Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-02-21
THE MORMONS PROMISED L.yp.
Fair and Fertile COuntry-A Soil tan, Will Produce Everything. and
 aCiimate Unsurpassed.

can, who has for a year or more baen so!ourning Tn that land which. m all probability, will become the future home of the Mormons. Mir. Lsndis brings the information that the Governor of Sonora has given the Nor mons the right to settle on the Yaoui river, m what Is known us the Ysom country. If the Mormons can make terms with the Yaqui Indians they will oe fortunate people, as all who have visited that country unite in proaounc- lnz 1t very r'ch. with plenty of water Tor lrrigatlng rhe entire country from the 1aqul rlver south for nearly 4O miles 1t was a pOrlou of this s,une country that the Mexican governneut gave poor old Sam Bfannan for tLe many tEousIuds of dollars tha. he ad Vaneed that country during the Naxi- milan war, hut the Yaqui Indians would not allow him to enter upon his alleged domain, aud We believe the D ,or old man (wLu should have race,y.d better trentment from the Mevican au- thorities) no" eke5 out a precariuus ex- lstence at Nogbles, Q Eich is on the lue between Arizona and ; nora.
 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
 The 1hqui river Is large stream a quarter of mile wide. and navigAble Tor light dTHught vessels for some dis lance up from tbe gulf of California, and could be nayIgHted for a much greater distance were II moi for iut rvrn- Ing cataract.. ii affords suific:ent water to lrrIga;e all the land in reach. while some 6O miles further sOu.h Is the Mayo, another rIver nearly as large as the laquI, and still further sou;h h the turrie, fully as large a> the former, followed by the t,inaloa river and other rlvcrs Sill further 10 the south. In other words, there are numerous rivers running down from the Sierra Madre mountalns every 4O to 6O miles from the the 1Aqui rlver south through the valley, which IS about 400 miles m length, by an average width of from % to 70 miles, comprising an area of about 20,OOO square miles of the finest sandy loam soIl to De found in the world, with an abundance of the finest mou ltSin water, sufficient to irrigaie the entire tract, besides water power to run all the machinery that may be needed for four mills, cotton mills, sugar mills and other manafactories. Everything that usually grows in a tropical country will grow here. The coffee, pine apple, orange, pomegrBnate, lime, citroE, tobacco, and on the mesa, at the base of tine Sierra Madres, wheat, corn aud barley grow to perfection, us well as the peach, apple. apricot, nectar ines and berries. There Is no country that wlll produce a greater variety of fruits and cereals, for by its varying altitude, it comprises both tropical and temperate climate. and fruits Veg etables and cereals common to both zones grow there in great abundance.
 A BIG RANCH.
 With the exception of the ranch of the OrtIZ Bros. (whose headquarters ar. Tn Alamos, which is CD the Iaqui rlver), the land Is really uDoccupied, except by Indians. This firm raises Sl0O,OO0 worth of wheat annually, be- sides a large amount of corn and sugar cane. They have large flour mills, where they grind all their wheat into flour, and d sugar mil, where the juice of the cane lS made into sugar. his single firm furnish a large proportion of the four and sugar for all that region of country. The land produces two crops year. The wheat and barley CT ?, which Is harvested early In May, Is fol- lowed by corn crop. The ranch l. irrigated with water pumped from the Yaqui river by an immense steam en- zine. Mir. Landis does not know the exact extent of the laDd irrigated by the Ortiz Bros, as they estimate land ID that country by leagues, but be thinks 1t wIll not vary much from 4',OOJ acres. The rainfall this year has SO far been suiii- cient without irrigation, and enc or tw" more showers will secure a bountlful harvest. Iris will be saving 10 t'e firm of Ortiz Bros. thIs year of not less than Sj0,O00, Bs the cost ot raisi"E water from the Yaqm river ard distrib- uting 1t over the fields Is expensive.
 THE NATIVE INDIANS.
 The Yaqui Indians, who occupy most of the country on both sides of tue 1aqu. river, number about l00Jo. They are a peaceful Indian aLd are among the best workers In Mex co, and in work they understand are superior to any class of laborers ID the southwest. They will put Tn from twelve to fourteen hours at hard labor for fifty cents a day and were 1t not for their numerous saints and fast days, would be the b. st laboring men in the world. Their industrlOus habits are known through out Mexico and aside from those who live on the reservation they are found all over Chihuahua and Sonora where ever there IS work to be done.
 The Mayo Indians are closely related to the Yaquis, and formerly, In all prob ability belong to the same tribe. They inhabIt what IS called the Mayo country. which is about 50 miles south of the Yaqui country, and on the Mayo river. Their country Is much the same as that of the Yaquis, and their habits and ln- stincts are alike Tn many respects. Both the Yaquis and the Nays are warllke people, jealous of their rights and wiling to fight for them if need be, and up to this date the Mexican authorities have never conquered the Yaquis,or make any terms with them looking toward the settlement of their country by Mexican citizens.
 A PROMISING LAND.
 This country may truthfully be said to be promising laDu, II nol d PiNAHi NN land" for the MormOns or any other class of energetic, thrifty citizens who may be fortunate enough to secure II, and gain permission from the lndian' to occupy it. It IS believed that from two to fonr million people will hnd peaceful and happy homes along the western base of the Sierra Madre noun tains and east to the Pacific ocean. There Is DO richer spot of ground on the American continent, uor IS there a more salubrious and delightful climate The western portion of Sonora and Arizona IS very warm during the summer months. Th,s is owing to the high promontory or mountain cham that ex- tends from BaiDing, California, down through the southern portion Of that state and on south through Lower Cal ifornis to Cape St. Lucas, which effect ualiy shuts off the cool breeze tha' daily waits its way eastward from the Pacific ocean. But this land which ex- tends from the Yaqm river south to Sln- aloa. mostly lies to the south of Cape St. I,ucss, and gets the benefit of the cool breezes from the Pacific. which tempers | ,ba heat of summer as well as drives