The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-04-06
Arizona.


markable opportunities offered there
70 men of push and energy; but it
has only been quite recently, in fact
during the last two years, that it has
dawned upon this class of people,
that in order to reach California,
they have been passing over terri
tory where the opportunities are
greater, and where the returns would
be larger.
The warm sun, the clear, dry CHI
mate and the even temperature OF
Arizona have not only made 1t a
healthier home, so far as sanitary
conditions are concerned, but have
gwen it { SS r and longer season,
60 as to enae it to outyield even
the remarkable production of Cali
fornia. The immense tide of emf
grafton that was turned to Califor-
MIA. led to such an artificial increase
in values there that men of mode
rate means are scarcely able to get
a foothold; while Arizona has not
been affected this way, and offers
opportunities to men of limited
means to secure homes and provide
a comfortable living for themselves
and families.
Where the country has been set
tied, and the water has been secured
for irrigating purposes, land can be
purchased at from $50 to 500 per
acre, that will yield as large returns
as the highest priced land in Cali
fornia.
There are some parts of the terri
tory where irrigating canals have
been projected, and are now in
course of construction, that will fur
aish water for thousands of acres of
land that belong to the government,
and that can be secured a govern
nent prices, by being preempted or
taken up a homesteads, or by being
reclaimed under the desert Land
Act" This would enable actual
settlers to seuere land at $3.50 per
acre, and the additional cost of $l5
or 800 per acre for water, which is
placed by this irrigating canals in
payments coming due five or ten
years hence.
Instead Of yielding one crop per
wear, as the lands in Missouri,
these lands yield from two to six
crops per annum; and as the crops
neither suffer from drouth or what
we term "wet seasons" the yield is
much more uniform than where
the clouds are depended on for rain.
The South ella canal, in the
southwestern part of the Territory,
vas projected about a year ago,
and will reclaim a tract of the fin
est farming and fruit land to be
found in the country. Part of this
land has been settled on by colony
composed largely of Missourians.
We went there with our family in
November, in company with three
carloads of prospective settlers. We
have spent the winter on the banks
of the ella, and our family is still
there. A letter received yesterday
that "the weather is delightful, the
birds are singing and spring has
evidently come"
Our people have been wonderfully
pleased with their experience thus
for in this land of sunshine.
Barley is used for feed instead of
corn or oats. 1t is also extensively
need for hay. Two crops per annum
can be raised, and the yield will be
about IS or 40 bushels per acre of
srain. or about ton Of hay per acre
each crop. Sorghum is largely
used for feeding purposes instead Of
fodder; and yields about 10 to 20
tons to the acre, and is worth about
$40 per ton. Alfalfa, which is the
staple hay crop, yields about one
and oHe-haif tons per acre, for each
crop, and yields about 6 crops each
year, is worth about $40 per ton.
There is considerable good land
in the neighborhood of this colony
Of settlers, that can be taken at
government prices. Any inquiries
from our readers in regard to this
country, will be cheerfully answer
ed; and any information willingly
furnished by this paper or during
the next sixty days by.