The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-12
.,.on F. Farr Back From His
Southern Trip.
coryTRY IS INVITING
,gr MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
POOR PEOPLE.
Ne, Who Went Down There With
out Money Only Few Years
aoo Have Amassed Comfortable
Completeness - Cattle Industry
Proves Highly Profitable.


Completeness - Cattle Industry
Proves Highly Profitable.
~-a rsrublic Of Mexico. especially the
-.-.- of Chihuahua, in the northern
.aare unsurpassed inducements TO
..-.-I. men who want to develop a
-.-- country and realize on the great
...arstfss TO- farmers, livestock grow
I'D manufacturers and mining opera
ems sl.h is the opinion of Represen-
t.-.-- Aaron +. Farr, jr., who has just
turned from a three months tour Of
a. country south of Texas.
" Fa-r went to Casa Grandes sec
.4.ra f Chihuahua, which is about $50
.-s southwest of El PasJ and touch
-r by the Rio GTande, Sierra Madre &
Dan. railway. to stock the 4UOJ0-acre
r of Moses Thatcher. Preston A.
rr.f.a-r. a nephew of Mr. Farr, went
--- there with his uncle and viii
-.r..r remain as a cOlOnizer. Mr..
.r= ranch is i'm the foothills,
-# .- the timber is cleared and cut
a.. fur marketable lumber the land is
rr.af The investment represents
about $4,000 thus far and il is Mr..
Trerara-s intention TO improve his
,5lrsHI. holdings with the increasing
r-umisss of profitable returns.
Many Mormons There.
ibart 1000 Mormons, most of them
frm Utah. are scattered through the
Sale of Chihuahua. developing the
r.rrtrr-s riCn resources. Many colo
Tz--s who went there eight or ten
z-grs AGO with nothing, are now worth
nom $4,000 Co $4,000 each and are
nanny and c1utented. The settlers
have bought thousands of acres of fer
rHa land. built irrigation works. and are
nov harvesting b0unteOus c. ops Of farm
products. and their cattle are multiply
Ing at gratifying rate. The fruits of.
their industry sell readily In local mar
kets az fancy prices and money is plen- /
rfuL The Mormon colonizers haze |
brHt comfortable homes and their /
suI-ldiJ school houses are the admira- |
ton Of other Americans ard the ma
tEeS.
Recently several small families from /
Taysau have located in the state. some |
81 uub'au the terminus Cf the railroad I
and others OF the Anthony WINS pur- /
chase. where land is obtained at 81 an I
acre. Mexican money. Mr. Farr pre-
diets the same measure of prosperity 4
f.r them as the earlier c0Ionizers have /
received
BY strict attention to their own af- /
fairs eheerfully Obeying the laws Of ]
the land and treating natives and for /
eiEnsrs with respect Mr.. FaTr declares /
tfe Mormon settlers have won the good /
favor of all Alexicans. Those who are
eligible have attained citizenship un-
der the republics laws. but until re-
Gently the M1TmOns have refrained /
from political action. Now. however.
a political club, composed largely of
MamonS, is organized, and soon its
members Will exercise the Franchise.
Named By Mexicans.
A rather odd feature attaching to the
Mormon element is the fact that AIexi-
cans denominate the Utah people as
'A0moIs' in contradistinction to 0ther
classes of Americans who are known as
"Grngoes' Some classes of Ameri-
cans who have take advantage of
AeNIcans in business transactions are
n9t IN the highest favor with the ma
lives Air FaTT eSteems the Mexicans
as E1od Tot of people to live among
as Ee could wish for
As AN Illustration of some Of the
good things i'm Mexico on what the
sH.l.u2a term the deSpised silver basis.
Air. Earr cites the following. Lucern
hay IS produced al about the same rate
as in Utah. four cuttings yearly, and
sells Tor so Co S25 a ton. Potatoes.
which yield from 200 to $50 bushels TO
The acre. bring $40 a bUsheI Eggs
Gre worth 30 cents a dozen butter sells
I.I so tu 90 cents pound and lard at
81 To- 50 cents. Beef IS cheap. a fat ,
!9aJ-".a steer selling for $40 Mexican
money yl $40 i'm American gold Car !
I.lieIs ard other mechCnics earn Sc
day and common labCrers $3.50 10 So.
Out most of the drudgGTy is done by
Natives at lower WAGES
slowly the AoNiCans are becoming
alr.iraulzad. However, tie laws are
enforced more rigidly than in the
..-l-l States. Property is always safe
-.- perfect security is afforded trav-
Big Cattle Ranches.
Speaking Of the cattle industry. Mr.. 7
---. says There are number of large !
en-. ..Hr-fu- ranches, the one of |
immensely iu Chihuahua being that of
1-.l-te-l"r I.rrazas who owns a
.- acres If land and over 500. 600
--@.s cattle His calf brandines this
.- cover 10000 young animals The ]
-5 ale sent To- Mexico City ami
0--- al profitable prices.
gu -s travels Mr.. Farr found many
.--t- OPENINGS FOR coIonizers who {
- .-... farming facilities with irri- I
. ...... climate and attractive d
.-.a-s ." ra.ir products. He also Z
- -.. Inducements for lumbermen. y
-..r-. merchants and manu- 3
-s because of the tariff laws Z
have an inviting deld in Z
.-- .HII.ic. but the duties do
. ...llzeIs who bring their
IS into The country.
- mining line the Utah nan /
.. -r#I ualed opportunities +
r- ..--- -u- in both Sonora and
H..u now the great min
+ here is but just unfolding !
When Mr.. Farr re- 7
r. -..N.' IL VIII be on mining
... -#rr first visited the Nor v
r.s- . great transformation 4
-r- -l- by them. Ages ago p
4..- ...Ee they settled was in @
' .- cultivation, as is evil 4
-a. Stone retaining GALS for s
- lends. I'M later centuries {
undoubtedly changed from D
.r - a. IH winter deWs. and
rr ...t,nE wastes the Nor
ay reservOiring water
... onto the dry land i'm N
90 has biOss0med as the
DIV. -.. remain in salt Lake =
r before returning to his q
r Antitrust Meeting. s
-.... Jan. IA mass meeting Of ],
r.t E with the movement Of k
his Antitrust league was held s.
E Judge ~. B Fleming of {.
.a organizer of the
H-- number OF addresses
r.r ... ..... 'H the local orrssr7f.r4