The Arizona sentinel., 1899-03-18


 rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions winch would require years to matur2 in less iGv bred climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market Q full month fore the California produCt The bright sunshine makes life luxury aifl the pure dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhsle It. For the establishment of colonies, such we have made Of Southern California arden, Arizona presents unriraled opportunities Thousands of acres, now pr0htlcss, can be made productive by e construction of irrigating ditches and there permanent returns"
 LANDS AND SOILS. The lands Of Yuma County comprise the river bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas The bottom ands arc moister and slightly mere fertile if, indeed. it is possible to ma ke comparisons where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific Tho upands or mesas are warmer and perhaDs lightly for better the cultivation of the citrus fruits Ynma contains a 7sriety of soil The valley land of the Gla and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep sedinentary soil of broWnish, gray sandy loam, resting, in most places, upon a gray clay subso1 at depth of from ten to twenty feet below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard. pan which IS impervioUs to water. These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales SandStoncs, marls. lmestones etc. mixed with or ganc and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries The fcrtiIizins l brownsh mud held ill the wat tIof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and l it's quantity varies from O1 to 0.5 per cent. though the water when even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water chemical analysis 6f fl,a ca1i, exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts Of each That vf the Colorado exhibiting a trifie less potassa, most phosphoric acid and car | bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo rado pass"s In other respects the sedlns It of the Colorado is almost identical with that of the Nile It will be noticed therefore, that when this water is used for irrigation it is superior to artesan waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the richestertilizng elements. The soil of the valley is extremely rich in dedonposed vegetable matter and unconbined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases such especially as oxygen, which en- tering the soil, decomposes the organic matters so that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may 5e considered leading featurs in It fertility. It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the frnness of its particles affords every facility for percolstiOn and the activity ci capillary action. In ts mechanical composition It's particles are in state of very fine division which | renders it more productive than coarser soils acquries heat readily in the daytime and the loss of the heat at night is very gradual, that it mains always warm and is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold Besides it's essential con stituents of water, organic vegetable matter, sand and clay, chemical analysis shows that lime soda, magnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted to add to it's fertility, though of course es is alway the case in soil analysis, it's composition varies in different localities and is not always constant.
 The soi the uplands, or mosas, lighter and more gravelly and in some places of a tree, loamy, calcareous character. The mesa lands are warm and generous. They seem especially adapted for the grape, olive and citrus fruits generally Their soil contains more magnesia, lime CT chalk than the bottom lands. It never cracks and retains moisture admirably in summer It is of that character which will produce wlne that will keep good for fifty CT 3 hundred years, and improve annually, not being liable to sour, exposure to the air, after one year old, to become turbd and change color in the bottle or glass
 WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because a home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great a variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is a luxury in land where the sun shines every day.
 Because th,Te are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does pot require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the United States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives fair com pensation for his labor, And the hustler has a field for the display of his energy and en- torprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-storms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet buii . up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood fer. with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, ! aud strcnoth and viror yDd.r t. oJo-JIo..