Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-24

Der W'-Bp tins maH I send Y0H some
tyirt.d matter, cOHtIiKins authentic mjoyma-
foa abom this SeeiiOa Of country. Belo0o y0D
uW fad list Of questions that haze been
aikfd ne during ne past Myec months, together
wiH The replies, TIE list mei.ass yony en-.
GSiyIcs:
1. Where is the Salt River Valley?
In the central rart of Maricopa County,
m 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
Iey2 The valley proper is some fifty
miles in length and averages fifteen
miles in width, containing $50 square
Eiles, aSSreSG.llg $50, ooo acres of irri-
gable land, surrounded on all sides by
he foothills Of adjacent mountain
ranges.
4. How does this section comp are
with other parts of the Territory The
Territory of Arizona is of 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. What is the climate2 The Terri
tory being soue $50 miles in length,
aorth and south, and the altitude of the
sorthern portion being from 5000 TO
1000 feet, while that of the Salt River
Valley Is but 1880 feet, the Territory
presents a great variety of climate. The
climate Of the Salt River Valley is semi
tropical, with little frost, no snow, and
moderate rain i'll the winter.
S. How low does the thermometer 90
III winter? Very rarely below freezing
point, 80 degrees Fahrenheit
8. What is the summer temperature?
In July, August and September from IS
to Io2 degrees, sometimes going to no
degrees. The nights are always pleas
ant.
7. What is the average temperature
by season? U. 5. Signal Reports, cover
ing ten years, from 1877 to 1887, show:
Average spring temperature . 7o5
Average summer temperature. So3
Average autumn temperature. 1871
Highest temperature .........II5.5
Lowest temperature ...... 225
Average annual temperature . 72.2
s. How does the heat affect one? A
Temperature CT 90 degrees in the Eastern
States is far more prostrating and dan
gerous than the hi,hest temperature ex-
perienced in the Salt River Valley.
9. What is the cause of the differ
enCe? The absence of humidity in the
atmosphere.
10. What is the average rain fall?
Six and thirty.seven one-hundredth
inches, confined principally to the
winter months.
IL. Does it rain continually during
the winter? Only a day or two at
time, with intervals of weeks Of cloud
less weather.
IL. Are the storms violent? Thunder
md lightning are very rare. Cyclones
and wind-stoTmS are unknown.
10. Are earthquakes ever expert
enced? Slight shocks have been known,
but not as frequently as in the Misei,
&ppi Valley.
II. How are lung and throat diseases
affected b. --s elm nc? Most .4,o.-
ably; this valley is a natural sanitarium.
The worst cases, both from the east and
west, COME here with the most beneficial
results, many of thew being pcrman-
entity cured. The climatic deSideratum
Ill pulmonary diseases is a mild and dry
climate. SOuthern California has a
A.. S..::..ss, bat it is not dry. Colo
rado has dry climate, but it is not
uuu. Inc SaiL River Valley mas
climate at once mild and dry. Eminent
specialists now recommend the Salt
River Valley in pulmonary diseases.
Is. Do lnaiarial or epidemic diseases
prevail? Less than in any other part OF
the United States. The dryness of the
atmosphere is unfavorable to the trans
mission of disease germs.
10. Are there any poisonous reptiles?
fcs, IL 80 .tjacent mountains, bat II
rigation 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 Jddd, editor of the Prairie
To..4~., as.~. a visit to the Sal. RIVER
Valley, says of its soil, editorially:
'Most Of these valley soils are the ac-
Cumulated washings from the surround
Of the m. , .'.,
that have been, during countless CEN
tnries, disintegrated by frost, or the
cilla.,Ca. action of the atmosphere.
The water he (the farmer uses is also
C.ars~G ".,- new fertility, thus pro
duced annually and gathered from the
S1es e ne mountains scores and hun
L. SIS " miss away, so that every now
tlg cs the Land benefits it. This
Is uo tnev.,t,c idea. We have seen
thousands of acres here growing crops
Shat rival i'll luxuriance those found III
The famed valley of the Nile, which de-
rives its viyitying liquid, bearing fertil-
izing elements, from the far off lands in
Upper Egypt and beyond. This
valley OF the SAT- derives it's luxurious
ness from the mountain regions of in
t.4ior aid arizona"
The special committee of the United
States Senate, Report gas, part 1, May
s, 1890, page 90, says: Within our
border there cannot be found soil so
uniformly fertile and so capable Of
varied production, under irrigation, as
IT,: C .Gc ella, Salt and Santa Cruz
Rivers, Z: Southern and Central Ari-
roma Analysis of this soil shows its
fertile qualities TO be superior to that of
the Nile earth"