Show COLONIES ARE AHE YS NOT BEING HEING STED 0 A A. A W W. Ivins has lias returned from El Elso Tex I so Tex where here he went two to weeks go to straighten up several matters matters matters' the ownership of or lands in he several se Mormon colonies of ot o o. o He sass sara says he attended to personal nd lid political hU business business' lue l whilo hila a away Si J fn of th the operations of the gangs of Pancho Villa Mr 11 Ivins said Villa has not been op- op rating in any of our colonies couse- couse none of our l has been molested Conditions ure are quiet and anti andas andIS i as IS satisfactory as could be he the six bix years of n n tl 1 Mexico While in El Jl P Paso Piso I I 1 discussed dis dIs- cussed v various rious matters with wIlli n E olives of our colonies iud Ind i t i cde deonie de cIe onie transfers transfers' of lands labais l it 1 lJ ere cre I were no ver very serious problems that seeded needed adjustment L 5 While I was wa's was there copious rains fell which were badly needed Live Livestock Livestock Livestock stock i interests had suffered severely In west Texas and the loss loss' to live livestock livestock stock men was estimated at 2 25 5 p per percent r tent cent of their herds The Mormon colonies in Mexico not badly hurt b by the influenza epidemic There were four foul deaths I Iwas Iwas Iwas was told Schools wore were kept going But Mexicans were reported dying dring by hundreds from the disease For the most part pait they were poorly clothed and fed and they had no power of resistance t to combat m the dl disease e s l' l c the |