The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

WluGu, lyluS uoAO IO GuO I1FOI, anu running the entire length of the valley, Is sometimes overfowed for about two months during the win ter season by the high waters of the river. The lands subject to overflow are available for the rais- ing of corn, beans and other prod ucts of the same nature, and for pasturage.
 In estimating the width of the valley, as mentioned above, this l strip of overfowed land Is not taken into consideration. There are sixty five sections, or about 10000 acres of land not subject to overflow, which are available for agricultural purposes and easy of irrigation. The soil varies from twelve to twen- ty feet in depth, and both soil and climate are remarkably well adapted and cannot be surpassed for the raising of almost all agricultural products, such as cereals, corn, vegetables, peaches, apricots, cher ries, grapes, oranges, lemons, olives, dates, figs, bananas, citron and wal nuts and the various kinds of shade and ornamental trees; alfalfa, Arabian millet and all species of grasses suitable for grazing and stabling purposes, thrive and grow luxuriantly. The adaptability of the soil and climate for the growth of all these products has been proven, and is being proved by &C., tual experiment.
 The valley of the Gila produces finer wheat and barley than can be grown in any portion of the State of California, and that State is noted 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 large profit per acre.
 Owing to the nature of the climate, farmers 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 each.
 Oranges, lemons, figs, pine-ap- ples, dates, olives, bananas and other semi-tropical 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 is no climate equal to that of Southern Arizona for the proper curing of wines, owing to its even temperature and the extreme dryness of the atmos- phere. 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 products during large portion of the fruit season.
 Arizona cotton, sugar cane and tobacco, and other products were on exhibition at the Worlds Fair , in New Orleans.
 Wood for domestic purposes, such as mesquite, cottonwood, willow l etc., grows abundantly through the Mohawk Valley, and the screw bean tree also exists, the wood of which
 cannot be surpassed as fence posts,
 owing to the fact that it never
 decays in the soil nor is troubled
 by worms. Wells can be dug
 anywhere upon the land, if desired
 for domestic and other purposes.
 The head of the Mohawk Canal is
 at Texas Hill, on the north bank
 of the Gila river, and the surface
 at the head-gate lies between two
 hills of solid porphyry rock about
 two hundred and fifty feet apart
 which ensures against any injury
 to the head of the canal by thu
 action of the rivers current. Tn, . depth of the water of the Gila rivel
 at Texas Hill, at its lowest stage, Ii
 four feet, and the river, at this
 point at such time, one hundred
 feet in width. At the highest stages
 the river, at the same place, i
 about fourteen feet in depth, and il
 is here confined between the two
 hills above mentioned on the nOrtl
 and high table-lands on the sOutl
 side.
 The water in the canal comes t(
 the surface of the land, and is ther
 used for irrigation, three miles from the head gate. The average dirt cutting for the first two miles is about twelve feet and for the third mile, until it reaches surface , about six feet. From this point | | for distance of twenty-one miles . the canal can supply all the lands of the valley with an abundance o1 water. The canal is twenty feet g on the bottom, with two to one slope on the sides, and has fall ot two feet to the mile. The fall Oi 2 the Gila river at the head-gate is six feet to the mile.
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