| Show COLONIA DIAZ WE WB are in receipt of a correspondence from brother E M curtis who to la located at diaz mexico he states stated that a postoffice post office has been opened there we are requested to state that mail mattor matter for the colonists should no longer be directed to go via la lc aacen olon as heretofore it will go quicker and with greater safety if directed as a follows connla Co onla diaz via Demi doming N M canton daliana Oa liana chihuahua mexico the correspondent further says it requires required a only a two cent stamp for a letter to come into mexico but many of our friends put on a five cent stamp I 1 presume this is in often done as they find a five cent stamp on letters going out from mexico this may appear strange but it is in accordance with the postal laws of old mexico there w acs s some sickness in the colony last winter but since then the general health of the people has improved the settlers are struggling against n toural obstacles ies incidental to the building up of anew a new country one impediment to ie the present scarcity of water which prevents the raising of enough wheat for the needs of the people |
