Show MORELOS THE BANNER MORMON MEXICAN COLONY Morelos Sonoro Mexico Novi Nov i 7 On lima tho th Hud nud lust Elders Junius Romney mid H S Harris of ot the tho stake presidency Prof Guy GU C Wilson II on of the th Juarez Stake Stul o academy and members of oC time the stake Relief Roller so SlI society SlIdel society del snot mot with the time stunts saints of or Morelos In f T TIT T T li liU ward d ard conference The COO or 01 saints U of C the ward attended with eager interest In Interest Inter terest ter t and received ell valuable Ie and encouraging en encouraging Instructions to build and Improve the tho lowlands along the river too much but give their at nt attention to tl the time uplands A few Ce had not the courage to face ace time the th Improvement of oC new lands and sought other and greener pastures I but the tho characteristic fortitude of oC plo pio pioneers ners predominated with the majority j jand i igles and with undaunted courage their ener energies gies ero directed toward tow rd the tho reclamation Ion tion of the lands back from and out of li danger dan el of oC the time river The result Is 9 that Morelos Is one of ot the most Independent and anti I Mormon colonies In Mexico Five or six sl years car ago all aU breadstuff was WILS Imported at t a cos cost t tat at present almost every ever family In n 11 the t colony colon Is raising Its own bread and hundreds of or tons arc shipped to the mines and other markets An date lIate roller collar Hour mill steam thresher and modern harvesting and planting machinery have hao been and are being made use uce u e of ot within the past pat few 1 years earll earllA A school supported by private contri contributions contributions t buttons employing a II principal six HI efficient grade affords maple ample opportunity for 01 the tho children to complete I eighth grade work With AVIth a II climate elmate unexcelled for health I mind productiveness pre soil roll seldom equaled e on nn the continent good water BO 50 0 miles tones from rom United States Slates line lime and antI Douglas Ariz a 0 town lon of oC Inhabitants sprung Into existence tence since the tho settle settlement settlement met ment it of ot this colony and surrounded bv by some of the richest and best mines miles i of or Mexico there Is no reason lea on why this should not become one ono of oC the time strongest colonies of the Saints Sa In hi In I Mexico The acquisition of ot a thousand acres of rich farm lands adjoining the colony colon on the north some time ago r pave pavo room for expansion In that direction direction tion A has been organized and anda a it ward organization or Is expected to fol follow follo 01 low lo 10 cru eru long C W LIL I t i A report of or tho the growth and present I conditions of or this colony may prove rove of ot interest to readers of ot The News From the year ear this colony was tuns first I I settled 1 1839 1833 93 until It was visited with witha t I I Ia a 0 destructive flood November 1905 tho I growth and amid development was rapid and I t would have done dono credit to much Duch older and twid more favored localities But alas ala for Cor tho the hopes of ot puny mane man I Tho The floods Hoods I came rand and surpassed all previous I rec roc records t I ts s for or in the tho history I I I 1 of or this generation The owners of ot up upwards I I wards of o 1000 acres of ot rich bottom I lands planted to orchards vineyards i lucern etc were seen coming from Cron I II I their th lr fields ono one evening whistling a 1 tun to their happy happ and prospective I I thoughts the next evening that t acres with orchards vineyards etc ete had joined jollied time the angry torrent lorrent and woi WIlA I I being rapidly carried to distant low 10 I I lands along tho Rio Hlo The labo l of or five years oars of ot n a II number of ot hardy I pioneers went down In a few ell hours When the watery waters had subsided ant ani i men had hod time to ponder many ovule coul recall advice that had been given en no flat I 1 |