| Show THE COLORADO COL ORADO SETTLERS THE people in conejos county colorado belonging to the san luls luis stake who have been represented as in a suffering condition for lack of food i and clothing expect today to day to consummate at denver the purchase of seven thousand acres of land in addition to what they have already acquired this does not give evidence of much poverty Inthe in the first settling of valley by our friends from the southern states there were hardships experienced perien perlen ced usual to colonization when the settlers are without capital but the folks from the south excepting except ina lna in a few instances have gone to work manfully and their circumstances have materially improved last season their crops were good ranging from twenty five to nifty fifty fiat y bushels per acre of wheatland wheat and from forty foty to sixty bushels per acre of oats and barley potatoes and vegetables generally were produced in abundance and the prospects there are excellent the representations which have been made to the contrary are untrue and the sympathies of the benevolent in this city have been played upon by unworthy persons we have explained why the man ball was namely tor for dishonesty in handling public funds and we notice that in communications to the g josephite Joseph itell organ published at lamoni lowa Iowa neither he nor his associates in apostasy apo stacy make any claim upon the generosity of the society to which they have attached themselves or complaint as to of course it does not matter to us if charitable people eople like to place alape their money in rands hands that have been been feen proven unworthy of trust but we assure them that there are no noni n mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 nearer home hom e who are more deserving and needy than those who have been held up as objects for their benevolence in colorado and we add that when the san luis luls people were really struggling for existence no call was nie nit made far for public sympathy and support but now they have passed the point of poverty and are making progress towards independence pen dence it is suddenly discovered that help is needed why Is this thus simply and entirely because the individuals for whom money is now requested have ceased to be latter day taints saints and are likely to forswear lor tor swear their former faith and become enemies to the system which they once sustained where is consistency |
