supri0trld 11 Itsione IIWIIrt llht III1K I I SprclUy 140td 1 0101110 PrJeot rid Ulr ohoule I or I seald Isoliseensents 0110011 to eatitters1teigloo a Land oflumnifet Spiritual tiny I p cllplonlt who seeks nn lnee ThO Zion with environment fit uill may readily find it In Mexico I to ult the re 1 oIhn II I In roular sgc tons 5 ot nature 701 mpress of the human mind 11 at rugged 1 beauty hand Legions Drugged nod aa top at tIt hru munt lno nmld the mrald valleys > and limpid Kh m riontried around with hills frani In rich at liver and gold vug With lordly forests at Plate BJld Mugd the solitude Me for Itt primeval in ot bear and deer anti fvath pretence But this was not the place oJ game round who first 6 mormon people he hr Instead they were com MF the to pItch their camp along led P somewhat pretentious Ilnko It a canyon and on narrow In n otICnm land t hat seemed prophetic of no par Snugly situated they Profit tlcuwr i M MI which hills hollow ot the In this vere undulated for miles und oond oil are moreovr with the Ivaco that Wd boon laolJUona Ith coveted Marc from their departing sought In < theY homes but this wos oil tlmt e01logIY former couhl be Amid at their loon withIn Aod ret to tile southward Uoo rlllIu ot n hundred miles thy In n valley numerous ideal < found have could unit environment mUll grand Ir the with which to secure resource every hobllamnl of n dvlllzoI community difficulties nt last there were many confronting them Their nu that time comparative IB loal Inslgnllloance tierlcal legal modus operandi of of the toragl ce cuotom and it Muntn the manners i trnge People who of a trguage well as tear at the ward the 0011 as that existed I through tile un r film recesses of dth contiguous re n settling all conduced to their ions 110n shere necessity compel flod and present opportunity offered And HO they retrained op In the hollow o the hills trained TilE SCHOOL 01 IXIBIIWNCD I wisdom In their course lIut there was They Omnipotence was their guide but pioneers In a wjirk that must were aright Their stem were as begin precept ins upon line precept Upon Other tureto follow And so as ep brightened and knowledge ac I tfrtloa followed colony until Toed colony < now itere are In Honissn of S beauteous home nor 100 lIer too 01 the no hamlets more Inrmon nor colonists ideal town ot Chlhnahua than thOBe begun but little moro Th work was than a decade ago and the results show t that It was commenced aright when the The time had not yet arrived Interior Saints should penetrate the L dlstrkta I to any great extent In search i tt a scenic lden The school of exP > ex-P ence h > J first to be passed through iod hence there toil and labor W rerun t re-run nlthouL the accompaniment or i climatic iymphonls or the surrounding lIng l-ing or specially selected scenery as In the manner of n boom town born lut notwithstanding the semlrorbld dins aspect or the locality the toll and IntUlgene ot the pioneer seen transformed trans-formed the place Into a garden pro I n 3 In fruit and vine Their experience was neeeoary for the guidance of others And it I has beea fronted by Emulation Is I < pl Made hereabout And because of this I the Interior regions are being explored and I MANY DELTJCTAmi VALLEYS opened up for future settlement Thus It I li that those who now come hither have much the lesser burden to beat I than hud the pioneers Markets have j been irovldcd for them through the es I tilllshment and subsequent prosperity I of the mount colonies Up In tile jps of the mountains the Saints are gathering All around them mines are being dl < ivered and developed Tin mountains are beginning to rvrber M With i the sound of the pick and I I I drill Prospectors chiefly or the 101iI1 rltb are searching the treas I lire houses ot t he hills AIK thus Ill Is t that whin dIscovery rent In devel I pmnt und production as In overal I IntoncI Is now the ense a nw prolll j I able a rAl Insatiable market for their I I products win lie I small rest the mountain pioneers nut down on the Plains along the Santa Mart river thousand ot acres 01 rich land have purchased also And mnny will come rom other Makes and pllle there when i the way I shall be proprly prepared for them 1 In fact it requires no prophetic voice I todKhre that the time will soon comeR come-R 1rn this ravored ln will be adorned till a oldn chain ot hamlet vII bases and town peopled with Mor mon arid es tencling from the American Ameri-can line to the Gulf of ThnunlenO < A lICTUltlqQUI TOWN I lh0f the colonies that are now In I Iklt Stake or Zion the chief Is I Juarez It IlthonlocDIoIln 1 1 the hollow or the I hill the mile Fourth of thol l Mx I Idea town of Can OrandesChlliuahua Hll beautiful In Its Isolation and habl I lnInb Hut Its original setting was crude and barren to the eye mills try his made It what It Is It Is the Int Undisputed characteristic Ar the Iormon people In ever > land and clime It made lItah the 001 or tie Great AnIerlmn desert It will make In Mex I ft etUluUon > that will save The rontrat between Juarez rand Its nr t nIRhhor Cases Grand Is a slrlk log One And In comparison Is chrM terixtic 01 all other Mxlean ton or Its size The name Clients Oranclessig tifles great or Inre houses but It a n aJ mlnomer The houses are only I oM tory high anti are nil hulll of doht A tw Are Whitewashed but the majority present the Paine dad dull IPPpearanci It pill d nnd the pople are ngroci to motcb The town li 1 worn III the trees at years and all round are Ih e evidences ot a habitation long InN > I c pod away The Imulc pro 01 unwrltt age hay lemol lh I hed 1 And ell wallowod up the ancient and onl A tw mound n1 ruin IInr malo But ill P present town lot I Also to other In I Mexico th Titer bag pn Narrow irregular streets With out Any effort at Paying or hlowall mnlruelion are lined with Adobe I trllclu In monotonous army anti i nothing or n51in1vew tn relieve tgelatlon appears In view the scene The common Ieo pie 1 0111r inanity pon exlt In 0 pints is Women and And an 11111dren Or I ruAt contentment nt tile doors smIke their cigarettes muth with no Trios abandon anst A I n ill rnall r lr Would big plain At aOF t reek 1111 11 are That nntwlthtnMlno tbe natives I reasonnly DI industrious The risible mA a mttnhl3NI Portion abled by ft lelr earri P ran till rr 911 AM And cllltlvract the 44 ot tho I CnAnx long Ornnde tho rich bottom lands nde A we 1111OPt fields river are ranny r tt and ft B lit the Productive ranches 01 SYSTMI I 01 PymNAGn existing I It this country has the effe I seeping the I t of U poor c Poor and I n urliag to the advantage at the rich although the I avruie Mexican doubtless has little It any reason to complain III some respects hower the system is I nwrl torlous and is Productive of honesty I BO far as the debtor la concerned whet he I coal ty be dead or dominant In him K he cant pay a debt In I currency cur-rency or coin he must work t out and this may account perhaps In some measure for the condition of pleasant Holds and fruitful harvests In I many farmer nt the end of the season has nolhlng 10 how for its mork But lite conscience It he has any Is I clear u well as his account and he Is I ready togo to-go Into I debt or be pulled In for another year On the other hard the town or colony col-ony of Juarez Is I essentially American and charactellstlcally Mormon It IB I laid out as other towns In Utah are with broad streets and abundant shade trees The limitations of the hills between be-tween whose sides It Is I situate make It somewhat elontc1 In oomarlon with Its I brendth but It Is I withal ex cetGlngly picturesque nnd especially during the rainy season ot the year Its luxuriance of tree und vln ot fruit and flower Kites It an ndded charm The people have prospered amazingly considering con-sidering the brief period ot their habitation hab-itation and many of the residence are superior In size 1 and appearance to those usually observed In Utah towns of similar sim-ilar imputation Then are not quite n thousand people here but they have nc eonlpllhed mote In n decade than the Inhabitants of Con Occludes have Inn in-n century and they number fully 3000 Down through the town the Casas nra aides river slow nnd trees border Its banks alone till entire course Ditches convey Waster tram the river some tile tance up the canyon and It ripples and gurges on every street Kiting Its fructifying Influence to orchard and garden and supplying abundance clear anti coin for culinary ue Wood In freighted tram the mountains where It Is I In almost Inxhautahl store but with the encroachment or demand and the I ncreng distances It Is I brought It Is I becoming I more expensive for fuel etry year With I the recent advent of the railroad which Is I but two hours ride away It is I only a matter of tlm when cool I will probably bo chiefly used INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Progress and enterprise are in the air The people ore bestirring themselves them-selves In the line of ham manufactures manufac-tures find while the community now boasts ot saw mills In the mountains a tannery a canning establishment boot and shoe factories and Hour milt In the town there Is I a furniture factory fac-tory In course of erection n creamery I 9 spoken of a new stage and express business has been begun an electric light I plant Is I being considered a newspaper news-paper Is I projt cteda fruit cannery with Increased o capacity Is nssured limekilns lime-kilns are being built and a new too and l wagon bridge doublpanned end 150 feet long has bn contracted for Next to the electric light project In Importance another IB I spoken of Hint will be ot exceeding benefit That Is I aWe a-We system to connect sevFral ot = the colonies In this dlstrlut and the municipal of Callas Granites News ot the various settlements will be receltet In xolunge n1 command Instead at depending on unreliable and dilator rumor business < will be facilitated nnd I lit will servo ns would a patrol system to aid In the capture of participators In crime I The people here realize the growing need of being more selfsupporting The scarcity ot good available farming lands around Juirez precludes the raising of sufficient cereals to supply the coal demand and the product ot other colonies I Is I drawn upon Necessity Neces-sity therefore urge increasI aell isty In manufactures so that the rOd product may bring In exchange the product of the farm The Iormon colonist onlsts or Dublan about two or three mile Injyond Callas arnnd station are essentially all agricultural and a horticultural connnunlt and overal at Juzs elllzn cultivate farming land there It was the growing need that principally gave Impetus to the search for and Irehae of the Projected Project-ed olon mites at Gallnna on the lllo Santa Marta forty miles distant slid at Chulchupi In the mountains eighty miles away At both places there are thousand at ae 18 at splendid land The river at the former place supplies abundance of water for IrrIgatIon pur poses and at the latter no Irrigation Is I necessary Prodigious crops have been raised nt Chulchupa without Irrl gallon hy the presait settlers and as land Is I being sold at from II to 12 an acre and city lots at 15 in gold the settlement Is growing space and will ore long be oho of the richest agrlcu turol and stocLtnlsIng regions In the state A MAGNIFICENT TI1UIT GROWING REGION The rultarowlna Industry at Juarez no n I however la n mot Important one Peaches tire nn uncertain pro < luct at time because ot occasional late frosts but all kinds ot berries currants grapes plums apples pears and the like grow luxuriantly Fail as an Indl itlon ot tile extcnveoe at the In dutry It army be said Ibt nt the local cannery Alone fully IIGOOO worth at fruit was Purchased from the people last year it isrTi great grape country Large vineyards will yt cover the hill lfles around the town and file manu facture of wine for export only will ben be-n future Industry Tobacco also can be grown In prodigal profusion but as no one yes tobacco It Is I said Its cultivation Is I not attempted Tho topographical features of Jurnez the climatic and other favorable conditions condi-tions make this place particularly tillable ror horticultural pursuits It 0 Imllnr In litany rempectu tn the root hili I dltrlct of southern California where the Mission Fathers or the Ho man thurch have demonstrated tile superiority or the soil for tho cultlva tlon of fruit nnd tine and as this locality lo-cality Is I tln Its Infincy the failure holds possibilities almost bond com putatlon In 1 like results But the people are also largely en grossed In tockrIlng It in I all Important Im-portant Industry and 0 profitable one Thousands at cattle brouse 1 on ho hills nnd In the pastures around At this time of the year however reol Is I somewhit pore And will continue 10 until the rainy season begin I This Is I the O1D disadvantage the hu I mss has Cattle command good price and thousands are shipped from this region to the states every season Porkralslng Is I one of the neglected Industries hereabout and yet pork and lard are staple necessities throughout all the neighboring towns and mlnlnc camps and they bilng exorbitant fig ure There tire man similar upper tunltlcs for as profitable Investments attaltlng those who will take advantage advan-tage of them Lumber hauling nnd are freighting tram i the mountains and mining camps to the railroad are other SOURCES OP REVENUE to the people and at present nil the team not thu engaged are emptoyed In plowing and other rorm Aok There r no loll Is people lu he colon And 111111 work I pleIIIIII It I IN dlln cult to rind available I to borer anti feilcans have had to be employed quite frequently It must be under Flood however that Money does not Krow on picket fences and while It la I hy no meon as cnre an In some I X rts of ut AIt i I not as plentiful nn lit a mlllt The people are thrifty and prorou they take rate or the dimes i Unit what dollars I do not take care of thetnsclvis 1 obliging cre torn Joel nlter lint tbo who tire willing to work ant oJo 0 ul III I I Unit Mexlran I currency an free probibly am ws once the oldtlme r1pthTh1ns0uPy1 I tbe place however fo the monyh man New colon qtm stood team and with hiclilo wagons and money with hleh to purcha e lands nnd build homes indAeIR < thee to i begin I upon and provender tu lat a while thy will fIn1ItcnOreb111r1 Iortunill to gain a cricape no hore In live yr than ould Present themselves them-selves In the Inlermountoln Wet In twenty Hut to the devoted Lntterday Saint nil these temporal a ulthltille Into Insignificance compared with the plrltuil blessing I A enjoyed The plo ncers A ought first the kln dom nnot It I ti rlhlcoun can and all other hlngs I and r being added according I I J And henc there I A no community I within the writers I k sam ledge which njojs more perfect posse or BROADER nnLioious MIJEHTY ban the JJormon colonists or Chlhun tua According to authentic reports hey stand first In al It the world In payment or tithes and offerings In Proportion to their population They He their religion to the best or human hu-man ability nnd set some In their zeal bate hedged themselves about with an ultrapurltanlsm that while It snor ot Iyrnn Inu1c to the c immunlts ndtVntage Thus the Pan 11 lo are engrossed In working out their own temporal nnd spiritual salvation among themselves They ate In the world but not ot It Come out of her my people has been n Ommnn boon TalatinngItIrld for them to obey gladly They desire1 nothing better than to Jeep out of her nnd to keep her out too This therefore there-fore to them Is I Zion So far It In an Ideal one It Is a refuge for tin honest In i heart and for thoe nho cleslri to live In the full light or the Uospels effulgence Till HLESSINGS Or PEACE The sweet union In the latterday Saint household Is I dearer than life to those who know the agony and loss heir denial has entailed Sllll old conditions have left their sting And while the wilderness has ben passed and Cnaoll round the experience suffered by some has been too hard to entirely efface and Ina not be wiped out from the page ot memory until the hook ate opened and account ac-count Qured by the Justice of Omnipotence Om-nipotence nut the establishment at theme colonies With the clegrea of free loan and prosperity they enjoy together to-gether Vill the destiny before them is I only the beginning at a marvel Iou work and a wonder to be accomplished accom-plished In this sunny land nnd Is an earnest at the Um soon coming when It In I Iomled that the Kingdom and Its ilghtec4nea hall cover the whole earth as the waters do the Fell N W MACLYOD |
