Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
THE MORMONS
IN MEXICO. !"
Interesting Account Of Their COL
onization and Settlements
A NoN.MORMoN's TESTIMONY
Their Enorgy, PERSEVERANCE, aud SUE
cess Orchards, Gardens, WINS and
Academies Local t.ovcrnmcnt

Tho Review OF Reviews" for June.
contains nu Illustrated article on the
"Mormona iu McSico' by Charles W.
| Kndrick d. g. Consul at Cuidad.
| luurrz, Mexico 10 commences With
some remarks concerning che EdmundE
Act and ita effects on tho mormon
| people. and their movement into MoN-
icl Go establish rCttltmsnts. no riyca
some particulars in relation 60 the mar
/ hlEo laws OF that country and the
announcement given by thc Mcxican
| government 90 Mormon colonization.
100 consequence of their success iu bulId-
inr homes and Transforming solitary
/ valleys into fruitful gardens and zoe
hbiiHhiug civilization In tho wilder
ness. DC says that concessions Of land
ucro Afforded. with exemption from
certain taxation, as % was beloved that
! what The original "Mornons accom-
pliahrd. BOO utah and the great Wclt
MrNiol believed They could perform la
th0 States vi chlhuhhuu aud Sonora.
The article contains we'll executed views
of Colunlh Juarez. tho chicf Mormon
colony. the Academy erected az that
phco the Mormon" saw mill In the
mountains, gfiHt MIN nt Col1nia Juafcl.
che Irrigation dam ou the CanaH
umndea. tho tith.ug store. and sketch
~ Mormon" teams hauling lumber.
Following uru extracts from the article
containing the chiof points introduced.
iu l.sH. They were poor people Many
10 them had mot even the means VI
tram uuriatiun. ana whom they arrived
lu the valley NJ the tHauH GrnudCa
river. two hundred miles south 10 thn
NcW Mexican line uni aH many miles
nothing but thcir physical strength
aud religious enthusiasm. Around
thom VEN hlEh mountains capped with
snow dark canyons where wild beasts
made their lair. ara q marrow valley
arid without Irrigation and barren u
cottonwood trees. Apache Indians
lufhcd lu the hills. drove away their
herds. ana sometimes attacked their
settlements. iiut the MufmonH pros.
pcnuh. 30 difficulty no hardship wis
Erc1t enough Co npplll them ur drive
them back They made ditchea turned
Toe water ~ tho river upon their lands
planted fruit truUr. laid out EHrdUnH
tended their nocu. ana plenty came 10
support aud sustain them. other col.
uulpH wor established which we're also
prosperous tu single stake" com.
pflNnF ihr colonies. or wards" VI
tuIunin lunrcE. cuionia piaE publ1n
huNuch, furhscu, Garcia, and chuirhu.
rlH. thg Mofmpna number 2bsl persons
aud go families.
The ORIGINAL settlement. or chief cot,
unY. o. culuuii Iunrra. located sixteen
miles FROM rho terminus 81 railroad
recently completed. To reach ruluuln
iuarrE 10 10 necessary 90 cross the foot
hills % the Sierra Madru Mountains
The road winds through passes aud de-.
Mics until the colony nratlinE like O
Frrru garden iu the wilderness, tonnes ]
suddenly into Wow 10 IL behold nearly |
70 thousand feet below inc hilltop. The |
roadway drHcUuds gradually until n
rulrfu ihe main huruuFhfarr uf the |
village. Tho gnrionn ore fragrant with |
uuwpr. ana thc blossoms uf me peach |
apricot, ana plum trees rlnw la the |
pure nlr clear water from the aHccquih |
along the hlllsHldo flows down tho Eut.
Ter uf each CruHasHtrrrl Seat brick
Residences ARE nestled amid HnprKlnrt I
ana pear trees. ON ono slide arc thg /
NlndrHw'pt iimhodrHH hluH, piled boz q |
great confusion NJ stone. lava, Ernaay |
sides. AMI sharp prnkH. on the other |
ihn Sierra Madfr Mountains. Hnmbre |
ana turCuuHs tower thousands nf feet /
Into Pee clouds Tho green stretches of /
alta Il below are iu striking contrast |
WIN tho brown SUBMITS that shadow |
them. From this valley the Mormona |
have extracted ln ten years enough /
wealth 90 give them Independence.
The capital colony 10 o. beautiful VI. |
lnre comparable 10 any lu Now Eng. /
Mhdi There iH every evidence Of Thrift /
cleanliness, Industry. comfort. and good /
munlErment, There iH nn absence NJ /
The Vices common 60 modern communi. /
U1H IhrrU ARE mo- saloons. tobacco /
shops, itilH, nor houses OF lll-mms W |
iho colony Tho property a. owned by |
MnmuuH, and the informal affairs uf /
The several settlements arc under the |
direction NJ tho church. There L. "a
Frlai min, "a furniture factory. ana 9th
ur industries ln 'Olunln IuHrrE Thrro |
u un academy with hvo teachers aud |
800 pupils. " lg che policy of tho M0r.
munf iu erect Hcho0i.huuHea before |
churches ana temples.
Tho president uf the colony 81 man |
ti striking personality. with his on. /
orgy uud enterprise there is mingled a
certain RELIGIOUS ruthualaHni. which !
guarantees tho success NJ his undrrtak, /
luss lio o. tnll slender. with dcop
hIun eNnH from which thDro beams an /
unusual urder uf Intelligence. 10 Or ri
man NJ roni birth and education ana |
under Dig leadership the colonies hove
prHaprrei beyond expectation.
luwultHtrd in Tho Hcqueaterod val.
Toys ~ northern Mexico their daily
lives iulull their prrCeptH Their local |
church and school o. supported hg q
HNHi0m W tihiug. ana although the tax
lh nnr voluntarily imposed hy each ner..l
ruu, 10 o. always Go tho fun measure nf
DO urr cent NJ his earnings or labor.
nraliUH supporting an excellent uuad.
OuN thry contribute 90 u Erncral fund |
used hy The Church in ttnh Those
mon orc sincere in the belief that they
arc il make lu the course of time,
ueHrniul conquest uf Nufth America
The ultimate uni universal triumph uf
MurmuulHm lH preached uH uu Ordiuu-
ton uf God. ON thr broad rr0und OF
ihr survival ~ The fttcst' they claim.
Boa che end. % universal success
There o. re- steady stream of Omlgrn-
tiuu into tho colonies from Utah. ana /
now mat The railroad has penetrated
Co their communities the MurnnuH oN-
poet rapid development in material in-
trrUHiH and O. large Increase lu tho nnpu-
lutlun, Hero they urr p0uplD unto
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