The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-18

ot trees and shrubs which would reonirs five years to develop in colder cline
 Because fortunes here await the vsn,nr.. some, and health welcomes the afflicted
 Because the country has brilliant f,+,,. and you want to be in the ''swim. D
 Because in its pure, dry invigoratin0 air epidemic diseases cannot live CT germinat.
 Because its people are generous Gber,I hospitable and progressive.
 III CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY
 because It's mines are the richest.
 because its grazing lands are the hest
 Because Its farming lands are valuable and productive. '''O
 because 1t gives assurance of the laros. returns on money invested
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developed. " '
 Beeause 1t is young, growing cou,s,, with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for eppa0ino in manufacturing enterprises are better tbaD in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 because there is demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of pras. lands that can be utilized'by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in a new country which cannot exist in older com. munities
 Because the opportunities for engaging in the successful cultivation of semi-tropi, fruits are better than in any other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad. vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 Beca2se it is virgin field, ready for the
 CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot hale the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater a refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deselts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinalIy by rented. Bet. ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; and hc who knows how Scamp out with comfort through Septe1.. Der n the Adi>ondacks can camp out iu Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty, and it Is good-if you can get it we'll cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is a long one. It is the one country 1 have lived i'll where strawberries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. ] have had them on my table, fresh picked from the open garden at Christmas
 ATTITUDES.
 It IS a striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth- matic sufferers can find almost the sea evel at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,400 1t Tucson. Others, who find no objection 10 greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple. 5,4OO; Flag taif, 6.600,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, - Fort Grant, ] 200; Fort Huachuca. 1, 800, 'r Oracle, about 1000.
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