Arizona republican., 1893-03-30

furnished by addressing, Bruce Perley, secretary of the chamber of commerce, Phoenix, Ariz.
 1. Where is the Salt River valley? Tn the central part of Ma'ieopa county, in southern Arizona, comprising the land lying on either side of Salt river, between the mouth of the Verde river Ca tributary and the confluence of the Salt river with the Gils river.
 2. How large is the Salt River val ky? The valley proper is some fifty miles in length aud averages fifteen miles in width, containing 760 square miles, aggTegating 480, ,000 acres of irri- gable land, surrounded on all sides by the foothills of adjacent mountain ranges.
 8. How does this section compare with other parts 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 agricul- tnre, horticulture and live stock ex- elusively.
 4. What is the climate? The terri tsry being some SS0 miles in length, north and south, and the altitude of the northern portion being from 5000 to 7,OOO feet, while that of the Salt River valley is but l l,050 feet the ter ritory presents a great variety of eli mate. The climate of the Salt River valley is semi tropical, with little frost, no snow, and moderate rain Tn the winter.
 6. How low does the thermometer go in winter? Very rarely below freezing point, 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
 6. What IS the summer temperatureP In July, August and September from 70 to 1O2 degrees, sometimes going to no degrees. The nights are always pleas ant.
 2. What is the average temperature by season2 U. $. signal reports, cover ing ten years, from 1877 to 1887, show: {:
 Average spring temperature. 7O.5
 Average summer temperature. S9.3
 Average autumn temperature. 73.l
 Highest temperature. e.....ll5.5
 Lowest temperature. .......... Z2.6
 Average annual temperature. 72
 6. How does the heat affect one? A temperature of 90 degrees in the east crn states is far more prostrating and dangerous than the highest tempera- ture experienced in the Salt River val Ny.
 9. What is the carse of the differ epce? The absence of humidity in the atmosphere.
 10. What is the average rain fall? Six and thirty-seven one-hundredth ..nehes, confined principally to the win ter months,
 II. Does it rain continually during the winter2 Only day or two at q tine, with intervals of weeks of cloud Lsss weather.
 I2. Are the storms violent? Thun- der and lightning are very rare. Cy- clones and wind-storms are unknown.
 lS. Are earthquakes ever experi- eneed? Slight shocks have been known, bat not as frequently as in the Missis- sippi valley.
 IA. How are lung and throat diseases effected by the climate? Most favor ably; this valley IS q natural sanitarium. The worst cases, both from the east and west, come here with the most beneficial Yesults, many of them being psrman- ently cured. The climatic desideratum in pulmonary d seases is mild and dry climate. Southern California has q
  rado has dry climate, but it is not mild. The Salt River valley has a eli mate at once mild and dry Eminent specialists now recommend the Salt River valley in pulmonary diseases.
 l5. Do malarial or epidemic diseases pgevailY Less than in any other part of the United States. The dryness of the atmosphere is uniavorable to the trans mission of disease germs.
 l6. Are there any poisonous reptiles Yes, in the adjacent mountains, but ir- rigsiion drives them away from the cultivated lands.
 IT. Towhst productions is the val ley adapted? To all those of all the eastern and northern states, besides many of those of tropical countries.
 Orange Judd, editor of the Prairie Farmer, after visit to the Salt River valley, says of its soil, editorially:
 Most of these valley soils are the ac- eumulated wasbings from the surround ing hills, made up of the fine particles that have been, during countless cen- furies, disintegrated by frost, or the chemical action of the atmosphere. The water he (the farmer) uees is also charged with new fertility, thus pro- duced annually and gathered from the sldes of the mountains scores and hun dreds of miles away, 20 that every flow ing of the land benefits it This k no theoric idea. We have seen thou sands of acres here growing crops that rival in luxriance those found in the fsmed valley of the Nile, which derives its vivifying liquid, bearing fertlizing elements, from the far off lands in upper Egypt and beyond. This valley oi the Salt derives its luxuriousness from the mountain regions of interior arid Arizona"
 The special committee of the United States senate. report BPS, part 1, May 5, 1890, page SO, says: "Within our border there cannot be found soil so uniformly fertile and 80 capable of varied produr tion, under irrigation, as that of the Gils, Salt and Santa Cruz rivers, in southern and central Arizona. Anslysis of this soil shows it's fertile qualities to be superior to that of the Nile eartbv v