The Arizona sentinel., 1898-11-19
ARIZONA.

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 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at the threshold of an 1 era of wonderful w social and industrial de- velopmeut There can't be douht about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last. There is every promise Of day of great prOs- perity and permanent upbuildipg just be- 1 fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among i her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- ti0n and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend, IS than this.
 Arizona has reachei that climacticer i period which every western state has eX- perieu,e ed sometime ii its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the baIauce first up and then down, the clouds of despondencS have suddenly rolled away "''1 '' S"h""is' uf cpergiaiug hap mas thrilled the dToop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last tW elve years the subsistence Of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletiOn of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territOre has rather dropped out of pnbiic attention, but in that time she has heen quietly ac- cumuatin9 fund uf substantial wealth and force of moral character which ! qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her ON hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance frW.r the moral point of view. There Is but one considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it IS not by any means Gt pres ert the predOminating element. IL think 1 1t Is ceI tain that q rIz0na has not to-day nearly so large a Mexican p0pu ation as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico ,"titz Mac" in Denver News.
 FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout Arizona is sub- feet O great interest at present, and will nc doubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County The remarkable results that have sprung from very superficial and imperfect culture has de monstrated tha' the soil and climate of Yuma County are peculiarly adapted for this branch O agricultural enterp"is,. The development of these resources is of the utmost importance and is at tracting carefnl attention. Experiments have beer made with care, and facts in regard to the culture of different kinds of fruits have been collected which cannot fail to convince, even tbe most skept ical, of f. . ~,,nderful superiority of Yuma Count! over Southern California in fruit growing, anC which must lead to a large and varied production of the most rsmunerative character.
 The co missioner of immigration in his report published in 6sG, writes as follows of the rcl kIiIeN or one Olld, OOlOTduO ana talJ ElNST5
 The soil of these valleys is among the riches on the continent. It is formed of the detrtus which the streams for ages have brought dowr from their mountain homes in their journey to thu sea. By constai overfows and change of channel the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil of ,xtreme fertility, Near thu streams i IS a dark alluvial mold, well adapted to snal grains and grasses. Farther back there is ricl sandy loam. mellow and porous, and especial! favorable for fruit culture. It has been alread! demonstrated that the productive apacity of thes valleys is not surpassed by lands of equal il any part of the United States. So rapid and proif is the growth of the fruits, cereals and vegetables that the labor ef the cultivator is reduced to th minimum. in nearly all of them two crops 6 yea can be growth and vegetation is one month ahead of California. The farmers plants cottonwood sapling before his door, and within the year he hal Q shade tree twenty five feet hioh Alfalfa can b' cut six times during the season. and it is actua fat the grape-cuttings have produced within eigh teen months. What State or Territory can mako such d showing? The climate, it must be remem bored, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow nevel falls in these southern valleys. The farmer begins to plant in November, and by the middle of Nay
 '@ tJi vest lN TGduN IsUoSS diO III OAoOL4b it'A trees re bios oming, and the grair fields are se' of green, when the fields of the Eastern tarmer are covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety grains grasses, fruits and vege tables grown in the temperate and s,mi-tropi zones can be produced in the valleys of Al izona Wheat, corn barley, oats aud III the sma grain give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels t the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy, Bermuda an, all the cultivated grasses grow Iuxurisntiy, th former giving from eight to ten tons 60 the acr each year, Every variety of vegetable raised i the United States can be grown in Arizona, an' nowhere are they found of bett r quality. Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cottor, sugar cane, to bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of tn sugar-cane but little attention is paid t" the cult! vaton of other staples; but it has been demonstrat ed that the soil and climate specially adapte' to their successful growth. Cotton-growing is n experiment in Arizona, for it is on record tha when the Europeans first penetrated this region they found the pima Indians wearing fabric made Of cotton grown in the Gila valley. ''But it is their adaptabihty for fruit cultur that assures to these valley lands dense popula ton and aprosperous future. Almost every val iety known can be raised in their fruitful soils Tn apple, pear, plum, beach, apricot, quince and ne' taTine, of delicious flavor, and give gen l srous yield. The grape of all varieties ia honl ia these sunny wales. No place in the grape-groN ing belt of the Pacific Coast can show so prolific yield, The quality is all that could be desired and the wine although it's manufacture IS yet e2 permeBtal, is Of fine flavor, delicious bOuque and uns Irp;esed by any native product as ataol