Show encouraging REPORTS FROM MEXICO COLONY ediar ebli r san juan record the present r nt year has abeen somewhat ha unusual in this part of thi th world our rainy season on which we depend farour for our crops was rather light in most of the state though here in pacheco we did not suffer and as a consequence our crops are fair oh july 23 occurred a tremendous hail all s torm storm and the greatest flood we e ever had and phenno then no more rain forth tor thres Tee months till the river got so low and the land in the valley colonies so dry they could not plant fall wheat on the of last month however h a cc pious copious rain came soaking oviver up thu ground well and since we are having showers howers so we look to io a great wheat year the corn crop generally is I 1 short except in this section and prices are higher than usual drouth and grasshoppers reduced the bean crop in ili the valleys where this is a staple crop and already beans are selling for three times the usual price price bringing row eighteen pesos apesos per hectolitre litre litro a little less than ilian five cents per pound in U S money pacheco seems to be the most pros porous of the colonies judging by the improvements going on several Sev cral houses are receiving finishing touches and the schoolhouse has had considerable work done on it but not yet boril completed the two siw sawmills mills are blast biest furn furnishing isling work for most oi of the people and a spirit of progress is in theair the Chui chupa sawmill will start up tod today s y and give needed employment to many ciany of the settlers there there lie corn crop did not all mature het tore fore the frost as also in colonia garcia cia Be beginning kinning with the first of this month mo rith the government ceased to carry the mails to points away from fr OM t railroads lai rai roads leaving thatus t to the tW people affected to bearl be arthe thO eafe expense se this i is a in order that the government can tan tatsuye saye suye up about twelve million millio fi 0 o f peo till it is possible to git get jh on a cash c as it basis this is a move to econ nise on every possible score and will be e good in the end though rath er expensive at present they are taking these measures to increase revenue without directly raising the taxes which are very low in ili this country and necessarily must be where the po poorer orey classes have so little litt e with w ith four hundred v years ears of the peon system has the common people in a poor condition to ambat modern foods as it did the negro after the civil war A generation will put the native in a more advanced state than several generations A did the african for the mexican is mentally bright and only centuries of f repression ana slavery without means of education or advancement had placed this people in in the back ranks of civilization recently two of f our ci citizens hove have been called to missionary service arvice I 1 in n the mexican mission edward johnon will serve two years and T 11 martineau will take a short time labor we lve need more settlers here heie to help Us cairy on our work in building up tip this country there is ample room for a score of hustlers to make a start stait here much sooner than is possible in the U S where all the best places are already occupied the apple crop in colonia juanei was light this year owing to a late freeze but the people of juarez anu ana dublan will plant out several hundred acres more of trees this coming season the main plantings will be red arid and golden delicious flor tie te mayo and winesap binesa the cheese industry was wag a great factor this year in carrying on the household expenses which are usually met inot by the sale of cf steers and beef the cattle market promises to revive a little in in the near future and is the main dependence deper dence in the mountain colonies colonia pacheco november 4 1930 J IT MARTINEAU |