Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-13

sraclal Correspondence
ranks of the Rio Chico Sierra Madre'
Sent IA visit among the 'Mormons'
IN Mexico lmpresses one with the
,b.urhts first that the Mormon peo-
rla are a colonizIng people. and second
nat they are workers. Eight flourish
,7- settlements Of the Saints now
sand where a few years ago there was
pothipg but wilderness. In these settle
monte are some beautiful homes, nice
dwelling houses well laid out streets
and cool shade trees, while productive
farms Weld their rich harvest In the
surrounding fields Several Industries
sr. established, such as "a fruit can
ming factory, a shoe factory, d tanneIy'
harness shop candy factory and
cracker factory, while a good school,
that necessary concomitant Of Nor
mon.sm." is seen in every village. The
ssbo8ls teach the Spanish language
along with the English and every NJ
t- Mexican, white Mexican is taught
tly language Of the country,
But m nothing IS the marvellous IN
dustry OF the people seen more plainly
than In the wagon roads they have
LgUt While yet they We're poor they
are not rich now, good rtaas were
made connecting all the settlements,
The one 10 OaNaCJ has been changed
and rebuilt once, and must have cost
thousands OF dollars. The road from
Duuan 10 Juarcz, and from Juarcz TO
Garcia are good considering the u0un-
trl and have been and are expensive,
for the heavy rains often do much
dlmage.
During our camp near Garcia while
the company was eXcavating Monte
Mmas Prof Wolfe and l made a ny
ing nip to Juarez and Dublan, for the
mail. and to purchase necessary aru-
Giles for our long journey through the
mountains. We spent sunday at Juarcz.
Many were the God bless YOU Sue
cess 90 you on your trip, safe re-
turn" given us on our departure sun
day evening we came eight miles to
sulsburys ranch, where we were TO
obtain some mules the next day The
folks were an IN bed, for II was late;
~ not 90 disturb any one. and as we
had our camping outfit with US, we
quietly made our bed on the porch and
rested well until awakened az day
light by the pigs pulling at our havcr-
bags and blankets. some OF the mules
We're lost next morning, and II was
$3.50 o'clock before we We're off, but the
good breakfast of bread, butter and
milk sister Salisbury fixed for us
. fully repaid for the wait. Our road soon
entered "a canyon, steep and rough,
Ia. la
canyon 10 the White Mountains. Ari-
2oua. II has cost much TO make u,
and now Il costs much to
\ keep Il in repairs, and 20
pay for the wagons broken on Il
. every year. We met a couple Of Next
cans On load Of lumber. perhaps three
. hundred feet coming down as fast as
us they could, humping and rolling
over the large rocks, aud having In all
"a hard time 20 stay on the wagon. TO
cay nothing of driving or tending the
brake. They babe us "hueuls dias' as
they rolled past US. Further on two
boys were coming down. one Of their
wheels We're broken and a pole sup
ported the axle Reaching the top OF
the canyon we came into goods roads
and fine timber. Soon we entered Sol
der canyon, thence into Strawberry.
These are called valleys as they are
wide end contain some excellent farm
land. not cultivated but awaiting the
Industrious settler About 2 o'clock
we reached "a little cabin used now by
the road-maker, and were invited by
Brother Chatter 90 come IN. We ala
80, and az We had some bread and he
some butter and preserves we managed
% make a hearty dinner. We had
hardly got well located before the
rain began 90 fall and as Is usual with
the rain IN Mexico 1t poured down.
Il was late when We reached camp.
and the night was as dark as pitch.
Several times we lost the road but man
aged 20 find it again by the light Of the
flashes of lightning Garcia was In
holiday attire. the 10th being the ma
tonal holiday. but falling on Sunday,
Monday was observed instead our
camp had Joined in the festivities and
were Joining IN the dance and picnic In
tn evening. on Tuesday all was hustle
with u.s. Horses were TO De shud,
pack saddles fixed and things put In
order for the start We were enter
tanned at dinner by Brother OrSgn
Clud and family In fact l must men
ton here that during our entire stay
the people Of Garcia showed a worthy
hospitality. We had vegetables, milk,
butter and cheese In abundance and
without price. and 20 cap all. Sunday
evening the members OF the Sunday
school came 20 camp bringing picnic
with them Soon a spread was made
on the ground and all Joined in a royal
banquet IL was o'clock when we
left. We Travelled six miles and
campel IN one of those beautiful val
lcys or parks for which these noun
tains are justly noted. A description
u one win do for all. for all are equally
beautiful This one is called Meadow
Valley. another further on Is called
Paradise They might all bear the lat
ter name appropriately. IL Is about
o half mile iu diameter covered with
q thick coat OF green grass sprlnkled
with flowers NJ almost all colors and
shapes. 4 patch Of purple flowers re-
semhed water so closely that we az
first thought there was a pond, but on