Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-20
WATER IN ARIZONA.
First Ariesln We'll in tho Territory
Made By lOImOls,
At ST DAVID, sio FEET DEEr
4 Great Boon w o Fertile Hut Parchcd
toun'ry-Amlug the NJ Hican,
Near ihc Border.
ST. DAVID, Atz,na,
June 20, 1894.

h,iitOy D,ssrsi AcpE
A. promised, will wrllo to you
from this the southern colony ol
Arizona, which Is near the borders Of
Mexico. This COLONY, named 50.
Davii, was located seventeen Juau
ago by niur families, with Patrick P'
e. Merrill At their head. The Mex.
igana used 10 say tina, this wa, one VI
the chOioe plains OF AdsIna; and such
!: would have bson 10 there wao plenty
o. wator Ter Irrigation; Tor fruit aud
agricultural products can be- raised in
abundance, ami iu tho rainy season
the hillsays covered with the best u
/ gTau
owing 10 the fac. tina, the dam has
broken each year some o. the people
have become discouraged aud moved
away IN tbs last four or i've yeag,
and tIofe arc nov about thiriy-soveu
families hurc. There IL about eight
miles Of lana located bg the Saints,
dotted here and there with n1ufiihing
orchards aud golden Fields, which lisa
surprise to the traveller ne he passes
through this dry territory. IL has been
pFuphosiUd by one 0i the Apostles That
this place viii become u dcllghuomo
city, "a choice ga,hcring.plnc Tor the
| Saints, aud with faith In this prophecy
those WIN remain are content aud arc
gOsins tor "a usightOr future after their
many haulshipL
Tue surrounding places, Tombstone
and others, are q Ufousing iu population
very rapiiiy, ON account OF tnu mines
shutting down. This decreasing la
| population Of tile surrounding country
! contrasts very favUfaDiy i0r ua win
the steady though slow increase uf tue
| little colony; and 10 We take into con.
siicrali0n tue latest event here, the
/ Uluuiug ~ most hbu ulant nrivainn
| well Jug lately, which sends thu
water tWenty-,0ur iUut into the uig,
| anu which / understand IL tile ilut
| aftesiau wellever obtained Ia Arizona,
/ u may yet change tue auaira u ths
county 10 aHJonur OF later iulhiment
Of the a posiles' prophecy on the place.
| AuEOnA'H people have spent great
deal OF money Ia uying 10 obtain ar-
tcaian well water, all 10 no effect here
toiote. Even here several parties
nave dug, IA years past, two anu three
hundred feet, ia search for water OF tho
kind which WAS never found. This
was 10 be thelgoOd luck Of two Of our
young people, Alexander and job u
McCTar, who are nophowa VI Joueph
f.. Taylor, one OF tho presidency VI tne
salt Lake stake VI Zion. The fact
that this well, which IL go feet deep,
IL Ia sand stone, prOmisesa good supply
and steady source VI water, aH tnis 10
the formation IA which the successful
artesian wells OF New MuXica, Colo
RADIO aud the Dagotas are dug. IL 10
probable the holt Of this water IL NOS
limited 20 tue Immediate sutruundings
but ils extension has not been Ger.
tainty yet, a. this h the only well ~.
cuTrI, but people calculate 10 HUI out
~ soon ~ the harvest IL over. Every
boIy IL hoping forsuccesa. Many prO-
pie Of Arizona are quite claIed over this
one, aud have come ~ see and exam.
inu the we'll Tor themselves.
Ny stay In this place Is at present ON
account Of the slow way Of the Mex.
can mail, ~ 1 have 10 OBTAIN a ooHlh.
cate of our colonization company in
that country before / cross the lllo
with the privileges Of "a cOl0nlst. Tue
object " my mission IL 10 establish
place where the spanish speaking pe0-
pie my ue taught tue prluoi pies VI the
Gospel aud the arts " puACs in thUif
own language anu In their own land,
NJ that they may have a good Opp0r.
unity VI accepting or rejecting tie
Gospel.
While waiting for my certificate
went to Heo some Mexlcaus VINO are
farming In this place on laud they
bought from tho brethren here. Que
Of tue farms Is oithe very best soil; the
owner IL well thought Of but | found
him discouraged anu anxious TO sell
his property or abandon u 10 80 back
10 his country, some Of our people
here did not tympalhiZs with tbs
MeKlusns, but am happy ~ say tuis
was only small per yet II bias mad d
most luxurious influence anu has pro-
duce1 quite disturbance IN this SEQ.
ton. 1 went 10 WORK with the worry
beet Of feelings 10 bring the parties 20
good understanding and found it
quite easy, the main thing being the
| lack o. Knowledge U. tue language,
more than anything clse,tO understand
things properly. / have tho satistao-
liOn OF leaving them ga good feelings
aud thoy seem TO appreciate that there
h somebody WHO lJ1As after tueir la.
terusl. IL made them loci quite Vi
home.
While on tho subject l will stale
that the MeHiuans plttaAu great deal
Oi the Indian character, anu never Tor.
get mean iced VI o iGyOr. They arc
a passionate people IA this rvsaru; anu
people coming int0 this country viii
dnd II 20 their Interest 10 make them-
telves pleasant ANA Cungunial with The
MeNicaus. IL will open 10 them faclli.
ties and favor them Ia their enter
prises In the custom house Ia par
ocular, where Mexican officers Gto
sometimes little hare, travellers will
nnd that by speaking kindly and
treating them Ne iEends they arc
very easily brUu sht to accommodating
terms. 1 could illustrate this matter
with IN my facts Of my own vXpc'
neuue, but THO is already quite q
lengthy letter, % / viii make an ond
for this time. NJ, q. Il.