Show appreciate SAINTS IN SAYS MORMONS MAKES COLONISTS bishop orso abrown of colonia tells of their happy relations sister republic digori P brown former well known resident pt this city and now bishop of the mormon colony at mo elos mexico spent tuesday and wednesday in ogdan visiting elih hla many frienda and relatives HP has been away from ogden for over seventeen years and during that time has been a resident in several of the mormon colonies jn the sister republic on th south in an with a the of this paper ho talked interestingly ot the vork of the mormon colonials in mexico nad because of his long residence there hla opinion is of much weight the mormon settlement 0 which I 1 am the bishop is known as colonia moreau and is situated about sixty five miles from douglass arizona said mr brown at present there are about seventy five families living in the newly established colony and they are in a fairly condition the people principally ara engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising near the colony there are gold and silver mines that make a good market tor all the produce raised by the cormons mormons Mor mons two of the biggest dividend payers are tho tigel and the pilares mines 1 I have been in mexico for seventeen years and twelve years of that time was spent in colonia juarez at which place tharo 13 quito a settlement of mormon people at this juncture the interrupted mr brovan by the question jiow did the colonists in tue colony over which you have charge get along last year well last year was not a prosperous year because of the fact that the country was plaited by a season ot drought and tho crops were quite light the prospects tor this year art very good what Is tho taken by the mexican government with regard to the mormon president claims that the cormons mormons ard th ebest colonists that ever settled in the republic he said that they have compiled with all tho provisions of thear contracts that they make ideal citizens because they are god fearing joyal and full of american from the beginning of the colonization the mexican officials haro encouraged the entrance of anto their country because the undeveloped country would be placed under cultivation adding of course to medicos cos wealth and greatness at the present limo in colonia morelos the settlers are paying more attention to agriculture ana raising As soon ay have gotten nice comfortable homes around them then they will bej aelter able to devoto more of their attention to the developing of the mineral resources at that section of the republic the land under cultivation Is worth about 50 per acre and this ja considered a good price for the length of time it has been under cultivation flour sells at from 5 tag per hundred corn Is worth 2 cents per pound beans 4 cents a pound butter 30 cents a pound and from his it will be seen that the farmers get a good price tor products i mr brown Is an person with whom to converse and is a thorough student of conditions in the slater republic he left last evening for salt lake city and from thence will go to denver where he intends purchasing some mining machinery and pumps for development work in tho colony he la the president of the morelos developing company which has headquarters at colonia morelos mr brown Is a brother ln law ot jailer william gritchlow and a brother of mrs henry T anhder |