Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-02-10
ARIZONA WEEKLY jouanN- -umH.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY. ,A -
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Written for the JoURxAL-AUu1J
 The territory of Arizona b 6eR - as large as New York and di9ss 6ea all the states and froa moa e ~ territories in many of its phyical fsa lures. climate and producteoa Idnl now endeavor to give, in Q iaeensenl manner little knowledge founded upea observation and experience teuchnG sAl climate of different localitiea Asisoaa may be classified into fow dAwsal climatic belts. zones or lecahtisS senssS ing to elevation.
 rst. There are its hot bsltA e ia tAa low lands bordering the Ce1ssa6A Soh and Gila rivers and their a16acsol mesquite lands and cacti desestI o61o1 extending for niles towards shs 0ssl elevated regions ard having as altl.1a of but few hundred feet abose sAa level of the ocean This is cane1 tAa hot belt, and is the-h home of the CiOnneie cactus whose horizontal and aag1Ana projections form a remarkable coaoo11 to the globe cactus which may keqDssay be noticed clinging to . parcAs6 en1 barren rock, exposed to the fnu GDbeol of a vertical sun, yet containing viaAia its substance 7s percent Of vaaef. TAsss and other grotesque forms that ase sely found in the confines of the desa0 ase suggestive of "Hsfed'sworA sf Chanea Along the river bottoms the land . eaa- erally fertile and by irrig,aiea pssi4e crops of grain, vegetables and hsa os grown.
 .nd. The dry belts, zones es eeoL Ities which includes the cedR Soo10 and those grazing lands having an elsss- ton of from 5000 to 1000 Sees ebese tide water. The zone of the ce6an e. ;aius no large running streams an6 bse few springs of considerable magniau6s s places where water can be ebtaioe6 - sinking to any reasonable dePtA. - where large flowing springs do aess9 as a; Cnino Valley. Such Piscs bg irnga,icn and cultivation, is eoavsseo6 into an oasis in the midst sf . lafgs e8 panse of dry land. Numerous e - places n this extensive zone VAese tAe magic touch of water has coaveste6 tAe lands into little gardens.
 ,i The temperate localities ss nA)e lands so called, as q, Prescott and viciai- ty, a, Williams and Flagsta6 alsag tAs A. x r. K. R., and the AoeonsaA though less m extent than the psevis0 zones. yet the temperate seGsnA which Is the home of the psaeA covers an area of about fifteen thss-I sand square miles of Arizooa suslace. and are elevated from five to sevsa thousand feet.
 Wherever places of fertile land is cul> i.yaled asnld the pines, faii crsps of gaia and vegetables are raised vItho0s iRi0p- .ion, as the rainfall is more hbsssl Ghas n the lower regions and surface . besas supplied with pure, cool spsiaQ aDd wells oi but few fee, in depth AhrAasAes ls gcodly supply of water. The piao ,.es of Anzona also coosais eeo1 r4zns lands and oak openingA vAirA ire being stocsed by thousands of hsAd f cattle. saeep and horses, vhscA 1a- Tibuie largely to the wealth c sAe errisory.
 4 The cool and extremely slevaasd ooaiities ranging from 1000 to sa.eee eet r. altitude and includes the nooo- ain fir where dense groves of tAese ymmeiTicaly formed trees stand sonapa | nd unbroken. as to almost ezclnde tAe un. ~
 The zones of the frs where noW ies rom SIX 10 eight months m the yos includes ihe lofty mountains aa6 her ranges. as the PInal. AeesllsA. an Francisco and the Hassayanpa lcun;ains. and though less in exs0e ,an either of the first mentsoae6 e6- laiic belts, yet the mountains e ,easured through their base ce0poee 0 inconsiderable proportion of ArisoasS irfaoe. From sandy desert to table nds and mountain top, there s = sancc work but design and adaPtshilay visible, in the cactus which hes tAe Ipaciiy of absorbing moisture through , pore. from the desert air. also b 6be sa.oai shaped fir whose form n bo1 n ,e1 so shed the snow which o(eeo .ii ,o -reas depth in the region of thsse
 Ssis. i'esisn ;s likewise visible b .c .Tsil.Rg ylne, beneath a dense feliAee .'eping towasds lighter spot as f so reh he gianmering rays of the sooa sun. 9
 '0 sgcni q few days in such neun- > Fecesscs as Is afforded by the 'ssyaugss twelve miles sousA .a
 e, Vhile the ,hern,omeaa ol &.>,ciins upwards Of ore hasdsod |. -ees n she lou lands, and to dRink E, |. sl>s. sparkling waters is coasdssa6
 ac..s. :eSlosA,ive of both bsdy cd d ;o ;hcT normal conditisa, thaa
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