Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-23


To the Editor
Our party, consisting Of Elders +. NJ.
Lyman, Anthony tvins, Ammon
Tlnhey and 1, drove the conveyance
sixty miles to Dublan, the same day.
Mexico has some strange, lonely ooun.
Try In its domain. Four miles cut from
DlAz is La Atcensolon. n Mexican,
what shall call il2 Some call II u
town, Of 1900 10 to 1000 people. The
streets are this way, tbat way, and
several ,imeB tho other way. The
houses are mitch the same as the
streets, muddy looking, low, iist and
uninvitlng. Everything looka con.
fused. We drove through tho crooked
streets. They were very narrow, but
tho land IL grand, nnd millions Of acres
Of II. The Cases Gfaudos runs close
along, ana through the valley. The
whole broad valley Il one OF the best
by far, that We have seen
In Mexico. There IL large
stream fed by springs nearly one
half OF which is owned by tho Mormon
community. The soil ID very good,
and our community arc building ny
nud spreading out Sith every prospect
OF success. A ohstch has been built,
ana tome respectable dwellings. A.
twelve feet good water may DO hadi
some wind mills arc erected with sue
cess,
At l0:S0 o. m whore we biited our
tennis, some antelope were IN sight, aud
lock Of quail came In Wow, We had
iuyol about twenty miles. This be-
ing fast Jay We offered up our pfayeri
anu tnauasgivipg unto the Lord, and
drove over dry, barren land, aud baited
at the big bond of the Chses Gtande-
tho only water we have seen since
before coming TO the Mexican town
There has bven plenty Of grass all day
on our way. We pueied q Mexican
town, Cotfalitas, ana coon were met
by u fresh team, which took most of ~
on 10 Dublan by duck. We also passed
an abandoned town, BaTAneaa by
name. Here II IL whore "A sewing
machine man was allursd into houte
10 warm aud rest when he was muir.
dored. This occurred hbout one yeAI
ago. lie was known 10 have some
money, and II was for this he was
killed.
Some lonely country was next
asiud, amongst the most lovely tcen'
cry. To-Day We passed some lArg,
olumps OF the cactus IN bloom; II
looked delightful, breaking the monoI.
ony Of tue journey. All Of US ware
pleased 10 msct warm-heaftod friends
10 kindly receive us into their humble
habitAllons. Amongst the ioremCsi
WAS Bishop WlusluW Fatr, formerly OF
Ogden CITY, Utah, also Doctor La.
g0Oun, ne tho Msxicans call him; really
George Like. Around tho old-fAshion.
ed nreplacos many reminisoeuces Of
tue hafdships, tolls ana lsboB were
related. The Mormon people are pro.
verbally a cheerful happy, pefse'
voTing people, ElwayB trusting Ia the
Lord for divine aid. / once heard the
Prophet J0seph SMITH, while pass.
ing through tue Missouri mob.
bings, cay, when he Was told that
tho Missouri mobber would Ike
to force us from tue country, aud out ol
tse world, and hnally down 10 their
kind Of helli "W,ll, II they do 80 wa
| will turn tho devil out and make q
heaven OF II for tho destiny OF Mormon.
lam Ia to brins this fallen planet back
into its pTlst no glory, M II was In
| Eien's time" Isaiah llth chapter
was quoted, whore the lion aud the
lamb should iv uown together.
| Tho unlimited faith In God, which
10 30 tsnaciOusly adhered to, has eB-
Ablad this little band, together with Al
others OF like integrity, 10 endure NJ
many Tevefses ana 20 have established
Dublan and other colonies la Msxic q,
until now President Dlaz courts tns
colonization Of his dominion by Nor
| ue1ns. IL Ia indeed very interesting
10 hear how many difficult scene.
,hesO c0lonists have endured TO finally
gain q footing that now IL enjoyed. II
seems MS though the cTus
10 broken, towns are established
arms oponed, water secs, established
dams put In aad preparations made u
Increase TeseTyOirt-one prospective
that wo have visited which, n sue
cnssiul, will cover acres 6ufiicient "a
make three lakes 10 Tecsive tbs Casa
| GfRndes 10 IT. times OF overflow, resrTv'
| ing 10 for times whom II runs nearly
| dry. Millions OF acres OF Mexican sol
| viii thus no turned into acres Of fruit
| fulness. One governor lost his oflicl
head by interfering With those persist
ent MormOns who, wherever they CO.
turn barren deserts into fruitful ioldt
| Pres dent Diag has ltarIod 10 seek iusI
such oolOnisls us thOte who mhde Uthl
what 1t 10 now. The future Of those
once desl Heed Mormons In Old Mexico
on the soutn, the Dominion OF CRnBdI
on the north, and in Arizona ant
Idaho, IL being made all the batter.
Alter visiliug anu holding series o.
meetings with the people OF DuUlan
when number about 800 people OIL
souls, we were taken in carriages ovel
10 JuaTez, sixteen miles, passing
through Cases Graudes-intsrpreteC
grand, large houseg-buI II looks TO nj
like a large adobe yard. 1t ID said tina
the population 10 about 1000 inhabi.
ants. what beautiful tract OF fer
tile land and fiolds they possessl TIT
wooden pillow viii be substituted sOOI
BY the Mormon style. There Ia Ger
tainly great work 10 be done here 10
the III 200, 900 OF fallen humanity. W.
hold two dHys' meetings at this bsAuti
iul place OF about 100 good people.
EDWARD STDvEHsoS.