The Arizona sentinel., 1898-09-24

of trees and shrubs which would reou;re five years to develop in colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture. some, and health welcomes the afflicted
 Because the country has brilliant future and you want to be in the swim"
 Because in its pure, dry invigoratinp air. epidemic diseases cannot live sr cerm;na,.
 Because it's people are generous, liberal hospitable and progressive. WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA corsrY
 Because it's mines are the richest.
 Because it's grazing lands are the best.
 Because it's farming lands are valuable ard productive.
 Because it gives assurance of the hrr.s. returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources ars yet te be developed.
 Because it is q young, growing county with &n assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging im manufacturing enterprises are better than in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining propertie. can be had Ut reasonable figures.
 Because there is a 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 grass lands that can be utilized by tie sinking ct artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in new country which cannot exist in older con- munities
 Because the opportunities fer 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
 Becaase it is virgin field, ready for the
 CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY!
 That again depends on what you expect. ' on cannot have the lnxuries of Our New York houscs ou. tilere, unless you build one; or ths variety of our New York markets unless you charater refrigeratOr car. But there are hotels with almost & 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 i than one; and brIck cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet. ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; ard he who knows how ''camp out" with comfort through Scptem- . Der In the Adirondacks csn camp out ia i Arizona thrcugI the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty. and it is goOd-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley ass 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, mstton and poultry are plenty ard cheap. Quail, ducks and yenison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits are abundant Ill their season, and sometimes the season is long one. It is the one country I have lived in where strawberries rpen in the open air ten months in the year. have had them on my table, fresE picked from the open garden at Christmas
 ALrITUpEs.
 II IS 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 level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, Or of only 2, 400 at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whippie. 5,400; Flag staff, 6.S0O.; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4,2OO; Fort Huachuca. 4,SOO, or Oracle, about 4,QO0.