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Show MORAM COLONY IN OLD MEXICO Washington, Oct. 27. Plans for the Immediate jtnhllshment of a Mormon colony In Mexico have been communicated communi-cated to this government by Consul Luther nilsworth of Ciudad Porfirio Iia7. The colony is to be located twenty- five miles west of Ciudad Porfirio Por-firio plaz on Irrigated land and sixty families, lo come from 1'tah and Nevada, Ne-vada, are to take up residence there, aeooidlng to Consul Ellsworth, which he .cays waft communicated to hint from reliable sources. The colony will occupy more than l.r.fif) acres of land which will be supplied sup-plied with water from San Carlos canal Thins arc- perfected for the creation of a public school, church, municipal building, a public amusement amuse-ment pav'llon. stores, sh.p, ami nnm-e-rous .shops in the central portion of the settlement or town, which I to be cailed Victoria. |