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


If any, reason to complain. lsi some
respects, however. the system is meri-
torious, and IL productive of honesty
so far as the debtor Is concerned,
whether honesty be dead or dominant
In him. II he can't pay II debt in cur
rency or coin, he must work out; and
this may account, perhaps in some
measure for the condition of pleasant
fields and fruitful harvests in many
farmer at the end OF the season has
nothing to show for his work. But his
conscience, If he has any. is clear, as
well as his account, and he is ready to
go into debt, or be pulled in for another
year. -.
on the other hand. the town, or col
ony OF JuareZ is essentially American
and characteristically Mormon. 1t is
| laid out as other towns in Utah are,
| with broad streets and abundant shade
| trees. The limitations of the hills, be-
! tween whose sides 1t is situate. make 1t
somewhat elongated in comparison
| with its breadth, but 1t Is withnl ex-
| ceedingly picturesque, and especially
| during the rainy season OF the year, It's
| luxuriance of tree and vine, of fruit and
| flower gives II an added charm. The
people have prospered amazingly, con-
siderlng the brief period of their hab-
| itation and many of the residences are
| superior in size and appearance to those
usually observed in Utah towns of sim
| liar population. lncEr die uol puitt Al
! thousand people here, but they have ac-
| complished more in Il decade than the
| inhabitants of Casas Grandes have In
| a century, and they number fully 5000.
| Down through the town the Casas
| Grandes river flows, and trees border Its
| banks along it's entire course. bitches
| convey water from the river some dis
lance up the canyon, and 1t ripples and
gurges on every street, giving Its
fructifying influence to orchard and
garden, and supplying abundance, clear
| and coo for culinary use. Wood Is
freighted from the mountains where 1t
| is in almost inexhaustable store. but
| with the encroachment of demand and
| the increasing distances 1t is brought,
| 1t Is becoming more expensive FOR fuel
evry year. with the recent advent of
| the railroad, which Is but two hours
ride away, it Is only a matter of time
when coal will probably be chiefly used.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Progress and enterprise are in the
| air. The people are bestirring them
| selves in the line of home manufac-
lures; and while the community now
, boasts of saw mills in the mountains,
| tannery, a canning establishment,
boot and shoe factories and Hour mill
in the town, there Is a furniture fac
tory in course of erection, creamery
is spoken of, a new stage and express
business has been begun. an electric
light plant Is being considered, q news
paper is projected. a fruit canne1y with
increased capacity is assured, lime
kilns are being built, and a new foot
and wagon bridge. double-spanned and
$50 feet long. has been contracted for.
Next to the electric light project In
Importance another Is spoken of that
will be OF exceeding benefit. That Is a
telephone system to connect several of
the colonies in this district and the
| Inn Of of
the various settlements Will be received
in exchange at command, instead of
depending on unreliable and dilatory
rumor, business will be facilitated, and
1t will serve as would a patrol system
to aid in the capture of partlcipators
in crime.
The people here realize the growing
need of being more f-supporting.
The scarcity of good available farming
lands around Julrez preciudes the
raising of sufficient cereals TO supply
the local demand, and the product OF
other colonies is drawn upon. Neces-
, sity, therefore, urges increased activ-
| hy In manufactures, so that the
product may bring. in exchange, the
product of the farm. The Mormon col
onists of Dublan, about two or three
miles beyond Casas Grandes station
are essentially an agricultural and q
horticultural community, and several
lands there. 1t was the growing neec
, that principally gave impetus to tn,
l search for and purchase of the project.
ed colony sites at Galleana, on the Rio
Santa Maria. forty miles distant. ant
!. at Chuichupa, In the mountains eight,
q, ! miles away. AT both places there ar
thousands of acres of aplendid land
: The river at the former place supple
abundance of water for Irrigation pur
4 poses. and at the latter no irrigation
I is necessary. Prodigious crops hav
I | been raised at Chulchupa without irri
d cation by the present settlers, and a
r land is being sold at from 81 to So a,
y acre. and city lots at s., in gold tn
L. settlement is growing apace. and Wi
Q ere long he one OF the richest agricul
e tural and stock-raislng regions in tn
d state.
: A MAGNIFICENT FRUIT GROWING
i REGION.
The fruit-growing industry at Juare,
| however, Is most important on,
n Peaches are an uncertain product q
J, times because of occasional late frost:
q but all kinds of berries. currant,
:. grapes, plums, apples, pears and tn
, like. grow luxuriantly, and as an ind
l. cation of the eNtensiveness of the In
9 dustry II may be said that at the loci
l. cannery alone fully $4,000 worth
10 fruit was purchased from the Poop
e last year. 1t is great grape. countr!
: Large vineyards will yet cover the hill
n sides around the town, and the mani
= facture Of wine for export only Will /
Ie a future industry. Tobacco. also, ca
= be grown in prodlgal profusion. III
1, as no one uses tobacco. 1t is said. Il
= cultivation is not attempted. III
NJ Typographical features of Juraez, II
, climatic and other favorable cond
ia tions, make this place particular
~ valuable for horticultural pursuits.
n is similar in many respects to the fo
10 hill districts of southern Californi
IN where the Mission Fathers of the RI
re- man church have demonstrated Il
N superiority of the soil for the cultivi
"a tion of fruit and vine. and as this Il
10 callty Is yet in Its infancy, the futu
!, holds possibilities almost beyond con
l. putntion In like results.
n But the people are also largely ei
ls crossed In stock-rdislng. 1t Is an In
l. portant industry and a profitable on
rs Thousands of cattle brouse on Il
y hills and In the pastures around.
Tx this time of the year. however, fe,
O. is somewhat scnrce. and will continl
~ DC until the rainy season becit