The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-31
A GLORIOUS COUNTRY.
California Climate Discounted in the ella
Valley, Arizona.

california Climate Discounted In the lila
Valley, Arizona
MIsA CRY, Ariz, July "a. 1892 Cor
respondence of The HERALD. This is a
grand cid country say old because its
many buried cities, its colossal mounds and
stupendous ancient water ways all go to
prove that it may be the oldest country this
side of the pyramids of Egypt, and the
great open questions of "Where from''
when they came, and "Where goneF'-
the people of that Civilization that covered
this land with cities, made the whole do
main as a garden, filing it with men until
men were as grssshoppers upon its land, is
problem that the thoughtful student OF
archology is now bordering on. Their
system of engineering appears as perfect
as our own, and without metallic imple-
ments these great water systems could not
have been constructed, and that no flint,
arrow or spear heads are found in the
excavations of these cities is conclusive
that there implements of husbandary and
OF war, both offensive and defensive, must
have been metallic Flint arrows, stone
axes, ETC., found on or near the surface
were used by subsequent and more bar
I berous people, and so level and smooth was
made the country by ancient agriculture
that for miles water will follow in the fur
row at the heel of the plough.
This grand valley of the ella and Salt
rivers, with its fertility, its water supply,
its easy possibilities for immense storage
has no equal in this great southwest, while
both climate and soil, like Syria, of old, are
adapted to every, variety of grain and semi
tropical fruits. In latitude, physical geo.
graphy and botany 1t almost strictly COM
I ~x-,4 81 s,,ko
mountainous desert and arid country, wait
ing only the application of water TO ill
graineries, oil tanks and wine watts, to bur
den the land with luscious fruits and tC
wreathe its face in ever blooming flowers,
This indeed is a country waiting only the
magic Of mans industry "to flow with milk
and honey, oil and wine.'
Farmers are just through q heavy har-
vest, while orchards and Vineyards, great
in number and extent, are borne to the
ground by the ripening fruits Apricots
and early peaches went greatly to waste,
and many tons Of the fig are now falling TO
rot upon the ground to be followed by the
grape and later ripening peach, of which
there will be surplus that cannot be used
by the people. OF what benefit is surplus
without transportation And in this day
of greed what, to poor man, is transpor-
tstion without competition! We now pay
the Southern Pacific equal freight to Dem
ing ss paid at San Francisco to cross the
continent. So as yet we have no market
although we are one month ahead Of Cali
fornis in the ripening of our fruit.
What this country now most needs is
more railroads, and we want one to the
north through Salt Lake away into Alaska
through which to ship fruit in unlimited
quantities from May until December, to-
gether with many other products; to gel
coal, lumber, Irish potatoes and other com
modities in return.
This climate and country is natural
winter sanitarium for the sick, the feeble
and the aged. The whole winter here il
like cloudless spring time, and the only
IAN without business or hope is our physi
clan. For health, this. great valley with
its climate is second to none.
Lands are still cheap, as are also all the
staple comforts of life. One great draw
back is the too large holdings in land, az
twenty acres with from two to six crop!
yearly is a large farm for one pair o.
hands.
The people here are not asleep
but are getting ready while they
wait for the natural boom of pros
own due time in the not distan
future. Now what we want of you anC
our friends north is to whoop up for
railroad direct from Salt Lake TO Phoenix
the capital Of great future state and tht
principal city of the great southwest,
mineral burdened region. There is mil.
lions in IL both for the poor and rich. TIL,
North & South railroad from Phoenix t.
connect with the Arizona Pacific is beint
constructed, and other roads are loudly
talked of, but its not the talk, but thu
Yankee doodle dollar that does It.
Let US have a railroad connection will
Salt Lake. and you will have thousand
from these ''sun kissed lands" to visit vol
in the summer season. UNcLR Ben.