The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-16
YUMA, ARIZONA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER l6,
irizOna, It's Area and Resources.
Arizona is the sixth laroest


 acres, Its resources are unlimited
 and it's mountains are the deposl-
 tories of gold, silver, copper, lead
 onyx, marable and precious stones
 It contains nearly 40,000O00 acres
 of grazing land, much of which is
 q perpetual pasture, unknown to
 frost or snow on which is main
 tained vast herds of stock. Its
 valleys comprise an area of more
 than 10,000,000 acres of land
 which when brought under culti-
 Vatlon gives marvellous returns Tn
 grain, fruits and other products of
 the soil, there being in the south
 ern part eleven months of growth
 and Tn some sections a perpetual
 season of seed time and harvest,
 yielding annually the mamimum
 of the soils productive power.
 It contains the largest unbroken
 forest area in the United States, there being from eight to ten hun dred thousand million feet of standing saw lumher. The clim- ate IS pure and dry, and is mar velous for it's health preserving and restorative conditions, being free from every character of epi- demic and contagious diseases. Animal, like vegetable life, is high ly favored, and as a result remark ably fine stock, especially horses, are produced in this region which bids fair to challenge the worlds record for speed and endurance.
 With these climatic and other rare physical conditions, with such a vast store house of wealth of royal and other metals, forest areas, grazing and agricultural re- sources, it should not be a matter of surprise that thls region rightly claims 9 history or civilization which antedates the Christian area; yes, and probably the Egyptian , and Assyrian dv'~----',--' va ''-J ' .IIIs as favored portion of the r 9arth's surface. Here is found the T silent marks of @ prehistoric civil zation, of myriads of people, the , remains of cities, systems of irri- . yating canals and extensive areas ,f land formerly watered and cul- ,ivated from the same Hence we nave the pioneer civilization of the :; century, retaining a 'egion of once powerful ancient which centuries ago !, apsed into mystery, darkness and F loubt. It should not be a matter :; ,f surprise that this region was the . nome of an early civilization, for c ts climatic conditions are conduc- we to the most perfect vegetable C md animal life, and the longevity . )f man, as the centarlan among he natives of today, are strikingly I i
 There is no other land where so | strong an impression is made on he higher nature of man. Natural . phenomena are apparent on every . hand-vast plains, towering, rug { ged and wierd mountains, mighty gorges thousands of feet in depth, : peaks piercing the clouds, extinct bottomless pits, petri- fled forests, mineral springs and | streams in large numbers, and above all an atmosphere so pure ' and clear that nowhere else can l study the terrestrial world ] with such marked success. {
 Hence, while Arizona is a most favored region in it's varied physi- cal, climatic and wealth resources, it ought to produce in the present l and future the highest type of man, ' for in addition to natures bounty, we stand upon the grounds of l past civilization, which ought to us that we must build I better than they if we would per ( petuate our civilization for all time to come, and this is the hope and the aim of our good people. It is no idle boast when we claim that Arizona will give to the United States a future type of citizens that will challenge the admiration and respect of the people of every re- public, and history will again re- peat itself in the rejected stone be- coming the head of the corner. In this every section of the country can claim credit, for our present