Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
ARIz0NA's FUTURE.

The possibility of Arizona seems to
 oe unlimited. It has grown in the last
 rev years 10 position among the first
 or the mineral producing portions of
 me United States, and seems destined
 70 take rank among the most favored
 agricultural and stock raising countries.
 The rich valleys, by the intelligent di-
 reetion of labor and capital. are capable
 of producing every home necessity and
 much for expOrtation, while the vast
 grazing lands offer unlimited pastures
 Tor the enterprising stock raiser. The
 mines of the territory are, beyond all
 doubt, the richest and best Tn the world,
 while the opportunities for the hus-
 oandman bear like proportion of ad- vantases. Nowhere has reasonable
 depth been sounded in Arizona, but
 pl nty of water has recompensed the searcher for it, and but few years will elapse ere our territory will be better known as land Of plenty than regIon If desert.
 We, of Tucson, look forward 10 the time when the great Santa Cruz valley, from the line of Sonora to a distance below this city, will become flourish tug agricultural section. It is capable of wonderful and varied production, aud needs but the economic manage ment Of the eastern farmer to cause it to 1 yield abundant harvests. Our wsys have been prodigal. and our hopes only of the immediate present. In the years to come we must expect the establish l ment of permanent homes, where future 1 generations will follow in the footsteps | of their ancestors. and wiring from the l rlch soil prolific crops of fruits and ce- reals. No better climate exists in the | wotld for the farmer, and his markets | are unsurpassed. In most of the val leys it Is not unusual to produce two, or even three, crops per year, without the risk attendant upon the single annual | crop fl the Eastern states.
 We are cognizant of vast areas of co ntry m southern Arizona, comprising the most productive soil in the world, that IS cap b!e of being provided with plentiful quantities of water for irriga- ton at comparatively trifling expense, that k yet termed "desert land," and subject to entry as such.
 In years to come, ssy a score, our wonderful mines, rich as they certainly are, will not be our great pride of re- sources. We have been termed a des- ert country, but the future will show the desert to have become C blossoming par adise. he vast plains will soon be GOV cred with herds of cattle and horses,
 nd the rich valleys teem with exuber- an if i 8 and vegetation. The mines may reach a point ,f exhaustion, but the s Il endureth for ages.
 In point of climatic advantages, we have much to boast. Our winters can not be surpassed anywhere in the wide world, aud are the admiration of all who experience their comforts. In the valleys, a few months of midsummer seem severely warm, but not extremely There Is scarcely a climate in the world that suits everyone, and while our warmesj days are perfection of climate to some, they are oppressive [ others.
 Yet there is relief for those to whom the summer heat is oppressive, in the pure atmosphere of the numerous small ranges of mountaias throughout the Territory. One has to go In no instance more than fifteen to twenty miles to reach d range of cool and inviting noun tains, full Of health for the invalid, and cool, refreshing breezes for the op- pressed. In fact, our Territory, when its great advantages become more fully known, will be considered the Mecca Of America and the glorious sanitar1um of the world.