Mohave County miner., 1894-12-01

number OF valleys and acres that await
their industries, and to become sell
sustaining community, to retain in our
midst the great ontpouring OF the wealth
OF our mines, our lands must become the
homes Of many thousands Of people and
the fsld OF profitable industry.
The great Wsllspsi valley is one oi
the greatest public domains of Arizona.
Its beauties are 90 varied, 80 grand. that
Q description should be- left to = poet
A large rolling plain encIrcIed by lofty
mountains containing valuable minerals
and covered with foe old pine trees,
only awaiting the mills to turn them
INTO cosy cottages. y valley averaging
6fteen miles in width and about eighty
miles long destined for orchards and
meadows. Many Of our readers know
what bright prospects are In store for
the people having the push and enter.
prise to settle In this valley. But few
have conception OF the metamorphosIs
that will be brought sbout in this valley
when the life giving water v u be con.
Quoted there to make the trees and a)w.
era grow.
Southern California hiss demonstrated
what climate, water and thrift can &C.
complish. and such colonies az Riverside.
Redlsnds, Pomona and Pasadena, are
shining examples Of the scientific and
proper use Of irrisating waters.
Riverside was q barren, desolate plain
In 1870. Mexican cattle. scrub horses
and few sheep eked out a miser able
existence The old Californians lived a
primitive pastoral life. When they needed
few dollars to buy q mr and provisions
they sold few head Of cattle. The In.
dians of that country we're In An even
worse sts.e, for labor was scarce and
money scarcer. What is 1t to-day?
Hardly quarter VI century has passed
and It is orc OF the best known ones OF
the most beautiful places Of America.
Il is the home OF thousands Of cultured
people. Grand mansions abound, fine
expensive schoolhonses and costly
churches denote the tendency OF the
people Of that place. Beautiful orchards
food the whole country with luscious
oranges and superb lemons, and sil this
change Was brought abont by few men
in 1870, who came from Iowa, Minnesota
and New York and bonght the site where
the town cf Riverside now stands for
about % cents an acre from an old
French Canadian. And what are these
lands worth to-day? Ten acre orange
groves have sold tor 5000 an acre and
the purchasers derive = handsome re-
turn from such inves, msnis. Water and
enterprise have occasioned such mag.
ni6cent re.ults. The Santa Ana river
flows by Riverside and has furnished the
necessary water for the frat canal Of that
settlement. When more lands were
scqn,red by the Land company Of that
town, srtesisn wells were snnk at place
about 10 miles northeas: of Riverside.
and these wells and the river furnish
about 5000 inches OF water sufficient for
an area OF 1000 acres. And the came
results can be achieved by parties set.
thing in the Wallspsi Valley with the
advantageous difference that We have
thousands OF acres where Riverside has
one. That We have the large Colorado
river where the California colony only
had the small Santa Ana, and we believe
We are correct when stating that artesisn
water exists in much larger quantities a,
the foot II our Wsilapsi and Peacock
mountains and in the region of the Grand
Wash and Cottonwood Cliffs, than in all
Of Southern California. II 10 true we can.
not raise oranges or lemons, but We can
raise fruit much easier to market and
mncn pore profitable. This county
should become the home of the apple,
the pear. French prune and other de.
ciduons fruits. Oar climate mild all the
year around, with the exception OF few
frosty nights in December and JANUARY,
10 practically we'll adapted to this fruit
culture, and the market can never he
glutted, for We can cell our fresh fruits
to our neighboring states and territories
in advance of California fruits. The
nearness to markets and cheaper freight
gives us good competitive power over
California. And our climate is so dry.
and the absence Of rains IN summer 30
advantageous that We can dry our fruits
quickly II We can not dispose Of them
when fresh. Dried fruits are household