Show settlements IN MEXICO successfully contending against adverse I 1 arcu instances we are permitted to make tie te following extracts from a lets leter er vi written ritten ny a armer resident of utah dated afiz D az chihuahua mexico dt due ad 1887 brother Brot ber M P Morten aen was fined by the custom house officials because his hie son being ignorant of f the tha laws who was nis mother to this country turned out of the road to come to this place when the guards found him and declared dic lared he was a con rr anand they were going to confiscate all lie he had two wagons and beams and tend him to prison because he did not go to the custom house first I 1 lati labored ored with the officials als abort a week and finally got the ord r changed to a flue fine of brother is a faithful man has a large family and having baying to pay this rias left him in straightened circumstances we have built a small tithing office at jaurez and will soon bulia one here we have our school schoola schoolhouse ouse nearly completed we needed it most it is 20 x 40 made of witti with a shingle roof and we feel quite proud of it as it is the best mormon building of the kind in mexico although beset with many difficulties and trials the saints in this land are building up fast they have many comfortable and pleasant houses o orchards vineyards and gardens setting an example before the mexican people that is being felt and appreciated most of the brethren are becoming the language so that they can converse u upon on common topics and understand the natives I 1 here in diaz we have raised but little on account of few water rights as yet some three or four of us have raised quite a nice garden by pumping the water out of wells and gave have fruit trees and vines started but now we have our houses built we can take what means we have and buy water r rights ig ats of our mexican neighbors to f farm a rm with the land here is most excellent we have worked up the sugar cane for the mex leans icons and made some gallons 1 01 I molasses so that most mast of the saints have that article we have also been cutting hay and to the people of Ls la ascension some tons or more and we tire are still cutting and hauling to sell at juarez the land is poor but they have an abundance of water they have had to work atry hard bard on their water ditches they have had good gardens the last year but their corn and wheat is light and will not near bread them they have got comforts comfort able homes and will in another year begin to feel more independent at AK upper and lower corralis the saints have raised it a good deal of corn and potatoes nearly enough to do them our stock both here and in the mountains are doing well so is the a saw M mill III and WP we have now the luxury of board floors and shingle roofs which we all appreciate V very 1 ry much and feel thankful for s so 1 you see the lord is blessing and also trying us hut but all feel cont buted and happy through all the settlements of toe the saints in this land there is a spirit of peace and baity ahat we feel proud of none fee to exchange places with our more favored brethren brt thren of the north some of the sams saints here are very poor as we have been so long getting located there is s a general time of good health the weather is warm and pleasant like an old fashioned indian summer in the states |