The Arizona sentinel., 1898-03-05

I X Norther1 Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai. in Arabia Petraea. It is much C 6.ier than ln lbe parts of Morocco, 1 Algiers or Iauis usually vlsited, and drler | than an part of the valley of the Nile 1 north of the First Iataract. It seems to l me abou- the same ia nua.ity as the air on l the Me between Azsouan and Wady- | Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARIZONA
 Arizcaa tqnds at the shreshoId of an era of onasrfui social and industrial de- veIopment. There can be a doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited 10 long is breaking at last. There is every promise of .ay of great pros perity .. permanent ur1uilding just be- fore her. The impulse Of new and encr- gizing pc is visible ov rywhere among her peo a while the cumulative effect of many -s. which made but small inn pressiol as they trauseired singly, is now comma ding for hera full share of atten- ton ar interest abroad among home seekers aud canitaliets.
 4 GveLy competition has sprung up for the pos .c= ion of thin-- ich have hereto fore gore a-aeg-ing for ownership. There is a ser; 'e -o. franchises Nothing more surely i 5c-tos q great ialustrial awaken ing thar this. The rates of interest are falling -r moderate figures Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among -ae money lenders han this.
 Arizona has reached hat climacticer period " ,i.a every vvsgsln state has e1- perienc sometime in it's history when, after loa and weary -tra ggle and doubt, with eaoa side of the balance first up and then down. the clouds ofsdespondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of ener- s=o- hope has thrilled the droop- ing sps5ts of the people to greater and braver srGesvor than before.
 For t. last .n-tre years the subsistence of the groat Tombstone aaom and the con- pletion o5 -go transcoatinental lines of railroad aeru7s her terri lry-Arizona has rather dropped out ol public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumula riraa fund of -ulstantjal wealth and sofcc of moral character which qualify ber now to rise ID and take her destiny iu hcrown aaHls
 The raauLtian of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake o5 great importance fro'l the molal aafas ar rt5aa There Is but one conside h.e center o. Naxican population in the territory. the city of Tucson, and even the. tt is not Uy any means at pres ent the -1n-'ra-.az a ment It thinl, 1t Is eel .. - arizona has not to-day nearly S l. d Mex can population as Colorado and above unetenth as much as New Mexico. ,"Litz- Mac," in Denver News.
 FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production tHr-uglou5 Arizona is sub ject gr.a5 interest a- ur sent, and will no doubt, be sepaaspa' Industry in Yuma County. The rem3 >aa.- t..--s t'at have sprung from very SUI ae.a' a-. imperfect culture has de- monstrat ths. Che soil and climate of Yuma County a peculiarly aIaptcd for this branch of agriculttla enterprise. The development of these resource i- Q. the utmost importance and is at tracing careful attention. Apartments have been | L4esiiS, N--.. e'.--f ...... 5"'AN' " SO
 of diferout kind. 9. fruits have been collected which ca aao5 fail to convince. ven tbe most skept- ical, of tIa won ter-i superiority of Yuma County over Southsra California ia ,pit growing, and which n -- lead ,a large aa varied production of the m st renInaraaye character.
 The Co. Ui- .lausr Immigration in his report, publishta iu ss3 writes as blows of the rich valleys O the GiIa. Colorado Salt rivers.
 "The soil O. these valleys is .mong the richest on the can.ir-aa I- is formed of the detritus which u .-ra.r- for ages have brought down from ther e..as al1 homes in their journeS to the sea. By constant agergaa- aud change of channel the depo,t of ,h3s siea vasetaH matter has form ed a soil ot -S-rsue fertility Near ths streams it is a dar a.uagl mold, v-' adapted to small grains and grasses T--.ler lck there is rich sandy lean. mellow and porous, and especially favorabl for culture. I- has been already demons .l ,'.a. a. alodu ve capacity Of these valleys not .r saed by lHds of equal area in any pa-- of A.. ..a States. So rapid and prolific is the g-ovta .. the fruits, cereals and vegetables that the labor s cgl-.ra--r is reduced to the minimum i- carly all of them two crops year can be a.laa t. and vegetation is one month ahead of Calif5rnis. Tn. farmer. plants cottonwood sapng before door, and thin the year he has a shade .rle -,..a.. -.l feet L.@h! Alfalfa can be cut six mes a.ilaG the se1s !, and 1t is an actual fact tn grape atin.s have -oduced within elgh teen nior,..- what Stat. Territory can make such uovsre The clinat. it must be remem bered, l- nearly p-ra-tu-. su inner. snow nevei falls ii -h-za southern valleys. The farmer begins to plan in November, and " the middle of May lis harye-t is ready Roses are in blooRl, fruit trees ore bios. ming. and che grar fields are sea of gree. when tao dell- of the Eastern farmers are coyereI with snow and ice.
 Ever variety grains grasses, fruits and vege tables grown ti taa t- ate and scmi-tropit zones can be produced iu . valleys of Arizona Wbea+ crr- harley. oat- l all the small grain give yield g. from raeu ve to fifty bushels tt the acra AIsate clover .aothy, Bermuda anc all the cultivated .-.s slw lUxuriantly, tht forn,er o,.i-..- from .Ht so en tons to the acr each year Every sal3 of vegetable raised il tbe IT,.i.rr --...- ... .. e-arn in Arizona, anC nowho are t-- .aIH. 1 better quailty'
 ssBe-...s ae products ntoncd, these semi tropic valleys produce 'on' sugar cane' to bacco. and rice. n ohe exception of tn smear. .. fa+lf-.Is att. is paid to the culti y,+iop +,, s+s,r... n... i- has been demonstrat ed tbo -....-.; and gsl.- re specially adapted to the ..e.stsl c.eef, aotton-growins is Tt exi,eri a srt . A zone. for t is on record th@
 when .hs Europeans ar.. "enetrated this region
 they s..a tHs Pima iaa.-ls wearing fabric
 made ..-,a Brown in Che ciila valley.
 , ..Bu t- .. their alaeaaI.r for fruit cultur that E. valley .nds dense popula tion all -aa- faure Almost every var ;4,.1... .sF in ir fruitful soils. Tn 2 o,,nIo - .-,.. .-.,a apr ot qunce and nee
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