Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-14
To PEOPLE living in the Gila valley aG-

To PEOPLE living in the Gila valley a0- iacent to Florence, who daily experience | the abundant blessings of our superb | climate and incompatible soil, the relter- ation may become tiresome, but for the benefit of the whole community and the restless sufferers of the east, the advant- | ages of this valley cannot be too often nor too strongly set forth within the bounds of the truth. Exaggeration has drawn many unfortunate people into the exciting whirlpool of wild speculation In California and the day of their repentance will bring bitter reproach upon that really marvellous, but over-rated com monweath We do not mean to infer that III of the hundreds of thousands of investors in that state are victims of base deception, but there are many among them who are even now in sackcloth and ashes over their nasty investments and they would gladly convert their land Ieto money could it be done without loss. We sincerely hope that no such exaggerated inducements to settlers will ever go forth from Arizona, for conservative statement of the truth IS certainly good enough. Surrounding Florence we can boast of many advantages over the best portions of California, and they need only to better known and understood to fill our valley with people and homes. Our climate is a most remarkable approach to absolute perfection, combining an agree able tenn perature with a pure, dry and healthful atmosphere that is joy to the healthful and sweet boon to the afflicted. The alleged unend urable heat of our summers is a bugbear and the burning sands of our deserts are a myth, for the first is far less trying and oppressive than the same months are in Chicago, St. Louis, or New York; while the latter are turned into the most charming gardens and productive orchards so soon as water is supplied It rarely happens that a summers night IS too warm or sultry for covering of some kind while sleeping, and refreshing rest is always to be obtained. From September to May there is scarcely day upon which an invalid cannot take his daily stroll without danger to his health or any personal discomfort. There are no raw, damp winds to chil. him and no fogs to keep him within doors. The windows are thrown open to admit the fresh breeze and overcoats are seldom re- quired. Such an equable and healthful climate is practically unknown in any other portion of the world and Arizona is the proud possessor of this rare dis tinction that will eventually bo recognized as priceless treasure. The soil, too, is posits of ages form the vast mesa land: where water for irrigation is now being conducted, and all the products of field and orchard of the temperate zone and the semi-tropics will flourish here with half the care required elsewhere. The seasons are from three weeks to six week: ahead of those of California, and this ad vantage gives an early market when hlgf prices are easily realized. Many varie ties of fruit yield from two to four sue cessive crops each year, and with sucl prolific results what more can any reason able man ask2 The most ordinary crop will return net revenue of from fit, dollars upwards, per acre, each year while cultivated and intelligently con ducted orchards or vineyards often yielc a revenue of five or six hundred dollar per acre per year. Land can now b purchased at a very reasonable price owing to the fact that large tracts 0 government land are still open for settle ment. Fifty dollars per acre will bu improved land with water right, and fror this price down occasional tracts can b purchased, although but few farmers car to sell at all unless they own too muc land. These are few of the many ad vantages we enjoy in this land of ut mate bliss, and surely they present stat of facts that merit the attention of thos who seek homes for health and wealt | When the current of immigration is ono turned this way with full force magic; change will be speedily wrought and tn many who will arrive too late to secur most desirable locations will always rt gret their procrastination.
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