The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-23
WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA corxrv


 productive
 Because 1t gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 necause it's grand resources are yet to be developed.
 Because it is young, growing count, with an assured future.
 'ecause the opportunities for engaging il, manufacturing enterprises are Letter than il' any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had tt reasonable figures.
 }ecause there IS demand for additiona facilities for ore reduction.
 3ccause there are vast stretches of ricl soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Hecause there are large tracts of gras. .ands that Gan be utilized by the sinking O, artesian wells.
 i;ecause there are many openings m a new country whicl. cannot exist in older com. munit:es.
 Because the opportunities for engaging iI' the successful cultivation of semi.trep; fruits are better than in any other part the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancing.
 Because Arizonas boom is yet tu come. CAN oNI LIVE cox foRTABLy!
 That again depends on W hat you expect YOu cannot lave the luxuries of our New York horse. ont there, unless you builc one; ar ths variety of our New YOrl markets, unless you charater a refrigerato. car But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, lik, | every thing else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts. they are new There ar. boarding houses of more kind. l than one; and brIck cottages of eight Oi ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with | energy and the plnck to take it, Is to on the desert; and he who knows how ''camp ont" with comfort through Septem- her III the Adir0ndacks can camp out in | A izoDa througI the winter. As to food, there is plenty. and it ir good-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are I 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 SC ,sun is long one. It is the one country have lived in where strawberries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. ] have had them on my table, fl Iesh picked from the open garden at ChriStm s 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- matic sufferers can find almost the sea thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,400 at Tucson. Others, who find no objection ] to greater elevations, can choose between Presc or Fort Whipp!e. 5.400; Flag staff. 6.SO0,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, oi Fort Grant. 4.20O: Fort Huachuca. 4,800, or Oracle, about 1000.
 WHICH TOWN IS THe SEsT?
 Primarily that is a question for the phy sician, if there is physician in the case- if not. trv them all. If a mountain region. considerable altitude and comparatively low temperat"rs is desired, PrescottNis in picturesque region. near great mining districts. and has the social advaHtaP. of an army post. whipple Barracks. sg- staff IS still higher. iS in a region of 1se pine forests, and is within hard g's iOnrnev of one of the wonders of the Id the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a .ttv mountain nook, Dowered in splLhdid live oaks. like fe of California. and is also near an ApOrtant mining district. If lower atitdde and a distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma. Tucson and PhOenix The HrSt is near the sea level; is the warmest and probably the driest of the three. has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory. and, after Santa Te. perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it Mexican look, and are thnrouehly comfort able. Its never houses are of handsome building stone, found in tn, vicinity The Territorial University is ere. and it wa formerly the capital. It's elevation beinf 'ome~ hat cooler, and as there is next to n, irrigation near it. the air is n little drier l Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles aronrd smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle. | and it is everywhere shut in by low mount lins. It IS the Territorial capital, has the 1 Indian School. the Territorial LuEatic Asylum, and other institutions. and is the general focus for the Territory Like Tucson, 1t has its Occa ,ional wind and sand storms--perhaps not quite so often At either place visitors who know how t. adapt them-elves to circumstances can bt entirely comfortable, and in each they vii ind an intelligent, orderly, enterprising anc most hospitabe community. They will