Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-04
MORMONS IN MEXICO.
Progress Of Their Five Colonies IN
Our Sister Republic.
Incidents Of Experience. aud STATE.
meats OF Growth shat wiIIb~ Ia.
tsrsstinE 60 Utah Headers.

From n warm friend Of the News,
q. H.. Smell, Esq, Of this city, bu,
ROW travelling Ia the southern coun.
tries oil the North American continent,
we have received the December q
number Of The T,0o Repu5l,o, publish.
vi at tho Cay Of Mexico, containing
tho following interesting account Of
Mormon colonies Ia the land Of the
Az,eeti
The following particulars regarding
the Mormon colonies VI Mexico have
been obtained by IigO Republics ie.
porter from Mr.. 3. e.. Bentley, ID very
Intelligent culOuiht OF the colony VI
JuaTez. rnure zTe hya colonies al.
together, four being a the slate OF
ChihuAhua aud one Ia tue state Uf
Sonora, all being within radius VI
about 100 miles.
Ths mot colony established was the
c0loay OF DiAE Ia the slate Of Chihua.
hua, which has been M existence
ABOUT years. The lands are BlluRleI
10 miloa from CAsas Gfandes Rud
miles from La Ascension. The colon.
lists number stout 700. Irrigation n
resoTted 10, tho water being obtained
| ftOm springs and by means OF wind
mills. Tue cOlUnisth manufacture
brooms from broom corn, which are
sold In chihuahua, Durango aud other
places. Among the other products are
| honey, corn anu cattle. Oue Hour mill
has been erected aud another IL being
built Lately, an Aftesiau we'll com.
pAny has been formed for The purpose
Of obtaining more water, which has
already commenced operations. The
oOlonists own one throshiug machine
and several moving machines, and "A
new reaper has recently been Intro.
duoed.
The colony OF Dublan consists OF
about 800 people, aud IL located about
four miles north Of Las CAsns urandes,
ON the river OF the same name. Water
| for irrigation purposes II largely Oh.
tained from tho river, and windmills
are also used 10 increase the supply.
| Wheat, corn, barley and OATS are tue
chief cereals raised, CAItle.Taising Ia
an important feature, the land being
we'll suited for stock. Butter anu
cheese OF very hne quality arc pro-
duced. a new roller nall has recently
been established, ombJdying all the
Iatest improvements. The colonists
own two thrrshing machines, two
reapefs and several moving machines,
The COLONY Of Juatcz was established,
| about six years ago, some ten miles
southy cot " Las Casas Gnudts, Ia the
state ~ Chihuahua. fhbir ianu Is
somewhat mountainous.
Irrigation n rts0rled 10 all the year
round, water Tor the purpose being
iolerably plentiful. Frut, including
peaches, grapes, apples, plums, nectar
| mes. strawberries and Olaokbefric',
etc, Is freely raised. A cannery mas
been established, not only for the puT.
nose OF preserving the fruit but meat
ne well. Tho cOl0nists nave two shoe
shops. tauneFy, grist mil ami brick
manuiaclory. The bricks mAuuiac-
tured are for the purpose OF building
their housps, They also possess n
harness shop, thrcshlug Machines roA-
pels aud m0Ners,
About live yoara ago the colonies Of
pacheco aud Cave Valley really oDe
cDlouy) were established on thu top
of the Sierra Madro mountains, whore
famous old caves are found. Tnls
was, some y6sB ago, the staiklug
ground Of the Apache Indians. seven