The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-08
M 0HAWi< VALLEY.
Past, Present wutur.

the Mohawk Valley Canal Company last
 Monday night the following gentlemen were
 elected officers for the ensuing year. Presi
 dent, J. w. DoTington; Vice President
 F. L. Ewing; Treasurer, A. Frank; Secre
 tary, H. Goldwater The Board of Direct ors which were elected st meeting of the stockholders last month is constituted as
 follows: Hon. A G. Hubbard, F. L. Ew-
 ing, A. BlaiSdal, NJ. C. Nugent, J w.
 DorringtoL Dr. Taggart and A. Frank, As this is the opening of the second year oi the existence of this Company, it behooves us to review the work they have accom- plished, the resources and extent of the Valley; and also short note of the future work.
 THE MOHAWK VALLEY
 stretches along the north side of the Gila River and is formed by deposits of alluvial soil placed there by old water flows. The valley is as level as it is possible for so large body of land to be. It comprises a portion of the Gila Valley and contains an area of about seventy square miles. The head of the valley rests against Texas Hill, which hill lies about sixty miles east of the town of Yuma, and extends westerly along the course of the Gila River a distance of about twenty miles. At its narrowest point the valley is some swo miles wide, and varies to five miles in width. The Gila River forms its southern boundary. and its northern boundary is composed of high mesa lands which offer protection from north winds. 4 narrow strip of land of variable width, lying next to the river and ranning tle entire length of the valley, is sometimes overflow ed for about two months during the winter season by the high waters of the river. The lands subject to overflow are available for the raising of corn, beans and other products of the same nature, and for rasturage.
 h estimating the width of the valley, as mentioned above, this strip of overhowed lald is Il, taken into consideration. There are sixty five sections or about 40, 900 Acres of Land not subject to overflow, which are available for agricultural purposes and easy O; irrigation The soil varies from l2 to 20 in depth, and both soll and climate are veil adapted and cannot be for the raising of almost all agri- cultural products such as cereals, corn, peaches, apricots, cherries, grapes, oranges, lemons, olives, dates, figs bananas, citron and walnuts; and the trees, Alfalfa, Arabian millet and all species of grasses suitable for grazing and stabling purposes, thrive and grow iuxuriantly. The adaptability of the soil and climate for the growth of all these products has been proven and is being proved by actual ex pertinent.
 The valley of the Gila produces finer
 WHEAT AND BARLEY
 than can be grown in any portion of the for the exceptional quality of its wheat.
 In addition to these enumerated products, cotton, tobacco and sugar cane thrive as well, especially cotton and sugar cane, as in any known country. Also the Bayo bean grows politically. and can be raised at a large profit per acre.
 Owing to the nature of the climate, farm CTS plant wheat and barley in the month of January and harvest the same in May, and on the same land. after harvest, they plant corn and beans and gather a good crop of both,
 ORANGES. LEMONS, FIGS. dates, olives, bananas and other semi tropi- cal fruits are now being raised in the town of Yuma, and can be gathered throughout the year, in a number Of gardens. Soil and climate are particularly we'll adapted for the raising of grapes, and there can be no climate equal to that of Southern Arizona for the proper curing of wines, owing to its even tenn mperature and the extreme dryness of the atmosphere. Grapes, as well as other fruits and berries, ripen two months earlier than in California and still earlier than in the Eastern States, which facts create markets both east and west, for these pro- lucts, during large portion of the fruit season.
 Wood for domestic purposes, such as mesquite, cotton wood, willow, ect., grows lbundantly throughout the Mohawk Valley, md the screw-bean tree also exists, the wood of which cannot be surpassed as fence posts, owing to the fact that it never decays n the soil nor is troubled by worms. Wells can be dug anywhere upon the land f desired for domestic or other purposes.
 THE MOHAWK VALLEY CANAL COMPANY 8 company in3orp orated under the Ia es # Arizona. and own the water right for the Valley, which has been properly located. The head of the Canal will be at Texas Hill where a natural head gate has been ecured. The width of the Canal will be ! 70 feet and its length 20 miles. The water n the Canal will come to the surface | bout three miles from the head-g gate the 1 .reater part of which works has been com ''eted, under the management of Mir. G. Y. Norton, the contractor, and by the | rst of Augnst the water will be at the sur ace in the Canal. The company has made to complete the work as fast 5 money and men can do it, and this fall, can safely be expected that the water riil be ready for use.