The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-06
ARIZONA.

6al1a, put somewhat COOleT.
 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at the threshold of a
 era of wonderful social and industrial de
 velopment. There can't be doubt abou the fact. The dawn for which she Ina
 waited so long is breaking at last. Ther is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuilding just be fore her. The impulse of new and ener gizing hope is visible everywhere amoni her people, while the cumulative effect 0 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 fol 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 arc falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend. IS than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticel period which every western state has ex perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and a sunhurst of energiziug 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 &C., fund of substantial wealth and 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 great importance fron the moral point of view. There is but one center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it 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 ODe.tenth as much as New Mexico. "Fitz. Mac," in Denver News.
 FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout Arizona is sub ect great interest at present, and will no leubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County. The remarkable results that have sprung from 'ery superficial and imperfect culture has de- nonstrated that the soil and climate of Yuma County are peculiarly adapted for this branch of agricultural enterprise. The development of these esourees is of the utmost importance and is at racting carefnl attention. Experiments have been made, with care, and facts in regard to the culture If different kinds of fruits have been collected which cannot fail to convince, even tbe most skept cal, of tbs wonderful superiority of Yuma County 'ver Southern California in fruit growing, and which must lead to a large and varied production, fl the most remunerative character
 The Commissioner of Immigration in his report, published in lsS6, writes as follows of the rich alley of the Gila. Colorado and Salt rivers
 'The soil of these valleys is among the richest n the continent. It is formed of the detritus 1hich the streams for ages have brought down rom their mountain homes in their journeg to the ca. By constant overiows and change of channel, le deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form d soil of extreme fertility, Near ths streams it
 dark alluvial mold, well adapted to small rains and grasses. Farther back there is a rich andy loam, mellow and porous, and especially Ivorable for fruit culture It has been already emonstrated that the productive capacity of these alleys is not surpassed by lands of equal area in ny part Of the United States So rapid and prolific the growth of the fruits, cereals and vegetables lat the labor of the cultivator is reduced to the inimum in nearly all of them two crops year m be growth, and vegetation is one month ahead California. The farmers plants a cottonwood l bling before his door, and within the year he has shade tree twenty five feet high! Alfalfa can be t six times during the season. and it Is an actual ct the grape cuttings have produced within eigh- en months! What State or Territory can mako | oh showing? The climate, 1t must be remem- red, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow never ls in these southern valleys. The farmer begins | plant in November, and by the middle of May 2 harvest is ready. Roses are in bloom, fruit | ses are blossoming, and the grain fields a sea green, when the fields of the Eastern farmers g covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety grains. grasses, fruits and vege Dles grown in the temperate and semitropic nes can be produced in the valleys of Arizona. heat corn barley, oats and all the small grains Ve yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels to g acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda and the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, the mer giving from eight to ten tons to the acre ,h year, Every variety of vegetable raised in ? United States can be grown iD Arizona, and where are they found of better quality.
 Besides the products mentioned, these semi ,pical valleys produce cotton, sugarcane, to- eco, hemp and rice. With the exception of the garcane but little attention is paid to the culti
 ion of other staples; but it has been demonstrat- that the soil and climate are specially adapted their successful growth. Cotton-growing is no pertinent in Arizona for it is on record that en the Europeans first penetrated this region, y found the Pima Indians wearing fabrics dc of cotton grown in the Giia valley. But it is their adaptabilIty for fruit culture t assures to these valley lands dense popula- n and aprosperous future. Almost every var ( 7 known can be raised in their fruitful soils. The 'le, pear, plum, peach, apricot, quince and nee. , inc, are of delicious flavor, and give gen. us yield. The grape of all varieties isa home hese sunny vales. No place in the grape-grow- belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific g Id. The quality is all that could be desired; 2 the wine, although it's manufacture is vet ex- mental, is of fine flavor, delicious bouquet,
 unS IrpSssed by any native prOduct as a table