| Show OUR NEIGHBORS COLONIA ron Ens J for rOl tim In Ill IllI I n Country SpecIal Correspondence Colonia Mexico Fob Feb In a former letter doted dated Sonora Feb eb l 1000 reference vas mil made de to the now new just establIshed at that place and a few items may maybo maybe bo be o at Interest hIstoric anti otherwise Presidents A W and IittI WilliS 11 nil as engineer r surveyor arrived on the ground or of orthe the future JAnuary th and una on the next hart day began begon the survey luro of ear lev era trial canal hues this work wai in progress other colonists canto In among amon were two th sill us tens ter Christina and ond C S R McCall whose names nameR I record RI as the first female colonists of On Sunday January U 8 1900 1000 the first religious meeting held in III ton con In the rude shelter reared by Samuel Lewis Is a Mormon Monnon battalion Veteran elemn and for the first time In years probably bly songs of ns as ascended to the heavens The Tho opening prayer wan b by J II 11 and the speakers were Presidents Irma and l lder lIu The Tho con numbered 23 persons In visitors hut but though jew few In i number It waB an enjoyable occasion On Sunday February mh 1000 a 11 branch of the wArd was organ lied Ind with loronzo S as presiding Hider Elder D 11 A as clerk of branch U H J Jarvis and and Snare Snarr as a 11 committee to 10 oversee and direct canal building anti other necessary labors All the nom noni mated were b by unanimous vote oto The of city plat pIli and farm tarm farmland land were finished February 1900 1000 and PresIdent Inns and party returned lioma hom immediately Only a part of the tho tarm land was subdivided ito President Inns WIS tris notified of the com coin tug of Apostles Al Grant And and party from Salt Lake lale City and hurried bomo to thom them Colonia offers exceptional advantages t tO such lIuch all as with I h to up homes home for themselves There tire ore thou thousands sands of acres of very err rich land with wah great creat depth of The Tho bottom lands aro covered with a heavy growth of coarse grass which grows from tour lour to even sevan feet teet h high h anti anal through which In consequence It was Wall Ver to torun torun run purvey tines lines To break brenk up this soil foil requires a 1 strong team nod a 11 strong Illow I 1 think II a plo plow would be best ett fOr tor the tho work the first plowing rho gently sloping l bench land line hns 1 a growth of trees anti brush bruth on onI onit it I whIch will require considerable labor to clean but the tho value ol of the wood rol foi fuel will wll tar exceed the cost colt of II Its to 10 moal In tact each ellch mart who Illk up tip hI his land on the creek wilt 11 have his farm ond itis fuel near at hand for tor years earll to come wood Is very hard and of the tho very ery best bost as 08 tuel tu l The Tho rIver to r Q a largo large stream vure tree free from mineral anti for drinking fordable only on the Iho which It I is from five 10 to fifteen feed feell deen and the habitat t of large Q catfish and fish of other kinds Another great groat advantage this colony Js is Its fine climate very ery much like that ot of southern California though not warm enough nough perhaps to raise rollo oranges but without doubt pomegranates lites ates 0 olives Ies tI figs I almonds almond and ond other othor fruits adapted to n a cli climate mate will do well also tho those o adopted adapted to toa a 11 climate like that of Utah Mexico Is truly the place for them who have hae little worldly gear Gar for lor lorIn forIn In tills this land there thero Is l io Inclement win tar to eat ent up the earnings but instead there thero lire are twelve months In which to do a 11 years work instead ot of six Ix or seven as Sn In the north and a 11 aman man can earn no as much In the tho wIn winter lor liS as liSIn asin In the summer But Dut nl as every place baa some lomo disadvantages vantages so has hos the princIpal of Is III the tho lack of good 8 w tim timber ben ber near at hand but with rich I land nd abundant fuel tuel water and ond line climate thIs place is III In generals terms very ery desirable for such Buch ns as Ire are bravo enough to cut loose from n a well developed coun countr countr tr to 10 n new one DUI But the or of this land 1 as for tor ship Is nothing to that ot of In the be inning We often otten re calve eele letters lettera hf Inquiry MexIco I 1111 say to all such come come and see lice for tor yourselves ou look through your our own spectacles oct act upon your own awn judgment I will 11 stAte that a canal one and mIle lon long will bring the tho water upon the tho farm land nt at a 11 eit ol of about pur acre anti without any dam In lie tho river To bring out the waters of the creek upon Its Ita adjacent lands landl will bo be but I a trifle We Ve have just JURt enjoyed a great tre treat t inthe In the visit elt of Apostles Grant and Claw ClaVon lion on President nd Elder Eider Mao iao ser ter with Sister ilster Grant The special conference con ference juat terminated I Ii one to bo be tong r remembered The Tho Instructions given shon by the were dictated by bythe the Holy Spirit consequently Just at we needed need There was 08 n a goodly front from Colonial Diaz Dublan the tho towns and and nil seemed to 10 be well paid for tor their journeys Journey to the good health peace and pros pro In nil all the settlement ls with constant accessIons to our num here ben evIdenced b by the fact that In this there teachers anti pu puId Id 11 enrolled In the ho Sunday school or with I a general attendance of M 0 per cent Zion lIke II a abay bay tree and the rude tudo Intended to uproot her only ca caUse se her roots to take a hold |
