The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-20

me about the same in quality as the ar on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARIZONA.
 Arizona stands at the threshold of sn era of wonderful social and industrial de velopment There can't be a doubt 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 upbuilding just be- | fore her. The impulse of 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 transpired singly, IS now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up tor the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates 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 reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater aud braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletiOn of two transcontlnental Ines ot railroad across her territory Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating a fund of substantial wealth and force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her
 destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance fro'h 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 at pres ent the predominating element. It think it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large a Mexican population as Colorado and not above One-tenth as much as New Mexico >"Fitz- Mac," in Denver News.
 FRUIT CULTURE.
 Fruit production throughout Arizona is a sub iect O great interest at present, and will nc deubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County The remarkable results that have sprung from
 very superficial and imperfect culture has de monstrated that the soil and climate of Yuma County are peculiarly adapted for this branch o agricultural enterprise. The development of these f resources is of the utmost importance and is at tracting careful 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, tbe most skept cal, of tb wonderful superiority of Yuma County 2 over Southern California in fruit growing, ant
 which must lead to large and varied production
 of the most remunerative character.
 , The Commissioner of Immigration ill his report published in 1888, writes as follows of the ricl l valle, of the Gila, Colorado and Salt rivers. "The soil of these 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 th sea. By constant overhows and change of channel
 the deposit of this rich vegetable matter has form = ed soil of extreme fertility, Near ths streams , is dark alluvial mold, we'll adapted to smal
 grains and grasses. Farther back there is a ricl
 sandy loam, mellow and porous, and cspecali.
 favorable for fruit culture. It has been alread.
 demonstrated that the productive capacity of thes
 valleys is not 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 the labor Of the cultyator is reduced to tn
 minimum. nearly all of them two crops a yea
 can be growth, and vegetation is one month ahea of California. The farmers plants cottonwOot sapling before his door, and within the year he Ina f shade tree twenty five feet high! Alfalfa b
 cut six times during the season. and it is an actua
 fact the grape-cuttings have produced within elgh teen months. What State or Territory can mak
 such showing? The climate, it must be remem - bered, is nearly perpetual summer. Snow neve falls in these southern valleys. The farmer begin
 to plant in November, and by the middle of Ma,
 lis harvest is ready. Roses in bloom, frui
 trees are blossoming and the grain fields are se 2 of green, when the fields of the Eastern farmer t are covered with snow and ice.
 Every variety o grains grasses, fruits and vege
 tables grown in the temperate and semi -tropi
 zones can be produced i'll the valleys ot ALlzona Wheat, corn barley, oats and all the small grain give yield of from twenty-five to fifty bushels t y the acre. Alfalfa, clover timothy, Bermuda am all the cultivated grasses grow luXurlantly' tn
 former giving from eight to ten tons to the acr
 each year, Every variety of vegetable raised Il J the United States can be grown in Arizona, an = nowhere are they found of better quality. e "Besides the products mentioned, these semi c tropical valleys produce cotton, sugar-cahe' to , bacco, hemp and rice. With the exception or tn
 sugar-cane but little attention is paid to the cult vaton of other staples but it has been deMohstra' = ed that the soil and climate are specially adapte - to their successful growth Cotton-growlng Is n I experiment in Arizona, for it is on record Una
 when the Europeans first penetrated thls feglol
 they found the Pima Indians wearing fabric
 made of cotton grown in the Gila valley.
 ; ''But it is their adaptabillty for fruit cultuf n that assures to these valley lands dense popua e tion and aprosperous future Almost every val
 iety known can be raised in their fruitful SOILS. Tn
 apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot qunce ana he' l. tarne, are ef delicious flavor, and give gel Il erous yield The cr3pe of all varieties lsa hoh - in these sunny vaes No place in the grape grow 2, ing belt of the Pacific Coast can show so proiihc
 yield, The quality is all that could be desHe'
 and the wine, although its manufacture Is vet e , rerimental, is of fine flavor, delicious oouque