The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-28

of trees and shrubs which would rsopirs 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 be in the "swirn. "
 Because in it's pure, dry invigorating air. epidemic diseases cannot live or gerrninate. Because it's people are generous, liberal hospitable and progressive. WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY. Because its mines are the richest.
 Becauao it's grazing lands are the best
 Because its farming lands are valuable and productive
 Because it gives assurance of the larcez- returns on money invested.
 Beeause its grand resources are vet |, Le developed.
 Because it is young, growing county with an assured future. ha Because the opportunities for engaging iT 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 a demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot 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 many other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad. vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come.
 Because it is 8 virgin field, ready for the
 CAN oNL LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater 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 are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and buck cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet 1 ter than any of them, for she man with the enc. gy and the pluck to taha 1t, is to tent on the desert; and he who knors low to ''camp out" with comfort through Sspteru- Der Tn the Adircndacks can camp out in Arizona througI 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 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 a long one. It is the one country have lived in where straw berries ripen in the open air ten months in the year ] have had them on my table, fresh picked from the open garden at Christplas- l.
 ATTITUDES.
 It IS 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 natic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,400 at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple, 5,400; Flag staff, C. GO9,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, i, 200; Fort Huachuca. 4,60O,