Show UTTER LETTER FROM MEXICO the long continued drouth has bas ended ut at last to the joy of people and range stock many of the latter have died for want of grass during the past sea son SOD for two years there has been but little rato rain causing small streams and springs to dry up and rendering the prairies brown and bare but in spite of al all I 1 this the people raised some grain near casas Cassa Grandes and we in juarez have produced quite an amount of peaches apples plums plume and other fruit I 1 never saw finer peaches apples and grapes in any country arrangements are being made to establish a fruit can nery here and a small beginning will be made this season there to is but little land in this settlement suitable for grain but considerable that to is adapted to fruit culture and we hope to but id up quite an extensive fruit and canning industry here our quarterly conference just closed was largely attended by people from diaz dublan juarez pacheco and cave valley some from the new settlement in Sofi sonora bral and it was a time of rejoicing with all the instructions gi given ven were wise and comforting and the juarez choir under the able leadership of greatly to the enjoyment of all we learn by brethren from our now new settlement in sonora that colonel military commandant in northern so 80 nora had abely lately returned from the city of mexico with defy ver y generous concessions of government for the settlers in sonora he stated that president diaz is much interested in the welfare of the sonora colony and that he gave it the name of oaxaca in honor of his birth place he also gave great concessions concession to the settlers in sonora in addition to those granted in the general colonl colon izoA tion law as ag follow authority to import free of duty for one year corn pounds barley pounds wheat pounds beans beana pounds flour pounds pound mea meal pounds alfalfa seed peed pounds garden seed 50 pounds rice 2000 pounds potatoes pota poti udo coffee 1000 pounds tea 75 pounds undo salt pounds rho the sonora colonists are exempt for ten years from all military service state duties import and export ex pense for consular con bular papers and legalism legal sn tion of passports all kinds of contributions and taxes except municipal and stamps the right to import free of duty all breeding and work animals farm tools machinery building materials and furniture and the government gives premiums on all notable or new industries I 1 the new settlement of oaxaca w granted a full civil organization of our brethren as follows president john U rencher bencher judge J H langford recorder peter A dillman constable M H martineau Martl neau stamps william maxwell A professed latter day saint whose name is known here bore took a letter some time previous to president diaz adlaz hoping to injure the new settlers of oaxaca sayong they had already obtained colonization rights in chihuahua and aad were now to do the same game in sonora but president diaz said to colonel the mormons cormons have not had their rights lights as colonists in chihuahua but they shall have their rights in sonora so BO this intended shaft of malice fell short of ltd its mark even if it does not finally pierce its sender we who dwell in peaceful mexico where freedom and liberty of conscience floi enoe exist where mobs strikes and are almost unknown unk DOWn view with deep io and concern the prevalence of mob law and anarchy in the united states once the home of liberty and equal rights to and pray that heaven may bless this republic so generous to the stranger and preserve it from similar evils for many years to 10 come J H MARTINEAU COLONIA JUAREZ mexico september ad 1892 |