| Show THE MORMONS IN MEXICO 41 le ports porge from the mormon col colonies ft ainold old mexico indicate great progress la ig the establishment of at home borne industries and dand bright prospects lor for a yost ar says raya the she doming now new mexico copouls Golon ift dublan now has over six hundred inhabitants and to IB prepared ip 10 handle the native products with a ant flabb steam seam A flour our tolling rolling mill mil the caple aple are devoting a great deal of their r time sito to agricultural pursuits hacebe have be ome caine self supporting and aril are offering ofle rinK the results of their labor for sale aale at god food profit A brick kiln to la another loi industry which la in proving ot of great befit to the coloni colonists colo niete ste colon Volo jaia la juarez continues to lead the other se bettle men ta in point of vo aton having baving 1100 Ps people ople within its ita ewla considerable attention ia being devoted in able colony to tho the cultivation of the oan manaigre sigre plant and a pay jag ing tanning factory aci ory where she ne causi canal ste re extract ia 18 used in the preparation of leather bor to IB ore one of thi the result reaul te A unit trait canning factory in which the yield of the be season beason to la preserved tot tor alband ile and win winter ter use la Is one ef at the lead fag hlene industries a steam flour mill am a saw aw mill being others othera Pac Pache beco thirty five miles above mez now has baa five hundred inhabitants and boasts a sawmill among other Indu industries some borne of the finout agricultural gr and grazing land in the ce public surrounds Pa pacheco Pac neco caleco and the people there take full advantage of their opportunities it being essentially a farming and cattle raising community ni unity colonga diaz adlaz continues as it has been from the earliest settlement one of the most prosperous colonies coloa iee the population to Is estimated at nearly one thousand and here too fruit raising and canning cann int Is the leading industry colonia is ie the namo name of a new colony colody which already has one hundred and fifty person it is situated about forty miles above pacheco cienega and is well irrigated by a subterranean flow of water which promises fine farming the policy of the early settlers to make the colonies bell supporting by home manufactories manu factories and products has baa practically been accomplished and ar tides of clothing shoes and in fact all the necessaries of life are to be had lo in the col colonies colun unies iea the stock raising industry is in excellent condition and the revedee derived from the sale of cattle brings a great deal of money into the colonies an aa an agricultural coun tty kiy the laud daod about the settlements is unsurpassed being exceptionally fertile and well watered and the yield ol of crops and fruits is oom something ething remarkable in quantity and quality the conditions for a successful year were never better and the colonists are greatly encouraged over the bright outlook jut look additions from the northern nor thero states are constantly increasing the population and from less leas than a hundred who settled in mexico a few years ago the numbers are now well into the k thousands the worst drawback to the country is the lack jack of rail railroad rosi facilities and the people in the colonies are basing great hope upon the now assured construction of the road bouth from this point W derby johnson sr died at his home borne in colodia dias mexico at 11 p m last monday april 18 13 after only 40 hours houra sickness sick nusa he wits was a very old man hut but his big exact age la in not obtainable mr johnson was well known in this community having come here from utah some eight years ago alg anu and afterwards afterward locating lit III colonia diaz dias hla file son BOD W derby darby johnson jr was wag largely interested to in the old conces concessions mione of the deming dealing mexico railroad the people of doming extend sympathy to the bereaved family of the deceased the work of building the rovern ment telegraph line from liaa las palomas to juarz is being pushed forward with all possible poe aible sible speed by the mexican government forces are working from both terminal points and all the material is on the ground ICU it is expected to complete the line 1100 within tile the next sixty days |
