Show 7 OLD IME MEXICO A flowery kingdom it if you malta make it so I 1 emmil em mil journae occasionally I 1 rend read in one or another of bour utah contemporaries imaginary I 1 i mag inary vaisioa of the future of the mornion mormon colonies in me mexico X ico written in a style thiu that in make ak those who are arc cl with country believe that this people have found fo und a veritable paradise garden of eden or till an agricultural agrico and nil mineral Inin cral to eldorado 1 I 1 combined now as is fir far as aa t the lie future decidedly deci deadly glorious n clorious future prospects of this ian land d is concerned each observer of en course is ig at liberty to indulge ind in ill nights I 1 ti of in imagination lagin M to his it hearts cart s content I 1 it and ud your correspondent indulged indulge I in them with tit alie rest hut but for the benefit of your readers who have riot not the privilege to to observe for thenis themselves elVe s I 1 deiro to pace place before them a few facts as I 1 see them thein regarding 13 colonia diaz spoken of by a late writer to to your logan M as ai athe the most niest pro prosperous berous Alor mormon nion settlement tt lenient in mexico diaz is ij situated t 11 A t ed a about bou t 9 I 1 ll miles lilLA almost due south of doming deming L X 11 and five miles north of la ascension where here w the fron frontier tier cu custom house lious cis is located arid and in tile the center of the large caas granda valley in northwestern veste rn chihuahua this valley lias ira ilat terina prospects ro aspects alicade but they are decidedly ily future prospects arid and although thou ai collic of tire land tai may ay bo be of tho the extremely productive clas in tile vicinity of diaz the great majority niad 0 rity of acres look now to be g good lod for only raising masi juit brush h arid and sa catone 1 gra with the exception of a comparatively narrow strip along alone the lie river course by the way is dry or consists of malarial pools th the greater portion oll of alie tl ic year the land has proven to be considerably spotted ti gitil mineral which is ii very very destructive to fruit trues trees ami det detrimental to ert crops ps haq quit brush which from froin a distance resembles somewhat the scrub maple rush brush that grows in cache valley va I 1 I 1 ey but wilen when approached approach et I 1 proves to be ie as full of thorns us its tile briar that grows luxuriantly all around us this lias has to be C cleared I 1 C ar e d off jinhe tile land and its numerous tough n roots dug up beaole any ally cultivating can call be 10 done mexicans are generally rally hired to do thi this work which costs froni from eight to thirty dollars per acre but the roots make splendid firewood which is none one to plentiful hereabout U ba U t our town is scattered over about 10 40 blocks block rods each which ahiel comprises over half of tile cultivated area except oil largo large and one small farm farin down on oil the river bottom bot torn our houses are all built of a very dai daik k colored adobe a majority having shingled 0 roots roofs though not few still try to keep keel the su sun 11 ii light n lit arid and rain when the latter favors u us from coming straight in down by putting 11 alie same substance on n top that they use in building the sides of their houses must 01 of T the lots are surrounded with mud or adobe fences out buildings are arc made of the same material arid and to one oil e conlin coming front from cache where nearly everything n is id built of lumber lu niber the town presents a rather muddy appearance pe arance our water supply supple lias has ban re presen ed ats as almost limitless when in fact aliis summer many fruit trees arid and gardens have lice died an and d dried up for want want of moisture re in time with many liard days labor arid and some needed capital expended we nye expect to get t et a supply of ot water sufficient to 1 do I 0 soine ome farming but up to this writing I 1 diaz lias ins never raised half the lie breadstuff bread broad stuff necessary sarv to ustain sustain its inhabitants when we ave know that flour costs from 1 jq to per hundred pounds to a laboring brino la man inan this is not an unimportant item our fruit raising 0 industry is riot not a howling success as S some I 1 I 1 writers would in infer fe r my family hris has riot not had one quart of fruit raised in diaz tho though 0 we have been here over a year 11 unless n you call toina tomatoes toes arid and preserved melons fruit for those these 0 grow crovi in abundance there are a number of fine orchards here but because of late spring frosts the fruit except a few fell grapes has not materialized tire only business that seems to lie be a success from the money money point of view is I 1 5 tile tho stock industry arid and the country is literally ined with cattlett cattle but ut the cattlemen put on oil ab ia poor or a countenance as others other because liepo talle cause of the slow sale eale for beeves now mr editor I 1 have rio no desire to deter emigration hathor of if the desirable class but waln I 1 see boor poor nien men corne come down lie here T c who have ye read ad and believed all the flowery accounts that tire iro pub I 1 who when they arrive having fa knittle greater portion of bf their all in moving eliell I 1 a long only I 1 distance are diac ned and lazed by bv ahead of them I 1 feel that present conditions not fatuity P prospects p e acts I 1 sil shoud 01 L d be put before thern them that they may may lenow what to look for ani and prepare for br come tins this way I 1 As s for foi ayi Iny elf I 1 afifi ain nol a at all lua I 1 11 i ap appointed I 1 airl t e d in tim tho country eu 13 it wa truthfully to ni rno before I 1 camu and I 1 believe that irl in tune tittle with many long weeks hard work vork iri in the broiling sun aim much per verance severance i patience arid and the bles t illg ll of tile the lord we will haye have comfortable and till beautiful hornes homes and surroundings farming will become productive fruit raising will bc ba a great industry stock raising rals ing will be or of comparativo lua f importance than now all mirl I 1 mining ili ning c the country will pay those who lir prefer caer that kind of if lab inbur r railroading so far lina not done us its much good is as those who luve have belll 0 ett in it have failed to get the pay for their labor but it anav may be we will got gel a fuw few dollars from froin that direction in tile future it may bt bo you see feo we are arc great dealers in the future the all important question with many tit at present is i where is our next weeks ks bread breal coming 7 froni from there is hour flour in tho the countr country but it ia worth now agoo w to ft ver per ewt and dollars vire scarce vcr very carce the rains have commenced but a month too late for the second crops rol planting ill 0 so 80 much u c 1 1 written about to a poor ia la man i i i tit nothing 7 but lit li I 1 ii labor to depend upon pres present ent conditions are I 1 not lot flattering to a man of means future prospects are bright 11 but the chances arc are ten tell to one him that iaia lii money I 1 pile will not increase L in size lor for a few years years at least after ile be has com mcneel to expend it we ve are wor working kinc away trying to bring about those thoras r conditions eions i that we believe will eventually crown our cubit ef any A ny lood good industrious latter jay day saint rich or poor will find a hearty welcome arid and will riot not b d for liis his sacrifices and bahor A fino fine re and canal are in course of construction and preparations are making irta kinI ff to build a commodious academy building the 1 people are striving to be saints and wo ive are presided deI over by 0 good energetic 15 go p a hand alcad men at present there is considerable sickness in ill tile ward t Guirl tUNER |