Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-30
SANTA rg AND ALBUQUERQUE.


arrived In san Luis valley on
Saturday morning and between then
and Monday evening enjoyed the or
portuniiy Of visiting the Saints u
Mana-sa, Sanford aud Richfield ~
their homes, besides attending sunday
school aud afternoon meeting at Man
ASA and evening meeting Mt SANFORD
ON the Sabbath. The last mentioned
was specially called b,cause Of my be-
Ing In the settlement, aud with only
about an hours notice, yet the house
was crowded. An excellent spirit pre-
vailed In the meetings In both places
aud the Saints generally were found 10
he feeling well aud encouraged In their
efforts TO establish homes, but extreme
ly hard up for money, as the payments
ON their land, which has generally
been purchased onth insialment plan,
require every surplus dollar they can
get hold Of.
The crops appeared 20 be quite
promising though the season Is said %
lie very late. The efforts at raising
-. ,''-,-. s''''''"'
been fairly succoafii, considering the
altitude Of the valley, which Is M.
wards % 1000 feet abovc sen level, aud
l ioel SURF that when the settlers Sue
coed Ia getting shade tres 10 grow
along the south lines Of their blocks
and nclds TO hHak the force u tho
wind, which blJss almost constantly
from the south, he harder fruits eau
bc grown without difficulty. The soil
~ generally pnductive and easily
worried, aud lho water abundant
thfpugrout tho valley. All things
considered, fcw piacCs In the noun.
tnins oiiur NOR, advantages 10 Saints
desiring TO mhk now homes than the
San Luis valley. rhe shade trees
planted thus FAT have generally been
the native cotlolwo0ds, which are Of |
slow growth and neither handsome !
nor durable when grown, and the |
lsombatdy potAr, WHICH arc apt 10
winter kiu. he box elder aud ash |
seem 10 succeed we'll, aud, although I |
never saw any Gtho Canadian Ioplar-
ihtfci ! fcrl SUR they would stand tho
climate aud piovo the bet shade trees
he people coiill cultivate.
The monotony " the tide by train
rom san LUIS ulley 10 Santa Re, the
'outhefn limit q the ID. a H. q. nll.
way, y. frlievrloccaslonally by sight
u Tue Mexican houses, farms, orchards
aud gardens Alng the banks Of the
Itlo bfandc, Whttc the traveller has ~
iood a chance q obsctvlng the Mexl.
'an methods u agriculture aud mode
y NE ~ ~. caa nnd Outside 81 Old
Mexico. IN. h1uss- are Invariably of
dots aud naifogic1, with few outside
windows or docs, but frequently built
y s1uafc Will IN open court yard or
FdoHd ia thc csuiTc. Adobe walls also
GENERALLY surround their outhOuscr,
'ofrals aud orchards. Numerous bur.
as Mexican donkcysl, occasional
iefds OF goats n3d fewer aud generally
iofy poor ponis, aud n very few cows
ne 10 b- seen IN the nclds or being
iefdcd 10y the NeAicans on the hills
= We pass along. At Espanoln mum.
'cr OF Pueblo siuavH aud pappoosss-
'cry comely looting lndians-arc seen
fylng 10 sell qle,r looking specimens ,
Z earthcnwaru u their own manufar.
lifv 10 the TRAVELLERS ~ they alight from
he ears.
A halt OF couple Of hour NJ santa
e affords an opportunity % viewing
his, one OF the oldest towns on tho
1ntincnti md lnSpecting tho remains
Ia. adobe oalhcifal, which IN said ~ :
ave been conducted about 1850 10
lss, anu the ai9bc chapel, siill IN
III state OF pr~fyatlon aud partially
rnewed, whlch was built about the
'mo time. The Mexican part u tho A
,wn Il probably much the Eamr a. II
las loo ycAr 40. before the modern =,
'mcrican inytjed the plaecAnd began
40 constructi1n ol n different style u =,
iildinga, or Introduced the railway o. =
rect lighting BY gas or electricity, :
hich innovations w FAR have failed
} materially changv the habits Of tho
ativcH. IL lotkcd odd IN We raised q
ong the narrow streets Of the old q
at " town, b see women, old and
Dung, slttlig In the dDorways
iillng at dgafcitsa. Htill morr
riking was tho nonchalant air
two rather pretty and well.dfcssed
nOrltas who we're Passengers with us
/ the train from Santa Flo 10 A lhu.
icrque, aud HhO entered the smoking
u twice In cling that distance, 10 en-.
Ige In smollng their cigarettes aud
owing the blue smoke up over their
,Ads, la eomp,ny with numbers Of the
her sex similarly engaged.
The capllalbnlliing In Santa Fc lisa
80 up., s,,t,sturg INT asll., fto,, tl.t !