The Arizona sentinel., 1898-06-04

of trees and shrubs which would rsouirs five years to develop in a colder cline
 Because fortunes here await the venture. some, and health welcomes the afflicted
 Because the country has brilliant future and you want to Je in the swim. ?
 Because in it's pure. dry invigoratfpg Air epidemic diseases cannot live or gcr1ninate
 Because it's people are generous; liberal hoz2itaj-e and progressive.
 WHY CAPITAL sHoCLD SEEK YUMA cOEyry Because it's mines are the richest
 BeeaUse it's grazing lands are the best
 becaHse it's farming Iandsare valuable and productive
 Because it gives assuance of the 1arge,t returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are vet to be developed.
 Because 1t is a young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than 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 sod to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ct artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in 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. yancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 Beca&se it is virgin field, ready for the
 CAN ONL LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. Hou cannot Lave 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 deserts. they are new. There arc boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms c4u occasinaIly by rented. Bet. ter than any Of then, for the man with the energy a''d the plcck to take 1t, IS to tent on the desert; and he who knows how to ''camp out with comfoIt through Septenl- Der ID the AdiTondacks eau camp out in Arizona througl the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty. and it is good-if you can get 1t well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the iatteuiug ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles ard 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 Q long one It is the ons country l have lived in where strawberries rjpen in the open air ten months in the year. ! have had them ou 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- iitions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician is able to select nearly my altitude he may desire. Thus, asth- natic sufferers can find almost the sea eveI at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,40O tt Tucson. Others, who find no objection 10 greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple, 5,400; Flag tatf. 6, 6,800,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Tort Grant, 4, 200; Fort Huachuca. 4,SOo, r Oracle, about 1, 600.