The Arizona sentinel., 1897-02-06
ARIZONA.

perity and permanent upbuilding just be | fore her. The. impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among | her people, while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small i'm pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises Nothing more surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each siae of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of greet importance from the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there 1t is not by any means at pres =ent the predominating element. It think | it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large a Mexican population as Colorado and not above 'one-tenth as much as New Mexico. >"Fitz- Mac," in Denver News.
 WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA COUNTY. Because the climate is perfect
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific. | Because land is abundent and cheap. Because a home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown
 Because the yield is large and the prices 1 always remunerative.
 Because life is luxury in land where the sun shines every day
 Because there arejchances for,a poor man which he can never hope to finG in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it dccs not require a small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av, enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor mar to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the mora and material clements of the Territory
 Because good land is becoming scarce, ant if you -tlon't catch on now. your last Chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields tn, products of the temperate and semi-tropi zones.
 Because the worker receives fair com pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' ha a field for the display of his energy and en terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards o tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations snow-storms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources c
 the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of its mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull ) up great and prosperous county. Because man can make a livelihood her with less labor than in any other part of tn United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze
 and strength and vigor under its cloudles . skies.
 . Because the settler need not spend a lif' time in felling trees and grubbing or
 stumps.
 l Because vegetation is so rapid that in tw 9 years the home is surrounded by growt t of trees and shrubs which would requii ; five years to develop in colder cline. s Because fortunes here await the ventura
 some, and health welcomes the afflicted e Because the country has a brilliant futul and you want to be in the "swin. :" : Because in its pure, dry invigorating ali e epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate j. Because its people are generous, ibera l. hospitable and progressive.