Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-23

stncere rellgionist VINO sceNS 90
ln' h.sical Zion, with environments
ldeAi nav readily find 1t in Mexico
Il, necullar lavishness, the re-
he'e' and attractions of nature
sou' ,.a IMPRESS of the human nihu
aSa hand. Regions of rugged peau.y,
anu "the tops of the mountains
a' ,, emerald valleys ana h'ip,'
wNn 1mmed around with nils
s" III in riches of silver and goid'
y .s,n..d with lordly forests OF pine
In primeval solitude, save ior 'he
res ,a Of bear and deer and feath-
I'VE But this was not the place
az, Mormon people found VINO hrs'
here. Instead. they We're com
Nod to pitch their camp along the
-, Of a somewhat pretentious
-, in a narrow canyon ana on
- mat seemed prophetic OF no par
n 'A"s ,oet Snugly situated they
t., This hollow of the hills which
4 ali around undulated Tor n'i'es' an.
4 ,1assad moreover with the peace 'h"'
.,ras with coveted isolation-a pooh
nv sought in departing from 'heir
,arrnsr homes: but this was all .h'''
.,r,,nglv could be said of their loca-
a ,io, And yet, to the Southwark "i'h
radius of a hundred miles, they
ia have found numerous Ideal val
4 laws. with grand environment am
q o,,arv resource with which to secure inc
,ht,anents of a civilized community.
X a.. there were many difficulties AT
n r,,s time confronting them. Their 'hu-
"A r,sr,cal inslgmiicance. comparative IL
II noranee of the legal modus operahui Vi
a me country. the manners. customs anu
II ,,rsuaee of strange people VINO
n nwned the soil. as well as rear Vi VIC
n ms that existed through the I'M
n peil PENS racesses of the contiguous re-
kno"" oil conduced to their settling
n ss,Ssre necessity compelled and present
VI ornnr,unity offered. And 80 they re-
N rbalned In the hollow of the mus.
1.-THE THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE.
"a put there was wisdom in their course.
N omnlpotence was their guide. Ihey
~ 80 hut pioneers in n work that must
a Ssc,r right. Their steps were as
" dine upon line. precept upon precept,
III Others we're to follow. And So as per-
n sar,ion frightened and knowledge ac-
~ crned colony followed colony, untii
% now there are. In all the land OF Mex
IA ia. no more beauteous homes, nor love
IA ller hanlets, nor Ideal towns than those
W NJ me Mormon colonists OF Chlhuahua'
N The work was begun but little more
"a than decade ago, and the results
III shn,y that IL was commenced arlght
III The time had not yet arrived wneh the
,M Saints should penetrate the interior
,E< districts to any great extent In searcH
!H NJ scenic Eden. The school of ex-
IT, I..I 60 .aa caH fhfnflRh
And hence, there toll and labor We're
begun without the accompaniment OF
climatic symphonies or the surround
"A ings OF specially selected scenery. as
M In the manner OF boom town born
IT But Notwithstanding the semi-forbid'
ding aspect of the locality. the toll anc
al Intelligence of the pioneers soon trans
~ formed the place into garden pro
"a life In fruit and vine.
IA Their experience was necessary foi
N the guidance of others. And 1t has
a been profited by. Emulation Is cpl
VI demic hereabout. And because of thii
H the Interior regions are being explored
81 and
IA MANY DETACHABLE VALLEYS
III opened up for future settlement. THU
n II Is that those who now come hlthe
"a have much the lesser burden to bea
a. than had the pioneers. Markets hlv'
,U been provided for them through the es
"A Enlistment and subsequent prosperit!
<E Of the present colonies. Up In "th
<& tops of the mountains" the Saints ar
~ gathering. All around them mines ar
MI being discovered and developed TIL
III mountains are beginning to reverber
al ate with the sound Of the pick an'
III drill Prospectors. chiefly OF TIL
M colorlal faith. are searching the treas
81 ure houses of the hills. Apd thus 1t Is
a that when discovery results in devel
~ opment and production. as in severa
Instances Is now the case, a new. profit
able and Unsuitable market for thei
products viii be assured the mountail
9H pioneers, But down on the plains. alon
XII the Santa Maria river. thousands q
r. acres OF rich land have been purchase
XR also. And many will come from otht
Stakes and settle there when the wa
IA shall be properly prepared for then
sX In fact, II requires no prophetic vote
vi 10 declare that the time will soon CON
81 when this favored land Will be adorne
YAH win golden chain of hamlets, vi
va iages and towns, peopled with MOI
Il mons, and extending from the Amer
can line to the Gulf of Tehauntepec.
ss PICTURESQUE TOWN.
<5 W the colonies that are now
|11 , ,hils stake of Zion the chief is Juare
'3< LIZ The one located in the hollow of II
|i.W mus, twelve miles south of theold Me,
y.
~ Us beautiful in its isolation and hab
q: iaments But its original setting WI
|& rude and barren to the eye. Indu,
|f ~ mas made 1t what It Is 1t is Il
~ NE undisputed characteristic of II
IL 11i,ofinon people In every land and elm
made Utah the oasis OF the Grei
80 american desert. 1t will make In Nc,
Nv a civilization that will save. I'll
llt nIast between Juarez and It's nea
vs. , helshhor, Casas Grandes, Is a stril
IN ,as ohe' and In comparison Is chara
<1i3N 4, M s,uc OF all other Mexican towns
ff# ~, size The name Casas Grandes, sill
|3 s great, or large houses. but II
IN inisnomer The houses are on
& aIot story high and are all built
49,; a few are whitewashed. but Il
lS n,"yulty present the same dead. DIT
,i,ra,hhce Of mud, and the people a
< n'i,i TO match. The town IL woi
s# a, tne stress of years, and all arour
.9M 81 me evidences Of habitatIon lor
'ti& o'c passed away The sicsmic pr
,s,s OF unwritten ages have demo
|t4 n,,, ed and swallowed up the anciei
fl# ~ ana only few mounds and ruiz
MI ,,nalhS' But the present town Ia sir
M 80 =" others In Mexico the writer HI
o., Narrow, irregular streets. wit
MI ~ any effort at paving or sIdewa
If str,,a.uctlon are lined with adob
I# n,tItures In monotonous array. nj
La o. ng or Vegetation appears in vie
~ NJ eneNe the scene. The common pc
M snn,, nLostly poems exist in n state
var ana homeless contentmer
49, linen ana children squat nj the doc
n,,c, smoke their cigarettes with
rris, apandon and satisfaction as ,