El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19
CHUICHUPA COLONY
SCENE OF DISORDER
COIonfsts Forced to Abandon Their
Crops and Get to Border; Many
Federals DESERVING.

A number of cOlOnists have lust
come in from Mexico Those from
ColOnia Juarez and from Dublan say
that peace prevails in those colonies,
but that Up in COlOnia Chuichupa, the
place that has hitherto been cOnsid-
cred the safest has been in the great
est cOmmotion- The 1913 farmers,
after losing their seeds, teams and
farming implements, and having Vader
threatened with death if he did not
give them 5000 pesos, decided not to
farm this year, and are making for
the American border Nader has not
come He is undecided just what he
VIII do.
The Mexicans in the Casas Grandes
valley are dividing on party lines more
than ever before, but they are reticent
about declaring their preferences when
not in an armed bunch The federal
cavalrymen Of Casas Grandes are de-
sertlng every day. Nine men were
sent on the fiat TO herd horses several
days ago, and they saddled up nine Of
the. best horses under their care and
have not been seen since There re-
main something like $50 caYalrymen
and $50 infantry.
The cOlonists met very few rebels on
the road. At each station a few
armed rebels met the train, and some
took the train for Ciudad Juarez.
They said they were coming to Fl
Paso to buy. clothes and other articles
needed by themselves The opinion OF
the colOnists is that the fighting in
the future viii be desperate. The
rebels say the revolution IS now in the
condition il was three years ago.
HenrlQue POrt1lO was IN CaSaS
Grandes last week and they had a
dinner and fiesta, in which liquor was
plentiful Saturday and Sunday he
was roaming the streets IN Dublan.
The armed men in command are
making more demands. They are rul-
ing with a most tyrannical hand and
have little regard for the ownership Of
property; it all belongs toithem If they
so viii it.
Salazar does not seem to be in SYN
patty with any one. He denOunces
both federals and rebels, and has so
far refused to join either. II IS said
that he asks the possession Of the
Casas Grandes district and the in
staIling of himself and his followers as
the protectors of the law in that part,
if he is to give up to the federals-
They think OrozcO and every other
follower Of Madero or any Of the
rebels viii finally meet death II
caught by the Huerta government,
which. they say, is ting the old
Diaz government, backed by the Cath
Ole church
SaIazar seems to regret that the colo
nists left Mexico, but he is not will
ing for them to go back Some OF his
followers have said that they were
driven out that the army might have
a better chance to loot and that they
allowed the citizens 70 90 IN and carry
off property with the understanding
that the soldiers had what they
wanted from the booty.
J. J. Walser, jr-, has just got in from
Thatcher, Arizona He is going into
Mexico with his father tomorrow, but
be VIII not risk taking his family IN
at this time. He says he has been /
busy all winter at Thatcher, but he is
anxious to get back to Mexico.
The winter has been very cold in |
Mexico this year and last week the |
ucern was frosted and the first crop |
destroyed
It is said that Salazar. has declared |
.gainst Rojas and has sent him word 1
hat an accounting must be made to /
lin personally for the burning of Diaz I
md the looting and robbing Of Colo 1
Tia Chuichupa.
A. ". Wins is here seeing about the 4
ands in Mexico, nut expects to return 4
o Salt Lake this week.
Leroy Snow. from Arizona. was an !
Il PasO visitor and met with the MeXi-
an refugees in the afternoon.