The Arizona sentinel., 1896-12-26
ARIZONA.

era of wonderful social and industrial de. velopment. There can't be doubt abont the fact Tine dawn for which she Ina, Aaiten SD loug is breaking at last Ther, Is every promise of a day of great pros perity and permanent upbuidiDg iust he l fore her. The impulse of a new and =ncr gizing hope is visible eNtrvw here among her people while the cumnati, c effect o1 many things, which made but snaH i'm pres>lon as they tr inspired singlv, is now commanding for her a full share of attei tion and interest abroad among home- sec ktrs and c. pitalit> A lively competition has sprung up fo, he possession of things which ha, e he eto 1 fore gone a. heggimg for oA nership her. Is q scramble for franchises Nothing more surely indicates q great industrial aNake en ing than this. The rates of interest arc falling to moderate figures. Nothing mor, surely indicates confidence and competition amnng the money lenders thah this. | Arizona has reached that cIimac cticel pellod which every western state has ex peien ed sometime in its history hen | after long and weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first np aHo | then dow n, the clords of despondency
 a' suddenly rolled away, and q sumhurst "f cnergizimg hope has thrilled the droop ing spirits of the people to greater alc braver ehdeavOr than before For the last tW elre years the subsistence of the g eat Tombstone boom and the com, | pIetlon of two transcoutinental lines ot railroad across her territor Arizona ha. rather dropped out of public attention hut III that time she has been quietly ac cumulating a fund of substantial ealtI and force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her | destiny in her own hands, The populaSio of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance from the moral point of view. There Is but one considerable center of Mexican population m th> territory, the city of Tucson. and even there it is not by any means at pres. ent the predOminatng element It think 1t IS eel tain that. n rlzOna has not to-day nearly so large Mexican popu ation as Colorado and not above one tenth as much as New Mexico ."Fitz. Mae" iii Denver News.
 WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.
 
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land IS abundant and cheap.
 Because home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remuncrat:ve
 Because life is luxury in a land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and 'Pcoperty values are increasing.
 Hecause, unlike Southern Californis it does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Hecause Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Rscause churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be zone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuitcd States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair con- pensation for his labor, and the 'rust!er' has a field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-storms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Pecause the wealth of ts mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build np great and prosperous county.
 '}ecause a man caa make a livelihood her, with less labor than in any other part of the United States
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its cloudless six ies.
 Eecause the settler need not spend a life time in felling trees and grubbing out stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture some, and health welc Jmes the afflicted.
 Because the country has brilliant future and you want to be in the swim"
 Because in its pure, dry invigorating air, epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate Because it's people are generous, liberal, hospitable and progressive