Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-13

rich and productive, yielding an abun-
dance Of corn, cane bananas and In
fact all kinds Of fruits. The roads,
however. are poor. In places very Sc
we're. sO that nowhere Is the produce
tive capacity Of the land taxed to Il
hundredth part OF IT'S ability. With bet
ter roads thousand people could live
where row a score subsist.
At $3.50 we were at the post office. and
the clerks with big grin at the quaint
~ OF mall handed US our letters. We
secured no papers. In fact we are not
aware that any papers are published In
Utah save from the mere fact that In a
letter one Of the boys received a clip
ping. We found a pasture for our ami
mails about mile from town at the
fnca Of Dr.. Remigio Daz. a very
wealthy and a very intelligent gentle
man. He surely does not make a bust
ness OF keeping pasturage for horses
but was kind enough 10 let ours remain
there without explanation The doctor
had much 10 say and above all men
was the one that could say much about
Honduras He was posted on the min
eral wealth, on the stock Industry. the
banana Industry, and the railroad pos
sibilities. THE richest valley In Cen
trail America" said he, In speaking OF
the agricultural possibilities. is the
blanche valley northeast of here about
thirty leagues. There may be some
places its equal, there are none its SUI
perior. In mineral Il Is rich In gold,
silver, lead, and copper. for stock II has
the best of pasturage, and for farming,
the land is very fertile. The great
drawback is the bad roads but these
the government is fixing. and will soon
have good ones.
We have heard before Of this blanche
valley. and only regret now that we
cannot pay II a visit. Col j. r. Hosmer,
whom / met at the hotel. spoke Of II
also, and said that at present he was
here connected with a company as at
torney, that proposes 10 build rail-
road into the valley. and open It up for
foreign settlement He declared that
the valley was one Of the richest in the
world.
We stayed with DR.. Diaz for dinner
and the two hours before the meal were
spent In the parlor with the family
Mrs. DiaZ is a very sensible and very
practical lady. Although wealthy she
Is teaching her daughters. of whom she
has -four charming ones. 20 do house
work as well as 20 play on the piano.
Her two living sons are each learning
q profession. one is following his faith
or as a doctor. the other is studying
law. The Oldest son was killed In the
last revolution, six years ago. The
oldest daughter Is young lady ~
perhaps twenty years the youngest
child OF seven. They are light COM
plectcd as compared with most Of the
natives. and at home would easily De
taken for persons Of very dark COM
pleyion. They play the plano well.
though excuse themselves on the
ground that there are no teachers boz
Tcgucigalpa. We were Therefore enter
tained with song and music. IN q well
furnished parlor, and ate a dinner suit
able for a king. New comes the con-
trast. We were surprised. though We
have been on the road a year
FROM A PALACE TO a HOvEL.
After dinner we babe ont friends
good by. thanking them Tor their kind
ness and hospitality ana pushed for
ward. hoping 20 cross the Uclp noun
lhlus Tor camp. lhls We were ulldble
TO do. The evenings rain set
IN a little earlier. and We
found Il difficult 90 reach the
summit where feed was good before
the storm came. We came 90 ranch.
however the best along the road where
pasturage was good. and decided not
TO run the risk OF getting nothing by
trying 90 better ourselves There was
nothing inviting however but the pas
turage. and the fact that we could set
corn for our mules. The extra nom
was already taken before We arrived
by some mulctcers on their way with
a cargo Tor The capital. But the fam
ily appeared % De small. and as the
man told US we could sleep IN the house
We settled down and awaited develop
ments supper was ont ~ the question.
We could not set even toriillas as The
lady Of the house was co. But the
lack Of supper ga not concern us 80
much as we had Toasted at noon. AZ
dusk a half dozen persons came IN.
and evening worship began. We
stepped out. no, 70 inirade. This con-