Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-27
SAINTS IN MEXICO.
Conditions and Prospects Among The
People In Chihuahua.
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
The Dr0nth Oyer.-Excellent Crops
Factories and Mllls.-Siiuation
OF the Settlements.


Mexico, III 'ne capaoi'y OF bishop, anu
VINO nus pse" ~ 'n's Guy ""enuinB
INC annual oOh'eIcnce' s'a''s iot n's
nome 'oinoriow' In conversation To-
Jay negh'e 'ue 'oiio"ins items re-
gardiug the settlements oil the Latter
day saints In chihuahua.
p,r,ny 1901 md 1909 Tho d,ou,h A.,
a., n.s, % ,ha ,onn,,. No. ,a,.,t,.
'nas PAi' Va Wv V'un'S WINS 'eitiDi0
and almost dried tho people out.
Thousands Of cattle died from LACK Of
ys,a, and sc.yc,,v n, food ca,sod hv
-
'he ia'iu'o u tne si"ss' ouoh
dTouth has never been known before
In Mexico. Its operations, associated
nth ,he faI,ur. mr. i,,b,li,v ~ I w
80, -. - - Al,
ioung W p"y i' "otN uonc On 'he
railway, caused considerable hardship,
and almost financially ruined come Of
,h. n.,,,o Inst whit, hoy.y.,
fo
NV funs aBnih peBan, anu hiAthei
change has come over tbs whole scene
Tao grain and grass arc growing
,tooiy IN, fiat c,o, NJ Iuccr, IA ,,u,
iehuy 10 cu'' "nu 'no run otoP Is III
splendid condition. From conditions
which causod feellpgs OF serlou. dis.
c,,r,g.r,.nt ,h.,e b.. bo,, n t,n,.
80 a~. go "
sl'ioh 10 orish'ef prospects 'n'n "ere
eyer known before.
There are dveMormon settlements In
chihuahua. Diaz and Juarez, with n
population OF over 700 each; DuIlnn,
with $50 to 800 inhabitants; and Pc
oheco and Cave Valley. with an az
gregstc population Of about 800.
Diaz aud Dublan are located in the
Diaz Valley, which is about so miles
long by " 10 25 miles wide, anu
thEough which runs the Casas Grapdes
river. Though no much farther south
than Great salt Lake valley.
the climate OF Diaz valley II
no warmer In the summer time. This
h owing TO the fact that It's altitude Ia
400 feet above that Of Salt Lake. In
the winter, however, 1.-The weather IN
not nearly SO cold. Lat winter the
heaviest etorm deposited about four
inches OF anow, which lay on the
ground whole day. Usually snow
mslts as quickly az II fallF.
All kinds Of temperate ffuits except
apples do we'll In tho Dlnz valley.
Apples are grown, but they are not up
to the standard OF first class Utah
fruit. But grapes, peaches, aprlcots
and other small and stone fruiis do
splendidly. The valley is not warm
enough for oranges, though these do
well on the west slope OF the Sierra
Madre, about l25 miles west Of Diaz, in
Sonora, where tho altitude Of the val.
leysis much less,
As at Deming, New Mexico, n
noticeable feature on entering the
DIaE valley Is the number
Of windmills 10 be seen on
every hand. These are used to obtain
water for gardens and orchards. There
IL an abundance OF water within four
to sixteen feet OF the surface, aud IL IL
brought up from wells by being
pumped by the windmills. But for
corn, beans and other field crops the
rains have been largely relied ON and
tho failure OF these caused the drouth 10
be felt so severely. A lair supply OF
water is now obtain,ble from a canal
twenty five miles long, which comes
out from the Casas Grandes river, and
In which the Mormons have purchased
from the Mexicans a sne.thitd Interest.
They are also working on reservoir
syetem, by the completion OF whlcn
they anticipate averting all further
danger from drouth. The waters oil tho
river aro TO be stored In winter IN a
vast reservoir already partly prepared
Tor this purpose by nature.