Arizona republican., 1893-02-25

u1H tiHd Ha 81 questions that hare beei
GsEed me during tie past Myas months, tqgrtEt,
nth the yttlies. The list meiHa,s yOay en-
@irfsS;
I. Where is the Salt River Valley?
HI the central Part of Maricopa County,
IL Southern Arizona, comprising the
Sand lying on either side Of Salt River,
Between the mouth of the Verde River
"a trihutarvl and the confluence of the
Salt River with the ella River.
q. How large is the Salt River Val
hey? The valley proper is some fifty
miles in length and averages fifteen
giles in width, containing $50 square
mixes, SssTsr.,4Ig 4oU, ooU acres of irri-
gable land, surrounded on all sides by
Tie foothills Of adjacent mountain
Eanges.
4. How does this section compare
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-
iculture, horticulture and live stock
exclusively.
d. What is the climate2 The Terri
hAN BNlllS SO''lS sou III lSnSNAi,
north and south, and the altitude of the
northern portion being from 5000 TO
1000 feet, while that of the Salt River
Valley is BIT 1880 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 rain in the winter.
s. How low does the thermometer 60
III winter? Very rarely below freezing
point, 80 degrees Fahrenheit
6. What is the summer temperature?
In July, August and September from Is
to Io2 degrees, sometimes going to ITO
degrees. The nights are always pleas
act.
7. What is the average temperature
by season? U. S. Signal Reports, cover
ing ten years, from 1877 to 1887, show;
Average eTr!aS temperature. 7o.5
Average summer temperature. 1913
kT2r7r0 7"'"~ln temperature. 73.I
Highest temperature. ......II5.5
Lowest temnerature ... 22S
Average auAuei temperature . 7l.2
s. How does the heat affect one? A
Temperature oS 80 degrees in the Eastern
States is far more prostrating and dan
gerous than the highest temperature ex-
Eerisuccd 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.
II. Does it rain continually during
the winter? Only a day or two at a
time, with intervals of weeks of cloud
less weather.
IL. Axe he terms Violent Thunder
snd lightning are very rare. Cyclones
and wind-stOrms are unknown.
I5, Are earthquakes ever expert
enCed? Slight shocks have been known,
but not as frequently as in the Missis
SPPi Valley.
-. How are lung and throat diseases
sk,,.ea ~ ,..e climate? Most favor
sblyi this valley Is a natural sanitarlum.
fhe worst cases, both from the east and
vest, come here with the most beneii, ial
results, many Of them being perman-
entity cured. The climatic desideratum
N pulmonary diseases is a mild and dry
,iiu.uts. SOuthcrn California has a
LII >...,...;,, -, it is not dry. Colo
ado has div Climate, but it is not
ma. me salt River Valley nas
innate at once mild and dry. Eminent
SPECIALISTS now recommend the Salt
Gvei Valley III pulmonary diseases.
Is. DO maia.idl or epidemic diseases
Prevail? Less than in any other part OF
he United States. The dryness of the
atmosphere is uufavorable to the trans
mission of disease germs.
10. Are there any poisonous reptiles?
&c, Ia ... &C., .-sut mountains, b.. *
igation drives them away from the
ultivated lands.
II. To what productions is the valley
dapted? To all those of all the East
m and Northern States, besides many
d those Of tropical countries.
Orange Judd, eGitor Of the Prairie
,a,n4>l, a..~4 a ,4slt TO the S2ll Kly,.
ralley says of It's soil, editorially:
Most of these valley soils are the &C
umulaLed washings from the surround
f. - .ce.
hat have been, during countless cen
urics, disintcgrated by frost, or the
a~l,,., ,.y,iJd Of the atmosphere.
he water he lthe farmer) uses is also
ao.s, 81. .,.,,. m~N fertility, thus p.O-
uced annually and gathered from the
,!-- e. .E- &c "I.lins scores and hun
I~Us " u,a,s auay, SO that every Tow
80 e - 49, aGncfts it. This
b nO ,uvvloul idea. We have seen
thousands of acres here growing crops
nat rival in luxuriauce those found in
he famed vallcy of the Nile, which de-
ives lis viviy ing liquid, bearing fertil-
ling elements, rom the far off lands in
PIPER Egypt and beyond. This
alley OF the SAT- derives its luxurious
ess from the mountain regions of in
.iiol s,.i& h,i4.ua."
The special committee of the United
tstes Senate, Report gas, part I, May
1890, page 90, says; within our
order there cannot be found a soil so
niformly fertile and so capable of
aried production, under irrigation, as
go e .h- CT, Salt and Santa Cr.z
.T-gs, q Sc@.heru and Central Ari-
)na. Analysis of Ibis soil shows its
rule qualities TO be superior to that of
lie Me earth"
- =, o. ii durablep AS nearly
yXhaustablc rs any known soil. The
ariCopa Indians, remnant of a semi
yiiiI,I fTibp have raised wheat unnu