The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1898-09-10

of trees and shrubs which would require
five years to develop in colder cline.
Because FORTUNES here await the venture
sonic, and health welcomes the afflicted.
Because the country has brilliant future
and You want to be in the Swim"
Because in its pure, dry invigorating air.
epidemic diseases cannot live or terminate
because its people are generous, liberal,
hOspitablc and progressive.
WHY CAPITAL sHOULD SEEK YUMA coUxry,
Because its mines are the richest.
Because its grazing lands are the best.
Because its farming lands are valuable and
productive.
Because it gives assurance of the largest
returns on money invested.
Because its grand resources are yet to he
developed.
Because it is 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
ut reasonable figures.
because there is demand for additional
facilities for ore reduction.
Because there are vast stretches of rich
SOL to be reclaimed by the construction of
irrigating canals.
because there are large tracts of Grass
lands that can be utilized by the sinking at
artesian wells.
because there are many openings in new
country which cannot exist in older com.
munities.
Gecause the opportunities for engaging IN
the successful cultivation of semi.troptt
fruits are better than in any other rart
the United States.
Because property values are rapidly adj
vancing.
Because ArizOna's boom is yet to come
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CAN ONI. LIVE con FoGTABLY:
That again depends on what you expect.
1ou cannot Ia, C the Injuries of our New
York houses out there, unless you build
one; or this variety of our New York
markets, unless yOu-charater refrigerator
car. But there are hotels with almost n
much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like
everything else in the Territory excepting
the mountains and deserts, they are new.
There are boarding houses of more kinds
than one; and brick cottages of eight or
ten rooms can occasionally b. rented. Bet
ter than any of them, for the man with
energy and the pluck to take it, is To
on the desert; and &c who knows hoS
''canip out" with comfort throIg! Septen-
her IL the Adirondacks can camp out in
Arizona through 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 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 beer, mutton
and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail,
ducks and venison from the vicinity can
also be had. Vegetables aad fruits are
abundant in their season, and sometimes
the sc1son is d long one. 1t is the ono
country have lived in where straw berries
lipen in the open air ten months in the
year. have had them OH my table. fresh
picked from the open garden at ChristnEs
ATTITUDES.
1t 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,
matte sufferers can find almost the sea
| level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a
thousand feet at Phoenix, OF of only 2,4OO
at Tucson. Others, who find no objection
to greater elevations, can choose hetweee
Prescott or Fort Whipple. j, 400; Flag
staff, $780,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or
Fort Grant, 1900; Fort Huachuca. 4,S00-
or Oracle, about 1000,