The Arizona sentinel., 1898-09-24

north of the ..s- Cataract. : seems to me about th same .a quality a5 the air on the Nile beeseeu A+5ouau and Wady. Halfa, but suweahat cooler.
 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at tas hold of sn era of wcud social aaa .adustrial de- velopment. r.ere aau'th bed doubt about the fact. T. dawn for rhich she has waited so loaz is breaking at ast. There is every pr " F. great pros pcrity and -~1eu-lt vTa-... ing just be- fore her. ra.i.aa.sa ola nes ard ener- gizing hope "lzin'c eHer here among her people, " a.le ta= cumulative ehec' oi many thing, which made Ut small lm' pression as .asy aasp.red ria gly, is now co,nmandin. ss. h.ra fuu share of atten tion and ia-e~as. abroad among home seekers aud capitalists.
 1 lively competition has sHranS up for the possess ica of things w wai-h have hereto fore gone a begging for ownership. There is scramb. for franchises. Nothing more surely indi i,a--s great industrial awaken ing than thfs The rates Of interest are falling to moderate dEares. bothing more surely indi a-a5 confidence aui competition among the money lend. rs tbas this. 1 Arizona has I-aehel that climacticer period whi .l every western tate mas ex- perienced sometime ia it's history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of ths balance first up and then dow, the clouds Of despondency have sudd ny rolled away. nd sunburst of onergiz nope has thrilled the droop- ing spirit Q. -h- people to greater and braver enc -5.0r than before
 i For the as twelve yeaga ne subsistence of the gre. Tombstone boom and the com. pletion oi two tgaus1on in ental lines Of railroad a-.--- aer J--ltorg Arizona has rather drauuad out oi uutlic attention, but ill tha dime she Has "aan quietly ac- ! cumulatir -ulG u. eg1 rlntial wealth and ftrcc 0s moral eaaracter which qualify he now t1 llse ID and take her | destiny ir her own hands
 The por a-lsiau of Arizona is Mexican.
 
 i This is | -GE- a. great aDortance troll the moral -- Q. view. Lnere Is but one considera center # Alesi :an population ! in the tel r- the city 1f Tucson, and even ther hy an cans at pres- 1 ent the p.-lll.r--.lI elem mt. It think [ it is certi a -..- .r.--- IS not to-day nearly so .r Mexican population as 1 Colorado ..5 aha.c tenth as much i as New Ncxil. -~'iF iFitz Naa," in Denver | News.
 HECIT CU,TU1.E.
 ! Fruit prouu- .HyouGnovt rizona is sub ject grcar crest at pres mt. and will no doubt be the ps-a-gsi inau-try n Yuma County. The remarsa-Ia -as''-s taes ave sprung from very supe11-.-- aod Imperfect culture has de- monstratei 1'.4- Che soil and climate ofYuma County art 7.- -v s14Vtol frr this branch Of agricrlturai at-s.-5s s. The Opment of these resources i -.- aF7=l iup- ance and is at tracting attention. Es. 'ments have been made, witl .-o -a3 facts .a se. I'd to the culture of diferen- sajz 1t fruits har. been collected which fail t, convince -y n tbe most skept- ical, tn! oHder.a, superiority of Yuma County over Southera California in nit growing, and which Irus. sad 10 |. large and ared production, of the mos rsl.un=.A-tre ea aaraat.t.
 The Cou rI 7louer ai T.-tr.erat on in his report, published a 5s6 writes as fo'ows of the rich valley of trr E5i7, or % and alt rivers
 "The SO Q. these .o]zs- ar.ong the richest on the cohgnent 7. l. formed of the detritus which the tr-7rs fer ages H-es brought down from thoil ~2ur-4iu homes ta -6air journey to the sea. By caost4-- 5-er'.es and hange of channel, the depos - this rich vegetable matter has form ed soil -s.i-mc fertility, gar th3 streams it is dark .iuvlaI u5l5 well .dapted to small grains all r4=ses. Farther K tnere is a rich sandy loa mellow aud porous, and especially favorable tra,t au'rusa. {. as been already demOnstr a5 -la. tI, productive capacity of these valleys is gor surpassed l~ 4ui of equal area in any part of the gnit.d States S, rapid and prolific is the gro @th al the r-a-- cereals and vegetables that the s.r 1.-the el't.rstor is reduced to the minimum. ln aoayly III D. them two crops year can be gravth and vegetation ia one month ahead of CAlifora-. The farmers rsants a cottonwood sapling beLorehis loo. aaa in the year he has Q shade tree tyaltv-ffe feet E'eI. Alfalfa can be cut six tines during sre season and it is actual fact the cr.p5-,u,Jtals l.Ye -- luced within eish- teen mon1as. Wls5 state 9r Eerrtory make such sl owing. The climate. t must be remem- bered, is u-.r1 perpetual sumner. Snow never falls in these southern valleys. The farmer begins to plant n November, and by .he middle of May lis harT 2 is ready Roses Ire in bloom, frll. trees are ylyssom.1g -ud tho rain fields are sea of green. when 5le E .ls of he Eastern farmers are covered wi.s s1Qv and ice.
 Every yaris5. grains sras1es, fruits and vege- tables grown n the temperate and semi-sropic zones can b, produce. ia the valleys Of Arizona. Wheat, corn barley. oats and II the small grains give yield ut from twsutv-f to fifty bushels to the acrc. AiiaIta, clover. tim thy, Bermuda and all the rs-ira1st grasses grow luxuriantly, the former .,ylu, .som s-h. Jc n tons to the acre each Y, .r se.y, ,aricsy o' vegetable raised in the Un. .-.d s.s-ss gal oe grown iD Arizona. and novbe, ,-, saer found or oetter quality.
 l "Bes .r -ae products u4,4tioned, these semi tropic, yaG..- produce cotton, sugar-eane' to- bocco ....!r and rice WigE he exception of the s,,ar ra bu, .t.e attention is paid to the culti- vation other staples. but # las been demonstrate ed that .le soil aud climate are specially adapted to the ss.. z-s-,l growth. cotton-gfOwiHg is nc experi ..-- ... -zgua. for t is on record that when P 1r.. .ea-- e~st p.0etrated this region they .ouu. .h- PiIca Indians wearing fabrics made -f -ottsn gr. I'D in stc 1ila valley
 'Br tts. .ee.s alapta3,Aty for fruit culture that ,surl- -7 -f-ss valley andS dense popula' tion ag7csTcrcus ig.-rc. Almost every var ietyk ,.. -,f Q rais-d m tler fruitful soils. The apple pear. plum, peach, apr cot, quince and nee tarin,, arc of delicious Ravor.| and give gen s,eus g;eli. The grape cf all varieties isa home in the sunny valss. No place in the srape-gr0"
 ing ba,- of .Ae Pacific Coast c.'n show 50 prolific
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