Arizona weekly miner., 1875-01-22

BRED WITH WILD HEMI'-4STONiSiiIN
 YIELD OF CHAIN, FRUI7S AND FEGETL
 BLES-IRRIG1 TON THE ONE THING NEEi
 FUL"-THE PLACER AND QUARTZ MINE
 OF COLD AND STLTER-THE INDIANS
 CLIMITE-ETC.
 fCorr,spoadencc Sla Francisco Chroaicie Jan. ]
 YUMA CITY, 4. T., De-. l3.
 Asa rule the world at large know but lIttl of new countries, and especially so Is II re specting Arzona, itS climate and its capac ities \ general lea prevail, that he whul' country in anl about Yuma for hundre l. o miles Is barren desert waste, with m pro ducing capacities for the present CT future After a week passed here, during which Jim, | have made a thorough canvas, l can COT fidently say that there are large tracts 0 land all about here susceptible oi the highest and most successful cultivation of grains fruit. vegetables, etc. Ol the bottom land of the Colorado river, both above ami below this place, are immense tracts of rich al!uvial soil as fine as can he found on the continent Hemp of fine quality is indigenous to these bottom lanls, and large quantities grow yearly at different D bint> f,r hundred mile, np the rlver. and down to the Gulf, one han dred anl thirty miles Twelve miles below the town are immense wll plantations of 1T, standing over ten feet high and as thick as can be- One fell i> fully four miles ne and in places over one mile wide. h view ing it I could but involuntarily cXrlain What fortune for thoroughly en;crpri>- ing counyr' Here such a cooIiy would have no trouble ani expense of planting and tilling, and hundreds of tons conld every veal he prepared for market at d trilinS expense |. T ,l t- ff be hoped that this will attract the attention of men of energy, who may be induced 'o open up this business at once and thoroughly Near the mouth of the river quite large colony is being settled for this purpose, with very bright prospects of success. There Is nc healthier country in the world than that on the Colorado, and communication with the outside world is now good The Indians arc quiet and peaccable and well-disposed.
 THE YUMA INDIANS.
 The Yuma tribe, whs are at and about here, number some 300, and for many years have been peaceable and trusty. They are well formed. healthy and robust. and have plenty to eat, there being fine fish and an abundance in the river, besides which they raise quantities of pumpkins. melons, etc, and collect large quantities of the mesqut bean, from which they make their flour and bread. They wear hut little clothing, as the weather k warm at all Sra>oaS ut the year, and are much in the water, which keeps them clean. White men have been m this section for nearly twenty-five years, yet until the past two or three years no ef'rt has been made booking to the agricultural develop ment of the country.
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 It Is now known by actual experiment that almost all kinds of grain, fruit. etc, can be grown. Jose NJ. Redundo, mcmber-elect tu the Territorial Council from th> county, has a ranch eight miles from t"wn-on the north side Of the Gila-wherc he has improved JUJ acres.
 MT. Redonlo has m irriratng ditch eIght miles long, costing S35, ,0O0, work of great permanence and importance, taking the water from the Gla. H. raises wheat. barley, to- bacco and vegetables, and from 23o pounds o' seed wheat raised this year HOOD pounds O; choice and plump wheat; from sowing oi 5000 pounds of barley he raised 25o,Wn poupds of grain. and over 200 tons of hay. When it Is remembered that this is the first effort. the returns are very sl' Stactory. Ills vegetables are very choice, and trlai of one fourth of an acre to tobacco produced A splendid, rich. silky leaf, and the amount "t iae quarter acre was l5,0OO pounds. Melons and pumpkins planted in NJ lrch last had ripe fruit on in July, and are yet in full bearing. One and half acres oE onions gave n cash a return of $500, and large numbers of them would eich weigh from one to three pounds. Cabbage grown in the winter season often weigh fifteen pounds or more. Other parties have this year experimentej with cotton, and claim success. Others, yet, have with in the past two years planted out oranges and other semitropical fruits, all of which s.em to be doing well. Grapes are al-o a