Show FROM MEXICO Chul Chut chupa chihuahua mexico may 31 1898 in a former communication from this place I 1 stated that a prospector camping near here who went out hunting on may i had been lost and not found af the date of writing the men of this place all who could get a horse to ride hunted for the man day after day and finally found his trail where he had killed a skunk and eaten it and afterwards found his burro donkey and bedding but it was not until the of may that he was brought into this place in a pitiable condition he was found by some mexican cattle herders gerders her ders nearly demented and could not have lived probably more than a day longer when he was asked why he did get on his burro and let him find his way home he answered that he did so twice and the brute went exactly in the wrong direction the brute was right as such animals almost always are in such cases and he was wrong he was very grateful to the people for hunting for foi him saying he did not think the mormons cormons would take ohp th trouble to bunt for a man not of their faith and ancl a stranger also he was told that mormonism monism requires us to do good to all irrespective of nationality color or ref religion tion on 04 account of the isolation of calu chupa situated thirty five or forty ago garcia forc it ft was thought best to build house to which the bit women and dh children ildren might gather in of alarm and abid surround it with a high pa palisade heidi of house amise logs set upon end dose together enclosing spie space chough to ta contain also teams wagons and d other movable property it was decided to build of brick a building feet and john W header henry A martineau wid arid david johnson were appointed a building co committee 1 attee to erect it the stakes have been set for the foundation and the of bricks has ban already begun in the hope that the kite ila may be burned before the rainy seon season begins the rains usually begin about the first of july and continue three months a shower occur occurring rug as a rr rule civery ei every very afternoon afier afternoon noon As soon as the rain comes vegetation grows with great rapidity while some object to so much rain it may be said that it does not require ope one tenth 0 so o much expense to prepare tor for the rainy season as it does in utah to prepare for winter no big haystacks or wood piles are needed nor so no much winter clothing I 1 send end tile following elevations as computed from many observations of a very fine surveying aneroid barometer 6 inches in diameter in perfect condition which I 1 tested and compared with the barometer in the V U S weather station in the university of arizona feet colonia juarez average of over abs observations a ovations altitude head e ad ol 01 of san diego canyon on road into the mountains bottom endom end of strawberry valley coralles Cor allea near colonia pacheco Pai checo and about same levil level garcia divide between garcia and meadow valley meadow meado valley r top of continental divide of waters flowing east at and west mound valley summit between mound valley and a nd Chul Chut chupa SU latitude of Chul chupa N longitude about W of greenwich between Chul chupa and garcia are many thousand acres of rich farm land with abundant pine capable of sustaining several thousand settlers and on the west north and east of Chul Chut chupa are large tracts of land very desirable for settlement but which must first be bought I 1 have devoted considerable space to Chul Chui chupa conditions in order to give a general answer to letters often received inquiring about mexico and its capabilities especially that part colonized by the mormons Mor MoT mons people tn in the north who have no homes of their own who have the grit and energy necessary to pioneer life and are willing for a few years to put up with the labors attending the founding of all new colonies might find it to their advantage to look at this country and it if it should I 1 please them help build up and grow i up with it it is a time of general good health here and the people all seem to be prospering and feel that they have been greatly blessed in their labors fruit will be abundant such as apples pears peaches apricots tarl ta rines nes plums grapes blackberries strawberries with some few cherries and almonds bishop J C bentleys Bent leya new fruit cannery to la in full operation with probability of putting up many thousands more cans of fruit than last years large output A telephone line to is in course of construction from here to dublan R R station about 16 miles and considerable private improvements prove ments boing on mr joseph jacksons wood working it factory Is almost ready to begin work the Imil building dins Is 40 by 80 feet three stories high and full of wood working machinery and the enterprise will bi be of df much benefit to our colonies J H MARTINEAU |