Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-28

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I. Wher Is the Salt River Val ey?
m the Genoa, ali ol Maricopa County,
III Southern Arizona, comprising the
land lying ON either side OF Salt River,
between the mouth of the Verde River
IA tributary and the confluence OF the
Salt River with the ella River.
2. How large is the Salt River VAL
leye The valley proper is some fifty
miles in length and averages fifteen
miles in width, con aiming $50 square
miles, aggrcEauug $50, 900 acres of irri-
gable land, surrounded on all sides by
the foothills of adjacent mountain
ranges.
4. How does this section complre
with other parIs of the Territory? The
Territory of Arizona is of a generally
mountainous character, very rich in
mines, timber, and live stock, while
the Salt River Valley is devoted to ag-
riculture, Horticulture and live stock
exclusively.
q. VIVA. i, he climate2 The Terri
tory beinl sone $50 miles i'll length,
forth and south, and the altitude of the
northern portion being from 5000 TO
1000 feet, while that of the Salt River
Valley is bat 1850 feet, the Territory
presents great variety of climate. The
climate of the Salt River Valley is semi
tropical, with little frost, no snow, and
moderate ram in the winter.
s. How low does the thermometer 20
n winter! Very rarely below freezing
point, 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. What is the Spmmer temperature?
In July, August and September from Is
to Io2 degrees, sometimes going to 10
degrees. The nights are always pleas
ant.
7. What is the average temperature
by season? I. 5. S,gnsi Reports, cover
ing ten years, from 1877 to 1887, show:
Average spring temperature. .. JOS
Average summer temperature. sos
AVERAGE autumn tempe nature TAI
Highest temperature &c. .....II5.5
Lowest temperature ......... 22.5
Average annual temperature 7a2
S. How does the heat affect onct A
Temperature OF % degrees in the E.ts. { II
States is far more prostrating aud dan.
gerous than the hi nest Temperature eX-
perienced i'll the Salt River Valley.
9. What is the cause of the differ
ence? The absence OF humidity i'll the
atmosphere.
10. What is the average rain tall?
Six and Thirty seven oue-huniredtn
inches, confined principally to the
winter months.
II. Does it rain continually during
the winter? Only Gay or two al
time, with intervals of weeks of cloud
less weather.
IL. Are the storms violent? Thunder
snd lightning are very rare. Cyclones
and wiud-stormS are unknown.
Is. Are earthquakes ever expert
enced2 Slight shocks have been known.
but not as frequently as in the Missls
Sppi Valley.
IA. How are lung and throat diseases
affected by the elm tie? Most favor.
sbly; this valley is natural sanitanum.
The worst cases, both from the east ana
west, come here with the most bench ial
results, many of them being permau-
emily cured The climatic desideratun
In pulmonary diseases is a mild aud dry
climate. Southern California has a
mild Cl.uGtC, bat it is not dry. Colo
RADIO has dry climate, but it is not
mild. The Salt River Valley has
climate at once mild and dry. Eminent
specialists now recommend the Salt
River Valley in pulmonary diseases.
IS. DO malarlal or epidemic diseases
prevail? Less than in any other part OF
the United states. The dryuess of the
atmosphere is uufavorable to The trans
mission of disease germs.
IS. Are there any poisonous reptiIcs2
Yes, in the adjacent mountains, bat IT.
ugatiou drives them away from the
cultivated lands
II. To what productions is the valley
adapted? To all those of all the East
ern and Northern States, besides many
! Of those of tropical countries.
>,Orange Judd, editor of the Prairie
Fslner after a visit to the Salt River
VALLEY, says Of its soil, editorially 4
"Most Of these valley soils are the &C
ing hills, made up of the fine particles
that have been, during countless cen
turtles, dIsintegrated by frost, or the
chemical action of the atmosphere.
The water he (the farmer) uses is also
charged with new fertility, thus pro-
duced annually and gathered from the
3des Of the mountains scores and hrl-
dr-ds Of miles way, so that every flow
ing Of the land benefits it. This
Is no theoretic idea. We have seen
thousands Of acres here growing crops
that rival in Insurance those found in
the famed valley of the Nile, which de-
rives It's viviying liquid, bearing fertil-
i2ing elements, from the far off lands in
Upper Egypt and beyond. This
valley of the Salt derives its luxurious
sess from the mountain regions of in
terror Grid Arizona"
The special committee of the United
States Senate, Report 92S, part 1, May
S. 1890, page 90, says: within our
Border there cannot be found a soil so
uniformly fertile and so capable of
varied production, under irrigation, as
Nhot Of tho (N11a Calf al