Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-02
THE GLOBE" iND "u0RnONs, IN
MEXICO.

TIN; New York Saturday GioJc nm
nounce. that It will be soon changed "a
a monihly magazine. II was tile In
tentIon - make the change Mt once,
hut he nri number Of the magazine
will BE- Issued IN June. The Globe has
steadily improved from IL commence.
ment. Il contains articles ON live
qucstions, chiefly commercial and polit.
ical, well worthy the porusal OF the
brightest minds. ON Utah ques.
tions II ha, always been fair and
Just and IL selections from promi.
nent Journal. have been Judlclous aud
indicative Of great editorial ability
Contributions will be obtained for the
magazine from some Of the best writers
In III, colniry. We wlsh the new ven-
ture abundant success.
Recent numbers Of the Gio5e have
contained graphic descriptions Of n
Journey Ia Mexico, by some one cou.
n,cted with the paper, but published
iirst III the NJ Paso Buiiiog. From onc
Of the letters We extract the following,
~ II will be Interesting 10 our readers
and conalns facts about the "Mor.
nom colony In Mexico;
"Isrly In tho afternoon the Mormon
Colony Of DlsE was reached. II was c~-
labllslei Ia issl, and l. situated some
distance nom the Corrillios river on
whatnay be- called the second bottom.
Tho soil, like that Of the onllro valley, IL
asfcriile Ne Mississippi bottom land. II
sooms IL. though a miracle hal been
wrought when witnessing tho cxiraordi-
nary prgrcs. aud change the L,t,or-day
saint, have effected IN ~ shor, time In
this wilderness. Comfortable and neat
cottages or adobe, shingle rooted; wind.
mills 10 raise water Tor consumption aud
irrigation. huge barns, stacks Of hay,
cribs NJ cirn, orchards, vineyards and
we'll enclosed and highly cultivated
fields have replaced the -acrtc,
mesquite and chaparral that less than
oight ycar asu covered this mesa |
aiiordug lurking places aud lairs for
wild beasts. In TACT history is repeating
Itself, for the Morinons aro doing at Dlaz
what they accomplished Mt Salt Lake
converting the WILDERNESS, lnio bloom
Ing AMI productive garden. Dinx, how
over, duss no, entirely depend upon VOLS
for irrigation, fur the saints nave con-
scyed the waters Of q large springthat
bursts oui ola nolghborlng mountain
range navel conducted acoyula madre
n sovenl miles Ia length To their lands,
20 that they now possess water supply
Tor population twenty Tunes
greater than It il at present. In fact, the
'bovo igatc- are used iignra,ivoly, for |
VIII nment It by saying that the water
upply i sufficient for the purposes OF all
,iiur colonies"
"Anolhcr circumstance made an i'm.
'ression upon me aud that was tho range
which agriculture possesses here. Tho
'otato does we'll, as do also all other oscu.
onts and food plants common to the
iAstsm States, An u the fruits u the
cmpenie rone also flourish and tho mis-
Ion gTufe grows hero 10 perfection. Tho
iornlohs a. Diaz have made success In
no cultivation Of sorghum cane and
nani iaeiufc from II excellent sugar as
'oll syrup. The sugar beet also grows
Iore 70 perfection, aud may In timo lead
Smother important Industry In this
alley The lAtlor.lay Saints have also
uces'dcd most admirably In Doe culture,
nd.huhdfcds Of thrifty and well nllod
90 hHo' testify To the good conditions
~" sA''' Tor this particular indnsiry.p