The Arizona sentinel., 1877-05-05
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VII hPiH A1 SANO Uo SAO "S
 produced below It accurately
 describes many features of the
 Gila valley in Yuma county, and should be sent by residents here to their friends elsewhere, as we can all endorse it's fidelity to facts.
 From Mohawk to Gila City the Giia valley in this county offers forty miles in length of unsurvey.
 ed lands, possessing all the ad-
 vantages met with by Mr. White
 farther up the valley:
 While in the field MT. White and party ran the exterior lines of, and subdivided into sectiUus if
 teen townships, extending alOnY
 the Gila river in MaricOpa and Yuma counties, from puihL about Uatinan Flat station tOa point three miles west of Mohawk sta
 tion !; a total distance along the rIver of nearly fifty miles, which, with an average width Oi twelve
 miles, gives six hundred square
 miles, UT over $50, ,OUO acres Of land
 surveyed. West of this tract
 Mr. White reports large extent of country that will se surveyed,
 dOu ubtiess, at a comparatively early
 date, making compact area of at
 least 5OO, ,OUO acres Ot valuable land
 in that locality. This immense area lies along both sides of the
 Gila river, the larger portion be.
 ing found unexpectedly on the
 north side, and contains very largo amount Of fine, arabic lana.
 Tue Gila bottom here merges
 impercptiby into the foot hills and
 has an average breadth of from
 five to ten miles. Its soil is ex-
 tteineiy rich, being composed
 of rich alluvIan, and will produce
 two crops without fail yearly 1;
 resembling in this respect the
 Santa Cruz bottom directly in
 front of Tucson, which has yielded
 two crops aunualiy for the 100
 years it has been under cIitiva.
 ilOn. The remaining land has a
 rich soil that will produce abun. dantiy when irrigated. In the Giia there io sufficient Water tuf all purposes that never falls, and
 irrigation is easily effected. The
 river has an average width Of six
 hundred feet and depth of from
 three to five feet. This volume
 will be increased ifaLything dur
 ing other seasons of tue year, as
 this Is the time when no rain falls and uO water comes from the mountains to swell the current.
 The banks of the river are every
 where gentle and low, and at almost any point can be taken out for irrigation, while points afford unusual facilities for the cOustruc
 tion or large and permanent ditcnes to bring water upon ex' tensive areas tack from the bottom are abandant.
 The only farming yet attempted in the vicinity Is at Mohawk station, where Mir. Peck has his land under cultivation and has growing large and excellent crops of wheat, barley and vegetables, and has proved conclusively that the entire section can be brought under culture and become one of the most if not the most extensi- ve agricultural region in Arizona. The climate during the Summer months is hot, but the tempera- ture never rises higher than in many portions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys of Cali. fOrnia during the same months and is nOtoriOusly healthy. Dur ing the winter it is dry, calm and unsurpassed anywhere, and snow and ice are absolutely unknown. Grain, fruit, vegetables, cotton, tobacco and all products of the temperate and semi-trOpic zones in fact, can here be raised, and will be sometime, in abundance and yield their wealth to the other great resources of this grow. ing and attractive Territory.
 The whole tract lies directly in the path of the railroad that must | before long cross Southern Arizo. na. With the Southern Pacific l railway of California already near Yuma ard with a strong prospect | of it's crossing the Colorado and l pushing rapidly up the Gila, this land certainly offers strong indu- cements to settlers at once. There are now very few occupant ts of the soil here, 80 that nearly the whole tract belongs to the Government and is to be disposed of under the laws of Congress for the sale of the public domain. The land comes within the limits of the Desert Land Bill, which was pass. ed at the last session of Congress, allowing settlers full section or six hundred and forty acres, upon B promise to bring water for irri- gation upon it within three years and the payment of the usual DricQ Of S1 05 mar QprQ