Show IN hoa hen moses thatcher hatcher 11 liy by a california Cali tornia reporter HIS MN OF TRE THE N NEW EW COLONY utah and tte the cormons mormons will never bever be Divorce cl the mexican lle sican colony a branch of the tree ilon hon moses thatcher is now in san francico laving having gono gone to california for liis his health the object sought has in a measure been at tiu nel neil and recent advises advices show that lie lias has gained some ten pounds since lie he reached tho the coast A As s soon as it was known that one so prominent entin in business and religious circles was in san francico franci co numerous reporters him tile tiie examiner published the following interview moses thatcher the millionaire apostle and rina financier neier of the mormon church whose horne home is in in logan utah i is residing for a 2 ti time lne fit at van ness avenue mr thatcher has been an apostle of the mormon church since 1879 and liis his life work ha been devoted to the building up of the kid kingdom 0 dom of the latter das daye ile he has bus spent many years in exploring the wilds and beauty lands of mexico i in the state of chihuahua the sierra madre mountains I 1 mr thatcher Tha states h held ld for him the greatest attractions west of the jasas casas grandes valley through gh which flows the piedras verdes verdee a lovely river which connects with the san migual mi uel in the upper part pan of the valley and forms the casas grandes river there is in an exceedingly beautiful expanse of country it is is interspersed with motin mountains tais of ino moderate size a branch 0 of the sierra madre range range 0 and noi not far from where the celebrated eel sabanal sibinal Si binal mines are located on the corralitos Corra litos ranch one ona of the richest regions pregnant with gold and silver ore i waiting the advent of the pro and the iron horse 1 many places I 1 passed through uli 1 said the apostle strongly reminded lue ine of tho the placer aroun ground in n the aier ra Ni nevada evada n mountains at the head of the american river the great similarity 1 of the soil is most pronounced a and ud all the indications cati ons are almo almot t identical jf if the road john W young had Alex mexican ican concessions for had been built froni from deming to palomas Po lomas over the mexican line thence up the casas grandes valley through to chihuahua city over the divide to the pacific coast and thence to sinaloa sonora and guaymas Gua guay ilias where connections with thi th e c atchison topeka sauta santa fe fc roid road coul could 1 I have I 1 been made it if would have 11 given i ven the needed and opened up tip a perfect el dorado tire Mor mormon innon colony was tin first to settle in afie sierra madre califfe range in this re region k ion They can camped le ri right b lit on the trail of the drea dreaded e apache and named one of t their settlements i pacheco after the noted note general 0 genera who was secretary of war the mexicans were astounded at the boldness bold nese of thee the e pioneers and considered inevitably in a radius of miles there is elou enough S ii masonry masonry to build two cities tho the size size of san francisco and t this his tells the tit tale of a great t real civilization that once nourished flourished there I 1 purchased cha cd a sitio or a little over 4 acres of land acme time ago and rub bought up tip an ing tract tr act of acres acre on part of of this aliis land I 1 discovered about half a dozen cases caes the entrances were walled up with cement two and one half feet thick with only porthole po t and a narrow aperture left wide to allow one person to enter these eaves caves were provided with ollas in w which 1 I ich water and provisions mere ere sl scored ored ind and were formed of long sacaton grass mixed with cement and beio usually about twelve feet high n and eight b or nine feet in width v edth one anva was in a perfect state of preservation er the caves mere hero divided into apartments and ono of them thein contained seventeen rooms upon the walls are still mill fresh character writings ills 11 of the ancient inhabitants bof of t lie ile same class as described iu in the be 0 mexican antiquities by lord kingsbury Kings lury the rho caves on oil the land referred to will accommodate fully 1 1000 Pe persons rOns and a celebrated bel belgian ian scientist not long ion ago found more 1 relies relics and mummies in ill them th thain bedad lie biad in a pearch of 1 io miles elsewhere apostle thatcher states that uio tile mormon colony in the district alcove ove described is nie meeting cling with splendid success and tile govern ment officials of f mexico have expressed themselves as of the opinion that tins this colony is tile the most tic and thrifty that ever e ver located in the republic on acid being asked if the main bolly body of saints wore were likely to make me mexico x ther her permanent home the apostle said that wherever the mormon people settled they were ivere most likely to stay utah and the Alor cormons mormons mons will never be divorced |