The Arizona sentinel., 1894-06-09

! beverage Experiments with the raisin-grap have shown that this climate and soil posses every advantage for the production and curing c this staple article of commerce.
 Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig. pomegranate, an others of the citrus family, can be grown success fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona Orang trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valle, and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange il quality and flavor will compare favorably with tn best California.
 ''In the valleys of the Colorado the Salt and th Gila rivers, there is room for thousands It is no too much to say that nowhere within the liElits o this broad Union can be found a desirable region for the making of home. No laboriou clearing of the land is required; it lies almos ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have SC rapid growth that within eighteen months tht
 immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month fore the California product. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as we have made of Southern California a garden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands oi acres, now proitless, can be made productive by the construction of rrgating ditches and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
 The foregoing statements are not exaggerated in fact they fall short of doing justice to this derful land. PineappleS, dates, almonds and wal n11tS will do raSnharrieS hlaoly- berries entrants, gooseberries and all varieties of small fruits be successfully cultivated Indeed Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi-tropica fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass vegetable which eau be produced in either tropc or temperate zone will thrive in its rich and fertile soils.
 THE MOHAWK VALLEY
 stretches along the north side of the Gila River and is formed by deposits of alluvial soil placed there by old overfows. The valleys is as level as it is possible for so large body of land to be. It comprises portion of the Gila Valley and con- tains an area of about seventy square miles. The head of the valley rests against Texas Hill which hill lies about sixty miles east of the town of Yuma, and extends westerly along the course of the Gila river distance of about twenty miles At it's narrowest point the valley is some two miles wide, and varies to five miles in width. The Gila river forms it's southern boundary, and it's northern boundary is composed of high mesa lands which offer protection from north winds. narrow strip of land of variable width, lying next to the river and running the entire length of the valley, is sometimes overhowed for about two moI ths dur ing the winter season by the high waters of the river. The lands subject to overflow available for the raising of corn, beans and other product of the same nature, and for pasturage.
 In estimating the width of the valley, as men, tioned above, this strip of overflow land is not taken into consideration. There are sixty five sections or about
 10000 ACRES OF LAND
 not subject to overflow, which are available for agricultural purposes and easy of irrigation. The soil varies from 12 to 20 feet in depth, and both soil and climate are remarkably we'll adapted and cannot be surpassed for the raising of almost all agricultural products such cereals, corn, vege tabes peaches, apricots cherries, grapes, oranges lemons, olives dates, figs, bananas, citron and wanuts; and the various kinds of shade and orna mental trees, alfalfa, Arabian millet and all species of grasses suitable for grazing and stablng purposes, thrive and grow luxuriantly. The adapt ability of the soil and climate for the growth of all these products has been proven and is beh proved by actual experiment.
 The valley of the Gila produces finer
 WHEAT AND BARLEY
 than can be grown any portion of the State of California and that State is noted for the excep- tional quality of it's wheat.
 In addition to these enumerated products, cotton, tobacco and sugar-cane thrive as well, especially cotton and sugar-cane, as in any known country Also the Bayo bean grows politically, and can be raised at a large profit per acre.
 Owing to the nature of the climate, farmers plant wheat and barley in the month of January and harvest, the same May, and on the same land, after harvest they plant corn and beans and gather good crop of both.
 ORANGES, LEMONS, FIGS.
 dates olives, bananas and other semitropical fruits are now being raised in the town of Yuma, and can be gathered throughout the year, in a number of adapted for the raising of grapes and there can be mo climate equal to that of Southern Arizona for the proper curing of wines, owing to it's even temperature and the extreme dryness of the atrnos phere Grapes, as well as other fruits and berries ripen two-months earlier than in California and still earlier than in .he Eastern States which facts create mark cts both east and vest for these pro- ducts, during large portion of the fruit season.
 THE CHA VALLEY.
 "There is probably no compact body of agricult- ural land in the whole world that will equal in area and fertility the valley of Gila, commencing at Florence and ending at Yuma, including the Salt river valley. It is more than 200 miles in length, with an average width of perhaps 20 miles and there is sufficient water to rrgate every foot of it. The abilities of production of this vast tract of land is something almost incredible to those who have not witnessed the prolific growth of veg etation in Southern Arizona. Everything the zone produces will flourish here, and many tropical and semi-tropical fruits and plants grow exceedingly well. There is hardly variety from the deciduous fruits of the most northern States to the delicate citrus productions of the southern countries, that cannot be successfully grown in this valley and the tropical banana and the date are readily cultivated with little care. This wide range of production, in addition to the ong season. in which from two to four crops mat ure during a single year, presents wonderful ar ray of advantages that apparent to the most casual observer. In addition to this, there is an exclusive supply of the earliest and most profitable market enjoyed by its fruit raisers involving rare benefits that no other section enjoys, The climate is all that mankind can wish for, the pure dry at mosphere being especially beneficial to inv&iids and luxuri us to the robust. There are absolutely IL ,t J,ral 1pTsI ities and all the conditions of health and prosper ity are concentrated in this marvellous region. The time is close at hand when this valley VIII suppor a dense population of happy and prosperous people and it will acquire fame throughout the world as