The Arizona sentinel., 1898-11-26
ARIZONA.

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 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at the threshold Of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment. There cant be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waitea SD long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros pcrity and permanent upbuildipg just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they tronspired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad am"ng home seekers and capitalists
 4 lively competition ha, >..rng up for the possession of things " hich have he'eto- fore gone a-beggmg tor o"nera""P- There is scramble for franchises Nothing more surel, indicates great industrIal a"aken- 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 reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex. perieured sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, Ith each side of the balance first up and then down. the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and d sunhurst of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 i For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the conr. pletion of two transcontinental lines Ut railroad across her territor. r.-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention. but in that time she has been quietly ac. cumulatine fund of substantial wealth i and force Of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her 1 destiny in her ON hands.
 | The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance fro'. the moral point oi view. There9is but ont i considerable center of Mexican population 1 in the territory, the city of Tncson, and even there it is not by any means at pres ent tine predoGiHating element. It thinh 1 1t is eel tain that arizona has not to-day nearly so large MexIcan population a: l Colorado and Bot above tenth as much i es New MexiCo.- ."Fitz-Mac, Tn Denver i News.
 FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout AIizone is sub i ject 0 great interest at present, and will nc : doubt Dc the principal industry in Yuma County The remarkable results that have sprung iron very superficial and imperfect culture has de monstrated tha, the soil and climate of Yum; County are peculiarly adapted for this branch o agricultural erterp'isc. The development of these resources is of the utmost importance and is at tracing careful attention. Experiments have beci made, with care, and facts in regard to the cultur Of different kinds of fruits have been collected which cannot fail to convince. even tbe most skept ical, off wonderful superiority of Yuma Count. over Southern California in fruit growing, ant | which must lead to large and varied production Of the most rsmuneratve character.
 TAe Co. missioner of Immigration in his report published in sS6, writes as follows of the riel y::l!e> of the Gila. Colorado and Salt rivers
 'The soil of theso valleys is among the riches on the continent. It is formed of the detrituS which the streams for ages have brought dowr from their mountain homes in their journey to tn sea. By constaI oyernows and change of channel the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil of ,xtreme fertility, Near ths streams is dark alluvial mold, well adapted to smal grains and grasses. FartEcr back there is ricl sandy loarn, mellow and porous, and especall | favorable for fruit culture. It has been alread. demonstrated that the productive apacity of theS valleys is Tot surpassed by lands of equal area il any part of the United States So rapid and prolif is the growth of the fruits cereals and vegetable that tue labor cf the cutivator is reduced to tn | minimum ir nearly all of them two crops a yea can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahea 1 of California. The farmers plants Q cottOnwoo' sapling before his door, and within the year he ha a shade tree twenty yfve feet hi"h! Alfalfa can b cut six times during the season and it is an actua fact the grape-cuttings have produced within eigh i teen mol ths. What State or Territory can mak such @ showing? The climate, it must be remenl ' bered is nearly perpetual summer Snow neVe
 
 falls in these southern valleys. The t"rEcr b1gih to plant in >ovember, and by the mi idle of a.
 ;S harvest is ready. Roses are in bloom, frIli trees gre bios oming and the grair feldt are So of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmer lre covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety grains grasses, fruits and yege tables grown in tine temperate and srmi-tropi zones can be produced in the valleys of Ai'zons Wheat corn barley, oats and all the sInsl: grain give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels | the acre. Alfalfa, clover, timothy Bermuda an' all the cultivated grasses grow luxuriantly, tn former giving from eight to ten tons to the acr each year, Every variety of vegetable raised i the United States can be grown in Arizona, an nowhere are they found of better quality.
 "Besides the products mentioned, these semi tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cane, to bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception of tn sugarcane but little attention is paid to the cult vation of other staples but it has been demonstra ed that the soil and climate are specially sdspte to their successful growth. Cotton growing is n experiment in Arizona, for it is on record ths when the Europeans first penetrated this regior they f0und the Pima Indians wearing fabric made of cotton grown in the Gils valley.
 But it is their adaptablty for fruit culsur that assures to these valley lands dense popula tion and aprosperous future. Almost every val iety known can be raised in their fruitful soils. Tn apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, qaince and ne' tarine, arc of delicious flavor and give ger erous yield. The grape of all varieties i>s hom In these sunny wales. No place in the grape-grop irg belt O. the Pacific Coast can show so prolific yield. The quality is all that could be desired and the wine, although its manufacture is yet e aorii9ertal, is oi fire flavor, delicious bouque ' and una lrpasscd by any native product as tsbl